A grant is giving Robidoux Middle School students technology tools for advancement.

According to the St. Joseph School District Todd Brockett, Project Leader the Way teacher at Robidoux recently received a grant from the Verizon Foundation for the PLTW Gateway Introduction to Computer Science pilot.

The pilot program incorporates app development into the PLTW Gateway curricula.

The grant will provide Robidoux Middle school with an equipment and service donation of 27 4G LTE enabled Android tablet devices, with no monthly access fees and a 5GB monthly data allowance per device.

The school district said the donations is worth almost $50,000.