Problem solvers are always in demand: on teams, in business or industry, and in the job market . . . any valuable endeavor requires active critical thinkers. Research shows that building the unique skill set of an innovative thinker requires a specific sort of education.
“With the opening of the Arts & Innovation Hub, in memory of Dianne Chase Monroe, Chesapeake Academy has the laboratory space and tools needed to reap the benefits of a vigorous design-based program connected to a traditional curriculum. Innovation and design are among the most powerful building blocks that develop flexible, critical thinkers,” explained Chesapeake Academy Head of School Julianne Duvall. “Design learning increases student motivation, develops resilience, and promotes deeper more meaningful curricular connections.
“This Arts & Innovation Hub, which anchors the center of Chesapeake Academy’s Rowe Campus, is the outgrowth of rigorous research, extensive faculty development and collaboration, and the generosity of donors who responded to the passion behind this project,” Duvall continued.
