Wiley Middle Applies for Federal Magnet Grant

In the Tuesday Feb. 26  Winston-Salem Journal, reporter Arika Herron writes about Wiley Middle School applying for $1 million federal grant that would enable it to become a magnet school that focuses on science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM).

Wiley is applying for funds through the U.S. Education Department’s Magnet School Assistance Program. Wiley would become the school system’s 18th magnet school. The STEAM curriculum adds art the STEM programs at other schools. Wiley has been piloting the STEAM curriculum with its sixth grade for the past year, and administrators said it’s been positive for students.

“We’ve done some really exciting and innovative things with that pilot,” Principal Sean Gaillard told Herron. “We have a renewed focus and a major level of parent involvement that I’ve not seen.”

For a story about the pilot program at Wiley posted in October on the school system’s website go to Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools

For the full Journal story about the magnet application go to Winston-Salem Journal