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Jackpot students build greenhouses, open school store as part of STEM grant
Summary
Teachers and students at Jackpot Combined Schools described hydroponics, two new greenhouses and a student-run spirit store funded by a STEM designation and grants; building trades and special-education classes will use the projects for workplace learning.
SAMI LAMPO, student board member, joined board members at the Elko County School District meeting in Jackpot while teachers presented new STEM activities underway at Jackpot Combined Schools.
The presentations described hands-on projects funded after the school was recognized as a governor's designated STEM school. Zach Hunter, the building trades and construction technology instructor, said the district installed about 15 active hydroponic systems across classrooms and is building two greenhouses that building-trades students are constructing.
"We have, I think, about 15 active hydroponic systems throughout the classrooms," Hunter said. He told the…
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