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Fickett Elementary receives $25K grant

By Mark Niesse
March 7, 2013

Fickett Elementary School in southwest Atlanta plans to spend a $25,000 grant from the UPS Foundation to create science videos, podcasts and clay animation, according to the Atlanta school district

The money will help expose students to career paths in engineering, robotics, computer science and medicine.

The UPS Foundation is the charitable arm of Atlanta-based UPS Inc.

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Mark Niesse is an enterprise reporter and covers elections and Georgia government for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is considered an expert on elections and voting. Before joining the AJC, he worked for The Associated Press in Atlanta, Honolulu and Montgomery, Alabama. He also reported for The Daily Report and The Santiago Times in Chile.

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