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in new curriculum with new teachers, in a collaboration that began this fall with Dos Pueblos High School’s Engineering Academy (DPEA). Weiss said the collaboration allows each school to benefit from the other’s strengths: the Engineering Academy will utilize Crane School’s personnel resources and will have the opportunity to expose younger students to the merits of a STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) education, while Crane School will draw on the expertise of the DPEA to expand on their 88-year tradition of innovative curriculum. The partnership was recently formalized, after months of discussion between Weiss, Tom Kenny, Crane board president, Amir Abo-Shaeer, DPEA director, and Gary Simpson, DPEA Operations manager. “I’ve visited a lot of high schools and DP’s Engineering Academy is absolutely amazing,” Weiss said. “They are a leader in project-based learning and their emphasis on problem solving, decision-making, investigative skills, and reflection ties in beautifully with Crane’s balance of academic rigor and creative expression. I have no doubt that this effort will unlock many doors for both schools.” In preparation for the new building and curriculum, Crane hired two experienced educators in September: director of engineering, Joe Donahue, and engineering teacher Sabina Funk, who are training for a full year at
the DPEA, then bringing their knowledge and expertise to Crane when the school opens the Oak Tree Quad facility in Fall 2016. The newly hired Crane faculty will help DPEA teachers for a portion of their time in order to free up DPEA resources to help Crane develop curriculum and design and equip the new Crane facility. “The partnership has so many positive attributes,” says Kenny, Crane board president. “Educators from both school communities are working together to create an unparalleled, high-quality program that can potentially benefit more students in the community.” The Oak Quad project, which is expected to be finished by next fall, is part of the school’s Master Plan update, which included a new kindergarten in 2011 and a new parking lot and drop-off loop, which was completed in 2014. The building of the Oak Quad is the next step in preparing for the demolition of two of the school’s older buildings (one built in 1928 and one in the 1950s), to eventually make way for an expanded Cate Hall (the school’s theater and auditorium). The project is to match the campus Magnolia Quad and Olive Quad, which are set farther back on the 11-acre parcel. Also happening at Crane: students, parents, and teachers are preparing for the school’s Crane Country Day
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