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When Charles Wright first came to Amesbury Innovation High School, he didn't know what he wanted to do with his life.
"I struggled at college, and then going this program and being able to graduate through school, come here and start with staff," the Massachusetts teacher tells the Daily News of Boston.
Now, after returning to the alternative high school he first attended as a child, Wright has been awarded the Stroke of Genius Award for Educational Leadership for his efforts to enrich the learning environment of his students.
The award, named for retired Superintendent of Schools Stephen Gerber, celebrates an unsung hero who has been nominated their peers for creating a project that has made a difference.
"So, I built this space," Wright says of the 3D printers, laser engravers, and cutting machines he installed in the alternative high school.
"We made an alternate way to enrich the kids' learning," he says.
"They've been able to do very artistic and very thoughtful work using that space."
The school, which has an enrollment of up to 55 students in grades nine to 12, received a $500 grant from the Amesbury Educational Foundation Inc.
to set up the space following a grant in 2022, per the Daily News.
Wright, who graduated from college in 2017, says he
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