Lawrence School District Gets $31,896 To Support STEM Education

LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ — The Lawrence Township Education Foundation (LTEF) recently awarded $31,896 to the school district to support STEAM education.

The funds came through a grant from Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS).

“Human progress depends greatly on innovation. It depends on people coming up with innovative ideas to improve life. Consequently, societies must make sure that as many people as possible have the opportunity to become scientists, inventors and entrepreneurs,” LTEF Executive Director Karen Faiman said.

“To ensure this, it is essential that we offer students the best STEAM educational framework that we are able. Thanks to BMS, the LTEF is able to do just that with this grant and greatly enhance STEAM education at all grade levels in Lawrence Township public schools.”

This grant has three distinct parts - LEGO Kits, Harkness dry-erase Tables and a STEAM Speaker.

The funding will provide Computer Science LEGO Education STEAM Kits for Pre-K through 6th grade classrooms. These sets will allow children to experiment and answer questions and align well with the elementary Computer Science standards.

The second part of this grant provides modified Harkness-style dry-erase tables for high school math classrooms to facilitate student discourse, collaboration, and visible thinking.

The final part includes a talk by speaker Kantis Simmons who will visit Lawrence Middle School and Lawrence High School. Simmons is a Leading Global STEM Expert, Motivational Speaker and School Success Strategist. Simmons will give keynote addresses to the students at LMS & LHS, and additional workshops.

The goal of this part of the project is to encourage STEM learning and guide students to rewarding STEM careers.

Since 1992, the LTEF has funded over 1,100 programs in the Lawrence schools with grants in nearing $4.5 million. For a complete list of the grants, along with more information on LTEF and ways to support the Foundation, visit www.ltefnj.org or email info@ltefnj.org.

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