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Over 50 Innovative STEM Projects Win O&R Grants Totaling About $50,000; Awards Support Studies in Rockland, Orange, Bergen, Passaic and Sussex

  • Orange & Rockland Media Relations

  • Pearl River – June 13, 2023 -- 12:00 PM

Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. (O&R) has awarded grants totaling approximately $50,000 to support over 50 creative, cutting-edge classroom projects that focus on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

O&R’s STEM Classroom Grants were awarded to proposals from Orange, Rockland, Sussex, Passaic, and Bergen counties, all located within O&R’s service area. O&R operates in New Jersey under its affiliate name Rockland Electric Company.

To see the STEM grants in action, please click here.

Talented, hard-working, thoughtful teachers have crafted ambitious, interesting, ingenious, sparkling lesson plans that dazzle. These dynamic proposals are designed to challenge students to think, plan, act and achieve --- and have fun doing it.

Students working on a STEM project.

These dynamic proposals are designed to challenge students to think, plan, act and achieve --- and have fun doing it.

O&R President and CEO Robert Sanchez said, “O&R is proud to support our teachers and students with STEM grants that can help to create future leaders in science, technology, engineering and math.”

A complete list of this year’s winners is at the end of this press release.

Over the past nine years, O&R has awarded 365 STEM Classroom Grants totaling over $341,000. Those grants ranged from $185 to $1,000.

The grants were awarded based on a review of teacher-submitted proposals by the O&R STEM Education Advisory Council, a panel of educators and engineers assembled by O&R expressly for this purpose.

Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. (O&R) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Consolidated Edison, Inc., one of the nation’s largest investor-owned energy companies. O&R is a regulated utility. It provides electric service to approximately 300,000 customers in southeastern New York State and northern New Jersey (where it’s Rockland Electric Company) and natural gas service to approximately 130,000 customers in New York.

The 2023-2024 Rockland County, N.Y. winners are:

 

  • Bardonia and West Nyack Elementary Schools --- Clarkstown Central School District --- Bardonia
  • Benim Academy of Haverstraw --- Private School --- New City
  • Benim Academy of Haverstraw --- Private School --- New City
  • Benim Academy of New City --- Private School --- Haverstraw
  • Benim Academy of New City --- Private School --- Haverstraw
  • Camp Bullowa Boy Scout Summer Camp --- Greater Hudson Valley Council Boy Scouts of America --- Stony Point
  • Clarkstown Central School District --- Clarkstown Central School District --- New City
  • Cottage Lane Elementary School --- South Orangetown Central School District ---Blauvelt
  • Evans Park Elementary School --- Pearl River Union Free School District --- Pearl River
  • Fieldstone Elementary School --- North Rockland Central School District --- Thiells
  • Fleetwood Elementary School --- East Ramapo Central School District --- Chestnut Ridge
  • Haverstraw Elementary School --- North Rockland Central School District --- Haverstraw
  • Laurel Plains Elementary School --- Clarkstown Central School District --- New City
  • Laurel Plains Elementary school --- Clarkstown Central School District --- New City
  • Peace Through Play Nursery School --- Private School --- Chestnut Ridge
  • Pearl River School District --- Pearl River Union Free School district --- Pearl River
  • Rockland BOCES based at A. MacArthur Barr Middle School ---Nanuet Union Free School District --- West Nyack
  • Rockland BOCES River View High School --- Riverview Community School District ---Nyack
  • Sloatsburg Elementary School ---- Ramapo Central School District --- Sloatsburg
  • Stony Point Elementary School --- North Rockland Central School District --- Stony Point
  • Woodglen Elementary School --- Three grants awarded --- Clarkstown Central School District --- New City

The 2023-2024 Orange County, N.Y. winners are:

  • Chester Academy --- Chester Union Free School District --- Chester
  • Circleville Elementary School --- Pine Bush Central School District --- Circleville
  • George Grant Mason Elementary School --- Tuxedo Union Free School District --- Tuxedo
  • Lahti Kids Club House Corp.--- Private School --- Pine Island
  • Monroe-Woodbury Middle School --- Monroe-Woodbury Central School District --- Central Valley
  • Monroe-Woodbury High School --- Monroe-Woodbury Central School District --- Central Valley
  • North Main Elementary --- Monroe–Woodbury Central School District --- Monroe
  • North Main Elementary --- Monroe-Woodbury Central School District --- Monroe
  • Northern Academy for the Arts --- Private School --- Middletown
  • Orange Environment, Inc. --- Private School --- Central Valley
  • Orange-Ulster BOCES --- BOCES --- Goshen
  • Pine Bush Central School District --- Pine Bush Central School District --- Pine Bush
  • Pine Bush Elementary --- Pine Bush Central School District --- Pine Bush
  • Pine Tree Elementary --- Monroe-Woodbury Central School District --- Monroe
  • Smith Clove Elementary --- Three grants awarded --- Monroe-Woodbury Central School District --- Central Valley
  • TuxedoSTEM @ George F. Baker --- Tuxedo Union Free School District ---Tuxedo

The 2023-2024 Bergen County, N.J. winners are:

  • Academy of the Holy Angels --- Private School --- Demarest
  • Acton Academy of Bergen County --- Private School --- Closter
  • Christ the King Nursery School --- Private School --- Ringwood
  • Cresskill Middle-High School --- Cresskill Public School District – Cresskill
  • Eric S. Smith Middle School --- Ramsey Public School District --- Ramsey
  • Haworth Public School --- Haworth Public Schools --- Haworth
  • Memorial Elementary School --- Montvale Public Schools --- Montvale
  • Northern Valley Regional High School --- Norwood
  • Oakland Public School District --- Oakland
  • Saddle River Day School --- Private School --- Saddle River
  • The Gifted Child Society --- Private School --- Ramsey
  • Valley Middle School --- Oakland Public School District --- Oakland 

The 2023-2024 Passaic County, N.J. winner is:

  • Upper Greenwood Lake School and Maple Road School --- West Milford Township Public Schools --- Hewitt

The 2023-2024 Sussex County, N.J. winner is:

  • Montague Township School --- Montague Township School District --- Montague

About Orange & Rockland

Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. (O&R) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Consolidated Edison, Inc., one of the nation’s largest investor-owned energy companies. O&R is a regulated utility that provides electric service to approximately 300,000 customers in southeastern New York State (where its franchise name is Orange & Rockland) and northern New Jersey (where it’s Rockland Electric Company), and natural gas service to approximately 130,000 customers in New York.