Rainbow Schools receive funding from CIM Sudbury

Algonquin Road Public School students received $1,450 from the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Sudbury Branch. The funding will be used to purchase ten new safety switches for the science and technology program for Grades 7 and 8.  Algonquin Road Public School, Lively District Secondary School and Espanola High School will share over $3,700 in funding to purchase equipment and textbooks that will benefit students in science and technology programs. Front Row, from left, are Algonquin Road Public School students Lauren Dougan, Dylan Godin  and CIM Sudbury Branch representative Jessica Dean. Back row, from left are CIM Sudbury Branch Chair Ed Toivonen and teacher Darren Foy.

Algonquin Road Public School students received $1,450 from the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Sudbury Branch. From left, CIM Sudbury Branch Chair Ed Toivonen, Kayla Marcon, CIM Sudbury Branch Representative Jessica Dean and Logan Roy watch Phillip Yao work on a project for his science and technology class.  Grade 7 and 8 students have been making ergonomic step stools, insulated lunch containers, laptop cooling stands and other innovative projects.  The program will benefit from ten new safety switches allowing students to operate more equipment at once thanks to the CIM funding.  Algonquin Road Public School, Lively District Secondary School and Espanola High School will share over $3,700 in funding to purchase equipment and textbooks that will benefit students in science and technology programs.

Jessica Dean, a representative from the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Sudbury Branch watches Logan Roy create an innovative project for his science and technology class at Algonquin Road Public School. Logan is part of the Grade 7 and 8 science and technology class that will benefit from $1,450 in funding from the CIM Sudbury Branch.  The funding will be used to purchase ten new safety switches that will allow more equipment to operate at once. Algonquin Road Public School, Lively District Secondary School and Espanola High School will share over $3,700 in funding to purchase equipment and textbooks that will benefit students in science and technology programs.

Students at Algonquin Road Public School, Lively District Secondary School and Espanola High School will share over $3,700 in funding from the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, Sudbury Branch.  Funding will be used to purchase equipment and textbooks to benefit students in science and technology programs.

“We are grateful for this funding that will enable some of our schools to enhance the hands-on learning opportunities that we offer,” said Rainbow District School Board Chair Tyler Campbell.  “Students will expand their knowledge in this important area with these new tools and resources.”

The Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) facilitates learning and professional development in the Canadian minerals, metals, materials and energy industries.

“We provide funding at the elementary and secondary levels for material, equipment, and special training for mining and metallurgy programs,” said CIM Sudbury Branch Education Committee Chair Ed Toivonen. “In addition, CIM provides bursaries to Grade 12 students and funding for community events including the Regional Science Fair, Mining Week, the Secondary School Head Frame Competition and Laurentian University Mining Games.”

Algonquin Road Public School received $1,450 from CIM to purchase safety switches for stationary and bench top tools. Ten new safety switches will allow Grade 7 and 8 students to operate more equipment at once.  Students have been working on a number of innovative projects in science and technology.  They have been making ergonomic step stools, insulated lunch containers and laptop cooling stands.

At Lively District Secondary School, Grade 9 and 10 students will benefit from new single cylinder engines.  Students will disassemble the engines to measure, inspect and learn about the internal parts.  A CIM donation of $1,520 will enable the school to purchase six to eight cylinders.

The Espanola High School library will gain $773 of new textbooks on geology and mining in Ontario.  The resources will be used to enhance the Specialist High Skills Major in Mining program offered at the school.

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