COMSTOCK TWP, Mich. (WOOD) — Shovels dug in Thursday evening as Comstock Public Schools administrators and teachers celebrated the groundbreaking of the new Comstock STEM Academy Building.
The new building will span 57,000 square feet with dedicated science and robotics labs.
“It will incorporate extended learning areas throughout the school where students are able to engage in some of those and learning methodologies like place-based learning, problem-based learning, project-based learning with their classes,” said Principal Christopher Chopp.
In the last 12 years, the STEM Academy, which stands for science, technology, engineering and math, has expanded from a K-5 program to now teaching 300 K-8 students with science, technology, engineering and math mixed into the daily course work.
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It’s an approach that art teacher Jeannine Roys has seen firsthand.
“For me, it’s wonderful because I see everyone kindergarten through eighth grade,” said Roys. “Watching them grow from these excited, imaginative creative little ones, just putting all their ideas on the paper, all the way up until middle school, when they’re real focused and detailed. It’s pretty amazing to watch their growth through the years.”