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(BPRW) FPL Invitations Faculties to Apply for $50,000 Classroom Makeover Grant

Eligible public, non-public and constitution colleges in any respect grade ranges can apply via Nov. 18, 2024

(Black PR Wire) Juno Seashore, Fla. – Faculty is again in session, and Florida Energy & Mild Firm (FPL) is awarding 5 eligible Florida colleges $50,000 classroom makeover grants as a part of its continued dedication to STEM schooling. 

“At FPL, we consider that data is energy. By enriching college students’ experiences in STEM, we can assist break down limitations to alternative and drive curiosity in furthering their schooling and future alternatives in STEM fields,” stated Kate Cotner, director of group engagement for FPL. “We’re dedicated to supporting our subsequent era of leaders and innovators, and we do that via varied initiatives, together with supporting STEM applications and offering grants for colleges and academics.”

The Classroom Makeover Grants are supported via the corporate’s charitable arm, the NextEra Power Basis, to extend the publicity of economically deprived college students in STEM and jumpstart college students’ curiosity in STEM careers.  Funds can be found to replace STEM school rooms with new expertise or assets, together with software program, gear, books and coaching for academics.

Eligible Okay-12 public, non-public and constitution colleges in any respect grade ranges which can be designated Title 1 or serve a minimal of 40% economically deprived college students can apply, and winners might be introduced in early 2025. Earlier grant recipients in Miami-Dade and Broward counties embody:

• Cypress Run Training Heart Faculty in Pompano Seashore up to date its multi-media expertise lab with new TV manufacturing gear, coding and robotics supplies.
• Lauderdale Lakes Center Faculty in Lauderdale Lakes and Dillard Excessive Faculty in Fort Lauderdale are revealing their school rooms later this 12 months.
• Classroom transformations are underway at Coconut Palm Okay-8 Academy in Homestead and Nation Membership Center Faculty in Miami Gardens, with makeovers anticipated to be full early subsequent 12 months.

Grant purposes might be accepted via Nov. 18, 2024. For extra data or to use for a Classroom Makeover Grant, go to FPL.com/ClassroomGrant. 

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Florida Energy & Mild Firm

As America’s largest electrical utility, Florida Energy & Mild Firm serves extra prospects and sells extra energy than some other utility, offering clear, reasonably priced, dependable electrical energy to roughly 5.8 million accounts, or greater than 12 million folks. FPL operates one of the gasoline environment friendly and cleanest energy era fleets within the U.S and in 2022 received the ReliabilityOne® Nationwide Reliability Award for the seventh time within the final eight years. The corporate was additionally acknowledged by Escalent in 2022 as one of the trusted U.S. electrical utilities for the ninth consecutive 12 months. FPL is a subsidiary of Juno Seashore, Florida-based NextEra Power, Inc. (NYSE: NEE), a clear vitality firm well known for its efforts in sustainability, company accountability, ethics and compliance, and variety. NextEra Power is ranked No. 1 within the electrical and fuel utilities business in Fortune’s 2023 record of “World’s Most Admired Corporations” and acknowledged on Fortune’s 2021 record of corporations that “Change the World.” NextEra Power can also be the mother or father firm of NextEra Power Sources, LLC, which, along with its affiliated entities, is the world’s largest generator of renewable vitality from the wind and solar and a world chief in battery storage. For extra details about NextEra Power corporations, go to these web sites: www.NextEraEnergy.com, www.FPL.com, www.NextEraEnergyResources.com.