01The Mission
We train high-schoolers to see a broken world clearly,
and to build their answer to it.
01
See.
Discern the deep structure of a problem. Ask better questions than the algorithm.
02
Make.
Prototype, test, iterate — with real materials, real users, and real stakes.
03
Serve.
Pursue work that mends something. Technology as stewardship, not conquest.
02Programs
Three pillars.
One posture.
"Find a Way"
Our problem-solving ethos, woven through the Upper School: design thinking, real stakeholders, and the posture that every broken system is an invitation to build.
9–12
grades served
7
core values
K–12
vision
Anchored by Jeremy Donovan, Upper School
03Student Work
The portfolio
speaks first.
04Mentors
Faculty who have shipped.
Our faculty built things — startups, research groups, civic institutions — before they stood at the front of a classroom. That is not optional. That is the point.
Matthew DeFranza
Director, Center for Innovation
Leads the Center — vision, programs, and partnerships across industry, donors, and peer schools. Background spans education, business, technology, and theology.
Jeremy Donovan
Upper School Innovation Teacher
Coaches the 10 student-run incubator teams and mentors juniors and seniors through venture building and real-client work.
Amy Ransom
Lower School Innovation Teacher
Runs the Lower School innovation lab — introducing wonder, problem-solving, and making to our youngest students.
05Stories