Rathdrum school receives grant for lab

RATHDRUM - The Idaho Future Fund in the Idaho Community Foundation awarded a $12,668 grant to North Idaho STEM Charter Academy in Rathdrum to create a biology and genetics lab for students in first through 12th grades.

The Idaho Future Fund was established at ICF this year by an anonymous couple from Blaine County.

Grants from the fund are intended to create, sustain or reinvigorate impactful educational programs throughout the state in the areas of preschool scholarships, charter schools and public schools/public school libraries.

The lab at the Rathdrum school will enable rural students to compete on an international level for science innovation fairs and college acceptance.