Academics

Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center

Challenging Students to Think Creatively

Designed to cultivate ingenuity by challenging students to strategize, problem-solve and think creatively, the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center hosts programs on design thinking and social entrepreneurship, engineering, and computer science.

Think, Do, Make: A Project-Based Curriculum

Masters’ Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program encourages students to think, do and make — and to foster a cross-disciplinary, entrepreneurial thought process, all while developing skills, ideas and character traits.

Through our program's project-based model, students build confidence, accumulate hands-on experience, take risks, nurture unconventional talents, and tackle real-life challenges. Our hope is to ingrain in our students the capacity to think creatively and ambitiously, and provide them with the skills to be able to successfully navigate the complex workforce they will face in the future.

Middle School Program

Grades 5-8

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Upper School Program

Grades 9-12

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ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS

Both middle and upper school students benefit from the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center's academic enrichment program, which focuses on interscholastic team competitions. Participation in our award-winning engineering and robotics, coding, and cybersecurity teams is by invitation, nomination, or through an application and selection process.

Additionally, the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center is home to Masters Makers, a club where students design, build and craft. Projects range from creating cabinetry to digital electronics, and utilize both hand tools and innovative technologies such as 3D printers, laser cutters/engravers, microcontrollers, computer numerical controller (CNC) tools, and open-source platforms.

News

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Cybersecurity Team Wins Big

The Masters Cybersecurity Team finished in the top 10 percent and third overall in New York state during round three of CyberPatriot's National Youth Cyber Defense Competition, the world's largest of its kind, on Saturday, January 23.
Middle School Design Students Up for the Challenge

Tackling their first Instant Design Challenge with determination, students in grades five through eight were asked to research and design an ankle-foot orthosis for students with cerebral palsy.
Students Develop Software for Local Entrepreneur

Students in John Chiodo’s Independent Study in Software Development course are learning the ins and outs of software development in a real-world context.
Engineering Students Earn College Credits

Through a partnership between the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center and the Rochester Institute of Technology, high-scoring Masters students are eligible for college credits in engineering.
Middle School Launches Their First Innovation and Entrepreneurship Classes

After years of planning, the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (IEC) is now offering a new curriculum to all middle school students.

Recent Student Projects

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DrAANK

Students set out to answer the question, “Why don’t students use the reusable water bottles that their parents buy for them?” The result of the teams’ research was the development of a new type of reusable bottle that meets the design criteria.
Simple Soil Personal Composter

This team of students developed a residential composting system that fragments kitchen waste as well as composts. The entire system is solar powered and needs no human effort outside of loading the mincing hopper.
WePool

WePool is a mobile application for carpooling and ride-sharing within affinity groups rather than simply by location.
Purpose Fabrics

Established as a benefit corporation, Purpose Fabrics refurbishes used clothing.