The Creative Design and Engineering program aims to foster a creative innovator mindset where every student feels empowered to reach a goal or solve a problem because they possess the confidence in their own skills and knowledge. It pushes students to move from saying “I can’t do that” to saying “I can’t do that, yet” and more broadly develop a growth mindset. We aim to build curiosity and empower students to be resourceful. We teach them to keep attacking problems by addressing them in multiple ways and when they fail to keep going. We utilize processes such as design thinking, the engineering design process and tinkering to cultivate that mindset and the skills necessary to achieve success in realizing a goal or finding a solution to a problem.