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Chiaravalle Academy at Enfield Montessori School

Enfield, Connecticut
Grades 7 - 8

In 2025, Chiaravalle Academy partnered with ARK Educate to launch a year-long Middle School curriculum in 3D printing and entrepreneurship. Students are identifying real-world problems and developing innovative solutions with 3D printing. Their journey will culminate in an Innovation Fair in May.

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Hudson Country Montessori

Danbury, Connecticut
Grades 7 - 8

In the fall of 2024 Hudson Country Montessori school partnered with Ark Educate to introduce an innovation curriculum to its Upper Elementary and Middle School students. Ark Educate created a tailored program including 3D Printing and Entrepreneurship for the elementary students and a series of modules for Middle School which demonstrate the ability of disruptive technologies such as 3D printing and drones to help solve real world problems.


After completing the DIY Water Filtration Module, students used their knowledge to design and 3D print a fish tank vacuum that would clean the fish tank without removing the useful microbes. Innovation solves problems!

In fall 2026, Middle School students will enter the second year of their innovation journey, exploring Artificial Intelligence - how it works, where it appears in daily life, and the ethical questions it raises.

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Global Partners

Republic of El Salvador

As ARK Educate begins to establish global partnerships, October marks the close of our first pilot year in El Salvador. In schools from the mountains to the shore, we worked with over a hundred teachers as our innovation curriculum reached 5,000 students with hands-on modules and ARK Educate's unique vision to prepare students for a future beyond imagination.

The first Innovation Exposition was held on Saturday, October 25, 2025 with enthusiastic crowds that amazed the 85 student presenters (grades 1, 4 and 7) and inspired a stunning day of interaction and celebration. In attendance were El Salvador's Minister of Education, a number of members from the Ministry of Education and the CAPRES academic team. Project content included the water cycle, conservation and hydroponic gardening (1st grade) and autonomous systems, robotics and AI (4th and 7th grade)

Next year's expansion model will include grades 2, 5 and 8 and approximately 70,000 students. It's exciting to observe the contagious impact of Innovation Mindset and what is possible when a dynamic vision for the future becomes a partnership.

Hello to Tomorrow!
A Selection of Projects showcased at the
ARK Educate Innovation Exposition 2025

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ADHD:. Students created an informational website for teachers, parents, and students to raise awareness and share strategies  and coping skills for young people and their families dealng with ADHD

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AI Pest Spy: As farmers often struggle with managing insects that could damage their crops, students envisioned this AI project to identify common crop pests and alert farmers to intervene.   

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AI & Garbage Reduction: Not all paper and plastic are recyclable, so how can  we tell? ARK Educate students suggest ways Artificial Intelligence can be used to sort our recycling and improve efficiency.

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Boost Brain: This project acknowledges the growing number of students who are students are depending on AI to do their schoolwork or shortcut their research.  This project studies the negative impact of AI on the development of essential skills and offers a training program to help students understand the proper use of AI.

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Admin’s Big Bot: Parents often need information about  requirements for enrolling their children in school and the process of completing the required paperwork at the start of the year. This automated assistant, Bambu, helps parents answer  parent questions without worry and concern and without waiting in long lines.

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Asthmatic Consciousness: Recognizing that many people suffer from Asthma, students designed a protocol not only for management of this condition but improving daily quality of life.

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Gotin, the Great! First graders’ invention of Gotin inspired them to consider the place of science in becoming water heroes and responsible citizens in their communities and their homes. 

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Crystal Sip: Taking up the challenge of reliable access to clean drinking water, students envisioned a  simple filtration system as a practical and  affordable solution.

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Desalination: Desalination is the process of removing salt and other minerals from seawater so it can be used for drinking, farming and cleaning. This project envisions helping communities get the water they need by making ocean water safe to use.

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Your Voice, Your Eyes, Your Heart: Compassion means caring enough to understand someone else’s experience. When people learn or use Braille or sign language, they’re showing that everyone deserves to be heard and included. This project focuses on systems of inclusivity to break down barriers of communication and take action to make life better.  

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Riobardes: Using recycled materials to create floating nets that will trap and collect garbage, students have a vision for protecting rivers and streams  from pollution. 

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LectoPhonics: Given many students’ struggles with learning to read, this innovative app teaches students phonemic awareness to aid in learning to decode language. 

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Deforestation: Eyes on the Forest:  This project uses the principles of gamification to promote awareness of the problems of deforestation and proposes the use of satellite imagery to track deforestation which is becoming a growing problem in El Salvador 

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Robocrop: This automated irrigation system senses whether   soil is dry and crops require irrigation,  then automatically waters them. The system is intended to be robot mounted and fully autonomous. 

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Pawprints:  With a compassionate vision and a technological system for identifying issues,  students designed a way of addressing the problem of stray dogs in the streets of El Salvador. 

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Image Detectives: Students have become aware how artificial images created with AI are becoming more common and can influence public opinion and threaten reputations of users. Students are hopeful their research will help identify remedies and approaches.

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Pure Water: From evaporation to condensation and precipitation! Students researched the science and magic of the water cycle and demonstrated its power and wonder in our lives.

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Smart Pillow: Stress, distraction, worry and many other things can make it challenging to get to sleep. This vision for a Smart Pillow dissolves stress away and guide  users to a peaceful, uninterrupted sleep. 

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Robotics: Working the Earth: This robot  employs its long arm to  plant seeds and harvest crops. This multi functional robot helps water the soil and keep it moist during the dry weather season.

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Seizure Alert: Epileptic seizures can come on with little warning and create great vulnerability. This seizure alert medical device projects the patient by sounding an alert and instructing people on best ways to respond.

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One Seed at a Time: No soil? No problem! First graders offer us a vision for hydroponic gardening and show us how to grow big dreams and healthy plants, one seed at a time.

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Thermoband: Heatstroke is a serious risk for those working in  hot conditions. This innovative headband helps prevent this life threatening condition.

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Waterloop: While we all know fresh water is a precious resource, the more we learn, the more awareness grows. New ways of recycling and reusing household  water are proposed!

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Enchanted Windmills: In the mountains of El Salvador, access to electricity can be unpredictable. Inventing more efficient ways to harness the power of the wind at higher altitudes can help  create clean, accessible energy. 

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Ferdinand's Research: Students learned that using storytelling to engage people on important topics can have great results. Saving water can be an adventure!

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Water for Life: Youngest students researched water uses by interviewing older students and community members with original surveys. They drew conclusions and made bold recommendations for conservation and wise choices.

 

ARK Education team celebrates with Karla Trigueros, El Salvador’s Minister of Education, Science and Technology. 

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Jericho Partnership

Danbury, Connecticut
Grades 1 - 8

In 2019, Cathie Wood and analysts from ARK Invest led seminars at Jericho  introducing students to disruptive technology. From this, Cathie’s vision for the Innovation Foundation (now ARK Educate) began to form. Subsequently, Innovation Foundation educators led a 2021 Summer Program at Jericho on 3D Printing and Entrepreneurship. By January 2024, Jericho and ARK Educate implemented a year-round after-school and summer camp innovation curriculum for multi-aged students. Technology topics have included 3D printing, Drones, Coding, Solar and Electric Vehicles, Energy Generation and Storage.

One of the things we’re most excited about at Jericho this year is the quality of the programming we’re able to offer the at-risk youth we serve.  And that is, in no small part, thanks to Jericho’s partnership with ARK Education Initiative.

- Lisa Siedlecki, Co-Executive Director, Jericho Partnership

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Middle Creek Montessori

Bozman, Montana
Grades 4, 5, 6

In 2024 Middle Creek Montessori school began implementing Ark Educate's 3D Printing and Entrepreneurship curriculum with their Upper Elementary students. This module combines aspects of disruptive technology, innovation mindset and design thinking with the foundations of what it means to be an entrepreneur. Students will showcase their innovations at an Innovation Fair in the spring of 2025.  

In the 2025–26 school year, Middle Creek Montessori celebrates the launch of its inaugural seventh-grade class. ARK will continue supporting the growth of the school and looks forward to introducing innovation programming at the Middle School level later this year.

"It wasn't long after the 3D printer had been introduced to our classroom that it became something students began to regard as one of their own tools not just for creation but for problem solving. Recently we were working on a project that needed a funnel, and for the life of us we couldn't find the funnel we thought we had.  The student who seemed most frustrated surprised us all when  two days later, she presented an original and quite handsome 3D printed funnel she’d designed herself."

~ Jessica, Middle Creek Montessori


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Notre Dame Academy

Los Angeles, California
Grades 6, 7 & 8

Notre Dame Academy began implementing Ark Educate’s Innovation & Science Curriculum with sixth grade students in the fall of 2022 school year. After a successful launch Notre Dame expanded the program to include seventh and eighth grade. 

 

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Pinellas County Schools

Pinellas County, Florida
Grades 6, 7, 8

In 2022 middle schools in Pinellas County FL launched a pilot program with Ark Educate to implement Ark Educate’s Innovation & Science curriculum modules with 2000 sixth grade students. In the spring of 2022, the Foundation was honored for our work by receiving The District Partner of the Year Award at the Pinellas Education Foundation’s fifth annual Changemaker’s Event. In subsequent years the pilot was expanded to include seventh grade in 2023 and eighth grade in 2024. Over three years, Ark Educate served roughly 13,000 middle school students across Pinellas County. 

“Working alongside the Ark Education Initiative has been life changing. I have learned so much about Innovation and how best to engage and inspire students. In addition I have learned what it is to truly have a growth mindset.”

~ Steven Trudell, Teacher, Pinellas County Schools

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The Regal School

Los Angles, California 
Grade 6 & 7

In the Fall of 2024, the Regal School opened and was excited to implement Ark Educate’s Innovation & Science Curriculum with their inaugural sixth grade class. As the 2025 school year begins their partnership with ARK grows as the inaugural class moves on to seventh grade. 

The Regal middle school students are engaged, encouraged and excited to innovate with VexGo robotics materials. Their excitement and passion are palpable.

~ Dr. Oscar.