Integrating Engineering Thinking into K-8 Education
In 2023, Town opened the doors of the Engineering Studio, providing a new and purpose-built space for our pioneering Engineering Thinking Program. Led by a dedicated Engineering Program Lead, the program is intentionally woven into the K-8 curriculum across subjects, with the goal of graduating students who are able to apply the mindset and skillset of professional engineers to any academic, professional, or personal path they might take.
Thinking Like Engineers
As boys begin to think like engineers across all areas of their lives, they are able to approach complex and multi-faceted problems with developed problem-finding, creative and ethical problem-solving, visualizing, adapting, improving, and systems thinking skills that allow them to consider how we make things work or make things work better. When we look at the challenges that our students might face in the world ahead, and the ways in which recent technological advances may shape our future industries, we see this mindset as critical for our students.
For this reason, our program doesn’t look to just teach students engineering as a class, it embeds engineering-thinking in three-dimensional ways where they can deepen their understanding of classroom curricula through cross-subject projects, explore engineering-specific technical domains, and have the opportunity to pursue independent projects through Open Studio hours before school or at recess.