A brightly decorated classroom with plenty of visuals has been captivating students and adults at the George Washington Intermediate School in the New Castle Area School District.
The room, officially named Matt’s Maker Space, was unveiled to New Castle School Board members earlier this month. Its novelty approach to learning captured their interest as they learned button making, vinyl cutting, 3D printing, design thinking, and coding circuits, all hands on, to see what and how the students are learning through the district’s Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics curriculum.
The room’s creation was made possible by a Mount Lebanon family who lost a 12-year-old boy to cancer. That and similar donations to other schools by David and Noelle Conover have…
