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Walton EMC awards nearly $100K to Gwinnett schools
Educators at more than a dozen Gwinnett County public schools have earned grants, totaling nearly $98,051, from a local energy company. The Walton EMC EmPOWERment Grants focus on projects to strengthen schools’ instructional programs and enhance student success. Representatives from Walton EMC visited
16 Gwinnett schools to deliver the exciting news to the winning teachers and their students. Below is a list of the GCPS grant winners, the names of the winning projects, and the amount they will receive.
|
School |
Submitted by |
Project |
2021 Grant |
|
Annistown ES |
Andrea Varner & LaToya Burse |
Full STEAM Ahead Toward Our Innovation Lab! |
$5,959 |
|
Bay Creek MS |
Doug Doblar |
Bringing Math and Science to Life and Together |
$8,840 |
|
Brookwood HS |
Stephen Beall |
Electric Vehicles |
$7,750 |
|
Brookwood HS |
Allison Crawford & Shaynna Aponte |
Creative Writing Program |
$4,480 |
|
Cooper ES |
Aimee Litt |
Community of Readers |
$6,000 |
|
Crews MS |
Jeffrey Dunn |
Thermal Energy and Electromagnetic Wave Unit |
$1,850 |
|
Five Forks MS |
Andrew Whatley |
Collaborative Project-based Learning by 1:1 Chromebooks |
$8,200 |
|
Grayson ES |
Heather Abner |
PBIS Book Vending Machine |
$2,496 |
|
Grayson HS |
Jennifer DaSilva |
Portable Lab Stations |
$2,578 |
|
Harbins ES
|
Keith Connor |
Improving Literacy Through PBIS |
$4,115 |
|
Head ES |
Shann Griffith |
One Million Words and Beyond |
$7,000 |
|
Norton ES |
Ryan Moore |
Building a 1:1 Learning Environment with Chromebooks |
$8,600 |
|
Pharr ES |
Shawn Freeman |
Microscopes and More |
$2,179 |
|
Rosebud ES |
Kim Edge |
Sensory Room |
$5,200 |
|
Shiloh ES |
Thomas Trippany |
Eliminating Obstacles |
$6,014 |
|
Shiloh HS |
C. Schrader |
PBIS Incentives Catalog |
$3,000 |
|
Starling ES |
Ikwo Poindexter & Chrissy McFadden |
Continued Excellence in Technology Integration |
$5,000 |
|
Trickum MS |
Veronica Ingram |
CHiSL 365 |
$1,000 |
|
Trip ES |
Jennifer Hicks |
Books to Promote Positive Behavior |
$4,590 |
|
Trip ES |
Vanita McGough & Debbie Patrick |
Making Education SPECIAL! |
$3,200 |
This grant program is made possible by a Georgia law that allows EMCs to use unclaimed refunds for community development after all attempts to find the owners are exhausted. No money from electric bills are used to provide these grants.
