VDOE STEM Grant
Harvie & Laburnum Elementary School
The STEM Competition Team Grant Initiative: a state-funded, after-school initiative. Grant awards are available to Virginia schools/divisions that have demonstrated an interest in establishing new STEM competition teams and will serve as model schools for the STEM Competition Team Initiative. State funding of up to $5,000 per school year is available to public elementary, middle, and high schools at which at least 40 percent of the students qualify for free or reduced lunch. The purpose of the STEM Competition Team Grant Initiative is to increase awareness of careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) among teachers and students through STEM-related, problem-/project-based, team-building activities.
Goals:
Increase awareness of careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) among teachers and students.
Engage students in extracurricular, STEM-related team-building activities through problem-based, project-based team competitions.
Foster STEM competition team development and growth throughout Virginia.
Focus on STEM literacy skills through hands-on experiences. These experiences will include problem-driven integrated STEM activities that use collaboration, communication, creativity, critical thinking, and ethics to explore the challenges and opportunities of the STEM Competition Team Grant Initiative.
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