Schools
Canton-Area Educators Win Bright Ideas Grants
Amicalola EMC, which serves the Canton area and northern Cherokee County, awarded the grants, which total over $11,000.
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Fifteen Cherokee County School District teachers on Friday won $11,168 in Bright Ideas grants from Amicalola EMC.
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The competitive grants will allow these Cherokee County educators to pursue innovative ideas in their classrooms and schools.
The winners are:
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Ball Ground Elementary School STEM Academy
Mollie Dunn, “Makerspace: Building Bridges to A Better Future,” $1,000
Cherokee High School
Dr. Jodi Burn, “Set Design,” $250
Diana Haslick, “Project Independence,” $1,000
Dawn P Townsend, “Operation Read,” $250
Clayton Elementary School
Amanda K. Blackwell, “Math/Science Manipulatives,” $800
Heather Chestnut, “C.A.R.E. Positive Behavior Intervention and Support (PBIS),” $500.
Katie Taylor, “iPads for Active Learning,” $976
Susie Weatherby, “Parent Resource Center,” $724
Hasty Elementary School Fine Arts Academy
Catherine Shaw, “Reading Eggs,” $1,000
Sarah Weiss, “Happily Ever Learning - A Cinderella Story,” $500
R.M. Moore Elementary School
Vanessa Ann Green, “I Love Reading,” $1,000
Emily Ingram, “iPads in the Classroom,” $976
Ada Rogers, “iPad Learning Center,” $1,000
Teasley Middle School
Lindsay Bowley, “Shark Tank Unit,” $200
Scott Reece, “Intro to STEM - Simple Machines,” $992
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Photo 1: Celebrating at R.M. Moore Elementary School are, from left to right: Stacey Fields, Director of Public Relations, Amicalola EMC; Travis Cline, Amicalola EMC Board of Directors; Bright Ideas Grant winner teacher Emily Ingram; Principal Jan Adamson; and John Bennett, Amicalola EMC Board Vice Chairman.
Photo 2: Stacey Fields, left, and Kathy Rochester, right, of Amicalola EMC congratulate Teasley Middle School teachers Lindsay Bowley, second from left, and Scott Reece on their Bright Ideas grants, as Principal Dr. Susan Zinkil looks on.
Photo 3: Hasty ES Fine Arts Academy teacher Sarah Weiss, left, accepts a grant from Stacey Fields, Director of Public Relations for Amicalola EMC.
Photo credits: Cherokee County School District
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