GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Flying Cloud Institute has received an $8,000 Matching Challenge Gift from a summer camp family. 

 

This will allow donations received by Flying Cloud on Giving Tuesday, which is December 3, 2024, to be doubled, up to $8,000.

 

The funds raised will enable Flying Cloud to run its innovative science and art programs at two local Berkshire County schools, offering in-school science residencies and after school workshops to area youth. 

 

Flying Cloud educators will lead project-based investigations and model the Next Generation Science Strategies for inquiry-based learning. They will bring local STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) professionals as expert resources to the classroom, along with local artists who help students express their learning through original, creative work such as sculpture, dance, poetry, painting or film.

 

"I can't thank you enough for the experience you gave my students this week. The empowered looks on their faces and in their voices was pure magic today," said Sue Garcia, Morningside Elementary School Science Specialist, after a recent residency program with Flying Cloud.

 

To donate to the matching challenge, visit flyingcloudinstitute.org on December 3, 2024.