Brighton High School in Brighton, Mich., is adding a 20,000-square-foot STEAM building

May 27, 2021

The building will provide technology-rich, active learning labs for the sciences, engineering, arts and mathematics in a central location.

Brighton High School in Brighton Mich., is anticipating a new STEAM Center.

The STEAM Center will provide technology-rich, active learning labs for the sciences, engineering, arts and mathematics in a central location. The building will also provide the high-tech industrial equipment and collaboration space needed for the school's Robotics and Science Olympiad teams, as well as design space for K-12 interactive learning sites.

The center will be connected directly to the high school at the rear of the building, reports WHMI News.

The new facility is part of the school's Vision 20/20 plan. The Brighton Area district says the building will have 20,000 square feet of design, exploration, and collaboration space to grow the number of students interested in STEAM fields.

STEAM projects at the high school and other district schools are expected to consume over $10 million of the $59.3 million bond issue passed by the voters in November 2019.

Construction of the high school STEAM Center will begin in the summer of 2020; completion is slated for 2021.

STEAM, which stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Mathematics, is an adaptation of the STEM curriculum, with the inclusion of the Arts. It's designed to provide the framework for students to learn how to think critically, solve problems and be more creative.