Updated for Jasper Co.: Palmetto Electric announces teacher grantees for 2015 Bright Ideas program

Updated Oct. 28 with Hampton County winners.

Beaufort County grants:

Petrut Grigore, TI-Nspire Navigator System, Beaufort - Jasper - ACE

Pam Donahue, The Better News Video, Cross Schools

Tennille Scheriff, Cyber-Teacher, River Ridge Academy

Lily Flewellen, Hands of Electricity Learning, Hilton Head Preparatory School

Catherine Klimoff, Classical Fiddle Rocks!, Hilton Head Preparatory School

Stacey O’Grady, Computer control STEM Explorations/K’NEX Education, Hilton Head Christian Academy

Laura Geib, Creation Fixation, Hilton Head Island Middle School

Michael Lorenz, Exploring Computer Science Class Vex Robotics, Hilton Head Island High School

John Quindlen, Mini-sensor auto guidance control system, Hilton Head Island High School

Matthew Pheiffer, Practical Applications of Map Making in the Low Country, Hilton Head Island High School

Helen Ashton, When Art Meets Science – An Interactive Physics Mural, Hilton Head Island Elementary School

Lindsay Davis, Polar GoFit Heart Rate System, Hilton Head Island Elementary School

Sheila A. Smith, Homework Elevates Literacy Progress (H.E.L.P.), Hilton Head Island Elementary School

Robbie White, Math Mastery and Typing For Success, Fennell Elementary School

Hampton County grants

Amanda Altman, Habitats for Firsties, Varnville Elementary School

Dawn Smith, 3D: Dreaming, Designing and Developing, Varnville Elementary School

Robin Taylor, Journey to the Biltmore, Varnville Elementary School

Ellen Howard, The Wildflower Project, North District Middle School

Erin Ryan, Botanical Brainbots, North District Middle School

Latasha Smart, Frog dissection Lab – Hands-on and Minds-on Learning!, North District Middle School

Heather Skinner, Picture Me a Professional, Wade Hampton High School

M. Margaret Barnes, Dump It!, Ben Hazel Primary School

Jessica Deloach, Unlock the Fun, Ben Hazel Primary School

Peggy Smith, It’s a Small Small World, Brunson Elementary School

Bess Strong, Becoming Fluent Readers Through Technology, Brunson Elementary School

Louisa Bowers Beach, Got iPads, Patrick Henry Academy

Mike McCoy, FiTech (Encouraging Fitness through Technology and Curriculum, Patrick Henry Academy

Kendra Thacker, FULL STEAM AHEAD, Estill Elementary School

Jasper County grants

Petrut Grigore, TI-Nspire Navigator System, Beaufort - Jasper – ACE

Althea Wigfall, “String” is in the Air, Hardeeville Elementary School

Bonnie Gannon, Synergize for Robotics, Hardeeville - Ridgeland Middle School

Marsha Neal, Innovation 2 Creation, Hardeeville - Ridgeland Middle School

Lisa Nettles, Tiny House Project, Hardeeville - Ridgeland Middle School

Christina Randall, Drumming Up Success, Hardeeville - Ridgeland Middle School

Gregg Dixon, Social APPtivism, Royal Live Oaks Academy

William Cameron, The School House Rocks (Again), Royal Live Oaks Academy

Stefan Vasiu, CO2 Dragster: From Design to Fabrication, Royal Live Oaks Academy

Wendy Dubose, Principal, Creating Frankenstein’s Lab: Dissect, Dissect, Dissect, Legacy Christian Academy

Lori Adams, Lights, Camera, Action: “Kinder Kreations”, Ridgeland Elementary School

Kenneth Fisher, Bike Across America, Ridgeland Elementary School

Susie Ingram, Stamp Out Hunger – Grill! Read! Grill!, Ridgeland Hardeeville High School

Sherry Carroll, Fairy Garden and Historian Fairy Project, Thomas Heyward Academy

Seth Davis, Data Collection of Marketing – A Collaborative Effort, Thomas Heyward Academy

Amanda Bonds, Rising to the Top with Technology, Step of Faith Christian

About the program

The Bright Ideas grants program was created in 2004 as a way to benefit local kindergarten-12th grade teachers. The grants give teachers the money required to put their innovative classroom projects into action. Since the program's inception, area teachers have received more than $375,000 in grants.

Palmetto Electric Trust is supported by funds from Operation Round Up, a program in which the Cooperative’s members round their electric bill up to the nearest whole dollar. Additional funding was provided by Palmetto Electric's Million Dollar Hole-In-One Shootout and WIRE (Women Involved in Rural Electrification) Chapters.

This story was originally published October 26, 2015 at 3:19 PM with the headline "Updated for Jasper Co.: Palmetto Electric announces teacher grantees for 2015 Bright Ideas program."