When Berkshire Schools Superintendent John Stoddard proposed adding a makerspace while planning the new school a few years ago, it sounded like a cross between the woodshop of days gone by and a high-tech art room.
When Berkshire Schools Superintendent John Stoddard proposed adding a makerspace while planning the new school a few years ago, it sounded like a cross between the woodshop of days gone by and a high-tech art room.
The concept has evolved exponentially and captured the imagination of teachers, staff and administrators at all grade levels.
Perched on the corner of the stage in the all-grade school building, Christopher Kostiha and several of his middle school students presented hard evidence to Berkshire Schools Board of Education at their Sept. 1 meeting that the whole community has benefitted from access to the equipment in the space — which opened last fall.
“It…
