Collaborative Course Design: 5th Day 2024-25

April 15, 2024

We hope as 5th Day evolves, courses will continue to be more and more student-led and student-designed. This semester, we’ve centered student interest and input in the course development process. Students completed a survey...
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Middle School Product Development

April 17, 2023

Our middle school recently prototyped a 5th Day experience. Students were challenged with a design task to land a new drink on a grocery store shelf in our area. Middle Schoolers experimented...
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Design Thinking Workshop

October 7, 2015

Seventh through ninth grades completed their first design-thinking challenge thanks to the “Crash Course” from the Institute of Design at Stanford University.  Students redesigned   the backpack, something that is integral to every student’s...
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