{"id":28269,"date":"2015-10-15T17:29:02","date_gmt":"2015-10-15T21:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2015\/10\/queensbury-school-gets-state-grant-as-award-for-its-outstanding-innovation-programming.html"},"modified":"2017-11-08T11:03:29","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T16:03:29","slug":"queensbury-school-gets-state-grant-as-award-for-its-outstanding-innovation-programming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2015\/10\/queensbury-school-gets-state-grant-as-award-for-its-outstanding-innovation-programming\/","title":{"rendered":"Queensbury School Gets State Grant As Award For Its Outstanding ‘Innovation’ Programming"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A student at Queensbury Union Free School is involved with robotics as part of the ‘innovation space’ programs that let students use high-tech tools to solve engineering and design problems\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
The New York State School Boards Association \n“Be the Change for Kids” initiative awarded \nQueensbury Union Free School District a $5,000 \ngrant to continue to grow the innovation space \nat Queensbury High School.<\/p>\n
Queensbury was one of only three school \ndistricts across the state to receive NYSSBA’s \nannual Be the Change for Kids award this year.<\/p>\n
According to NYSSBA, the Be the Change for \nKids initiative highlights successful programs \nthat are making a difference and setting the stage \nfor children’s future successes in college, career, \ncommunity, and as citizens. \nIntroduced in September 2014, the innovation \nspace began as a “technological sandbox” where \nstudents could spend study halls, free periods or \nlunches pursuing solutions to real-life problems.<\/p>\n
Initially funded by a state Performance \nImprovement Grant, this unique lab space gives \nstudents access to 3D printing, 3D digitizing, \nmusic production, hardware and software, \ncomputers, and a large selection of other tools \nand equipment to help them solve engineering \nand design problems.<\/p>\n
“Queensbury students will graduate into \na world where success often depends on \nSTEM-oriented skills such as critical thinking, \ninquiry, creativity and problem-solving,” said \nSuperintendent of Schools Dr. Douglas W. Huntley.<\/p>\n
“Job openings in science and tech fields are \nprojected to grow by nearly 20 percent by 2018 \n– nearly double the rate of growth in non-STEM \noccupations. Meeting this challenge requires that \nwe encourage students in self-directed learning, \nand our innovation space is full of exciting new \nprojects leading the way.”<\/p>\n
Altogether, more than 100 projects were \ncreated in the lab during the 2014-15 school \nyear including a portable ski sharpener, a hydropowered \ncalculator, a jet engine turbine that runs \non compressed air and more.<\/p>\n
The high level of student interest and \nparticipation in the innovation space prompted \nadministrators to expand the depth and breadth \nof the program for the 2015-16 school year. In \naddition to remaining available to all high school \nstudents on a walk-in basis, an innovation class \nhas been added as an elective.<\/p>\n
Photo Courtesy Queensbury Union Free School<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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