(03/22/19) - Elon Musk formalized a $423,000 donation to provide Google Chromebook computers to all seventh and eighth grade students in Flint Community Schools during a surprise visit Friday.

The billionaire inventor and entrepreneur's gift will help the district launch a high tech junior high school concept this fall, along with a $300,000 gift from the Charles Steward Mott Foundation.

Junior high school education in Flint schools will focus on STEM subjects -- or science, technology, engineering and math.

Musk's $423,600 gift will provide a Chromebook for all seventh and eighth graders while the Mott Foundation's gift pay for curriculum changes and materials to change the instruction model for middle schoolers.

“For the first time, every junior high school student in the city of Flint will have access to a comprehensive STEM education,” said Flint Superintendent Derrick Lopez.

Musk also announced that Flint students will get the opportunity to visit two of his companies in Hawthorne, California. A group will tour the headquarters of SpaceX, which designs and launches advanced rockets and aircraft, along with the design studio for electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla

The Musk Foundation will pay for the trip, allowing students to talk with him and his development teams. Students will be selected by Flint schools based on academic merit.

“My hope is to inspire the students of Flint to want to make things, just as I did as a child and as a young engineer,” said Musk. “I want students to know that through hard work and a belief in themselves, they can pursue and achieve the unimaginable.”

Musk's latest gift is in addition to a $480,350 donation for new ultraviolet water filtration systems for water fountains at all school buildings, which are expected to be installed in spring 2019.