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It's your time to shine!

The Bright Ideas program supports innovative and effective classroom education curricula that cannot be covered by traditional school financing. Both individual teachers and groups of teachers can now apply for grants up to $1,500.

Teachers in public and private schools, K-12 in Berkeley Electric Cooperative’s service area are eligible to participate. Grants are awarded for projects in any discipline and are intended to help teachers within Berkeley Electric Cooperative’s service area produce a better-educated workforce. The grants are designed to help teachers introduce innovative teaching methods.

Grants are awarded annually in a competitive evaluation process. Applications are now accepted from January to March.   

Congratulations to our 2026 Grant Winners

Christopher Cooper

Goose Creek High

Tara Miller

Hanahan Middle School

Carolyn Duffy

Sangaree Middle

Thomas Beck

E.B. Ellington

Brooke McLoughlin & Jennie Church

Johns Island Elementary School

Victoria Morris & Sarah Beeson

Macedonia Middle

Julie Samosuk

Cane Bay Middle

Ninaree Leonard & Angel Leitner

Bowens Corner

Melissa Modesti & Mercedes Hannigan

Alston Middle School

Tamara Brown

Timberland High

Sierra Patrick & Kenya Britt

Berkeley High School

Brittnay Wilcox

Cane Bay High

Shelley Hartle & Miranda Hall

Marrington Elementary

Jaykaylia Jefferson

Marrington Elementary

Miranda Heider

H.E. Bonner Elementary

Meagan Brooks

Cane Bay Elementary

Annalise Easterling

Cane Bay High

Megan Heneghan

Cane Bay Middle

Lindsay Fisten

Whitesville Elementary

Jeremy Osborne

Cross Elementary/Middle

Kellene Smith & Abby Clark

Dr. Eugene Sires Elementary

Mary Marchese & Russell Boston

Sangaree Elementary

Courtney Allen

Berkeley Middle School

Katharine Horvath & Alexis Armstrong

Mount Holly Elementary

Bree Soria

Cane Bay High

Dr. Darlene Ishmael & Carolyn Lincoln

St. Stephen Middle

Ann-Marie Cate

Cane Bay Elementary

Hannah Krietemeyer

Cane Bay Middle

Ali McCabe

Westview Elementary School

Kimberly Richardson-Benton

Westview Primary

Breanna King

Carolyn Lewis School

Crystal Tackett

William M. Reeves Jr. Elementary

Amy Adams & Sarah Geyer

Macedonia Middle

Dr. Amanda Sharp, Dr. Laren Siefken

Cane Bay High School

& Briana Sandoval

 

Jenna Hartstein

Cane Bay Middle

SFC Fritz Hodges

Timberland High

Camila Porciuncula

Carolyn Lewis School