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Troy school district
to unveil greenhouse Thursday
September 26, 2017, Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute, Troy, NY
TROY, N.Y. >> The Troy City School District will host
a celebration at 2 p.m. Thursday to unveil the new greenhouse
built during the summer at Troy High School to be used by
high- and middle-school students and students participating
in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s STEP program.
Project organizers, funders, educators and students will
gather in the high school’s courtyard to hear remarks
from RPI and school district officials.
The greenhouse project is a collaborative effort between
RPI’s STEP program, the school district and the community
meant to engage young people, particularly in developing sustainable
communities. The greenhouse is designed to provide project-based
learning opportunities in sustainable agriculture for RPI
STEP students in the district, as well as the Troy High School
Environmental Club and Troy High and Troy Middle School science
classes.
The RPI STEP program has been funded by the state Department
of Education since 1986 and serves underrepresented and economically
disadvantaged students in grades 7–12, to pursue degrees
and licensed professions in science, technology, engineering
and mathematics fields. The program currently serves 132 students
in the Capital Region, of which 30 percent attend school in
the Troy City School District.
Additional funding for the project was proivided by The John
Ben Snow Memorial Trust, The Junior League of Albany, The
Seymour Fox Foundation, Whole Kids Foundation and Wicked Smart
Apparel. The district also secured a grand from The Lowes
Toolbox for schools program to bring total outside funding
for the project to $57,500.
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