Districts receive grants for STEM activities
BROOKSVILLE – The Southwest Florida Water Management District awarded $108,937 in grants to 51 educators within the district as part of the Splash! school grant program.
The program provides up to $3,000 per school to enhance student knowledge of freshwater resources in grades K-12.
Splash! grants encourage hands-on student learning through STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) activities as well as engagement of the greater school community through awareness campaigns. Each school district allocates a portion of their annual youth education funding provided by the district to support the Splash! grants in their county.
The district awarded grants to the following schools/teachers in Pasco County:
- Achieve Center at Wesley Chapel – Meghan Butler
- Dayspring Academy – Chris Anzalone
- East Pasco Education Academy – Jose H. Olmo
- J. W. Mitchell High School – Dennis Koslin
- Moon Lake Elementary School – Amy Craver
- Shady Hills Elementary School – Margaret Higgins
- West Pasco Education Academy – Shamsher Lamba
Grants are available to support water education programs and activities that are focused on water cycle basics, freshwater or estuarian ecosystems, water quality and water conservation.
On the web: WaterMatters.org/SchoolGrants.
College breaking in Workforce Development Center
SPRING HILL – Pasco-Hernando State College was scheduled to celebrate the grand opening of its Workforce Development Center on Oct. 30 at Gowers Corner.
The celebration was rescheduled to Oct. 30 due to Hurricane Milton. The center is at 18950 Michigan Lane.
The Workforce Development Program touches on a wide variety of skills and knowledge, providing students with opportunities to further their professional careers and goals.
“Our goal is to give the students the knowledge, job experience and skills that they can use for the rest of their lives,” said Sean Kessler, instructor for the construction technician apprenticeship program. “If we’ve given them this foundation to build themselves up on, then we’ve done our job.”
President Jesse Pisors said the center illustrates a trend in colleges and industry partners working closely together to prepare people for well-paying jobs in high-demand industries.
On the web: phsc.edu
Student achievements
- Mykayla Christine King, of Lutz, is one of 387 Mars Hill University students named on the Honor Roll of the Academic Dean at the end of the spring 2024 semester. Students must earn a grade-point average of 3.5 on a minimum of 12 semester hours, and carry no grade below a C.
