Owen Shaffer News Today

CURWENSVILLE — Curwensville Lake Recreation Area continues to be cleaned up following April’s torrential rains and flooding.

Hands-on learning fosters creativity, creates opportunities for collaboration, and feels good. Education Commons, the Precision Machining Laboratory, and Tangen Hall all offer space for students to get their hands dirty.

At the regional Science Olympiad, which drew more than 200 area students to Penn State Behrend on March 6, the real learning often begins when a project fails. “It’s not win or lose,” local teacher Paul Semrau said. “It’s win or learn.”