The Nickerson USD 309 School District has received a $25,000 grant from The America’s Farmers Grow Rural Education to help fund STEM education in the district.
The grant which is sponsored by the Bayer Fund, partnered with local farmers to nominate rural schools and awarded more than $2.3 million in grants to enhance their science, technology, engineering, and math.
USD 309 is one of the many schools across the country that has benefited from the Grow Rural Education program. For each grant-winning school, teachers, students, and oftentimes, community members, develop plans to create more engaging and innovative STEM programs.
(Read more: Hutch Post)