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Kindergarten - Grade 9 in Southborough, MA

Innovation Saturdays at Fay School

Join us for an Innovation Saturday on October 26!

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, October 26, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

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  • Escape the Maze: A Robotics Challenge

    In this action-packed workshop, you’ll take on the role of a Glader, programming your LEGO Spike Prime robot to escape the ever-changing maze! Using touch and color sensors, your robot will need to follow paths, avoid obstacles, and react to its surroundings as it navigates the maze’s twists and turns. Can you help your robot escape before the walls close in? Join us for a thrilling adventure where coding meets creativity, and the clock is always ticking.
     
    Instructor: Xiaohu Zhao, Physical Science teacher
    Date: Saturday, October 26, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
    For ages 9-12
    3 Spots Remaining

  • Will It Float?: Hands-on STEM for Young Engineers

    Can you design and build a seaworthy vessel? In this hands-on STEM workshop inspired by the picture book Who Sank the Boat? by Pamela Allen, children will design and build tinfoil boats. Our budding engineers will use their skills of prediction and observation to modify their boats in order to take on increasingly heavy cargo.
     
    Instructor: Willa Gustavson, Grade Two teacher
    Date: Saturday, October 26, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
    For ages 6-9
    Workshop Full


Parking and Details

Please park in Upjohn Circle, which can be accessed via Fay School's Main Entrance. Click here for directions to the Main Entrance, located at 54 Main Street in Southborough, MA. 

Check-in will take place at Fay's Center for Creativity and Design. Signs will be placed on campus to direct you to the check-in area. Please arrive 15 minutes before the workshop's scheduled start time.

After check-in, the workshop instructors will take children and their parents to the classroom where the workshop will take place. Parents will then be dismissed, but will return to the classroom at the conclusion of the workshop to pick their child up.
Meet Our Faculty
Willa Gustavson joined Fay in 2022. She has been a member of the FaySummer camp staff since 2013 and has been a unit leader for the past four summers. 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.
 
 

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48 MAIN STREET
SOUTHBOROUGH, MA 01772
main number 508-490-8250
admission 508-490-8201