FAQ's

The Brady Fab Lab is a community resource and is available to everyone in the community. Our students have access to the lab through workshops after school as well as an option for their Pride project. Additionally, we have created programming for middle and high school students and to provide access and training to them as well.

The goal of Fab Labs is to provide access to advanced technologies to help anyone, anywhere “make almost anything.” In other Fab Labs around the world frequent Fabbers and Makers include engineers and architects, small manufacturing businesses, students, artists, theatrical set designers, teachers, inventors, musicians, seamstresses, and even kids as young as 4 years old!

Our Fab Lab is intended to be a community resource. We provide weekly community access to the lab through a publicly posted schedule. Please refer to our Calendar page for Open Access hours and dates.

It is located inside of Brady Middle School in the Orange City School District:

32000 Chagrin Blvd, Cleveland, OH 44124

Safety is our first priority! Each machine has a safety document and quiz that a user must complete before they are able to use the equipment. Check out the Safety page under the Equipment page for more details.

The lab is open for everyone and there is no age requirement. Anyone with the approved level of supervision is allowed to use the lab. Additionally, the proper safety forms and training must be completed. Students grade 6-12 must follow the district and Fab Lab guidelines. Students up through 5th grade are welcome to come with adult supervision.

We have a very kid-friendly environment with age-appropriate programs that we run to give young Fabbers a fun and educational experience in developing analytical thinking, creative problem-solving and team-building skills. We offer youth-oriented training workshops for elementary, middle and high school students.

Anyone 5th grader and below will need parental supervision when using the lab outside of school hours.

The lab is currently open during school hours for Orange Schools students only. The lab is open to the community for various workshops and events. Check out our Calendar page for more details. Our OPEN FAB LAB page on this website provides Open Fab Lab participants the opportunity try mini designing lessons to become more comfortable with the design process.

For Brady Students who stay directly after school for a workshop, a parent/guardian must send in a NOTE or e-mail bmspickup@orangecsd.org. In the NOTE or e-mail please include the students FULL NAME and will be staying to participate in a FABLAB Workshop also indicate how they are getting home. For example -parent pickup or Moreland Hills Bus (for the bus: the student will report directly to the bus loop to ride their scheduled bus home at the conclusion our 3:30pm workshop).

Brady Fab Lab is located at Brady Middle School, 32000 Chagrin Blvd. Pepper Pike, Ohio 44124. Please park and enter the building at the first lot to your left as coming up to Brady Middle School. Please refer to the map for details. Parents may pick up and drop off their children at this entrance (NOT the front of the school building).

No need to worry! We are here to help. First, we will give you a tour of our lab and introduce you to the staff who can assist you with technical issues and answer your questions. There is a safety protocol for each machine to ensure the safety the user and equipment. We do encourage those who may be new to the technology to consider taking a tour and checking out the Fab Lab during Open house events. We also offer monthly trainings and workshop opportunities on various equipment.

Absolutely! Our staff hosts tours and training workshops on equipment usage and safety. Check out our Newsletter or Calendar page for more information.

Sign up for our volunteer list and you will be contacted when opportunities arise. Check out the Volunteer page for more details.

There is a newsletter subscription that will have features, upcoming workshops, special events and more. Check out our Newsletter Subscription page under the Contact Us page.

YES! bit.ly/bradyfablab

To register your child or yourself for a workshop please do the following:

• YOU WILL BE REDIRECTED TO EVENTBRIGHT.COM / "the workshop you had chosen to take"

• Select REGISTER

• Select CHECKOUT

• You will be directed to a Registration Information Form. When they ask for YOUR INFORMATION: PLEASE PUT IN YOUR CHILD'S NAME WHO WILL BE ATTENDING THE WORKSHOP

• If you do not already have an account with EventBright, you will be asked to create a password, so you can come back in to your account to make modifications if necessary

• A TICKET WILL BE CREATED FOR YOU and emailed to your email provided

• Your registration is complete

See you at your Workshop!!

Related District Policy

• 2111 Parent and Family Involvement

• 3213 Liability of Staff for Student Welfare

• 9150 School Visitors

• 9160 Public Attendance at School events

• 9600 Staff/Student Participation in Community Events

• High School Student handbook (pg 21) -any student under high school age must have supervision at any high school athletic event.

• BMS Athletic Events policy allow BMS students to attend the athletic events unsupervised, however students are not permitted to stay after school unattended until the event begins

1. Age of students allowed to be in lab without parent supervision.

Students who are in 5th grade and lower need parent supervision to be in the Brady Fab Lab during non-school hours. All students will follow the code of conduct in the Student Handbook. Students who do not follow these guidelines will not be permitted in the lab.

2. Safety/Liability waiver for the Brady Fab Lab.

Currently, OHS shop classes and community shop classes do not require participants to sign a safety liability waiver. The fab lab will follow this protocol as well.

There will always be a qualified Fab Lab adult present when the lab is open for both school and non-school times. Under no circumstances will students be left unsupervised or left in charge.

Policy 3213 (A-D)

B1. Students should not work in a shop, kitchen, or laboratory other than the regularly scheduled period, and then only under qualified supervision and in accordance with the prescribed safety procedures;

B2: Students not enrolled in shop classes or laboratory classes, do not use power tools or other dangerous equipment, unless supervised by a staff member.