USD 309 gets $25,000 grant for STEM program

Nickerson-South Hutchinson USD 309 is receiving a $25,000 grant to expand its robotics and STEM programs to include underwater robotics.

America’s Farmers Grow Rural Education program is sponsored by the Bayer Fund. Across the country, local farmers nominated schools for a piece of the Bayer-funded grants.

Local farmers who nominated USD 309 for the grant will be invited to attend the ceremony. Brent Werth and Alan Shive, with Central Prairie Co-op, will make the check presentation during a halftime ceremony at the Nickerson High School homecoming football game Friday at Nickerson High School. The presentation is expected to occur between 7:30 and 8 p.m. on the football field.

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