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October 31, 2011
STEM Program Success: Students Visit NASA
Students from Walt Whitman Middle School (WWMS) and Mt. Vernon High School (MVHS) in Alexandria, VA were able to learn about space exploration and the use of science and technology when they visited NASA recently to talk with astronauts from a recent space station mission, STS - 135.
Fairfax County Public Schools received a $1.2 million grant from the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Educational Partnership to support STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education at MVHS. The grant, called Operation Major Success, will help fund teacher training and after-school and summer programs, including the Summer STEM Institutes at MVHS, which will introduce students to rockets, robotics, and engineering.
Astronauts Doug Hurley and Rex Walheim answered questions from the students and talked about their experiences on the space station. The crew was also joined by Leland Melvin, NASA's Associate Administrator for Education, who happened to also be a crew member of the STS-135 event. Hurley and Walheim were on the final mission of the space shuttle Atlantis.
Students were able to ask questions about living in space and the astronauts experiences in training and on the mission. The crew also talked to the students about the new class of astronauts that NASA is recruiting. They told the students about how they became astronauts and also gave ideas about what the students should study, if they are interested in joining the astronaut corps themselves.
The visit ended with a group photograph of the students and faculty with the crew.
The STEM grant provides a variety of services to students at both schools, including the funding of a counselor who provides academic and social support for military dependent students and their families at MVHS and WWMS. The grant also provides funding to support academic seminars and after-school programs geared towards encouraging students to pursue STEM educational opportunities.
Part of the grant will help fund the construction of an additional technology classroom at MVHS and be used to update and purchase computers and STEM curriculum software. Additional funds will be used to enhance existing technology by purchasing iPads, netbooks, eClickers, compound microscopes with LCD displays, touch screen monitors, SMART Boards, smart pens, LCD projectors, graphing calculators, and document cameras.
October 24, 2011
Beaufort Gazzette
Grant awarded to fund robotics programs at three schools
By RACHEL HEATON
rheaton@beaufortgazette.com
Three more Beaufort County schools will have robotics programs, thanks to a grant from the U.S. Department of Defense.
Broad River, Coosa and Shell Point elementary schools were awarded a three-year, $518,000 competitive grant from the department, the Beaufort County School District announced Wednesday.
Principals of the three schools plan to meet Friday to make plans for the grant. It will be used to purchase robotics kits and animation software, Coosa principal Carmen Dillard said.
Money also will go toward one-on-one tutoring in math, science and literacy, and pay tuition and book costs for teachers who take graduate-level math and science courses.
Dillard said Coosa may start some before- or after-school robotics programs. She also plans to visit other Beaufort County schools with robotics programs to learn more.
October 24, 2011
WLTZ-TV NBC 38
DoDEA grants push technology forward in Muscogee Co. schools
(Columbus, GA) ��� The Muscogee County School District (MCSD), in collaboration with Columbus State University, will announce the results of cutting-edge technology projects implemented through three grants from the U.S. Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA). These projects, which have already garnered national and state awards, will be described in a press conference at Columbus State University Coca-Cola Space Science Center, 701 Front Street, Columbus, Georgia, on November 2, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. Educational materials and technologies produced through these grants will be used to improve student achievement worldwide.
October 20, 2011
Fairfax Daily Monitor
Mount Vernon High, Whitman Middle Receive DoDEA Grant for STEM Education
Mount Vernon High School and Whitman Middle School are the recipients of a $1.2 million grant from the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) to support STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education. Mount Vernon High and Whitman Middle are Fairfax County public schools.
The grant will also fund a counselor who will support military families at Mount Vernon and Whitman.This individual will provide academic and social support for military dependent students and their families.
October 19, 2011
Fairfax News
Mount Vernon High, Whitman Middle Get Grant for STEM Education
Mount Vernon High School and Whitman Middle School have received a $1.2 million grant from the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) to support STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education.
The grant will also fund a counselor who will support military families at Mount Vernon and Whitman. This counselor will provide academic and social support for military dependent students and their families.
Updated: Oct 03, 2011 3:08 AM EST
WTOC.com - Savannah Georgia News
3 Beaufort schools awarded $518,000 grant
Three Beaufort elementary schools have been awarded a federal grant from the U.S. Department of Defense.
Broad River, Coosa and Shell Point elementary schools, which have a large percentage of students from military families, received the $518,000 competitive grant as part of the DOD's Joint Strike Grant Program.
One in four students at Broad River and Coosa elementary schools and one in five students at Shell Point Elementary come from military families connected to service at the Marine Corps Air Station, Parris Island Marine Corps Recruit Depot or the Beaufort Naval Hospital, according to a news release from the Beaufort County School District.
The three-year grant will fund one-on-one student tutoring in math, science and literacy and will be used to buy students robotics kits and animation software. The grant will also pay tuition and book costs for teachers who take graduate-level courses that focus on math and science.
The DOD "Joint Strike" grant program aims to increase teacher knowledge in mathematics and to enhance learning in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics learning beyond the school day.
Teachers will work with students individually and in small groups after school and during summer breaks.
October 1, 2011
Enterprise City Schools receives DOD grant
by Russell Sellers, Army Flier Staff Writer
FORT RUCKER, Ala. (September 29, 2011) -- Officials from Enterprise City Schools, Daleville City Schools and Fort Rucker announced to the public Sept. 22 that the Department of Defense awarded the school systems sizeable grants. According to Aaron Milner, Enterprise City Schools superintendent, the school system applied for a grant through the DOD Education Activity program and was awarded $2.5 million over the next three years. Milner added that the money would be spent to help make improvements to all schools within the system, including the purchase of new technology such as iPads, laptops, desktop computers, Liquid Crystal Display projectors and more.