CCEC and the Carteret-Craven Electric Foundation have awarded $28,479.52 in Bright Ideas education grants to 42 teachers in Carteret County and Havelock to fund engaging projects for their students. More than 16,000 area students will benefit from these grants.
Educators who win Bright Ideas grants are going above and beyond for their students,” said Melissa Glenn, communications director at CCEC. “The innovative and creative learning initiatives developed by our area’s teachers are impressive, and we are proud to help them bring these bright ideas to life.”
Since the Bright Ideas grant program began in 1994, CCEC and its foundation have contributed more than $616,000 to local teachers. Winning projects cover nearly all subjects, including science, math, technology, art, music and more.
CCEC is one of 26 electric cooperatives in North Carolina offering Bright Ideas grants to local teachers. Since 1994, North Carolina’s electric cooperatives collectively have awarded more than $15 million in Bright Ideas funding for nearly 14,200 projects and benefiting more than 3.5 million students.
Bright Ideas grant applications are accepted by the co-op each year from April through mid-September, and winning proposals are selected in a competitive evaluation process by a panel of judges. The application process will reopen for interested teachers in April 2024.
The Bright Ideas grant program is part of Carteret-Craven Electric Cooperative’s ongoing commitment to building a brighter future through community support of education.
Follow CCEC on Facebook @CarteretCraven to see how programs, such as Bright Ideas, are impacting local students and communities. To learn more about Bright Ideas grants, visit ccemc.com/BrightIdeas and follow @NCBrightIdeas on Facebook and Twitter.
Carteret-Craven Electric Cooperative supplies power to 45,000 meters serving more than 42,000 members in Carteret, Craven, Jones and Onslow counties and is part of Touchstone Energy®, a nationwide family of co-ops exhibiting the core values of integrity, accountability, innovation and commitment to community.
2023 Bright Ideas Education Grant Winners
|
School |
Educator |
Project |
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A Sea of Learning |
Taylor Morris |
Music and Sound Lab |
|
A Sea of Learning |
Patience Haye |
You 2 Can Do Math |
|
Atlantic Elementary |
Deidre Arthur |
Makey Makey Pirate Fun |
|
Beaufort Elementary |
Carol Martinez |
Lighting up our learning |
|
Beaufort Elementary |
Talley Best Long |
Good Vibrations! |
|
Broad Creek Middle |
Kelsey Bennett |
Forerunners For Runners |
|
Broad Creek Middle |
Ashley Colley |
Building Bright Futures with LEGO Kits |
|
Gramercy Christian School |
Katie Long |
Hands-on technology and art |
|
Havelock High |
Stephanie Wilson |
Havelock Handiworks |
|
Havelock Middle School |
Elizabeth Muller |
Cultivating Cultural Connections: Creative Infusion Days |
|
Morehead City Elementary |
Miranda Aleshire |
"Who Was" Podcast |
|
Morehead City Elementary |
Marsha Sirkin |
Going Pro at the Crystal Coast! |
|
Morehead City Elementary |
Lorrie Johnson |
Hands-on Models: How Much is a Million? |
|
Morehead City Elementary |
Wendy Stewart |
First in Flight: Connecting Flight Engineering and History to our NC Roots |
|
Morehead City Elementary |
Sherri Hale |
Enhancing Education with Re-Write Boogie Board Tablets |
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Morehead City Elementary |
Angela Skrabec |
Breathing New Life into Our Book Room! |
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Morehead City Middle |
Matthew Turpin |
Rube Goldberg Devices at MCMS |
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Morehead City Middle |
Kara Wilkerson |
Minute Mart Expansion Project |
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Morehead City Middle |
Stacy Ham |
Sheep Brain Dissection Lab |
|
Morehead City Primary |
Amanda McCall |
Research Road Trip: A National Park Experience |
|
Morehead City Primary |
Toni Luther |
Take Coding to the Next Level with Sphero |
|
Morehead City Primary |
Claire Ross |
Sensational Science |
|
Morehead City Primary |
Carla Starnes |
Growing Greatness |
|
Morehead City Primary |
Jessica Schiavone |
Helping Readers Become Leaders |
|
Morehead City Primary |
Alicia O'Brien |
Action! Action! |
|
Newport Elementary |
Lauren Baxley |
Making a Dramatic Difference in Language Acquisition Through Dramatic Play |
|
Newport Elementary |
Megan Marshall |
Ready, Set...READ! |
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Newport Elementary |
Emily Golightly |
Handy Dandy Handicrafts in the Library |
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Newport Middle School |
Todd M Stehle |
The SCIENCE of Sound! |
|
Newport Middle School |
Stacey Stehle |
All suited up with no SPACE to go! |
|
Newport Middle School |
Heather Montero |
STEM Spark: Igniting Curiosity and Innovation |
|
Roger Bell New Tech Academy |
Whitney Hernandez |
Making Meteorologists |
|
Roger Bell New Tech Academy |
Vanessa Angelo |
Math Magicians: Crafting Minds for Calculative Wonders |
|
Smyrna Elementary School |
Tanner Worrell Cayton |
Hedgehog Happiness: Fostering Learning & Empathy through a Classroom Companion |
|
Tiller School |
Hannah Chadwick |
Rolling for Robots |
|
Tiller School |
Gillian Rose |
Boogie Boarding in 3rd Grade |
|
Tucker Creek Middle School |
Rosemary M Steinman |
Breaking down the curriculum both digitally and hands-on in math class! |
|
West Carteret High School |
Sandy Quinn Giovannini |
IF THEY BUILD IT...THEY WILL LEARN!!! |
|
West Carteret High School |
Matthew Graham |
Wildflower Ecosystem |
|
West Carteret High School |
Ashley Allen |
OCS Woodworking Shop for WCHS, CHS, & ECHS |
|
White Oak Elementary |
Sharon Voss |
Harmony Through Ukuleles |
|
White Oak Elementary |
Paisley Bennett |
Grow Anywhere and Everywhere! |