Engineering and Design

Do Bold. Do Fearless. Do Good.

At the forefront of innovation, Leffell School students are taught to dream big, take risks, work together, and embrace their responsibility to improve the world. In our four engineering makerspaces spread across our two campuses, students are able to take ideas and bring them to life in a multi-disciplinary approach where STEM, art, design, and humanities converge. Jewish values are instilled throughout the program, with Tikun Olam (making the world a better place) at the heart. Leffell students apply their learning and harness their passions to fearlessly change the world for the better.

Students engaged in teamwork while working on a project in a classroom environment.

Design

Building a design thinking mindset begins with sparking imagination and supporting students as they tinker and experiment

A girl is focused on assembling electronics components in a classroom setting.

Problem Solve

Students become innovative problems solvers viewing challenges as opportunities to persevere and utilize their growing skill set

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Collaborate

Students develop power skills (including interpersonal and social) by learning to work effectively on teams, network, and appreciate different perspectives

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Build for Better

Having the courage to dream and the grit to work through failure, students learn to design and build everything from art to companies with purpose and passion

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TOM at The Leffell School
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Awards & Accolades

Tikkun Olan Makers Logo
Leffell School partners with Tikkun Olam Makers, an international program that harnesses technology to create affordable, customized solutions for everyday challenges facing people with disabilities.

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Winner 2018 - 2019

Four makerspaces, six innovative educators, two campuses, students ranging in age from 4-18. This is the basis for our culture-shifting focus on maker education across all grades, K-12. The learning that goes on in these spaces, and the impact that it has on thinking throughout our institution, has revolutionized how students approach their world.

Highlighted Student Inventions

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Engineering & Design Photo Gallery

Two individuals in black jackets collaborate on shaping a piece of metal in a workshop setting.

A student and a teacher collaborate on a computer in a laboratory setting, focused on their work.

Two women collaborating on a project in a well-lit room, surrounded by papers and a laptop.

A woman wearing headphones operates a machine, focused on her task in a work environment.

A group of smiling children proudly holding up a trophy together, celebrating their achievement.

A teacher and a student standing side by side, both smiling and dressed casually.

Three students behind a table smiling and posing for a picture

Three students working in a lab together

A lab room filled with students working on their computers

A robot with wheels

A group of students in matching t-shirts posing for a photo smiling

Four girls standing with their comupers

A male student working in a lab

A female student working in a lab

A group of students holding their trophies and smiling in a group photo