Extracurricular

Hazel Lutzker and Anna Williams, Berkeley High School Robotics Team

Hazel Lutzker and Anna Williams, Berkeley High School Robotics Team

Anna and Hazel write about how the high school robotics team’s participating in the school district’s community repair events, Fix-it Fests, enables team members to deploy the skills and knowledge they develop for competition to serve the community, address environmental issues, and further the global repair movement.

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Chromebook Rescue Program

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Chromebook Rescue Program

Berkeley Unified School District involves students in repairing and refurbishing obsolete Chromebooks for redistribution to under-resourced students and families in the community.

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Kimberley Schroder, Community Repair Advocate

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Kimberley Schroder, Community Repair Advocate

Kimberley’s workshops demonstrate how repair brings critical thinking, real-world problem-solving, and basic physics concepts into the classroom, while also making space for urgent conversations like caring for the environment. 

Zoe Athanasiou, Marketing Manager at Team Repair

Zoe Athanasiou, Marketing Manager at Team Repair

Zoe explains the thinking behind their Repair Kits: Transform how children engage with science and technology through fixing real objects. Home kits include a strategically broken gadget, tools, parts and repair guides. Classroom kits also include worksheets, lesson plans and more.

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Emily Wanous, Engagement Director for Algalita Marine Research and Education

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Emily Wanous, Engagement Director for Algalita Marine Research and Education

Algalita’s mission is to eliminate plastic pollution through education and research. Emily writes about how the organization has integrated repair into their in-class and afterschool programming.