Sparking the interest of young innovators 10/2/2018
By Sheila Slater
Mitchell Daily Republic
Oct. 2, 2018
Since August, sixth-grade Mitchell Middle School students have been busy building hydrogen-powered cars, solar-powered boats and playing Pac-Man with a joystick built from scratch using Play-Doh.
All of it is possible due to the Smart Lab at the Mitchell Middle School, which is now fully implemented after receiving an additional $25,000 in grant money from America's Farmers Grow Rural Education program, sponsored by Monsanto.
Principal Justin Zajic started looking into replacing the industrial technology course last December and put together a committee involving the Mitchell Area Development Corporation, Toshiba, Muth Electric, Mitchell Technical Institute and other community members.
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