Northrop Grumman Foundation announced the 20 public middle school
semifinalists in its Fab School Labs science classroom makeover
contest. With the support of their local communities and the public
at large as part of a week-long online voting campaign scheduled
from Monday, Nov. 16 to Friday, Nov. 20 the semifinalist schools
will have an opportunity to receive votes to make their dreams of a
state-of-the-art science lab a reality with one of five available
grants up to $100,000 each.
From outdated equipment and an overall lack of functional space
for students to work, to a need for more safe and secure classrooms
to be able to conduct experiments, the contest submissions cast a
spotlight on today's middle school science facilities and the need
to help bring them up to the learning standards required to meet
the growing technological advancements and demands of our
society.
The schedule for online voting and Fab School Labs contest
semifinalist schools, which hail from 12 states and 20 cities,
are as follows:
Voting Day One - Monday, Nov.16 Benjamin Syms
Middle School (Hampton, Va.) Harrington Middle School (Mt. Laurel,
N.J.) Princess Anne Middle School (Virginia Beach, Va.) Willetts
Middle School (Brunswick, Ohio)
Voting Day Two - Tuesday, Nov. 17 Clifton
Middle School (Monrovia, Calif.) Dawnwood Middle School
(Centereach, N.Y.) Legacy Preparatory Charter Academy (Plano,
Texas) Selden Middle School (Centereach, N.Y.)
Voting Day Three – Wednesday, Nov. 18 Aurora
Frontier P-8 (Aurora, Colo.) Browns River Middle School (Jericho,
Vt.) Calavera Middle School (Carlsbad, Calif.) Stewartville Middle
School (Stewartville, Minn.)
Voting Day Four – Thursday, Nov. 19 Crittenden
Middle School (Newport News, Va.) Louise Radloff Middle School
(Duluth, Ga.) Lucille M. Brown Middle School (Richmond, Va.) New
Bridge Middle School (Jacksonville, N.C.)
Voting Day Five – Friday, Nov. 20 Bertha
Sadler Means Young Women's Leadership Academy (Austin, Texas)
Brookville Intermediate School (Brookville, Ohio) Herndon Middle
School (Herndon, Va.) Hyde Park Middle School (Las Vegas, Nev.)
The Fab School Labs contest has been designed to drive student
interest in STEM by giving public middle school teachers and school
administrators the chance to create the STEM lab of their dreams
and provide students access to the latest learning tools and
technologies that will stimulate as well as teach.
Inadequate access to funds and facilities are frequently cited
problems by educators as it relates to science and mathematics
education at the elementary and middle school level, according to
the National Science Board and other education sources. To help
meet the education demands of today's fast-paced, technology-driven
world, the Northrop Grumman Foundation – through its Fab School
Labs program – is helping today's science and STEM labs and
classrooms become places of inspiration, imagination and
opportunity for students.
"Enhancing classroom tools is another way to help our teachers
boost the science and technology learning experience for their
students," said Sandra Evers-Manly, Northrop Grumman vice
president, Global Corporate Responsibility and president of the
Northrop Grumman Foundation. "Young people are naturally
inquisitive and adept at so many of the technologies we have
available to us today. With the help of teachers and the community
at large, we look forward to giving kids the chance to succeed and
thrive as they engage in the exciting fields of science,
technology, engineering and math where they can let their
imagination soar."
Nearly 200 schools participated in the contest submitting
videos, photos and sharing their school's vision for a
state-of-the-art science lab. The contest, which was announced
earlier this year, invited teachers, principals and school
administrators to share their vision for a dream science lab and to
tell their school's story through video, photos, and a brief essay.
All submissions were reviewed by a team comprised of Flinn
Scientific and an independent consultant. The top 20 semifinalist
schools were chosen based on a scoring system that included
existing classroom/lab resources, level of need, students impacted,
feasibility of upgrades and plans proposed, and meeting the contest
eligibility requirements and entry criteria.
To help determine the final five winning school grant
recipients, Northrop Grumman Foundation will engage the public's
help via an online voting campaign hosted on the Fab School Labs
Facebook page at www.facebook.com/FabSchoolLabs beginning Monday,
Nov. 16. Once all of the online votes have been cast, a final
selection process will be conducted by the Fab School Labs team to
determine the top five grant recipients. The winning schools will
then work with a design and engineering company to build a lab with
all of the tools, resources and furnishings needed.
To learn more about the Fab School Labs contest, visit
www.FabSchoolLabs.com. To vote once the online public voting window
is open, or to follow the competition, visit Facebook at
www.Facebook.com/FabSchoolLabs.
Northrop Grumman and the Northrop Grumman Foundation
www.northropgrumman.com/foundation, are committed to expanding and
enhancing the pipeline of diverse, talented STEM students globally.
They provide funding to sustainable STEM programs that span from
preschool to high school and through collegiate levels, with a
major emphasis on middle school students and teachers. In 2014,
Northrop Grumman and the Northrop Grumman Foundation continued
outreach efforts by contributing $15.9 million to diverse
STEM-related groups such as the Air Force Association
(CyberPatriot), Conservation International (ECO Classroom), the REC
Foundation (VEX Robotics), National Science Teachers Association
and the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering.
CONTACT: Mark Root
Northrop Grumman Corporation
703-280-2739 (office)
571-425-2132 (mobile)
mark.root@ngc.com
Kate Fisher/Matt Ritter
Finn Partners
954-765-3636 (office)
954-258-5859 (mobile)
fabschoollabs@finnpartners.com
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