Design Lives Here

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Our Impact

Since Design Lives Here began, it has impacted thousands of students in our viewing area!

Participating Schools:

Baldwin-Whitehall School District
Brookville Area Junior/Senior high school
Canon McMillian SD Cecil Intermediate
Canonsburg Middle School
Clarion Area Elementary School
Corry Area Middle School
Deer Lakes Middle School
Francis McClure Elementary School
Franklin Regional Middle School
Immaculate Conception Parish School
Independence Middle School
J.E. Harrison Education Center
Laurel Highlands Middle School
Marshall Elementary - North Allegheny School District
Moon Middle School
Pittsburgh Schiller STEAM Academy
Roy Hunt Elementary School
Stewart Elementary
Sto Rox Upper Elementary- afterschool
Summersville Middle School
Trinity Middle School

Participating Libraries:

Chartiers-Houston Community Library
Clairton Public Library
Moon Township Public Library
Peters Township Public Library

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About the Program

Design Lives Here is a semester-long engineering initiative that equips teachers and students (grades 5th-8th) to participate in engineering activities within their school or afterschool program. Professional engineers serve as mentors to students throughout the year. Schools who participate are diverse – public, parochial and private – and have the option of making this part of their school day or an extended program. Each spring, all the participants come together for a day of engineering challenges, grouped in new teams to compete for prizes. Design Lives Here activities are inspired by the popular PBS KIDS program and website, Design Squad Nation.

The 2023 - 2024 Design Lives Here initiative is a project of WQED Multimedia, with major underwriting by Howmet Aerospace Foundation, MSA, PPG and PPG Foundation, and additional support from ATI, Mastech Digital, Pitt Swanson School of Engineering, Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh, ANSYS, HATCH, Gateway Engineers, McKim & Creed, and founding partner the Engineers' Society of Western PA.