The Adirondack Trust Company Community Fund provides funding to the Ballston Spa Central School district’s 2017 Girls’ Summit, which provides middle school girls with the opportunity to learn about STEM jobs.
The Ballston Spa Central School district recently received a $2,500 Lend-A-Hand Grant from the Adirondack Trust Company Community Fund (ATCCF). It will be used to support the 2017 Girls’ Summit, a full-day, STEM-based forum for girls. The event is designed to empower, inspire and inform girls to lead healthy lives and better prepare for their future.
“Adirondack Trust Company’s commitment in supporting STEM enrichment opportunities in our community is sincerely appreciated,” said Joseph P. Dragone, Ph.D., superintendent of schools. “The implementation of this grant will engage our middle school girls and allow them to learn more about pursuing STEM related career fields.”
The district’s Ballston Spa Partnership for Innovation in Education program will administer the grant in the coming year. The program creates innovative educational experiences that help reshape teaching and learning in the Ballston Spa schools so that students have the potential to learn from scientists, artists and musicians, civic leaders and companies to support research and development in the K-12 classrooms.
More information on this year’s grants can be found at www.atccf.org. For information on the Ballston Spa Partnership for Innovation in Education program is available through Madeleine Petraglia, coordinator of development, at (518) 884-7195 ext. 1369,or via email at mpetraglia@bscsd.org.