Seeley Lake Elementary gets grant to continue out-of-classroom learning

Seeley Lake Elementary School will keep its technology, outdoor education, tutoring and other extracurricular activities after the school announced it received another five-year, competitive federal grant.

The school won the Nita M. Lowery 21st Century Community Learning Center Grant, valued at $150,000 annually. Bridget Laird, a high school English teacher and former SLE teacher, wrote the application for the grant, which she also received for eight years beginning in 2015.

While funding from the first grant ran out at the end of 2022, SLE was awarded other grants to keep programs open throug...