Students in Room 37 of Pacific Elementary in early June, co-designing a shelter out of newspapers and tape as part of the MakerSpace program. Photos
The project site was crowded and a bit noisy, with frequent shrieks filling the air coming from a crew of about twenty rough and tumble workers who showed up early on a Friday morning brimming with energy for the task at hand. They had come to build.
Some had circled this day on their calendars; many kept asking their mothers when the day would finally arrive. Within in an hour, a small village of utterly unique structures populated Room 37 at Pacific Elementary School in Manhattan Beach. The workers, kindergarten teacher Sondra Abram’s class, had used only two materials — rolled up newspapers and masking tape — to construct a roomful of joyfully sprawling little dwellings. One of them had a jagged collection of rolled-up…
