On January 23, 2018, the 4th and 5th grade Focus students began the collaborative work for their winning exhibit design, The Big Brain Theory.  The students met the design teams from Burns & McDonnell and Science City and began to discuss the timeline for making the The Big Brain Theory come to life.  The project has a one-million dollar budget, and the students were charged with thinking about the most important parts of their design and how their design will integrate with the exhibits that currently surround the build-area.  After the meeting, the students toured Burns & McDonnell and were amazed as they experienced the work environment of the 16th rated Fortune's 2017 list of Best Companies to Work For.

Come see CAIR's newest piece of artwork. Like the Phoenix, with adversity, from the ashes we rise. Our CAIR family created tiles to show our own representations of this. Thanks to Ms. McIntosh for putting them all up for us.

CAIR students and Missouri Options, had an opportunity to learn about West African Drumming from the Traditional Music Society (TMS) located here in Kansas City.

CAIR's Focus program edged out 820 exhibit ideas to win the grand prize in the Burns and McDonnell Battle of the Brains competition.