2023 Palmetto Electric Bright Ideas Award Winners

Congratulations to each of our dedicated educators listed below. They successfully submitted grant proposals to the 2023 Palmetto Electric Bright Ideas Grant Program. These grants are designed to help teachers provide creative and innovative learning experiences for their students.

Jasper County CATE Center

Dr. Terry Grant-Robinson - P3 Remote Pilot Scholars Program - $1000
Lucille Kannick - Building my Own PC - $1000

Ridgeland Elementary School

Jeffrey Abanto - Steel Tongue Drum- Mathics - $965
David Deloach - Brain Ball, Thinking and Moving - $1,000
Lori Adams - Encouraging Little Writers to Become Published Authors - $885
Kenneth Fisher - Row, Row, Row Your Boat - $1000

The Palmetto Electric Trust and Palmetto Electric Cooperative offer Bright Ideas, a grant program that provides funding for innovative classroom-based education projects that fall outside of normal school funding. Each year, teachers from southern Beaufort, Jasper, and Hampton counties' schools submit proposals for innovative classroom projects. The grants are intended to fund projects outside normal school funding.