Functional Art–Upcycle Plus! Design Challenge—DeStruction

By Li Pipman Denaut, teacher of HS math and STEAM arts    When students in Functional Art-Upcycle Plus! were presented with their Design Challenge—DeStruction, each eagerly scavenged through a collection of treasures. The challenge’s goal is to deconstruct a piece…

Functional Art-Upcycle Plus ~ The Jean Project

By Morgan A. (2018) A new art course in the high school – Functional Art/Upcycle Plus takes the “old” and makes it fashionable and useful. The “Jean Project” is an example of how we transform the faded and worn to…

PA Awards Faculty Grant to the Campus Upcycling and Recycling Project

The PDSPA is happy to announce the award of the first Faculty Grant in Honor of Josie Holford.  The grant goes to Li Pipman Denault for her proposed Campus Upcycling and Recycling Project. Li’s innovative project will encourage students to…

Learning Outside the Box

Yes, students often do learn inside the box — if one thinks of the classroom as a “box.” In the high school this can mean anything from the wonderfully bright “Solarium” that abuts the Kenyon Student Center to the larger…