October 28, 2026
Jackson EMC awards over $9,000 to BCSS Teachers for Bright Ideas
Thank you to our District Partner in Education, Jackson Electric Membership Corporation (EMC), for supporting our classrooms! They generously awarded eight of our educators a total of $9,092 for their Bright Ideas Grant proposals! All five BCSS middle schools are represented.
| Jazmin Gosen | Arts & Innovation Magnet Program | Cardboard Creations | $500 |
| Maggie Googe | Bear Creek Middle School | Sensory Success | $500 |
| Colene Cannarella | Haymon-Morris Middle School | Critical Thinking for Digital Consumers | $500 |
| Cheryl Cistulli | Haymon-Morris Middle School | Rocks to Cells: Science Up Close | $1,998 |
| Jamie Hardy | Haymon-Morris Middle School | Scaled Art in Math | $748 |
| Trevor Queen | Haymon-Morris Middle School | Wood You Master Ag Mechanics? | $948 |
| Kristin Nicholas | Russell Middle School | Science Without Barriers | $1,975 |
| Troy Authement | Westside Middle School | Printmaking in the 21st Century | $1,923 |