Hatboro-Horsham School District Gets $100K Donation For STEM Programs

HORSHAM, PA -- Global tech firm Arris Group has donated $100,000 to the Hatboro-Horsham School District for its STEM programs.

The donation will benefit a wide variety of robotics, technology, and scientific efforts at the high school, the middle school, and the district's five elementary schools.

According to the school district, the funds will be allocated to the following programs:

• Osmo Learning in the Classroom – providing Osmo, an innovative technology that transforms a regular iPad into an interactive classroom tool, for Crooked Billet and Hallowell Elementary Schools
• KV Makerspace – expanding the highly successful MakerSpace at Keith Valley Middle School; purchasing two high-speed computers and VIVE equipment that will allow students to experience Virtual Reality.
• LEGO Robot Invasion – providing LEGO Mindstorm EV3 robots for Robotics programs at four elementary schools (Blair Mill, Crooked Billet, Hallowell and Pennypack). The technology provides opportunities for students engage in hands-on STEM activities and compete in FIRST LEGO League competitions.
• Digital Microscopes – purchasing thirty Celestron Digital Microscopes to be used by students enrolled in Biology, Forensics, Genetics and Environmental Science at Hatboro-Horsham High School.
• Keith Valley Robotics – supporting Keith Valley Middle School’s year-round robotics program. KV Robotics is a competitive program in which students design, build and program robots to compete in local and regional competitions.

The check was presented to the Educational Foundation during the recent FIRST Robotics Expo at Hallowell Elementary School.

Image via Arris. From left to right: Jim Brennan and Bernadette Dunn, Carey Rhodes, Nancy DeLucia, Bob Johnston, and Carin Kajari, with .Hatboro-Horsham robotics students.