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IGT Helps Missouri Lottery Play It Forward

IGT, a Missouri Lottery vendor and partner, announced it’s 10th After School Advantage Program in Missouri on Feb. 3. This program provides at-risk students with state-of-the-art technology for their education. A $16,000 computer and robotics lab was donated and installed at Central Middle School in the Riverview Gardens School District. The lab includes a 3-D printer, an interactive Promethean touch “whiteboard” and stand, four LEGO Mindstorms and ROBOTIC for vex software.

We thank IGT for helping the Missouri Lottery Play It Forward for public education.

MSBA

The Missouri School Board Association annual conference was last weekend. Teachers, administrators and school board members from across the state gathered for training and networking opportunities. The Missouri Lottery was a sponsor of the exhibit hall and held a drawing for a door prize. Ron Huber of the Campbell R2 school district was the winner of an iPad.

Thanks for Playing It Forward for public education.

Meet an A+ Scholarship student

Meet Tyson Schilling, a Missouri Lottery employee who got a stat on his college degree through the A+ Scholarship program. Tyson talks about his experience, how it helped him and why current high school students should look into the A+ Scholarship program.

 

Go Tigers!

The Missouri Lottery generates funding for public education. More than $288 million was allocated for public education in Missouri last fiscal year. Some of the money goes to support higher education at the University of Missouri. This short video breaks down how some of that money has been spent at Mizzou.

 

A+ Scholarships

Did you know that the A+ Scholarship program gets two-thirds of its funding from Missouri Lottery proceeds? Missouri high school students participate as mentors to become eligible and then qualify for scholarships to two-year institutions in Missouri. Here are some A+ scholarship recipients talking about the program.

 

Ashland Physics Lab

We told you about the open house Monday at the new physics lab at Southern Boone High School in Ashland. The Missouri Lottery's business partner GTECH donated a $15,000 computer lab as part of the After School Advantage program. Producer Frank Finley describes the event.

 

After School Advantage

The Missouri Lottery was pleased to join our business partner GTECH yesterday for the unveiling of a new computer lab in Ashland. GTECH donated $15,000 to Southern Boone High School for a new physics computer lab as part of the After School Advantage program. The lab is equipped with eight Dell laptops and associated scientific equipment, such as meters and sensors. This is the 177th computer lab built by GTECH nationwide and the eighth in Missouri.

"The Missouri Lottery's primary beneficiary is public education," said Missouri Lottery Chief Operating Officer Gary Gonder. "In the past 26 years, the Lottery has contributed more than $4 billion to the state and public education through a variety of important programs and institutions. GTECH's After School Advantage program exemplifies the Lottery's mission and continued commitment to benefit students and public education in the state of Missouri."

Other GTECH After School Advantage labs are located in St. Louis, Jefferson City, Eugene, Blue Springs, Mexico and Kansas City.

In addition to GTECH, Lottery and school officials, legislative representatives attended the grand opening. Pictured are Senator Kurt Schaefer and Representative Chris Kelly.