by webteam | Dec 10, 2013 | education, Spark, Students
Chad’s ideas were creative and out-of-the-box. He opened our students eyes to the possibilities of success as an entrepreneur by looking at the hurdles ahead of them and provided them with strategies to jump over them. Koodoos to Chad! The experience provided...
by webteam | Jun 10, 2012 | coworking, education, Spark
Spark I ends with a BANG at IGNITE Barrie! (pictures coming soon) Now we regroup as leaders and ask…”now what?” Seems like there’s lots of interest to take this to other schools and grades. Stay tuned! Check out this great article from THe...
by webteam | May 22, 2012 | education, Spark, Students
by webteam | May 15, 2012 | education, Spark, Students
The Creative Space has been hosting 25-30 Grade 8’s each Tuesday from 1:30-3:00 pm. (90 kids, three classes total as they rotate each week. We’ve journeyed through figuring out our burdens, passions and missions for life. We talked about fear, failure,...
by webteam | Apr 23, 2012 | buisness, Economic development, education, Spark
A few weeks ago, I was chatting with Ward Councillor John Brassard about joining us one Tuesday for SPARK, as the kids doing the program are from Holly. With this past week being all about BRAINSTORMING, we thought it would be great to have John send us a few ideas,...
by webteam | Apr 17, 2012 | buisness, coworking, education, Spark, Uncategorized
For those new to SPARK, this is a pilot project with 90 Jr High students from Holly Meadows ES. Its An alternative learning environment focusing on creative and critical thinking and helping them discover their BPM (Burden+Passion=Mission) We just finished week 11,...
