CHATHAM EDUCATION FOUNDATION

Our Mission: To secure financial support and services which will enrich student learning experiences and enhance teacher effectiveness.


Creative Teaching Grants

Chatham Education Foundation is a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote, support and improve public education in Chatham County. The purpose of the Creative Teaching Grant is to support creative and innovative teaching and learning in the classroom. Last year, CEF sponsored approximately $20,000 in grants to teachers across the county.

2008 Grant Proposal Guidelines

2008 Grant Application Form



2008 Grant Recipients

NAME

School

AWARD

GRANT TITLE

WENDI McMILLAN (Russ Kozerski, Michelle Womble) 

 
Virginia Cross School
(Partial) $350.00
Food For Thought

AMY ROGERS (Marianne Roseborough, Jodi Hyatt)

Siler City Elementary
(Partial)  $570.00
Bulldog Explorers:  The Regions of North Carolina

BHUVANA RAMACHANDRAN

Bonlee Elementary School (Partial)  $1,000.00 Improving Reading and Literacy in K-8 Classrooms

EMILY BOYLE

Chatham Central High School (Partial)  $500.00 Small is Possible

BUNNIE BREWER (Elizabeth Deaton)

 
Jordan-Matthews High School (Partial) $350.00 Making the News

JODI CLEVEN

Moncure School (Partial)  $500.00 They Love to Read, They Just Don’t Know it yet:  Engaging Struggling Readers with High-Quality Texts and Exciting Text Celebrations

JESSICA D. SANDEL

 
Jordan-Matthews High School (Partial) $595.00 Inquiries in Science

SALLY SCHOLLE (Lee Dixon, Harriett Riley)
Sponsored by Newland Communities

Siler City Elementary (Full)  $1,467.61 School Garden:  Planting Seeds of Hope

MARGARET GRAYSON & SUZANNE ROBINSON


Sage Academy (Full)  $1,500.00 Hero Book Project 

HARRIET SHERMAN  (Gwen Hanner)


Chatham Middle School (Full) $122.04 Projects to Promote Progress

RONDI M. LEMONS (Nancy Fahrbach, Dana Griffin)


Perry Harrison School (Full) $800.00 Bringing Stories To Life:  Stories of the Heart

ADRIENNE BASHISTA

Virginia Cross Elementary School (Full) $323.57 Get“Fired Up” with Reading

JUSTIN E. TILLETT
 Sponsored by Progress Energy


Jordan-Matthews High School (Full) $1,072.10 Teaching Physics/Physical Science through Inquiry
CHRISTA BROWN (Traci Bellas, Gina Bacheler, Kathy Marsh) Sponsored by Margaret de St. Aubin Virginia Cross Elementary (Full) $850.00 Music of the Nations 

For more information, to volunteer, or to contribute money, services or in-kind donations, please contact:
Chatham Education Foundation • PO Box 1518 • Pittsboro NC 27312
phone (919) 542-0024   fax (919) 542-4464 • email
chatedfound@embarqmail.com