REAL-WORLD READINESS: STUDENTS IN ACTION
REAL-WORLD READINESS: STUDENTS IN ACTION
Middle school students are stepping into the future inside the newly renovated library, now transformed into a vibrant makerspace. With access to an indoor miniature robotics field, a 3D printer, and glow forge printers and cutters, students are gaining hands-on experiences that bring learning to life. These tools spark innovation while helping students strengthen essential skills in communication, critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, and citizenship. Their curiosity is expanding as they explore real-world
Christy Belgiovane, M. Ed., Franklin Regional Middle School Librarian, showcases a student’ s 3D printed project in the Makerspace.
connections across industries such as Health Services, Arts & Communication, Business, Management & Technology, Natural Resources & Agriculture, Human Services, and Industrial & Engineering Technology. As they transition to high school, these early experiences grow into deeper exploration through career and technical education programs, college in high school courses, internships, shadowing opportunities, and experiential work-release programs, ensuring every student is future-ready.
7th grader and Makerleader Inara Caswell points to the project that her and fellow Makerleader, Sutra Lateef( 8th grade) are creating on the Glow Forge. ranklin Regional FRANKLIN REGIONAL NEWS
7th Graders, Leo Hanington, Max Filiano, Tyler Vinton, and Max Henry, demonstrate their programming skills as they control robots on tables to navigate barriers in the robotics field.
7th grader and Makerleader Inara Caswell hand-drew her design and used the Glowforge to scan it, make edits, and print it.
12th grader, Marco Buggey, checks wire connections as he learns about jobs in technology at his internship with the Franklin Regional Technology Department.
12th Grader, Jennifer Stophel, teaches 6th graders in Mr. Danny’ s science class at Franklin Regional Middle School about the scientific method during her education internship. Stophel designed, created, and implemented her own lesson to engage students in creating a hypothesis and testing it in a real-world setting.
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