RWHS Diercks Pledge

Red Wing High School alumnus Dwight Diercks has pledged $3.2 million to help Red Wing Public Schools become a center of excellence in artificial intelligence education. 

This is one of the largest gifts in district history.

Diercks, a 1986 graduate of Red Wing High School and senior vice president of software engineering at NVIDIA, made the five-year commitment with his wife, Dian, to support “Flight Path 2030,” a districtwide initiative aimed at preparing students for a future shaped by AI.

The pledge comes at a time when schools nationwide are exploring how to responsibly integrate artificial intelligence into teaching and learning. 

School Board members formally accepted the gift at their meeting on Monday, July 28.

AI-integrated computing education is a progressive, interdisciplinary approach that embeds age-appropriate computing, data, and AI literacy into core subjects and electives — empowering students to understand, evaluate, and responsibly apply emerging technologies across disciplines.