Hart EMC Awards 25 Hart County Teachers with ‘Bright Ideas’ Grants

25 teachers in the Hart County Charter System are receiving Hart EMC Bright Ideas grants this year.

Teachers from all five schools, and the alternative program, received funding on Monday for the projects they requested.

Bright Ideas is a grant program from Hart EMC that awards funds for creative and innovative classroom projects developed by certified educators in public schools in their service area.

The winners are judged and selected by the Hart EMC Foundation through a blind
application process and awarded up to $1,000.00 per grant.  Winning projects include:

Hart County High School:
Hilaree Hudson Bulldog Sound Bites $930.00
Linda Johnson EFFORT- Executive Functioning for $400.00 Optimal Readiness Today

Hart County Middle School:
Heather Mewborn – Science is Magic $500.00
Renee B Brown  – Stability Ball Chairs for 7th Grade $300.00
Tami Waller  – Breaking Out of math w/ Escape Room Kits $480.00
Joshua McCurley  – Flying High with Tello Drones! $624.00
MaryAnna Burden  – Book Tasting $375.00
Amy Rowland &  Allyson Bowen –  Shopping Spree $500.00

Hartwell Elementary:
Brittney Morrison – Class Garden $211.00
Samantha Burton – Technology in Kindergarten $375.00
Wendy Page – Immersive Learning w/ Augmented Reality $600.00
Hannah Jones – Finish Early Scientific Bags $500.00
Kate Roberts – Mrs. Roberts Coop-A-Cabana $550.00

South Hart Elementary:
Kelsi Dye – STEM Lab $200.00
Sommer Morris – Hands on Learning w/ Kindergarten $400.00
Tonya Bridges – Success in Agri Tech w/ Spheros $550.00
Emily Keyes – “STEM Bins” $140.00

North Hart Elementary:
Tina Lorentson – Learning with Little Bits $500.00
Savanna Baker – Hands on Math Project $500.00
Colby Bross – Imagine, Create, Explore through Makerspace $560.00
Cindi Dotson – Calm Down Corner Toolkit $400.00
Anna Marie Harrison – Fish Literacy Center $476.00
Kelly Bailey – Coding with Botley-STEM in Action $680.00

Hart Academy:
Dr. Kendell Rucker – Graffiti Literacy

Bright Ideas grants, which are allocated from Hart EMC’s unclaimed capital credit funds, are designed to help teachers who wish to extend educational opportunities and activities for students. More than $11,000 is going towards Hart County teachers’ projects this year.