Jackson Electric Membership Corporation awarded their Bright Ideas grant to a total of nine teachers from four Hall County middle schools and two Gainesville middle schools.
Jackson EMC started the Bright Ideas grant to provide funds for unique, innovative classroom projects that are not already funded through general education dollars. The grant provides teachers up to $2,000 to put toward these projects.
A total of $12,175 was distributed to the following teachers.
These teachers are:
- Ronnie Jones, a teacher at Cherokee Bluff Middle School, received $1,076 for the “A Moment In Time” project
- Leanne Alexander, a teacher at Chestatee Academy, received $1,385 for the “Conservation Cultivation” project
- Terri Gruenenfelder, another teacher at Chestatee Academy, received $1,323 for the “Soccer-STEM Go” project
- Jeanne Rountree, also a teacher at Chestatee Academy, received $1,153 for the “Young Film Maker” project
- Rita Llewellyn, who teaches at C.W. Davis Middle School, received $800 for the “Butterfly Garden” project
- Sable McIntyre, who also teaches at C.W. Davis Middle School, received $1,998 for the “It’s Time To Tune” project
- Chris Davis, a teacher from Gainesville Middle School East, received $1,939 for the “Simpli-Faster Timing” project
- Angelia Jones, a teacher at Gainesville Middle School West, received $1,951 for the “Making Motion Memorable” project
- Anna Moates, who teaches at the World Language Academy, received $550 for the “Passion Projects”
In addition to these grant awards, this year Jackson EMC has also awarded a total of $71,508 in Bright Idea grants to 50 teachers across 27 middle schools in the company’s service area. Jackson EMC has given out $404,655 since the Bright Ideas program was created.
You can watch a video of some of the Bright Idea winners here.
