Innovate Dayton unleashes the creative genius of our learning community by developing equitable opportunities for all students to discover their talents and skills. While empowering them to be problem solvers, we are connecting students and teachers with best practices from industry professionals to prepare them for success in our innovation economy.
We are showing students that if you can dream it, you can do it. And by empowering them to learn from failure, discover their value, and explore their passions, they are crafting their own unique learning journeys in school and beyond.
“OnlineNW was thrilled to build our first gigabit fiber network right here in Dayton. I see all sorts of possibilities to use our services to benefit the community and to help kids learn. We want to help spur innovative ideas and work with local students!”
Kathy Tate“Leading workshops that inspire educators to grow a culture of innovation and equitable deeper learning, while empowering them with the resources to practice these mindsets at their schools is my passion. I’m excited to take what we learned in Dayton and support other courageous school leaders as they tap into their creative confidence and experience the joy of being change-makers.”
Jami Fluke“As a civic minded parent with a career in Information Technology, I love the idea of our kids working on projects with community members and other students. This gives them hands-on learning opportunities while working to make Dayton a better place for all of us to grow, learn and live.”
Carrie Ray“Seeing the Innovation program develop over my four years in high school has been incredible. Not only has the program introduced me to new skills, people, and hobbies, but I have seen my student peers — who were once uninterested in school — make the i3 Center their home.”
Cate-Lynn Jacks
Dayton’s Fire Department: Turning Learners into Leaders
Students at Dayton High School have many opportunities to grow and learn within the school. Finding these opportunities in the community has shown to be just as important of an experience. In 2000, Dayton Fire Chief Brett Puttman launched a new volunteer program that...
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COVID-19: A Students Perspective
Many of life’s greatest challenges are uncontrollable. When we face them, we push ourselves to refocus our values, discover what truly matters in our lives, and establish our new normal. But what is our new normal now, as opposed to what it was before? For students...
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Character Spotlight: Mayor Beth Wytoski
Being a great leader not only means pushing your community to become the best version of itself, but inspiring others to take on the challenging mantle of leadership as well. I’m a student of Beth Wytoski and I believe that as the Mayor of Dayton and a teacher at...
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Reflecting on Dayton’s Summer Band 2019
Dayton High School offers many programs at the Summer Innovations Academy, to allow students to build on the skills developed throughout the school year and, more importantly, to connect students with their community. One of these summer programs was the Dayton Summer...
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Ceramics and Career Technical Education at Dayton
Dayton's CTE programs are growing exponentially as ceramics teacher Kelli Hascall has embarked on several projects to develop not only the ceramics program, but Dayton’s opportunities for hands-on students seeking to enter the trades. Last year, the ceramics class was...
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Dayton’s Robotics Program 2019
During the rapid development of the Innovate program roughly five years ago, a teacher came to Dayton and introduced a new tech class that would bring unique learning opportunities for puzzle-oriented students that love technology: Robotics. Michelle Borst, a graduate...
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