With the support of Santee Cooper, some awesome STEAM lessons are brewing in Berkeley County School District classrooms.
BCSD is excited to recognize all of its teachers and staff members who landed STEAM grants from Santee Cooper. This year, there were 20 grants awarded.
Every year Santee Cooper accepts applications for STEAM grants; any employee in the district who works directly with students to encourage and support innovative STEAM-related activities can apply. Teachers can receive individual grants worth up to $2,500, or team up to receive up to $5,000. All grade levels and content areas were eligible to apply at the beginning of the school year.
To building wildlife habitats to lessons in entrepreneurship, BCSD teachers have some hands-on assignments in the works this school year.
Congratulations to the grant recipients listed below!
Bee Tree Elementary: Kendall Lloyd and Emmalee Ritter – “Sizing Up for Success: First Grade Makers Tooling Up for Measurement and Data”
Berkeley High: Jennifer Paulhamus – “Escape the Classroom: STEAM Design and Literacy Lab”
Bowens Corner Elementary: Emily Kifer and Erica Gillis “Storybook STEM Days”
Cane Bay Elementary: Ann-Marie Cate – “Cardboard Communities: Engineering Sustainable Habitats for Berkeley County Wildlife”
Cane Bay High: Jimmy Cate and Ashley Wilson – “Illuminating Knowledge & Sculpting History: Interactive STEAM Models of Trade Networks and Biological Pathways”
Cross High: Theresa Prioleau – “Mission Possible: Crack the Code STEAM Missions”
Carolyn Lewis School: Erin Zubkoff and Breanna King – “Lewie’s Learning Lab”
Devon Forest Elementary: Christi Cannon, Lori Hocott, Hannah Hansen and Christina Chlan – “Lights, Learning, Action! Exploring STEAM through Annie, Jr.”
Foxbank Elementary: Erica Harper – “Textile Innovation Lab”
Hanahan Elementary: Amelia Roys and Melanie Brooks – “Discovering Our World Through STEAM”; Donna Skipper, Marcy Gasperson and Susan Forbes – “Programming for the Next Generation”
Hanahan High: Frances Richardson, Karin Roberts and Matthew Vargyas – “RECF Robotics Team”
Midtown Middle: Rebecca Croskey – “Midtown Makers”; Virginia Aban – “Seismic Deisgn”; Laura Wiggins and Virginia Aban – “From Models to Microscopes: Investigating the Building Blocks of Life”
Moncks Corner Elementary: Krystal Ragusa – “The Little Engineers Lab”
Mount Holly Elementary: Katrice Coleman – “Sensory STEAM Explorers Learning Centers”
Sangaree Intermediate: Heide Wittchow, Tim Capazzi and Calista Williams – “Mini Makers Market: Big Ideas from Young Entrepreneurs”
Sangaree Middle: Michael Cribb – “From Stream to Solution: A Living Watershed Laboratory”
Timberland High: Nicole Whitfield – “Multi-Disciplinary 3D Fabrication in Biology, Chemistry, and Forensics”