Students at George Washington Intermediate School never want to forget the impact the late Matt Conover has had on their education.
That’s why they created a Christmas display and tree in his memory at this year’s Festival of Trees, a post-Thanksgiving celebration held every year at the Neshannock Township Memorial School.
Matt, at age 12 in 2002, lost his battle with multiple myeloma. Since then, his parents, David and Noelle Conover of Pittsburgh, have formed a foundation in his name and have funded more than 20 classrooms in western Pennsylvania for STEAM — Science, Technology, Arts and Mathematics, calling them “Matt’s Maker Spaces.”
A Matt’s Maker Space learning room was created three years ago on the third-floor…