Peekskill High School’s STEAM Innovation Center Opens
The state-of-the-art technology center at Peekskill High School has a birds eye view of downtown from its main lounge.
An area that once housed the district’s large facilities equipment was transformed into the STEAM lab during the summer and fall.
Robotics and the gear needed to work with them are part of the STEAM lab equipment
An open floor plan for students to work in groups models what they will find in the workforce.
Learning how to work collaboratively is an integral part of the STEAM lab
Students work on research projects that will be entered in competition.
February 4, 2022
As an ambassador of the new STEAM lab that opened at Peekskill High School in December, I had a unique view on the unveiling of the $3 million innovation lab when student families and members of the Peekskill community were welcomed. I heard comments from visitors about how the innovation center felt like a professional college setting. Community members were awestruck at this top-rate facility. Teachers were also excited to see the location of their new classrooms and expressed gratitude for the ways the improved technology will help them teach.
Peekskill High School’s STEAM Innovation Center provides a new way of learning for students. STEAM stands for Science Technology Engineering Arts Math. The purpose of the innovation center is to have creative classroom space where students can learn collaboratively, preparing them for college and career opportunities. Robotics is one example of what students will participate in while at the STEAM lab.
As a junior at PHS, this new STEAM Innovation Center will improve my learning experiences for the next year and a half. I am currently in the Peekskill Science Research Program, a 3-year-college course in partnership with the University of Albany. In this program, we do extensive research on a topic we are passionate about. We design our own experiments and then collect data out in the field.
I am interested in an invasive plant species called Japanese Barberry. This spring I will go to the Westmoreland Sanctuary in Mt. Kisco and collect specimens of the Japanese Barberry. With the data we collect we use the new and improved software from the STEAM lab to make more thorough and detailed projects to bring to science fairs.
