K-2 and First Grade now have a Makerspace class, incorporating STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Music) into the Specials day, along with Music, Art and Physical Education.

Ms. Shrivastava has been planning activities that get the children working cooperatively in groups to solve problems like how to create the longest paper chain from one piece of paper, how to build a stack of empty crayon boxes strong enough to support a heavy book and how to get apples to stand on top of each other.

Students are encouraged to use their imaginations and creativity and are learning to share their thoughts and ideas and listen to others share their ideas as well. Students learn by trial and error, finding that their mistakes enable them to inevitably succeed as they learn from each one how to improve their original plan.

Ms. Shrivastava has been collecting cardboard, empty egg cartons, boxes and any recycled materials she can find. Feel free to contact her with anything you think she may find useful in her projects at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Since 2009, Lawrence Family Development Charter School (LFDCS) has sponsored a High School Admissions Fair by inviting to its campus the admissions representatives from primarily admissions-based high schools throughout New England. On Wednesday, October 10, 2019, preceding the High School Admissions Fair, LFDCS hosted for dinner the recruiting High Schools’ Admissions staff members and also included at the dinner a “Welcome Back” for a number of special alumni who attend the fair as returning LFDCS graduates. LFDCS alumni accompany their high school admissions staff to the High School Admissions Fair and are great “cheerleaders” for their high school.

This year thirty-four local, parochial and independent high schools attended the fair and talked with LFDCS seventh and eighth grade students and local community organizations students about the benefits of attending their school.

The following high schools were in attendance at the fair: Berwick Academy*, Abbott Lawrence Academy, Belmont Hill School, Berkshire School, Bishop Fenwick High School, Bradford Christian Academy, Brooks School, Cambridge School Weston, Central Catholic High School, Choate Rosemary Hall, Clark School*, Concord Academy, Cushing Academy, Deerfield Academy, Greater Lawrence Vocational School, Groton School, Holderness School, Hotchkiss School, Lawrence Academy, Marianapolis Preparatory School*, Middlesex School*, Milton Academy, Miss Hall’s School, Noble & Greenough, Notre Dame Cristo Rey High School, Phillips Academy Andover, Phillips Exeter Academy, Pingree School, Proctor Academy, St. John’s Preparatory School, Tabor Academy, Walnut Hill School for Arts*, Waring School*, White Mountain School.

*new to the LFDCS fair this year