This grant supported the school district’s goal of incorporating technology and engineering in the classroom.

Previously, students were taught the engineering of bridge building with Popsicle sticks, but since students used to build only one bridge, there were limits to what they could learn.

With this grant, Pollard Middle School’s sixth grade science team purchased reusable kits, which allowed students to build seven different bridge prototypes and five-foot and six-foot replicas of real-world bridges.