Forty-Four Teachers in Kernersville Area Receive a Kernersville Chamber of Commerce Education Grant

Deana Jones of Piney Grove Elementary 

Each year since 2003, the Kernersville Chamber of Commerce has overseen the Kernersville Chamber of Commerce Education Grant Program. With the support of businesses and individuals in the Kernersville area, grants of up to $500 are given to teachers at 12 schools in the area. 

Over the years, the program has grown from four grants in 2003 to 44 this year worth a total of $18,165. Over the years, $93,000 in grants have been awarded.

Patty DeWitt of Kernersville Elementary

On Oct. 24, many of the winners learned that their grant proposal had been accepted when one or more members of a group dropped in on their classroom. Members of the group included Superintendent Beverly Emory, Assistant Superintendent Darrell Walker, Kernersville Mayor Dawn Morgan and Monica Young, who Bruce Boyer, the president and CEO of the Chamber, calls "the driving force behind the program."  

Bobby Garcia of Kernersville Middle

The schools included in the program at East Forsyth High School (EFHS), Kernersville Elementary School (KES), Kernersville Middle School (KMS), Piney Grove Elementary School (PGES) East Forsyth Middle School (EFMS, Caleb's Creek Elementary School (CCES), Glenn High School (GES), Southeast Middle School (SEMS),  Union Cross Elementary Schools (UCES), Cash Elementary School (CES), Smith Farm Elementary School (SFES) and Sedge Garden Elementary School (SGES).

Brierley Ash of Smith Farm Elementary

Below is a list of the teachers and their schools:

Teacher School Farrah Hilton EFHS Sarah Suttle EFHS Silvana Mazo EFHS Jenna Turner KES Theresa Murphy KES Patty Dewitt KES Bobby Garcia KMS Jeff Shu KMS Kadetta Miller KMS Susan Polster-York KMS Smith & Musci KMS Dave Boyer KMS Deana Jones PGES Susan Holbrook PGES Rachel Henley PGES Teresa Sweeney PGES Kim AsKew EFMS Heather Robbins CCES Rebecca Fagge CCES Jayne Grubbs CCES Deeann Kidd CCES Cheryl Jeffries GHS Leslie Buschmann GHS Nick Pizzino SEMS Cynthia Hatch SEMS Deborah Daniels SEMS Jane Trace  SEMS Sheila Costello UCES Jennifer Edgerton UCES Angel Long UCES Amy Sain UCES Brandon Buchanan EFMS Steven Sikkenga EFMS Earl Anderson EFMS Read, Eubanks, Walker CES Karen Hughes CES 4th grade teachers CES Maureen Patti CES Tybee Collins CES Brierley Ash SFES Marie Antonette Kurucz SFES Beverly Lester SGES Sheila Bridges SGES Lisa Rebman SGES Donna Sherman SGES