Northside Middle School has received $10,000 from the 2021 Innovation Fund Foundation. The grant will be used to establish a S.T.E.A.M. farm to enhance hands-on and project-based learning.  S.T.E.A.M. stands for science, technology, engineering, agriculture/art, and math. Specifically, the grant will allow the school to expand the recycling program, add additional raised vegetable beds, hydroponic towers, a quail hatchery, arboretum and seating for an outdoor classroom. 

“Since the Northside Middle School agricultural education program was established in 2015, we have received numerous grants that have allowed our program to grow and thrive by enhancing hands-on learning, serving our school community, and developing leaders in our student body,” said Christina Sanders, agriculture teacher at Northside Middle School. “This grant will allow us to expand existing projects, such as our garden and outdoor classroom, while also allowing us to establish the beginning of our S.T.E.A.M. farm.”

Northside Middle School was one of eight schools in Georgia to receive funding from the Innovation Fund Foundation.

For more information about Northside Middle School, please call (478) 929-7845 or visit the school’s website at nms.hcbe.net.