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LEVEL UP VILLAGE HELPS ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS JOIN THE “MAKER MOVEMENT”
A Pioneer in Global STEAM Enrichment, Level Up Village Provides a Complimentary
3D Printer and Comprehensive Teacher Training to Schools that Offer its Global
Inventors After-School Course
Old Greenwich, Conn. -­ May 28, 2015 – Helping to propel the “Maker Movement,” Level Up Village (LUV) today announced that it will provide a complimentary 3D printer to schools that offer its Global Inventors after-­school course. In the course, K-­
9 students learn to harness the power of 3D printing to develop prototype inventions in a real, global context. By partnering with LUV, U.S. schools directly sponsor Global STEAM education in developing countries through its give one, get one classroom model. A portion of the tuition is used to deliver the same class to students at one of LUV’s Global Partner schools, many of whom are living on less than $2 per day. “Level Up Village is proud to give teachers the tools they need to make 3D printing and design globally and socially relevant to their students. We’re also excited to help our elementary and middle school partners incorporate Maker Spaces into their schools,” said Neesha Rahim, Co-­Founder, Level Up Village. “Teachers tell us that what they need most is support to bring great STEAM ideas to life. That’s why we’re providing this full package, including curriculum, supplies, training, a Global Partner and Global Partner management.” In Global Inventors, students in the U.S. collaborate one-­on-­one with students at one of LUV’s Global Partner schools to design, print and test solar-­powered 3D-­printed flashlights for use by Global Partner students, many of whom live in energy-­poor areas. Students master the Engineering Design Process and learn to apply design thinking to a real-­life problem, while gaining significant global perspective.
LUV provides Cube® 3D printers to schools through its partnership with 3D Systems. For every four U.S. schools or libraries that sign up for the Global Inventors after-­
school package, 3D Systems contributes a Cube® 3D printer to a LUV Global Partner school. Information on 3D Systems’ commitment to education can be found at www.3dsystems.com/education. In addition to Global Inventors, Level Up Village offers several other Global STEAM courses on topics including mobile app development, coding, chemistry, Minecraft and physics, art and video game design, and literacy and engineering for young children. More than 35 public and private schools in the U.S. offer LUV courses including Cathedral School of St. John the Divine in New York, NY;; Rutgers Preparatory School in Somerset, NJ;; Greenwich Public Schools, Stanwich School and Greenwich Country Day School in Greenwich, Conn.;; New Canaan Country School in New Canaan, Conn.;; St. Gabriel’s Catholic School, St. Andrew’s School and Kiker Elementary School in Austin, Texas;; The Lamplighter School and Parish Episcopal School in Dallas, Texas;; River Oaks Baptist School and Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart in Houston, Texas;; Fisher Island Day School in Miami Beach, Fla.;; and Metairie Park Country Day School in New Orleans. About Level Up Village
Level Up Village (LUV) delivers pioneering Global STEAM (science, tech, engineering, art and math) enrichment courses that promote design thinking and one-­to-­one collaboration on real-­world problems between K-­9 students in the U.S. and partner students in developing countries. Launched in 2012, LUV delivers courses during school, after school and in the summer to more than 1,400 students in 16 countries. More information is available at levelupvillage.com.
Media Contacts:
Andrea Sherman
PR, Level Up Village
andrea@levelupvillage.com Neesha Rahim
Co-Founder, Level Up Village
neesha@levelupvillage.com
646-242-6529
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