Carroll EMC awards Bright Ideas grants to local teachers to fund innovative and creative educational projects for their students. Grants of up to $1,000 are presented to public school educators, teaching grades pre-K through 12, for classroom-based projects in a variety of subjects.
Bright Ideas grants are funded through the donations of Carroll EMC Members who participate in the Cooperative’s Operation Round Up program. Since 2007, local teachers have received grants totaling nearly $682,000 to enhance the learning of students in Carroll EMC’s seven-county service area.
Applicants must complete an online application. Individual teachers may submit one application per school year. Members of the Foundation Board of Trustees review the applications and select the winners. Grant recipients are announced in December.
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:
The Carroll EMC Foundation Board has suspended Bright Ideas Grants for 2020. The decision was made with special consideration towards 2019 grant winners whose school year was cut short due to COVID-19. We hope as this school year begins, the teachers will be able to use their well-earned grants to foster growth and education in this new year.
2019 Bright Ideas Grants winners now have until Friday, December 18, to complete their final report at the link provided below.
Eligible Schools
- Bay Springs Middle School
- Bowdon Elementary School
- Bowdon High School
- Bowdon Middle School
- Carrollton Elementary School
- Carrollton High School
- Carrollton Jr. High School
- Carrollton Middle-Upper Elementary School
- Central Elementary School
- Central High School
- Central Middle School
- College & Career Academy
- Glanton-Hindsman Elementary
- GOAL Program
- Holy Ground Baptist Academy
- Ithica Elementary
- KidsPeace
- Mount Zion Elementary School
- Mt. Zion High School
- Mt. Zion Middle School
- Oak Grove Montessori School
- Oak Mountain Academy
- Providence Elementary School
- Roopville Elementary School
- Sand Hill Elementary School
- Sharp Creek Elementary School
- Temple Elementary School
- Temple High School
- Temple Middle School
- Villa Rica Elementary School
- Villa Rica High School
- Villa Rica Middle
- Whitesburg Elementary School
- Bremen 4th & 5th Grade Academy
- Bremen High School
- Bremen Middle School
- Buchanan Elementary School
- Buchanan Primary School
- Haralson County High School
- Haralson County Middle School
- Haralson County Rebel Academy
- Jones Elementary School
- Safe Harbor Baptist Academy
- Tallapoosa Primary School
- West Haralson Elementary School
- Centralhatchee Elementary School
- Ephesus Elementary School
- Heard County High School
- Heard County Middle School
- Heard Elementary School
- Carl Scoggins Sr. Middle school
- Paulding County High School
- Sara M. Ragsdale Elementary School
- Scoggins Middle School
- South Paulding High School
- Union Elementary School
- Cedartown High School
- Cedartown Middle School
- Eastside Elementary School
- Rockmart High School
- Rockmart Middle School
- Van Wert Elementary School
- Youngs Grove Elementary School
- Polk County College & Career Academy
- Callaway High School
- Gardner Newman Middle School
- Hillcrest Elementary School
- Hollis Hand Elementary School
- LaGrange High School
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For more information, contact Taylor Key at 770-830-5736 or taylor.key@carrollemc.com.
