“I really loved doing it, how we wouldn’t just be on textbooks, because it would give you a lot more free rein and freedom to figure out and assign yourself to a specific thing instead of having to do a whole entire part with it,” Yates said, noting there were options. “We were still learning, but in a much grander way.” – Abby Yates, Midland Trail High School student who worked on the North of the New project in 6th grade