Summer innovation brings elementary students on step closer to solving real world problems

Elementary students throughout the St. Vrain Valley School district joined Skyline PTECH students to participate in the district’s 11th Innovation Academy.

The Innovation Academy is a summer program offered to elementary school students grades kindergarten through fifth. The program is in partnership with IBM which sends volunteers to teach students.

The “Innovation Academy fosters a foundation of critical thinking through inquiry-based learning and will create a community of learners that will think globally and collaboratively to develop innovative approaches to problem-solving” according to the district’s website.

St. Vrain Valley Schools