Ingalls awards $99K in STEM grants

PASCAGOULA, Miss. - Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division has awarded $99,890 in grants to 26 schools and educational organizations in Mississippi and Alabama for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) initiatives. “The educators receiving these awards are innovators and strong advocates for science, technology, engineering and math,” Ingalls Shipbuilding President Brian Cuccias said. “Ingalls remains committed to supporting programs that cultivate talent in these important fields.” Ingalls has awarded more than $1.2M for local STEM-related educational projects over the last 13 years. STEM grant recipients: Bay Middle (Bay St. Louis, Miss.); Central Elementary (Pascagoula, Miss.); Dauphin Island (Ala.) Sea Lab; D’Iberville (Miss.) High School; Gulfport, Miss., High School; Lake (Miss.) Elementary; McGill-Toolen Catholic High (Mobile, Ala.); Mississippi Council on Economic Education (Jackson, Miss.); Moss Point (Miss.) High School; Ocean Springs (Miss.) Middle; Ocean Springs Upper Elementary; Orange Grove Elementary (Gulfport, Miss.); Pecan Park Elementary (Ocean Springs); Popp’s Ferry Elementary (Biloxi, Miss.); St. Alphonsus Catholic Elementary (Ocean Springs); St. Martin High (Ocean Springs); St. Martin Middle; St. Patrick Catholic High (Biloxi, Miss.); Saint Mary Catholic (Mobile, Ala.); Treehouse Montessori (Ocean Springs); Vancleave (Miss.) Lower Elementary; Vancleave Middle; and Vancleave Upper Elementary. (Source: HII 01/20/21) Huntington Ingalls Industries Awards More Than $99,000 in STEM Grants to Gulf Coast Schools | Huntington Ingalls Industries