Etowah High School Wins $6,000 Grant From NASA

WOODSTOCK, GA -- Etowah High School has won a $6,000 grant from NASA.

Principal Keith Ball said the competitive grant will support the school's robotics team.

The NASA Robotics Alliance Project awarded the FIRST Robotics Competition Program Growth Grant to the school to use for the team's 2017 competition season.

An international high school robotics competition, FIRST Robotics Competition offers high school students the opportunity to work with mentors to build game-playing robots that compete to complete specific tasks.

FIRST Robotics Competition scholarships are limited to high school students who are involved or planning to get involved in school related robotics clubs or organizations, according to the organization's website.

These clubs must inspire students to pursue higher education and careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields as well as working with schools and teachers to integrate robotics education into the daily curriculum.

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