Private Kansas City, Mo., school breaks ground on hands-on learning center
The Barstow School, a Kansas City, Mo., private school, is transforming a former grocery store across the state line in Kansas into a learning space called IDEA Space KC .
IDEA Space KC will be a hands-on learning center the school says aims to benefit kids on both the Missouri and Kansas side of the Kansas City metropolitan area, reports Shawnee Mission Post.
The 32,000-square-foot space will enable students from kindergarten to 12th grade to focus on STEAM topics— science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics.
Once open, the $8 million facility will provide after-school programs, summer camps, partnerships with local districts and other programming opportunities, according to a news release.
The center includes four dedicated spaces within the building:
- Maker space with pipe cleaners, crafts, building supplies and prototyping materials, etc.
- Technology Lab with interactive space, including high-tech equipment and computers, artificial intelligence, robotics, advanced manufacturing, etc.
- Fabrication Workshop for skilled trades such as CNC router, woodworking equipment and painting.
- Incubation Hub, space for collaboration by students to dream, put their ideas on paper, develop business models and have mentorship and classroom time.
The center is on track to open in summer 2022.
