A five-year $1.5 million grant awarded by the Department of Defense Education Activity Partnership will allow Geary USD 475 to improve learning through STEM related activities in science and mathematics.

The grant will promote and improve STEM-related student achievement in science and mathematics in the three secondary schools: Junction City High School, Junction City Middle School, and Fort Riley Middle School. The project will continue to focus on a foundation implemented with a previous DODEA project, “STEAM into STEM.”

Funding from the award will enhance in class supports through tools such as tablets, TI Nspire calculators, additiional Green STEM modules, robotics supplies, and professional development for educators. In addition, the grant will provide for Technology Coaching to support teachers.

This is the fifth grant that USD 475 has received from the Department of Defense Education Activity Partnership.   The new grant will be spread over a five-year period at $300,000 per year.