Learning should be an amazing part of a kid’s life.

Our programs and challenges engage students and link learning to life in a fun and unique manner in collaboration with professionals and community partners with real world issues.

We think learning should be an amazing part of a kid’s life. The Student Programs team designs, tests and implements a variety of summer programs, design challenges, and after school programs. These programs and challenges engage students and link learning to life in a fun and unique manner in collaboration with professionals and community partners with real world issues. Throughout our programs participants are introduced and encouraged to apply skills that help make the transition from classroom to career seamless.

“over the past 10 years, growth in STEM jobs was three times as fast as growth in non- STEM jobs and the top 10 BA majors with the highest earnings are in STEM fields.”

– STEM: Good Jobs Now and for the Future, U.S. Department of Commerce

PAST Innovation Lab designs and develops innovative, meaningful and culturally relevant programs and practices to engage students. We have collaborated with educators, businesses and industry nationwide to create innovative strategies designed to give real meaning to educational content.

Summer Programs

Immersive summer programs give students an opportunity to apply education in real world settings. Over an extended period of time, usually one week, expert directors take students on adventures to learn in multiple settings about a variety of content areas. These adventures help students develop the soft skills that business and industry desire, such as problem-solving, collaboration, communication and critical thinking. We guarantee that students will complete these programs better prepared for their futures!

After School Programs

Want your students to participate in active STEM programming that provides real world experiences in a fun and innovative way? Have your kiddos become an Innovator and experience robotics, horticulture, drones, architecture, entrepreneurship, art and more! The result? Applying knowledge by linking learning to life! Oh yes, and did we mention fun?

Design Challenges

Design Challenges are intended to grab both student and teacher interests and passions. They are designed to model how rigorous content can be blended with student engagement, challenging the view that learning can’t or shouldn’t be fun! Design Challenges are transdisciplinary, allowing students of all learning modalities to demonstrate their understanding of concepts tied directly to educational standards that are traditionally taught in the classroom.

The PAST Innovation Lab is proud to be the Hosting Sponsor of the FIRST Robotics Team 3324- The Metrobots. In addition to providing a physical home, PAST serves as the Metrobots’ fiscal agent, and is actively providing mentors, equipment, resources.