New learning space opens at Crabapple Lane Elementary

Crabapple Lane Elementary’s new Nest area features virtual reality goggles and other new teaching tools. Courtesy FCBOE

Crabapple Lane Elementary’s new Nest area features virtual reality goggles and other new teaching tools. Courtesy FCBOE

Students returning to class next week at Crabapple Lane Elementary School in Fayetteville will have a newly completed learning space to explore.

A custom-designed area called The Nest was specially designed with input from a committee formed by Principal Margaret Davis and Assistant Principal Erin Yocom, consisting of students, former students, teachers and parents. The former commons area now includes a touch-screen SMART TV and 32 virtual reality goggles, as well as a Lego lab and a Makerspace that provides hands-on lessons in science, technology, engineering, art and math.

During a reception held just before the holiday break, Superintendent Joseph Barrow said the school had done “a wonderful job in creating a space that is unique to the needs of your students.”