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ABOUT THE INNOVATION CENTER
Student learning at the Innovation Center transcends the traditional classroom and provides experiential opportunities that are developing today’s students into tomorrow’s leaders, innovators, and changemakers. In addition to rigorous extended learning and mentorship opportunities, students gain valuable experiences through employment that focuses on designing and engineering technology solutions for industry and community partners.
In providing real work for real pay, offering professional /technical certifications for advanced careers, and supporting the excellent coursework at each of St. Vrain’s focus high schools, the Innovation Center (IC) offers a distinct and unique competitive advantage for the students. The iconic building provides an agile space for the intentional collision of ideas and projects and, therefore, an ideal space for innovation.
St. Vrain believes that where you learn matters, and the Innovation Center was designed in partnership with students, educators, community members, board members, and professional partners over the course of many months. IDEO, the world-renowned design firm, hosted a two-day workshop with stakeholders across all of those areas in order for the team to not only design an incredible space, but also to sharpen programming so that both might exhibit the values and beliefs St. Vrain holds about student possibility and community collaboration. The architects, Anderson Mason Dale, out of Denver, added more detail and thought to that vision, and developed the professional space now enjoyed as a community. The ability of the space to change and adapt to the needs of the users mirrors the agility and adaptability St. Vrain strives for as a system.
At the IC, students and educators as a catalyst for innovation, and embrace strategic risk-taking. The system continues to be early adopters of new ideas, while supporting educators and learning environments throughout the district with implementation of innovations as they move toward mainstream use.
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INNOVATION.SVVSD.ORG OUR VISION
The Innovation Center is the next level in public education, providing opportunities to experiment with extraordinary ideas and technologies to solve real-world problems. We are a catalyst, incubator, and bridge between education, industry, and our community.
Focus Areas
• Aeronautics • Bioscience • Virtual & Digital Design • Cybersecurity • Artificial Intelligence • Entrepreneurship • Studio Production • Information Technology • Robotics • STEM Education • Pathways to Teaching
