FYI - If you are in any of the communities listed below the opportunity for collaboration with STEM programming just got even more exciting! Cathy Lancaster Youth Services Coordinator Library of Michigan 702 W. Kalamazoo St. Lansing, MI 48915 LancasterC5@michigan.gov<mailto:LancasterC5@michigan.gov> | 517-335-8129 | www.mi.gov/libraryofmichigan<http://www.mi.gov/libraryofmichigan> Follow us: Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/libraryofmichigan/> | Twitter<https://twitter.com/libraryofmich> | Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/libraryofmichigan/> [MDE Logo] News Release Contact: Martin Ackley, Director of Public and Governmental Affairs, 517-241-4395 Bill DiSessa, Spokesperson, 517-335-6649 Gov. Snyder's MiSTEM Advisory Council Awards $2.85M to 34 STEM Projects January 19, 2018 LANSING - Thirty-four Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) programs are sharing $2.85 million in state grants from Governor Rick Snyder's MiSTEM Advisory Council, the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) announced today. The state Legislature set aside $2.85 million in 2017-18 to distribute grants up to $100,000 for the implementation of STEM programs listed in the STEMworks database. The MiSTEM Advisory Council selected the awardees, whose funding ranges from $24,000 to $100,000, from 134 applications seeking more than $10 million. The applications came from local and intermediate school districts (ISDs), universities, and STEM providers "STEM education is critically important to a student's success later in life," Governor Snyder said. "Thank you to my partners in the state Legislature and the Department of Education for ensuring that more Michigan students will have access to these STEM skills." The MiSTEM Advisory Council said in a statement: "The Council would like to thank the Governor for the leadership and vision to propel STEM education down a new and exciting path. The legislature has stepped up to the challenge and appropriated funds to support this shift in culture, enabling STEM programming around the state to benefit from proven best practices. "As proud as we may be about this initial success, we are even more encouraged by the widespread potential that will be harnessed and directed toward the further advancement of STEM education for all of the students throughout the state." State Superintendent Brian Whiston said the grants' STEM focus will help Michigan become a Top 10 education state in 10 years - the central goal of the Michigan Department of Education. The grants align with the Top 10 plan's goal of implementing high-quality classroom instruction through a child-centered instructional model with a strategy to enable public schools' students to engage in integrated STEM programming. In weighing the applications, the MiSTEM Advisory Council considered reviewer ratings, program type, and distribution across the MiSTEM Network Regions. Two successful applicants, Oakland Schools and West Shore ESD, received multiple awards to provide professional development in regions other than their own. They are using the funding to build on statewide work underway for several years with seed funding from other sources. Here is the list of 10 ISDs, 10 local districts and three STEM education provider applications selected for funding: Organization Region STEMworks Program Amount Lakeview Sch. District (Calhoun) Region 1 - Southwest Michigan PLTW $94,340 Oakland Schools Region 2 - South Central Michigan Modeling MS Science - Jackson/Lansing $100,000 Brighton Area Schools Region 2 - South Central Michigan PLTW $53,007 National Inventors Hall of Fame, Inc. Region 3 - Wayne County Camp Invention $100,000 Wayne RESA Region 3 - Wayne County Math Recovery $62,716 Plymouth-Canton Community Schools Region 3 - Wayne County PLTW $74,339 Detroit Public Schools Community District Region 3 - Wayne County A World In Motion(r) (AWIM) $97,730 Iridescent Region 3 - Wayne County Iridescent $91,382 Macomb ISD Region 4 - Macomb County Math Recovery $53,737 Oakland Schools Region 5 - Oakland County Modeling Biology $100,000 Oakland Schools Region 5 - Oakland County Modeling Chemistry $100,000 Genesee ISD Region 6 - Genesee, Lapeer, St. Clair Counties Math Recovery $98,406 Shiawassee Regional ESD Region 7 - Capital Area Math Recovery $99,120 Otsego Public Schools Region 8 - West Michigan MiSTAR $34,160 Kent ISD Region 8 - West Michigan Math Recovery $45,675 Oakland Schools Region 8 - West Michigan Modeling MS Science - Muskegon $100,000 Mason County Eastern Schools Region 9 - West Central Michigan Cereal City Science $100,000 Midland Public Schools Region 10 - Central Michigan MiSTAR $88,784 Sanilac ISD Region 11 - Thumb Cereal City $100,000 Oakland Schools Region 12 - North East Michigan Modeling Biology - Roscommon $100,000 Public Schools of Petoskey Region 13 - North West Michigan Full Option Science System (FOSS) $60,185 Eastern Upper Peninsula ISD Region 14 - Eastern UP Cereal City Science - elementary $93,488 Eastern Upper Peninsula ISD Region 14 - Eastern UP Cereal City Science - middle school $82,474 Oakland Schools Region 15 - Central UP Modeling Physical Science - Marquette $100,000 L'Anse Area Schools Region 16 - Western UP Engineering is Elementary $28,119 Public Schools of Calumet, Laurium & Keweenaw Region 16 - Western UP Math Recovery $24,285 Great Lakes Fishery Trust Statewide Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative $99,166 Muskegon Area ISD Statewide Math Recovery $99,960 West Shore Educational Service District Statewide AP Computer Science/Computer Science Discoveries $668,927 (6 applications total) The Legislature created the MiSTEM Advisory Council in 2015. It's made up of 11 voting members serving at the pleasure of the Governor and four ex-officio legislators appointed from the House of Representatives and Senate. 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