The Ashland Education Foundation (AEFI) announced this spring that it received a $3,000 grant from MutualOne Charitable Foundation in support of the Ashland Innovation Center (AIC), a STEAM (a Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) laboratory, which will be located at the Ashland High School. The laboratory is being developed to:
Increase the amount of STEAM curriculum offered at AHS
Increase femawle student participation in STEAM classes
Increase STEAM exposure to younger students to engage them at an early level.
Offering access to this new technology and equipment provides students AHS students, and students throughout the district, with an unprecedented opportunity to integrate 21st century technology tools to meet the Ashland Public School’s vision and meet the technology literacy standards set by the state.
Since 2010, AEFI has raised over $520,000 towards funding innovative projects within the Ashland Public Schools.