STEM school to expand, team with Wright-Patt

The Dayton Regional STEM School is beginning a classroom and laboratory expansion project that will include an innovative partnership with Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

Officials of the science, technology, engineering and math school announced a 30,000 square-foot renovation of currently unoccupied space in their building at 1724 Woodman Drive in Kettering. The project will create a science lab, assembly space, flexible learning lab, and five new classrooms at the school, which serves grades 6-12.

The space also will be the home of the Air Force Research Laboratory 711th Human Performance Wing’s Gaming Research Integration for Learning Laboratory (GRILL).

School officials described the GRILL as an educational outreach program that “inspires student interest in STEM through modeling and simulation software, helping equip the region’s next generation of critical defense workforce.”

Construction work is scheduled to begin this month, with an expected completion date in March. Synergy Building Systems was awarded the project after a competitive bid process, according to school officials.

Stephanie Adams, community outreach director for the school, said the project will be at the north end of the building.

A free, public “Brick Breaking Ceremony” will be held at the STEM School at 10:30 a.m. Oct. 19. The Dayton Regional STEM School is celebrating its 10th anniversary.