By Jon Andreassi
Observer-Reporter
School districts in Washington and Greene counties will be creating programs to get students involved in the fields of science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics, or STEAM.
Through the Allegheny Intermediate Unit’s Center for Creativity, Chevron, the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation and the Grable Foundation awarded $530,000 to 28 school districts, including Bethlehem-Center, Burgettstown, Fort Cherry, McGuffey and West Greene.
With the money, school districts are meant to create programs that serve to advance students in STEAM fields.
Burgettstown Area School District received a $20,000 grant. With it, they are creating a project called “Full ‘STEAM’ Ahead: A Transformation of People, Places and Pedagogy.” The program will aim to create two “make shops” at both the primary and secondary levels. The goal of these shops will be to “embrace students’ natural curiosity, interest in technology and learning.”
According to Mandi Figlioli, the district’s assistant to the superintendent, the project will focus on “a lot of project-based learning.”
“(The grant) will also be used to fund training for teachers and parents,” Figlioli said.
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