WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Google has donated $30,000 to Western Hills Elementary School in West Des Moines to build a new STEM Lab.
The grant from Google will allow the school to expand its curriculum and add new equipment for students to use in their education.
Jenna Pressley, the Principal at Western Hills Elementary, said that there are lots of possibilities for what they can add to the STEM Lab. STEM focuses on science, technology, engineering, and math skills.
“Whatever our curriculum is designed we try to enhance it not replace it,” Pressley said. “So there might be a maker space where they’re going to build something as they’re talking about volcanos or if we’re talking about step-by-step design process do we have some kits in here that we can build a project together step by…
