SEARSPORT — The Searsport District Middle and High School makerspace, the STEAM Lab, has been awarded a $20,000 Innovation Grant from technology and energy infrastructure company Siemens.
According to RSU 20, in a news release, Siemens recently completed extensive HVAC and energy retrofit work in the RSU 20 schools, and Market Manager Tom Seekins saw an opportunity for Siemens to partner with the RSU to support STEM education efforts of the STEAM Lab Makerspace.
“By providing this grant, it is our hope that when others ask about the RSU 20/Siemens relationship, we’ll be able to point not only to the energy retrofits and HVAC improvements, but to our support of RSU 20 Innovation and STEAM education as well,” said Seekins, in the release. “Simply put, this is what our important education customers expect when it comes to partnership, and through the Sustainability…
