Category: Issue 6

For nearly one hundred years, the Campus School has sent students into the world with a shared foundation. They leave with a sense of belonging, a love of learning, and the confidence that comes from being known well. Their lives take many forms, but the roots often look the same. Here is a glimpse into where a few of our alumni have gone and how they carry the Lab School spirit forward. Maya, Class of 2011 Maya is now a doctoral candidate in environmental science. She often traces her interest in ecosystems back to a fourth grade project on the Mill River.…

Smith College has always believed that the best learning happens in places where theory meets practice. You can see this across campus: in the Botanic Garden where students study plant systems through living collections, in the sciences where laboratories hum with experimentation, and in Landscape Studies, where the campus itself becomes a site for inquiry and design. The Campus School belongs to that same tradition. It is Smith’s laboratory for education and childhood development, a place where research, innovation, and community meet every day. A laboratory is not simply a room full of equipment. It is a space designed for testing ideas,…