Jackson EMC awards over $15,000 to BCSS Teachers for Bright Ideas

Thank you to our District Partner in Education Jackson Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) for their continued support of our schools! This was a tremendously competitive year for the Jackson EMC Bright Ideas Grants, and no school has more than two winners. Jackson EMC is awarding $73,600 in grants to 48 teachers in 30 schools in their service area.

For the 2023-2024 school year, all five BCSS middle schools are represented with 9 of our educators receiving grants totaling $15,197! This is the most BCSS has ever been awarded!

Arts & Innovation Magnet Program

• Carrington Nasoulis, 3D Art Through the 3D Pen, $890
• Jennifer Deckard, Physical Science Gamified, $1,920

Bear Creek Middle School

• Taylor Vandiver, Hands-On Earth Science with AR, $2,000
• Rachel Wilson, Empowering Future Innovators: Fueling STEAM with 3D Printing, $1,793

Haymon Morris Middle School

• Trevor Queen, Implementation of Raised Beds to Increase Horticultural Knowledge, $1,868

Russell Middle School

• Casey Daniel, Quilting Pattern with Printmaking, $1,070
• Carissa Neupert, Motion Mastery: Accelerating Learning with PocketLab, $1,698

Westside Middle School

• Tamra Morris, Moving the Inside to the Outside: Biology of Cells, $1,958
• Nes Zuluaga, Creative Solutions with STEM, $2,000