The Jacobs Institute for Innovation in Education (JI) is proud to announce Round 2 microgrant funding of eight STEAM-based projects that are a collaboration between USD faculty and students and San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) teachers and students at the E2E Incubator at Kearny High School. As a part of USD's Envision 2024 Strategic Investment Fund, the JI is funding two rounds of microgrants for collaborative projects between USD students/faculty and SDUSD students/teachers that utilize the innovative E2E Incubator space.
After a competitive application process, eight projects taking place during June through December 2019 were selected for the second round of microgrant funding (up to $3,500 awarded per project). The winning project titles are below.
- Technology: Developing Your Superpower, Shirley Miranda (Kearny High School)
- Conservation Collaborative, Janel Ortiz and Maisy Feeley (USD)
- Success in Adulthood 4.0, Candice Fee (SDUSD Youth Advocacy)
- Building a STEM Foundation One Block at a Time, Laura Gingras (Marie Curie Elementary)
- Marie Curie Elementary Family Science Nights, Rachel Duron (Marie Curie Elementary)
- STEAM and Maker Lab, Shira Maltz + Amber Redmerski (Jonas Salk Elementary)
- Kindergarten Interactive Playground Music Wall, Janelle Rusch (Silver Gate Elementary)
- Ocean Pollution Solutions - Do you know where your plastic is?, Angela Hummel and Elizabeth Lonnecker (Hoover High School) + Hoover HS students
