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Agents of Change 2026
Upper Arlington High School · 11 classes
The year the festival filled two floors, with eleven classes from seven districts.
Exhibitors
Independent
Fashion, Reimagined
A runway of student-designed pieces made entirely from pre-loved materials. Every stitch is an argument about sustainability.
Independent
The Learner Agency Club
Seniors who spent the year challenging what it means to be a student, and took the case to district officials, the Ohio Board of Education and the Student Power Summit.
Independent
Experiences That Stay
Fifth graders navigating deliberately joyful experiences, and what happens to thinking when memory is the point.
Independent
LABS
IB Anthropology and Language and Literature, co-taught. Fieldwork at Newark Earthworks, Kokosing Nature Preserve and Second Baptist Church.
Independent
Growing Change
Hydroponic towers, harvested lettuce donated to the Mid-Ohio Food Bank, and younger students taught to grow their own. Come plant a seed.
Independent
Creativity, Activity, Service
IB students on mental health through literature and the case for heart health. Make a pledge, take home a bookmark.
Independent
Greathearted
What courage, kindness and resilience look like in ordinary life, and why it matters to hear every side of a story.
Independent
The Ripple Maker Project
First and third graders exploring how small actions travel. Artmaking, storytelling, and a year of noticing what other people need.
Independent
Rare Disease Awareness
Forty third graders and sixty eighth graders, two schools, two months, one shared campaign.
Independent
Poems, Plays and Worms
Composting, a visit to SWACO, and a year of writing. An Investigative Team of teachers connecting and inspiring each other.
Independent
Learner-Driven Studio
Learners aged 9-13 who registered LLCs, ran a Build-a-thon and built businesses for the Children's Business Fair, plus a year of self-chosen passion projects.