Kidsburgh: Allegheny Intermediate Unit Helps Teachers Fund Projects To Keep Students Motivated

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — More than 90 local teachers got grant money from the Allegheny Intermediate Unit to start projects to help kids succeed during this challenging school year.
Abbey Nilson wanted to teach her Shaler Area High School students about growing trees. With the help of a $600 OnRamp grant from the AIU, 70 students planted 200 trees from seeds and later planted them in a nearby park.
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“We needed a long, skinny pot to provide room for the root. And these