The Lanier Education Foundation has awarded 37 grants totaling more than $45,000 to Gwinnett County schools' Lanier Cluster.
The cluster includes Lanier Middle and High School, and Sugar Hill, Sycamore and White Oaks Elementary schools.
"The majority of the grants awarded (Aug. 5) focus on endeavors related to 'project based learning' as well as the cluster’s highly regarded STEM program," officials said in a news release.
This year's funding includes three system-wide grants for the Lanier Leadership Conference, the Half Hour Heroes School Based Mentoring Program and the Project Based Vertical Team.
The funding came from profits from the foundation's two fundraisers during the school year: Tannery on the Green and Hook 'Em and Hold 'Em Casino Night.
The foundation, established in 2011, has provided more than $200,000 in grants and scholarships to the schools in the last five years.
