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HTC and HEC Celebrate National Cooperative Month
and Award $4,825 in Bright Ideas Grants
HTC (Horry Telephone Cooperative) and HEC (Horry Electric Cooperative) joined forces once again to help kick-off October as National Cooperative Month in Horry County. In doing so, the two locally owned cooperative companies awarded $4,825 in grants for local teachers. HTC, the local telecommunications cooperative, and HEC, the electric cooperative, are both responsible for generating hundreds of jobs locally while supporting relevant, community-oriented causes ranging from education to the environment.
HTC and HEC launched the Bright Ideas program in January 2007 with the hopes of providing funding for innovative classroom-based education projects. “Bright Ideas” grants are intended to fund projects outside normal public school funding parameters and can be made available to all disciplines in grades K-12 in Horry County. A school may submit an application, and teachers are limited to one application per year. “Many teachers develop innovative classroom projects, but do not have the funds to implement the projects,” says Nicole Hyman, HTC senior marketing coordinator. “We were very pleased with the applications from various schools throughout Horry County, and we are excited to announce that through the Bright Ideas program HTC and HEC will be able to help fund five of those projects.”
HTC and HEC recently visited four schools in the area to deliver $4,825 in grant money. Vivian Vega-Leon, teacher at Black Water Middle, received $1,000 to purchase i-pads for her 6-8th grade Spanish classes. Jennifer Dornseif-Dragotta, 3rd grade teacher and technology club coordinator at Conway Elementary, received $980 to purchase equipment for Tech JOTT, an afterschool technology club for 4th and 5th graders. Vera Baxley, technology coordinator at Homewood Elementary, received $905 to introduce Robotics in the elementary classroom and computer lab setting. Erin Koch, 5-8th grades science teacher at Palmetto Academy of Learning and Success, received $995 to purchase microscopes to use in the science curriculum. Melissa Keys, gifted and talented teacher for K-8th grades at Palmetto Academy of Learning and Success, received $945 to purchase HD camcorders with memory and software for Project STEP (Success through Technology Enriched Projects). “We were very impressed with the requests and are especially proud that all grants presented this year are funded through the annual Co-Op Cup Golf Tournament hosted by HTC and HEC employees in the fall,” says Toni Gore, HEC marketing and public relations assistant.
The Bright Ideas grant program is just one of the many that HTC and HEC implement in the educational sector of Horry and Georgetown Counties.
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 Black Water Middle (left to right): Nicole Hyman, HTC; Cindy Thibodeau, principal; Vivian Vega-Leon, teacher;
Toni Gore, HEC
Conway Elementary (left to right): Nicole Hyman, HTC; Maquitta Davis, principal; Jennifer Dornseif-Dragotta, teacher;
Homewood Elementary (left to right): Nicole Hyman, HTC; Betsy Bullard, assistant principal (accepted for Vera Baxley); Toni Gore, HEC
Palmetto Academy of Learning and Success (left to right): Toni Gore, HEC; Erin Koch, teacher; Melissa Keys, teacher;
Nicole Hyman, HTC |
For more information about the Bright Ideas grant program or other educational programs for local schools,
click HERE.
Feel free to contact Nicole Hyman, HTC Senior Marketing Coordinator at 369-8498 or Toni Gore, HEC Marketing and Public Relations Assistant at 369-6359.
