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We had an AMAZING turnout of parents, grandparents, siblings and even our principal to act an an authentic audience for us. All three groups presented their pitches, answered questions and showed off their hard work!

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Students had time to debrief after their presentations to their authentic audiences at the CTC. Revisions were made before their next round of presentations.

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Students were given the pitch template to use and fill out. Then the creative writing began!

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Our goal: 200 ideas in 10 minutes!

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How can we design a piece of classroom furniture that makes school easier and fits the needs of all students?

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Students traveled around the school taking notes on things that "bug" them about the furniture in classrooms they frequent or have been students in before.

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Visiting our STEM room.

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Stopping by the art room.

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“Unpacking” our driving question to make sure we really understand what it’s asking.

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Fleetwood Furniture: Phil Brechting and Matt Marzolf

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"Thank you so much for providing this experience for our kids!"-Allie Nelson, Parent

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"This was fun. I liked it. It was hard, but I had fun. I am sad this is the end of this academy." -Miles

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"I hope we got to the next part of the challenge so I can see the S.S.U. in real life." -Finn

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"I love Winter Academy because I usually have nothing to do on Thursdays and it's fun." -Abe

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"I learned that I can work as a team and present information in front of people." -Cody

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"I learned that there is more than just working together in Winter Academy." -Johnny

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"I learned that drawings can become a whole product." -Sidney

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" I learned teamwork and you can group different drawings together." -Ireland

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"I am proud of everyone and had fun! I hope we win." -Leo

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"This has been a very fun experience. I hope to do it again."-Ana

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"I really liked Winter Academy. I would do it next year." Eden

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We split our group into two teams and worked through a few observation protocols in order to open our lockbox. Inside, students found a pop-it keychain, some candy and our driving question. Some of these locks proved tricky for our students...good practice for middle school lockers!! :)

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Students were split up into two groups to create a collab tower. We then put the whole group back together to see if they could build an even better tower. The group all agreed that smaller groups, with good planning and communication, worked better than a group with "too many cooks in the kitchen."

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Planning their tower.

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Starting the process of building the tower.

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More building.

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Students read through PowerPoint slides and took note of the statements that they resonated most with. We ended up with a good mix of all four sections: Investigator, Brainstormer, Decider and Presenter.

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We created an empathy map to consider the experience of ALL students in classrooms.

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We were so fortunate to have two employees from Fleetwood Furniture come in and spend an hour and half with us!! They answered our interview questions and gave us feedback for our initial ideas.

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Students were put into final groups and created posters of their "working" solutions to present to the high school students at the CTC. In between presentations, students were able to make changes based on feedback gathered from the classrooms we visited.