The Junior League of Augusta, Georgia, Inc. presented the 2016-2017 recipients of their annual Award for Classroom Enrichment Award grants to area teachers on September 6^th at the Junior League’s General Membership Meeting at the Morris Museum of Art.

The grant, sponsored by the Junior League of Augusta provides funding for creative teaching projects and is available to all teachers in the Central Savannah River Area.

Applications for ACE Awards are reviewed by a committee consisting of Junior League of Augusta members. Proposals are judged anonymously with no mention of school or location.

Grants are awarded in any amount up to $500.

The 2016-2017 ACE Awards Recipients and their respective projects are as follows:

• Amy Herndon - Greenbrier High School – “Then and Now: Unbroken - the Heart of a Warrior”

• Valery Dinkins - Martinez Elementary School – “Kindergarteners Think BIG With STEM”

• Alicia Miller - Lewiston Elementary School – “STEMulating Future Engineers”

• Anne Way - Greenbrier High School – “Go Golf!”

• Laura Hromyak - Parkway Elementary School – “Dash-ing Into Coding”

• Emad Francis - Glenn Hills Middle School – “Check It Do Not Break It Lab”

• Vickie Dorn - Greenbrier High School – “Frankenstein Gets Graphic”

• Erica Cox - Martinez Elementary School – “Snap to It!”

The Junior League also presented the 2016-2017 recipients of their annual Field Trip Fund grants to area teachers on September 6^th at the Junior League’s General Membership Meeting at the Morris Museum of Art.

The grant, sponsored by the Junior League of Augusta is open to all public schools and provides funding to apply toward busses, drivers and admission to CSRA museums, cultural/historic attractions, and theatrical performances. The near-elimination of field trip and travel resources in public schools has caused a major reduction in field trips funded through the school system.

The Junior League of Augusta is excited to help meet a need as we believe that field trips give students a freedom to explore, to think differently outside the classroom and the great sense of adventure.                                                                                                              

Applications for Field Trip Fund grants are reviewed by a committee consisting of Junior League of Augusta members. Proposals are judged anonymously with no mention of school or location.

The 2016-2017 Field Trip Fund Recipients and their respective projects are as follows:

• Russell Neely - McBean Elementary School - Augusta History Museum

• Donita Legoas - Pine Hill Middle School - Phinizy Center for Water Sciences Swamp and Nature Park

• Terry McClain - John M. Tutt Middle School - Aggregates USA