Perkins Reserve grants provide funds to support the purchase of industry-grade classroom equipment or curricula and high-quality professional development opportunities.
Thank you to everyone who submitted a Perkins Reserve grant application this year. The Department of Education reviewed 48 total applications featuring a variety of projects. It’s exciting to see these innovative ideas from our state’s career and technical education programs!
Congratulations
to the following schools on receiving a 2021 Perkins Reserve Grant:
Britton-Hecla |
Modernize
manufacturing program with the purchase of a plasma cutting table |
$ 30,000.00 |
Corsica-Stickney
|
Add
industry-grade welding equipment to enhance the manufacturing program |
$
3,970.21 |
Dakota
Valley |
Add
industry-grade welding equipment to increase the student capacity of welding
courses and add dual credit courses |
$ 20,790.28 |
Deubrook |
Enhance
the Intro to Sports Medicine and Medical Terminology courses with industry-grade
equipment |
$
7,989.68 |
Flandreau |
Enhance
opportunities in ag metal fabrication with the purchase of a plasma cutting
table |
$ 29,750.00 |
Gettysburg |
Enhance
opportunities in ag metal fabrication with the purchase of a plasma cutting
table |
$ 28,195.07 |
Hitchcock-Tulare |
Purchase
industry-grade ag metal fabrication equipment |
$ 12,264.92 |
Hot
Springs |
Purchase
plasma cutting system to enhance curriculum in Ag, Food and Natural Resources
and Manufacturing clusters |
$ 30,000.00 |
McIntosh |
Enhance
the Ag, Food and Natural Resources program with drone technology |
$
5,156.00 |
Northeast
Technical High School |
Purchase
industry-grade equipment to enhance the Health Science Biomedical program and
allow for increased student participation |
$ 14,888.00 |
Northern
High Tech Consortium |
Purchase
an interactive seat to provide a real-life experience with the program’s
heavy equipment simulator |
$ 15,845.00 |
Platte-Geddes |
Implement
a middle school MakerSpace Lab to foster career exploration and promote CTE |
$ 19,021.10 |
Sisseton |
Provide
instructor training and course equipment for CASE Animal Science and Plant
Science courses that will provide CTE for Core Content opportunities for
students |
$ 22,158.80 |
Wolsey-Wessington |
Purchase
industry-grade ag metal fabrication equipment |
$
2,600.00 |