Lanier High School has been awarded a $24,000 grant from State Farm IT for its science, technology, engineering and math education programs.
Gwinnett County Public Schools made the announcement Wednesday, saying school officials plan to direct the funds towards their robotics program both at Lanier's center for design and technology and its feeder elementary schools. Lanier teacher Mike Reilly said State Farm's grants have been important to the center's growth over the past several years.
"This most recent State Farm IT donation brings the company’s total contribution to the Lanier CDAT program to more than $100,000 over the past 7 years, as well as thousands of hours of volunteer time," Reilly said. "During this time, computer science participation has more than doubled at Lanier High, and the participation rate in technology courses now mirrors that of the school population.”
Lanier High School's STEM program was recently re-certified by the state as a STEM certified program.
