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\n\"queensbury\n<\/div>\n
A student at Queensbury Union Free School is involved with robotics as part of the ‘innovation space’ programs that let students use high-tech tools to solve engineering and design problems\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The New York State School Boards Association
\n“Be the Change for Kids” initiative awarded
\nQueensbury Union Free School District a $5,000
\ngrant to continue to grow the innovation space
\nat Queensbury High School.<\/p>\n

Queensbury was one of only three school
\ndistricts across the state to receive NYSSBA’s
\nannual Be the Change for Kids award this year.<\/p>\n

According to NYSSBA, the Be the Change for
\nKids initiative highlights successful programs
\nthat are making a difference and setting the stage
\nfor children’s future successes in college, career,
\ncommunity, and as citizens.
\nIntroduced in September 2014, the innovation
\nspace began as a “technological sandbox” where
\nstudents could spend study halls, free periods or
\nlunches pursuing solutions to real-life problems.<\/p>\n

Initially funded by a state Performance
\nImprovement Grant, this unique lab space gives
\nstudents access to 3D printing, 3D digitizing,
\nmusic production, hardware and software,
\ncomputers, and a large selection of other tools
\nand equipment to help them solve engineering
\nand design problems.<\/p>\n

“Queensbury students will graduate into
\na world where success often depends on
\nSTEM-oriented skills such as critical thinking,
\ninquiry, creativity and problem-solving,” said
\nSuperintendent of Schools Dr. Douglas W. Huntley.<\/p>\n

“Job openings in science and tech fields are
\nprojected to grow by nearly 20 percent by 2018
\n– nearly double the rate of growth in non-STEM
\noccupations. Meeting this challenge requires that
\nwe encourage students in self-directed learning,
\nand our innovation space is full of exciting new
\nprojects leading the way.”<\/p>\n

Altogether, more than 100 projects were
\ncreated in the lab during the 2014-15 school
\nyear including a portable ski sharpener, a hydropowered
\ncalculator, a jet engine turbine that runs
\non compressed air and more.<\/p>\n

The high level of student interest and
\nparticipation in the innovation space prompted
\nadministrators to expand the depth and breadth
\nof the program for the 2015-16 school year. In
\naddition to remaining available to all high school
\nstudents on a walk-in basis, an innovation class
\nhas been added as an elective.<\/p>\n

Photo Courtesy Queensbury Union Free School<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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