Concord Community Schools wins FUSE Grant
Siemens has awarded eight STEM Education grants to schools across the country. Each grant is valued at $26,000. Concord Community Schools was one of eight grant recipients to implement this program for the 2017-2018 school year. Concord Middle School will now be one of ten FUSE studios across the country. The district is excited about the opportunity and we know that it will allow our students to have greater access to STEM curriculum.
FUSE is a new kind of interest-driven learning experience developed by researchers and educators in the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University. This program engages pre-teens and teens in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts/Design, and Mathematics topics while fostering the development of important 21st century skills. The grant includes the following support and materials:
- Site license for the FUSE Innovate package (24 challenges)
- Package can be used as during/after school programs
- All challenge materials (including an Ultimaker 2+ 3D printer
- Website access for students and facilitators with the ability for students to engage with others from around the world
- Travel and lodging for a two-day FUSE training and Siemens workshop held in Chicago
- Full training and year round implementation support from the FUSE team
- Renewal for 2 years
- $600 towards materials and new challenges to resupply the school's’ studio over the two years.
Concord Schools would like to thank those at Siemens and Northwestern University for partnering with us to make this happen for our kids.
To see a map of the FUSE studios and hear an update from our middle school, click HERE.
To learn more about FUSE click HERE.