EATEL recently held a ceremony honoring 10 Ascension Parish educators with $500 grants to support innovative teaching programs that are designed to enrich the classroom experience.
The “Reach A Kid, Teach A Kid” program provides teachers with the funds needed to implement unique and exciting classroom lessons used to inspire and motivate students to learn.
For more than a decade, the annual program has helped fund special projects at local schools, impacting hundreds of primary, middle and high school students each year. To date, EATEL has awarded more than $60,000 in teacher grants.
“EATEL will continue to fund educational projects that deepen the involvement of both teachers and students, stimulate the in-class learning process and produce measurable benefits for the students involved,” said Robert Burgess, president and chief operating officer of EATEL.
The 2010 grant winners include:
• Pamela Boudreaux, Lake Elementary School, sixth-eighth grades, project: Inside Out
• Pam Gautreau, Lake Elementary School, first grade, project: Homerun Writing
• Patty Grimball, Galvez Primary School, second grade, project: Reader’s Theater
• Kellie Gonzales, St. Amant High School, 10th grade, project: Cultural Landscapes of Ascension Parish
• Amber Lambert, Prairieville Middle School, eighth grade, project: Lights, Camera, Action!
• Emily Lambert, Pecan Grove Primary School, fourth grade/Special Education, project: Multi-sensory Safari Space
• Lauren Loraso, Duplessis Primary School, third grade, project: Discovering Weather Together
• Catherine Ragusa, Spanish Lake Elementary School, kindergarten, project: Enhancing Math Through Learning Lessons
• Michelle Thibodeaux, Lowery Elementary School, third grade, project: Can I Read When I’m Done?
• Elizabeth Zerangue, Prairieville Primary School, second-fifth grades, project: The Book Nook
Get the details about each of the Reach a Kid, Teach a Kid projects at www.eatel.com/reachakid.
