MEDIA ADVISORY
San Diego Unified School District Leaders to Join Dingeman Elementary, Millennial Tech Middle School Students, and Community Members in Grand Opening for Scripps Mesa STEAM Lab
Monday, April 7, 2025
WHAT:
With indoor drones, 3D printing, and gardening demonstrations, Millennial Tech Middle School and Dingeman Elementary School students will join San Diego Unified School District leaders and community members to celebrate the grand opening of the new Scripps Mesa STEAM Lab at LIVIA Scripps Ranch during National Robotics Week.
WHEN:
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
9:30 - 10:15 a.m.
WHERE:
Scripps Mesa STEAM Lab
10400 Spring Canyon Road
San Diego, CA 92131
*See the event location map with the media staging area below.
VISUALS:
Students’ indoor drone, 3D print, coding, & student garden demonstrations
SPEAKERS:
Dr. Fabi Bagula, Superintendent (Interim), San Diego Unified School District
Sabrina Bazzo, Board of Education Trustee, San Diego Unified School District
Sam Doerner, Resource Teacher for Scripps Mesa STEAM Lab
BACKGROUND:
Located within the LIVIA Scripps Ranch apartment complex at the corner of Scripps Poway Parkway and Spring Canyon Road, the Scripps Mesa STEAM lab and garden are now open to TK-through-12th-grade students in the Scripps Ranch cluster, including Scripps Ranch High, Marshall Middle, Dingeman Elementary, EB Scripps Elementary, Jerabek Elementary, and Miramar Ranch Elementary schools.
With an overall goal to support science education in the district, the STEAM lab has three main spaces: a large central room that can be divided into two separate learning areas with glass panels, a second, smaller enclosed classroom area, and a flex area/work room that will house STEAM lab equipment, including laser cutters, 3D printers, and other technology. A student-designed and built garden will be used as part of the STEAM and garden science programs.
The STEAM lab will offer various programs, including week-long culminating project experiences that can be integrated into the TK-5 STEAM science curriculum, and single-day coding and robotics experiences through its Qualcomm thinkabit partnership. Aerial drones will allow students to compete in national and international competitions where students show off their coding skills. In addition, the STEAM lab will host a garden science program focused on botany and food science.
The STEAM lab also includes a second garden for community use, which is operated by the Scripps Ranch Civic Association’s Sustainable Scripps Ranch Committee.
Monarch Group fully funded the construction of the Scripps Mesa STEAM Lab.
PARKING:
Media can stage in the STEAM lab parking lot, marked as “parking area 2” on the map.
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Jamie Ries, Information Services Specialist, San Diego Unified, (619) 855-9283, jries@sandi.net.
Samer Naji, Facilities Communications Supervisor, San Diego Unified, (619) 548-3388, snaji@sandi.net.
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