JUNE 24, 2015 LAST UPDATED: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2015, 9:54 AM
BY DARIUS AMOS
STAFF WRITER |
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
Thanks in part to a large donation, learning at the Ridgewood middle school level is about to step into the future.
The Ridgewood Education Foundation (REF) has awarded an $85,000 leadership grant to the Board of Education to “kick off the renovation of science classrooms” at George Washington and Benjamin Franklin middle schools, according to REF Board of Trustees President Jennie Smith Wilson.
“This is much more about hands-on learning, understanding how things are made, learning by doing,” Wilson told The Ridgewood News last week. “Classrooms are outfitted for the old way of learning and teaching. Science classrooms match what learning was, not what it will be.”
According to Stacy Hughes, executive board member of the George Washington Home and School Association, the grant could not have come at a better time.
“It’s a generous gift for some well-deserving schools. It’s exciting to have the opportunity to create a hands-on, interactive learning environment for the kids,” Hughes said. “At GW, the classroom environment is a little antiquated, so this will be a huge and exciting change for the kids.”
https://www.northjersey.com/news/education/upgrade-project-gets-boost-in-funding-1.1361827