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Kindergarten - Grade 9 in Southborough, MA

Innovation Saturdays at Fay School

Join us for an Innovation Saturday on February 28!

Our hands-on workshops, designed for children ages 6-12, are a great way to learn more about engineering, creativity, and design. All workshops are taught by Fay faculty on the Fay School campus in Southborough. These courses are free, but advance registration is required and space is limited.

Curious about Fay's Creativity and Design Program? Learn more>>

Saturday, February 28, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

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  • Home Sweet Home: A Marshmallow Igloo Design Challenge

    You’ve seen pictures of ice igloos: now’s your chance to build one with marshmallows! In this workshop, you’ll learn about real igloo design and how igloo builders stack their materials for maximum structural stability. You’ll learn about how igloos trap heat and why their unique circular shape does more than make it look “cool” (pun intended!) Bring your problem solving skills as we build, test, and learn!

    Instructor: Katie Buteau, Lower School Teacher
    For Ages 9-12

  • Introduction to Coding

    Learn the fundamentals of coding and how to create your own animations and games in this introduction to Processing, a free and flexible software sketchbook and coding language. We’ll also be working with LEGO SPIKE Prime sets to help students understand how to create a structured sequence of programming activities in a real-world context.

    Instructor: Xiaohu Zhao, Physical Science Teacher
    For Ages 9-12
    Limited to 10 students - Workshop Full

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Parking and Details

Please park at Brackett House, located at 31 Main Street, Southborough, MA.
 
Check-in will take place inside Fay's Root Academic Building at the Center for Creativity & Design. Signs will be placed on campus to direct you to the check-in area. Please arrive 10 minutes before the workshop's scheduled start time. Click here for a campus map.

After check-in, the workshop instructors will take children and their parents/guardians to the classroom where the workshop will take place. Parents/guardians will then be dismissed, but will return to the classroom at the conclusion of the workshop to pick their child up.
Meet Our Faculty
Katie Buteau joined the Fay community as a third grade teacher in August of 2016. She earned her master’s degree in Elementary Education at Lesley University while simultaneously student teaching at the Buckingham Browne & Nichols School. In addition to teaching, Katie enjoys running, baking, and spending time with her daughters, Nell and Evie, and her husband, Joe, who teaches in Fay's Upper School!
Willa Gustavson joined Fay in 2022 as a second grade teacher and has been a member of the FaySummer camp staff since 2013. Willa holds a B.A in English with a concentration in English and French literature from Stanford University and a M.S. in elementary education with a concentration in elementary teaching from Northwestern University. 
Xiaohu Zhao holds bachelor's and master's degrees in science from the University of Michigan. He teaches eighth grade Physical Science at Fay, and he has also worked in Fay's English Immersion program. His favorite aspect of teaching at Fay is the opportunity to help students learn and love science and math. He believes learning science and math is more than memorizing formulas on the whiteboard - instead, he enjoys helping students explore and understand how physical science and math work through creative problem-solving. During his free time, Xiaohu loves to travel with his wife, who is also a teacher at Fay.
48 MAIN STREET
SOUTHBOROUGH, MA 01772
main number 508-490-8250
admission 508-490-8201