Organization: INVENT LEARNING HUB INC
Mission: INVENT LEARNING HUB USES PERSONALIZED LEARNING AND DESIGN THINKING EXPERIENCES TO GROW COLLABORATIVE, ENTREPRENEURIAL PROBLEM-SOLVERS WHO LEAVE ILH WITH AN INDIVIDUALIZED POST-SECONDARY SUCCESS PLAN.
Activities: OUR STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN DESIGN THINKING CLASS DAILY. THEY ARE GIVEN A COMMUNITY-BASED PROBLEM TO SOLVE AND THEY PROTOTYPE THEIR IDEA TO SHARE AND RECEIVE FEEDBACK. AFTER EACH UNIT OF STUDY, WE HAVE A DESIGN THINKING EXHIBITION FOR PARENTS. LAST YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE 2 EXHIBITIONS IN PERSON AND THEN THE PANDEMIC HAPPENED, AND WE DID NOT GET TO HOLD THE EXHIBITIONS 2ND SEMESTER. WE HAD 42% OF OUR FAMILIES PARTICIPATE IN THE FIRST EXHIBITION AND 69% PARTICIPATE IN THE 2ND EXHIBITION NIGHT.
WE HAD SPECIAL INTEREST CLUBS FOR STUDENTS AFTER SCHOOL IN THE FALL. THEY CONSISTED OF CHOIR, ART, SPANISH, BASKETBALL, READING, AND BOARD GAMES. THESE CLUBS WERE HELD FOR 8 WEEKS AND CULMINATED IN A WINTER PERFORMANCE FOR FAMILIES. AT THE WINTER PERFORMANCE THE CHOIR PUT ON A SHOW AND THE REST OF THE STUDENT BODY PARTICIPATED IN A FINALE SONG. WE ALSO HAD DISPLAYS OUT TO SHOWCASE THE WORK DONE AT THE OTHER CLUBS DURING THE FALL. FAMILIES WERE THEN INVITED IN FOR EITHER A DAY OR NIGHT PERFORMANCE OF THE SHOW. WE HAD AROUND 75% OF OUR FAMILIES IN ATTENDANCE.
WE PROVIDE A SPECIAL PROGRAM FOR OUR THIRD-GRADE STUDENTS. IT IS KIDS DANCE OUTREACH. THEY COME TO THE SCHOOL OVER THE COURSE OF 8 WEEKS. THEY TEACH THE STUDENTS DANCES THAT GO ALONG WITH A SCIENCE THEME. THEY THEN PERFORM FOR FAMILIES AT THE END. WE HAD AROUND 40% OF OUR FAMILIES ATTEND THE PERFORMANCE AND FOR THOSE WHO WERE NOT ABLE WE RECORDED THE PERFORMANCE TO SHARE WITH THEM.
NTEE category: Education
Secondary category: Youth Development