Pioneer Electric awards Energy For Learning grants to local teachers
Published 10:11 am Monday, December 2, 2024
Pioneer Electric Member Services Representative Tom Powell (left) presents Southside High School’s Porsha Oliver-Hall (center) with a $500 Energy For Learning grant. She will use her funds to teach high schoolers about mathematics using the Breakout Math: Escape into Real Math curriculum. Southside High School Principal Cedric Brown (right) helps present the award.
Keith Middle High School History Teacher Nancy Nelson and her students receive their $500 Energy For Learning grant, which she will use with her 10th and 11th grade history class to recreate technological innovations from history. Also pictured is Keith Middle High School Principal Tommy Tisdale.
Pioneer Electric Member Services Representative Tom Powell (left) presents Southside High School’s Alex Medina (center) with a $500 Energy For Learning grant. Mr. Medina will use the grant to purchase a drone for his JROTC students. Southside High School Principal Cedric Brown (right) joins them for the presentation. | Submitted Photo
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Pioneer Electric Cooperative is proud to announce the recipients of its 2024 Energy For Learning, awarded to 10 local teachers to support innovative STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) projects in their classrooms. These grants, funded by the cooperative’s Operation Round Up foundation, highlight Pioneer Electric’s commitment to empowering education and fostering growth in the communities it serves.
Through Energy For Learning grants, Pioneer Electric aims to provide resources for projects that spark curiosity, deepen learning and inspire the next generation of innovators. Selected projects range from robotics and coding activities to hands-on science experiments and art-infused technology lessons.
“Supporting our local educators is one of the most impactful ways we can invest in our communities,” said Pioneer Electric VP of Communications Christi Scruggs. “These teachers are shaping the future, and we are proud to help bring their creative ideas to life.”
Operation Round Up, the funding source for these grants, is powered by the generosity of Pioneer Electric members who voluntarily round up their monthly bills to the nearest dollar. The spare change collected from this program directly supports initiatives like the Energy For Learning grants and other community-focused programs.
Pioneer Electric Cooperative congratulates the following grant recipients:
- Christina Brumbeloe, W.O. Parmer Elementary School
- Susan Butts, Hayneville Middle School and Lowndes Middle School
- Bridgette Cook, Butler County Career Academy
- Alex Medina, Southside High School
- Nancy Nelson, Keith Middle High School
- Darlene Odom, McKenzie School
- Porsha Oliver-Hall, Southside High School
- Judy Smith, Georgiana School
- Jessica Tadlock, McKenzie School
- Stephanie Williams, J.E. Hobbs Elementary School
