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St. Martin Parish celebrates opening of two new STEAM magnet academies
ST. MARTIN PARISH, La. (KLFY) -- A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held to celebrate the opening of two new STEAM magnet schools: St. Martin Early STEAM Academy and St. Martin STEAM Academy.
Superintendent Frederick Wiltz said the parish received a $13.5 million grant from the state to open two new magnet schools, replacing St. Martinville Primary and the St. Martinville Early Learning Center.
"We're thankful that we were able to be awarded a grant to be able to revitalize these two schools into magnet schools, which is something that the community really wanted. It feels really good to allow students to have access to this type of innovation in this type of technology," Wiltz said.
Maddy Pierce, a teacher at St. Martin STEAM Academy, said these academies allow students to be creative and explore new things.
"A lot of the things we're doing now are performance-based, whether it's through music, through acting, through dance, or even robotics where they're creating anything," Pierce said.
Pierce said she is excited about all of the new opportunities that await for St. Martinville.
"Reinventing something in our town, to get the whole community more involved, we're excited about the community involvement," she said.