SAN LUCAS — Students and teachers celebrated the opening of a new makerspace on Nov. 5 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at San Lucas School, representing a renewed start after a challenging year of distance and in-person learning during the pandemic.
The makerspace is a place for students and teachers to learn, explore, experiment, collaborate and reconnect.
“The makerspace was designed to enable students to explore the freedom of a curious mind,” said Jessica Riley, principal of San Lucas School and superintendent of the San Lucas Union School District. “The makerspace can help students consider ways to help solve problems of the 21st century. The future is something they can be a part of and something they can change. It could all start here with a simple experiment.”
Former student Ricky Cervantes spoke at the event, sharing his thoughts with students about…