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Scholarship and STEM Education Support
The Scholarship Committee continued its strategic goal of exciting and engaging students in STEM,
with a major focus on middle school students and project-based learning. In the 2024–2025 year, a
total of $48,000 was awarded in grants and scholarships.
Three scholarships were awarded: one each to a student at Cape Coral Technical College and Oasis
High School, and the special Ellen Schneider Memorial Scholarship was awarded to a student also at
Oasis High School. Recognizing the importance of supporting STEM teachers as leaders and
inspirations, 26 teachers received $250 each to purchase science supplies for their classrooms.
Support for project-based learning included funding and collaboration with several programs:
Edison Ford’s summer camps, robotics teams, and outreach programs; FGCU and GEMS summer
camps for girls in engineering, math, and science; Technology Student Associations at Dunbar High,
Lexington Middle, and Oasis Middle; Ding Darling’s Wildlife on Wheels program; the Cape Coral
High Solar Car program; and the Lee County Regional Science Fair Awards.
One of the best student and teacher meetings was hosted in April, featuring an outstanding speaker
organized by Mason Huffman and his team from the Cape Coral High Solar Car program, which left a
lasting impact on attendees.
Solar Car: Cape Coral Team
We heard from them at our annual Student Recognition Dinner.
Robotics Teams in competition
Thanks to the generosity of the Society, First graders were busy using the new kid safe cardboard cutting tools for their cardboard box projects.
Thanks to the generosity of the Society, Fifth graders had fun dissecting owl pellets.
The Society "wowed" the WoW (Wildlife on Wheels) team in March, 2024 with a check for $10,000 to support the mobile classroom’s educational outreach to local schools in need. Pictured here, DDWS Urban Education Leader Melissa Maher (left) accepts a check from Scholarship Chair Trudy Sampson.
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