IPS school to receive first $50K grade school STEM lab
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Students at Indianapolis Public Schools’ Ernie Pyle School 90 will get to explore robotics technology and more in the district’s first fully funded grade-school STEM lab.
The $50,000 lab is supported by NextGear Capital and Cox Enterprises, which donated technology, like new iPads, a 3D printer and other educational robotics tools.
Employees from NextGear Capital, which is headquartered in Carmel, helped decorate and assemble furniture in the converted fifth and sixth grade classroom.
“I’m simply stunned by all the tools that are now available for our students to build and explore robotics in different ways,” IPS teacher Jenina Sorenson said in a news release.
Representatives from NextGear Capital, an affiliate of Cox Enterprises, and the TechPoint Foundation for Youth visiting the STEM lab in late August. It comes as a project of Cox Enterprises “34 by 34” social impact initiative which seeks to empower 34 million people to live more prosperous lives by 2034.
“When people are empowered with a purpose, they create a ripple effect that positively impacts the lives of everyone around them,” NextGear Capital President Scott Maybee said. “The TechPoint Foundation for Youth was the perfect partner to help us achieve this purpose by ensuring that underserved students in our community have access to STEM education.”
Ernie Pyle School 90 is located near West 16th Street and Tibbs Avenue on the city’s near west side.