Spruce View School receives $20,000 board grant for student-led hydroponics project
Students at Spruce View School were delighted to learn, recently, that the school will receive a $20,000 grant from the Chinook’s Edge School Board.
Spruce View students plan to use the funds to purchase hydroponics equipment so they can grow vegetable crops year round. This is the latest project to receive a Flourishing Stories and Innovation Grant.
“We’re pleased to see the efforts of the students rewarded,” said Claire Funk, Principal of Spruce View School. “They worked hard at developing the submission to the board. They have a great idea and we believe it will grow now that we have the Board’s seed money in place.”
The idea started with teacher Rick Dunnigan, who teaches Career and Technology Studies at the school, as well as math and science. Dunnigan approached administration and asked to offer an enterprise and innovation class, so that students would have the opportunity to develop a project and learn the lessons from the process, including how to apply for a grant.