A school in suburban Park Forest is encouraging students to take risks and push creative boundaries in a new space known as a "Fab Lab."

A "Fab Lab," an abbreviation of "Fabrication Laboratory," is a tool the Michelle Obama School of Technology and the Arts is using to help encourage students to explore their skills in STEM fields.

The lab features a number of different stations for students to use, and encourages a host of different disciplines, according to officials.

“What do you do in a lab? You do experiments, fabrication means making things, so we are doing experiments and making things,” said Keerie Prasopoulos. “We have eight different topics spanning from laser cutting, 3- D printing to origami…The students work their way in a belt grid. Starting at white belt – novice – to ex

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