From staff reports
STEUBENVILLE Teachers in the Steubenville City School District are sharing $1,800 in grant funding to implement projects for student growth.
Three Jefferson County Educational Service Center 2020-21 Best Practice Grants were disbursed to teachers Heather Hoover, Anthony Kinyo and Matthew Filo to help enact programs primarily centered on science and technology.
Hoover, who serves as an SFA facilitator and gifted intervention specialist at McKinley STEM Academy, is spearheading “How Does Your Garden Grow?,” a project where 60 cross-curriculum students will explore aeroponic farming (the process of growing plants in an air or mist environment without the use of soil or an aggregate medium) and the advancements in producing a faster growth cycle and healthier plants, all while using fewer resources. She said students will also gain the knowledge to explain local food systems and distinguish the means to developing an efficient and sustainable soilless farmin