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Huntsville City Schools wins $37,500 in BBI STEM awards for eight schools
Summary
STEM coordinator Dr. Rachel Evans announced that eight Huntsville City Schools each won BBI STEM awards totaling $37,500 to support projects ranging from robotics and outdoor classrooms to green‑power and Micro:bit programming.
Dr. Rachel Evans, Huntsville City Schools' STEM coordinator, announced that eight district schools were awarded BBI STEM grants totaling $37,500 and invited representatives from TVA, Huntsville Utilities, BBI and BVI to present checks and take photos.
The awards, Evans said, were competitive: "Only 67 schools in the state of Alabama were selected for this award, which means that Huntsville City Schools secured over 1 eighth of the available grants in the entire state," a point Evans used to highlight the district's success in securing funding for classroom STEM work.
Evans described each winning project: Challenger Elementary will use a walking‑classroom curriculum tied to a Parkinson's‑disease service‑learning project; Challenger Middle received funding to restore robotics programming; Goldsmith Shipman will create an outdoor classroom; Hampton Cove will use Makeblock robots to teach Python; Lee High will launch a student‑managed native grassland restoration and outdoor classroom with Vernier LabQuest devices for environmental monitoring; Morris Elementary will expand a green‑power program to build and maintain an electric car; Rolling Hills will build an outdoor STEM space including a pollinator garden and weather station; and a school labeled in the transcript as "Williams Bridal" will receive funding for video‑game design and Micro:bit projects.
School and district leaders posed for photographs with partners after each school's description. The presentation included project summaries and noted how classroom work will connect to hands‑on learning, career exploration and local competitions. No board action was required for the awards; the presentation functioned as a public announcement and recognition of partners. The district did not provide additional breakdowns of how the $37,500 is distributed among the eight schools in the transcript.
The district also recognized counseling staff in observance of National School Counseling Week and acknowledged board members during School Board Appreciation Month.
