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Fort Polk Progress and JRTC Fort Polk announce the launch of the new DOD STARBASE location to support education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).
Groundbreaking ceremonies were held February 7 at the Child Development Center at Fort Polk, the center is expected to open in August.
The initial program focuses on 5th graders providing what they refer to as hands-on minds-on inquiry based curriculum across the STEM program that meet or exceed the national standards. There are plans to include Starbase 2.0, a program for students in 6th through 8th grade.
The programs website can be found here.
More information from Fort Polk Progress can be found here.