A nationwide collaboration funded by an AAE Grant closing the opportunity/resource gap with arts-integrated STEAM Programming

Our mission is to empower young innovators to think differently about themselves and their world

 

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What is Design Lab?

Design Lab at the Idea Studio is part of a nationwide collaboration intended to deliver high quality, equitable, and engaging arts integrated Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math (STEAM) Programming to traditionally repressed / ignored populations of 3rd-5th graders in the Fond du Lac School District. Read more here.

To learn more about the history of the Design Lab, click here.

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Summer 2023

The Summer Design Lab at the Idea Studio will be a FREE one week arts integrated STEAM summer camp presented collaboratively by Fond du Lac Public Library and The Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts. We will serve 12-18 students per session who will be entering 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade and are enrolled in the Fond du Lac School District for the 2023-2024 school year.

The goals of The Design Lab are to develop our community's capacity to create and sustain high-quality, engaging, and equitable STEAM programs for underrepresented students with the long term goal being to close the opportunity gap in our community and build arts integrated educational pathways for a more creative and diverse workforce. We'll work with educators and students on self and social awareness and through design thinking.
*STEAM=Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math

Design Lab Summer 2023 dates will be:

June 19 - June 23

July 10 - July 14

July 24 - July 28

August 21 - August 25

Each student may participate in one of those summer camps.

 

A typical day at Design Lab may look like:

8:45am - Check in begins at the Fond du Lac Public Library

9:00am - Workshops begin

10:30am - Break

12:00pm - Lunch

12:30pm - Workshops begin

1:45pm - Break

3:45pm - Students can be picked up at the Fond du Lac Public Library

 

We will be serving traditionally repressed / ignored students in the Fond du Lac School District who are in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade with a particular focus on students who identify as coming from low income households.

Join here: https://bit.ly/designlabapplication

To see more about previous sessions

 

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