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Steve Estatico, Superintendent for Superior Unified School District, and Andrew Taplin, project director for Resolution Copper, last week signed a sponsorship agreement for $75,000. For the past 10 years, the district has collaborated with Resolution Copper to fund various programs in the school.
“The Superior Unified School District is proud to once again partner with Resolution Copper Mining Company to support the students and staff of the Superior Jr./Sr. High School and the JFK Elementary School,” Estatico explained in a joint press release. “This partnership not only provides opportunities for students to explore science and technology but also provides instructional and planning support to our teachers. The relationship that we have developed over the last 10 years with RCC has not just benefitted our schools but our community as well.”
The sponsorship funds will be allocated to a variety of programs including athletics at the junior-senior high and intramural athletics at the elementary school. In addition to athletics the funds will help fund teacher trainings, the JFK Library at the elementary school and programs that students participate in such as the Beyond Textbooks program and the popular LEGO Robotics program during the 2015-16 school year.
Resolution Copper will continue to fund the Geology science classes with Central Arizona College and the Nature Club with the Boyce Thompson Arboretum. Both of those programs also benefit Superior students.
“We are proud to support schools and education in the community,” said project director Andrew Taplin. “It’s these students who will be entering the workplace as the Resolution Copper mine develops, and we’re certain that many students will need strong STEM skills to succeed in the economy of the future.”
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