The Ron Hockwalt Academies in Walnut is piloting a new “Innovation, Art and Design” academy under new principal Steve Carr. It’s a Design Based learning program. 

The Walnut Unified school will kick off the program with field games as team building exercises for the six academy groups.

The field game competition will begin at 10:20 Tuesday, followed by a barbecue lunch. Winners of the two days will be announced and prizes distributed.

Sounds like a lot of fun! We’ll highlight the innovative design program in a future story in the Highlanders.