2012-2013 Bright Ideas Winners
27 educators from schools in Carteret and Craven counties earned grant funding from Carteret-Craven Electric Cooperative for innovative teaching projects that will enhance their students’ learning.
These educators earned a total of $19,316 in Bright Ideas grants for projects expected to touch more than 4,458 students from kindergarten through high school, and in all subject areas, from energy & electronics to school vegetable gardens, to electricity & magnatism and more.
Since inception, Carteret-Craven Electric Cooperative (CCEC) has issued close to $300,000 in grants impacting more than 60,000 area students. The Bright Ideas program is funded through North Carolina’s Touchstone Energy cooperatives. The Carteret-Craven Electric Foundation provides additional funding for the grants to educators from schools in CCEC’s service territory.
This year’s winners are:
CARTERET COUNTY SCHOOLS
- Beaufort Elementary School: Jackie Ramus; Amy Barnes
- Beaufort Middle School: Bridget Davis
- Bogue Sound Elementary: Robin Couser
- East Carteret: Jessica Anderson
- Harkers Island Elementary: Miriam Sutton
- Morehead Elementary: Lisa Hyatt
- Morehead Middle: Jennifer Coggins
- Newport Elementary: Staci Hammond
- Newport Middle: Todd Stehle; Donna Jones; Michelle Smith
- Smyrna Elementary: Bryan Storms
- West Carteret: Mary Loveless; Marie Sherrill
- White Oak Elementary: Kristin Lupton; Kathleen Newton, Gina Dunn
HAVELOCK AREA SCHOOLS
- Arthur Edwards Elementary: Kathy Leffler
- Early College East: Karyn Suggs
- Havelock High: Matthew Stephenson; Kayla Harris; Baily Graham
- Havelock Middle: Mark Lorek; Kristen Hooker; Naomi Clark; Rosemary Steinman
- Roger Bell Elementary: Courtney Merkel
- Tucker Creek Middle: Shawn McCarthy
- W.J. Gurganus Elementary: Julie Chamberlin-Huber; Ashley Alicea