September 12, 2019
Big Green came to The Imagination Lab this week to harvest the summer planting in the Duke Learning Garden with the help of Brentwood Elementary students. After the harvest, stu...
August 22, 2019
"Imagine The Arts" is only a week away! This fundraiser will benefit all Plainfield K-5 students. Please consider purchasing your tickets by this weekend. Hope to see you on Augus...
August 5, 2019
Welcome back, Quakers! We are excited that students will begin visiting The Lab for all new Odysseys next week. The sign up portal is now open for volunteers on our web site. Loo...
June 7, 2019
Today, we wrapped up the fourth of eight Odyssey camps we're offering at The Imagination Lab this summer. We are grateful for our amazing volunteers (middle school & high s...
June 4, 2019
Summer camps continue this week at The Imagination Lab. The morning campers enjoyed "Beginning Gardening & Garden to Table" while the afternoon campers tinkered with "Vex Robotics...
May 31, 2019
During the "First Encounters with Chemistry Camp," students watched lemon volcanoes foam up. Thanks again to our great campers and our amazing teachers and volunteers. What a grea...
May 30, 2019
At intermission of the "Colorful Circuit Creations" morning summer camp at The Imagination Lab, campers previewed an experiment for the "First Encounters with Chemistry" afternoon...
May 6, 2019
Thanks to our Partners at Home Bank!
The Imagination Lab is grateful for Home Bank’s generous donation, which will allow The Lab to purchase additional iPads for student use....
March 13, 2019
Thank you to our Rotary partners for volunteering at The Lab today. We appreciate all of your support!
November 29, 2018
Throughout November, The Imagination Lab has focused on heroes, including Hometown Heroes. During this afternoon's odyssey for Clarks Creek fifth grade students, Plainfield Police...
November 2, 2018
The Imagination Lab is a world-class, innovative learning space where all students grades K-5 visit monthly for a 90-minute Odyssey. Students learn through hands-on activities in...
September 14, 2018
If you’re looking for a great homemade salsa recipe, you’ve come to the right place.
Second and fourth grade Plainfield students discovered this recipe during their recent Imag...
August 31, 2018
Vision, strategic plans, annual goals - such business-y terms. In Plainfield, we like to imagine. And a couple of years ago, a little bit of imagining began a journey that led to ...
August 17, 2018
Not only did the Duke Energy Foundation make a grant of $25,000 to The Imagination Lab last fall, but last Friday they brought the organization's executive leadership team to see ...
August 14, 2018
The Imagination Lab now has a new interactive display thanks to Gear Up Cyclery located in Plainfield. Gear Up Cyclery donated a Specialized bicycle that will conn...
July 24, 2018
Ben Baize, a junior at Plainfield High School, has worked as an intern at The Imagination Lab over the summer. He has been applying some specialized knowledge and experience with...
July 12, 2018
It is amazing how our garden has grown during the past few weeks. We are so appreciative to Duke Energy and Big Green for providing the funding and “know how” as we learn about t...
June 19, 2018
Bringing hands-on learning to life for all of Plainfield's K-5 grade students at monthly Odysseys will take many volunteers or as we like to call them "Lead Learners." In fact, w...
June 1, 2018
Next summer, The Imagination Lab will be filled with students, but as we make final preparations to open at the start of the 2018-2019 school year things are pretty quiet around h...
May 22, 2018
SPRING HARVEST
May 21
Our seeds had almost exactly two months to grow and endured four snowfalls! The seedlings were in the ground for over one month. In spite of challeng...