Seven Winston-Salem/Forsyth County teachers are
among those receiving a Bright Ideas award from EnergyUnited.
The local winners are:
Amanda Goordon, Diggs-Latham Elementary
Amanda Mabe, East Forsyth Middle
Amy Goldwine, Southwest Elementary l
Brittney Bray, Walkertown Elementary
Holly DuBois, Caleb’s Creek Elementary
Shemika McClendon, North Hills Elementary
Here is what Holly DuBois had to say about her
project:
“Our
project is for expanding our Bag of Books project we currently have for K-2
into grades 3-5. The Bag of Books is literally a bag of seven books – five picture
books and two nonfiction – that parents can come in and check out to have
reading materials to read with their child throughout the week.
“We have
about 60 families participating K-2. We started it last year, so some of the second-graders
from last year that went on to third grade were interested in continuing the
project. So we plan to make bags with this grant for 3-5 with a novel and a few
picture books and nonfiction.
“We hope
to have the bags ready to go sometime in January-early February. Our K-2 Bag of
Books really took off even more than we expected it to, and I have gotten two
other small grants this year to revamp it as well.”
For the past 21 years, EnergyUnited, which was
formed in 1998 by the consolidation of two electric cooperatives, has provided
grants of up to $2,000 for teachers to pay for innovative projects.
The winners were recognized on Nov. 9 at a luncheon
at Sapona Ridge Golf and Country Club in Lexington.
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