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OPS Librarian wins $30,000 for her school
WOWT 6 News
When Oak Valley Elementary library media specialist Pam Krecek talked with some of her students in January about entering a contest, little did they know what would happen three months later.
In fact, Krecek won the $30,000 prize from the Central Intelligence Agency’s Mission Possible: Makerspace Nation Competition.
$30,000 Makerspace Contest For Local Teachers
FOX 4 Kansas City
Kansas City educators can win a $30,000 makerspace for their classroom in the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Mission Possible Makerspace Nation competition. A makerspace is a designated area of a classroom where students can use various materials and tools to create something unique, often to solve a problem of some nature.
Cross Lanes Elementary students win massive nationwide STEM competition and $60,000 grand prize
WCHS
A middle-of-the-week surprise for one elementary school teacher and her classroom of STEM learners. Tiffany Pace and her STEM class at Cross Lanes Elementary were winners of the CIA Mission Possible Operation Advance Technology Competition, receiving the $60,000 grand prize from ORISE, the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education.
One CPS teacher could win $30K from CIA to bring high-tech equipment to classroom
WBBM NEWSRADIO
The CIA — yes, that CIA — wants to give one Chicago Public Schools teacher $30,000 to help inspire the next generation of STEM and STEAM professionals. The goal of the CIA's competition is to get students interested in the fields science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics.
CIA aims to inspire Chicago students with contest for $30,000
CBS Chicago
A teacher and students in Washington, D.C. just won $30,000 from the agency and a celebratory freakout like the one they had is coming to a Chicago classroom this year. The Mission Possible competition is open to third through twelfth graders. Video entries should explain how $30,000 will promote science, technology, engineering, art, or math learning.