The first 20 to 22 students who return permission slips get to attend the next book club meeting. Participants enjoy activities, games and refreshments related to the book. Grant funds pay for 10 copies of the book and meeting supplies. It also makes that book special to them. It encourages reading.
Students chart the daily growth of vegetables.
They're going to learn to associate things in nature with real number patterns and see that math underlies a lot of science and processes in the world. Grant funds allowed AMS to purchase a greenhouse lighting system and a pharmaceutical scale for the project. A number of employees became Foundation Cornerstone Donors last year. Employees will have another opportunity this fall to support the foundation through payroll deductions or one-time donations. Information will be distributed Sept. 14.