Join the 2025-26 Student Challenge!

Play transforms learning into a joyful, meaningful, and immersive experience. We believe: 

• Play deepens engagement, making learning fun, accessible, and memorable for all learners.
• Playful learning supports both cognitive development and social-emotional growth.
• Play fosters curiosity, collaboration, and creative risk-taking.
• When students play, they explore, experiment, and imagine new possibilities.

Design empowers learners to be creators, not just consumers, of knowledge and experience. We believe: 

• Every learner has the potential to become a designer, maker, and creative problem solver.
• Design thinking nurtures critical thinking, collaboration, and innovation.
• Understanding systems helps learners make sense of the world and imagine how to improve it.
• Designing for others builds empathy, perspective-taking, and purpose.

Choice cultivates agency, creativity, and connection to purpose. We believe: 

• Learning is most powerful when it taps into students’ passions and interests.
• Giving learners voice and choice builds confidence, ownership, and intrinsic motivation.
• Creativity thrives when students have the freedom to express themselves authentically.
• Honoring student choice leads to more meaningful and personalized learning journeys.

• Resilience is built through challenge, reflection, and perseverance. We believe:
• Failure is an essential part of learning and growth.
• Young people need opportunities to navigate uncertainty, iterate, and adapt.
• STEAM and computer science education build not just skills, but resilience and resourcefulness.
• Social-emotional learning supports students in building the self-awareness and regulation needed to thrive.
• Preparing youth for the future means helping them become confident, flexible, and future-ready.

• Community fosters belonging, collaboration, and shared purpose. We believe: 
• Learning flourishes in environments where students feel seen, valued, and supported.
• Collaboration strengthens both individual and collective growth.
• Building inclusive learning communities for youth and educators drives lasting impact.
• Creating space for connection helps learners become more empathetic and engaged citizens.

Learning should empower students to shape the world around them. We believe: 

• Young people have the power to address real-world challenges through creativity and action.
• Curriculum should be rooted in social impact, justice, and relevance to students’ lives.
• We believe students thrive when they see themselves as problem-solvers, leaders, and change agents.
• We believe education must prepare students not just for the future, but to shape it.