Gary Community School Corporation
Three schools: Bailly STEM Academy, Beveridge Elementary, and Glen Park Academy
Public K-12 School Corporation • Gary, Indiana
Beveridge Elementary School
Beveridge Elementary is a small school with a big heart, and their STEM team wanted to create a library makerspace, robotics lab, and design thinking lab to enhance current STEM efforts.
Led by co-principals Naomi Kinsey and Dr. Tyneasha Banks, Beveridge Elementary has embraced STEM through hands-on learning. The challenge? Make education more engaging and relevant. When they partnered with 1st Maker Space, the goal was clear: create a space where kids can explore, fail, and succeed. The result? A community of learners excited to come to school every day. This is about more than just the tools or the tech. It's about watching students become creators and thinkers, confidently tackling real-world problems. And the teachers? The makerspace helps them rediscover the joy of teaching.
Bailly STEM Academy
Bailly STEM Academy was recently STEM Certified by the Indiana Department of Education as a STEM Certified School. Because of the unique amount of hands-on learning taking place daily at Bailly, our team renovated spaces to create a main makerspace, library makerspace and collaboration area, 6th grade makerspace, robotics lab, and computer science lab.
Glen Park Academy
Glen Park Academy implemented a library collaboration space, makerspace, robotics lab, and STEM lab to enhance and support current efforts to apply content through project-based and STEM learning experiences.
