Grant from college will pay for discovery classroom at Maine elementary school
Nov. 8, 2021
The discovery room at Kate Furbish Elementary in Brunswick will enable students to conduct science and nature experiments and additional hands-on learning activities.
The 1,000-square-foot “discovery classroom” at Kate Furbish Elementary will be used for science and nature experiments, small group presentations and additional hands-on learning activities, reports The Times Record.
The classroom, a freestanding building near the entrance of the cafeteria, is being funded by a 2019 gift from Bowdoin College of $450,000.
The classroom had been part of building plans for the school, but was eliminated because of budget constraints.
There are 615 students enrolled at Kate Furbish opened in September 2020 and has about 615 student in preschool through second grade.
