The John Carroll School in Bel Air announced Feb. 24 that it has been awarded a $1.8 million grant from The John L. Stasiak Foundation. It is the largest first-time gift in the history of the Harford County school.
The school said in a news release that the grant will help fund the modernization of the school’s science learning spaces.
Eight classrooms and laboratories will be renovated and repurposed to provide state-of-the-art facilities and equipment that replicate university and professional experiences. John Carroll said it plans to use the new spaces to enable faculty to expand the science curriculum and prepare students to transition to college-level work while sparking interest in the sciences.
Plans call for reconfiguring work spaces and creating combination classroom/labs for integrated lecture and applied learning. Workspace furnishings will be mobile and reconfigurable to enable group learning and accommodate multi-faceted experimentation.
“John Carroll is deeply grateful to the Stasiak Foundation for its support,” said Stephen DiBiagio, John Carroll president. “This transformative grant will allow us to increase overall lab space to meet the growing demand for STEM courses while ensuring that John Carroll students are able to work in state-of-the-art labs that mirror those on college campuses and in leading institutions nationwide.”
The construction project is being led by the mechanical contracting firm of M. Nelson Barnes & Sons.
The John L. Stasiak Foundation was established by the late John Stasiak, a graduate of Baltimore Polytechnic Institute. It makes grants to support area churches, schools and hospitals.
