ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Learning can come in many forms. For this Fairfax County school, it comes as an arcade.

Students at Edison Academy's cyber program worked on a months-long project — building their very own retro arcade. Their teacher, Aaron King, came up with the idea to engage the students with the material and put together everything they had learned in the year.

“I felt that we needed a hands-on project so the theory they were learning would come to life in a practical way, and the arcade seemed like a good idea to pursue,” King said.

The electrical and cyber classes designed and built the arcade, with everything from Pong to Ms. Pac-Man to a version of Just Dance.

King said the work that went into this project was about connecting equipment and connecting on a whole new level.

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