🌱DESIGN STARTS HERE
Turning a real need into an engineering challenge.
Students will design a productive garden within real space and budget constraints, then build scale models and defend their choices.
STEM PROGRAM // ONLINE
DA VINCI MIDDLE SCHOOL
THE STEM
SIGNAL
See what we're learning. See what we're building.
DISCOVER • CREATE • INNOVATE
📡 THE SIGNAL
Live from the STEM Lab
Quick updates, project milestones, classroom photos, announcements, and moments worth sharing.
🛠️SOMETHING'S PRINTING...
Digital designs become physical prototypes.
3D printing, iteration, measurement, and problem-solving are all part of the process—not just the finished product.
🚀MISSION BRIEF
Math and science under mission pressure.
Functions, exponents, energy, volume, and engineering decisions come together in one integrated challenge.
⚛️RATIOS + MATTER
One classroom. Two disciplines.
Students connect ratio reasoning with atomic composition to see how mathematical relationships describe the physical world.
🧪 LAB NOTES
Your weekly field report.
What we're learning, what we're building, important dates, reminders, and what parents should know this week.
CURRENT ISSUE // VOLUME 1
2026–2027 • VOLUME 1 • WELCOME BACK!
Welcome to the Lab!
Our first Lab Notes of the year introduces the redesigned STEM Lab, our 3P Learning approach—Project • Problem • Place—and the launch of The STEM Signal as a new window into what students are learning, building, testing, and creating.
🔴 LIVE FROM THE LAB
See STEM happening.
Use this space for live demonstrations, presentations, project testing, guest speakers, and special events.
OFF AIR
No livestream is active right now.
When a class broadcast is scheduled, watch it from our YouTube channel. Recorded broadcasts remain available there after the stream ends.
Visit Our YouTube Channel⚙️ WHAT WE'RE BUILDING
Projects with a purpose.
Every project page can become a living portfolio—overview, standards, photos, videos, progress updates, student work, and final results.
Project E.D.E.N.
Designing sustainable solutions.
Explore Project →Innovation Expo
Innovate. Design. Improve.
Explore Project →Mission to Mars
Engineering beyond Earth.
Explore Project →Defender Forge
Where innovation meets purpose.
Explore Project →Robotics & Automation
Design. Program. Test.
Explore Project →Maritime Engineering
Engineering below the surface.
Explore Project →📅 ON THE CALENDAR
Know what's next.
School-wide dates from the official 2026–2027 da Vinci MS/HS calendar. STEM-specific project dates can be layered into this section as they are announced.
OPENING WEEKS // 2026OFFICIAL SCHOOL DATES
TUE25
6th–12th Grade Open House
5:30–6:30 PM
WED26
First Day of School
Early Release Day
THU–FRI27–28
Early Release Days
School day: 7:15 AM–12:30 PM
FRI/MON4 & 7
Labor Day Weekend
No School
🧠 ASK YOUR STUDENT
Start a STEM conversation at home.
“What did your team design this week that didn't work the first time—and what did you change?”
🛠️ HELP BUILD THE LAB
Support hands-on learning.
Wishlist materials go directly toward student projects, engineering challenges, prototyping, experimentation, and classroom innovation.
View Amazon Wishlist
THIS MONTH'S CLASSROOM NEED
3D Printing Filament
Used for prototypes, engineering models, fixtures, and student-designed solutions.
👋 CONNECT WITH THE LAB
Two disciplines. One classroom.
Quick access to the people and resources families need most.
Mr. Menard
STEM • Math • Engineering Design
shane.menard@davincik12.org →Ms. O'Brien
STEM • Science • Investigation
kaitlyn.obrien2@davincik12.org →
Part of the da Vinci Middle School community.