Project architect Jeremy Dwyer, of CannonDesign, shows the “Genius Bar” where students can get technical help with their school laptops at Ehrman Crest Elementary and Middle School in Cranberry Township. Dwyer has been a practicing architect for 18 years. Butler Eagle File Photo

Collaboration with the Pittsburgh Children’s Museum and the careful consideration of the educational potential in every space at the new $63 million Ehrman Crest Elementary and Middle School has paid off for the Seneca Valley School District, where administrators were cheering on Thursday.

That’s when Time magazine announced the unique school has been included in the publication’s Best Inventions of 2022, in which 200 “groundbreaking inventions” worldwide are highlighted for their impact in their categories.

Of the 26 categories, Ehrman Crest found itself listed first in the “Design” slot.

The magazine said Ehrman Crest, which is in Cranberry Township, “features harmonic walls that educate about sound, fractions and energy; graphic walls with animals and numbers; and magnetic walls that let kids study local ecology.”

Time, in its description of the school, also touted the “art wing that doubles as a storm shelter” and added Ehrman Crest “models the future of educational institutions.”

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