City Academy has received a $40,000 grant from Bayer Fund, a philanthropic arm of Bayer in the U.S., to provide students with opportunities to understand how classroom learning will translate into real world situations and opportunities to explore careers in STEAM fields.
“At City Academy, we emphasize the tangible knowledge and intangible skills gained by STEAM education,” said Jarrett Young, City Academy head of school.
“Our program promotes STEAM as an engaging and sustainable future career path, and a number of City Academy graduates have gone on to pursue STEAM fields. Many of these alumni cite their City Academy STEAM experience as inspiration for future career paths, and this grant from Bayer Fund will help bring these dreams to life.”
Young said the partners “have a mutual goal to see the communities we serve flourish.”
The grant will support STEAM learning and the curriculum is built on experiential learning that helps students connect classroom learning with its real-world application.
City Academy scholars utilize learned STEAM principles such as problem solving, critical thinking, and hypothesis formation in their other subjects. Bayer Fund has supported City Academy since the founding of its STEAM program in 2008.