Living science laboratory at piney woods school

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $350,000 Innovative Approaches to Literacy program grant to The Piney Woods Country Life School to establish a Living Science Laboratory. The grant provides funding to develop and improve STEM education services for students from birth through 12th grade at the minority-owned, non-profit educational institution. Through this project grant, The Piney Woods School will provide high-quality STEM learning experiences and science education programming. Additionally, the school has received over $1.4M in cooperative agreements from the USDA to support sustainable farming practices, specialty crop programs for socially disadvantaged farmers, and agricultural entrepreneurship opportunities for students. The Piney Woods School also partners with state agencies to implement child nutrition and disaster recovery services.