FirstEnergy Awards Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Grants to 21 Ohio Teachers
AKRON, Ohio, Nov. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- FirstEnergy (NYSE: FE) has named 21 Ohio teachers as winners of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education grants. The grants, up to $500 each, will be used for a variety of hands-on projects, workshops and teacher development programs throughout the school year.
This year's grant winners include:
- Kevin Berznay, Archbishop Lyke School, Garfield Heights
- Kimberly Bigioini, Ph.D., Phoenix Academy, Toledo
- Deb Carper and Louise Lowenstein, Toledo Technology Academy, Toledo
- Debbie Dodson, Greater Summit County Early Learning Center, Akron
- Samantha Dunaway, SCOPE Academy, Akron
- Terri Fleming, Trumbull Career and Technical Center, Warren
- Richard Gash, Boy Scouts of America Sea Scout Ship 41, Bay Village
- Nechelle M. Grant, Delta Academy – Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Akron
- Kevin James, The Boys & Girls Club of Cleveland
- Lisa Kimevski, Turkeyfoot Elementary School, Coventry
- Sandra Lepi, Saint Albert the Great School, North Royalton
- Cynthia Madanski, Robinson Elementary School, Toledo
- Luke McKinley, Chase STEM Academy, Toledo
- Jon Mockbee, Garfield Heights Middle School, Garfield Heights
- Janis Pridemore, LaCroft Elementary School, East Liverpool
- Carrie Sinkele and Pam Lubich, both with the Chaney STEM Campus, Youngstown
- Elizabeth Terrill, Buchtel CLC, Akron
- Grace Tome, Ritzman CLC, Akron
- Sherrie Ware, Jefferson County Christian School, Wintersville
"FirstEnergy is proud to award these grants to our winning teachers to promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics instruction for their students," said Dee Lowery, vice president of Corporate Affairs and Community Involvement and president of the FirstEnergy Foundation. "We had a group of very competitive applications to choose from this year."
FirstEnergy offers grants up to $500 to individual teachers and administrators at schools served by its electric utility operating companies and in communities where it has facilities.
Grant recipients are recommended by local educators who make up FirstEnergy's Educational Advisory Council. As part of the program, recipients must furnish a written summary and evaluation of their projects that can be shared with other educators in FirstEnergy's service area.
FirstEnergy is a diversified energy company dedicated to safety, reliability and operational excellence. Its 10 electric distribution companies form one of the nation's largest investor-owned electric systems, serving customers in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, West Virginia, Maryland and New York. Its generation subsidiaries currently control more than 18,000 megawatts of capacity from a diversified mix of scrubbed coal, non-emitting nuclear, natural gas, hydro, pumped-storage hydro and other renewables. Follow FirstEnergy on Twitter @FirstEnergyCorp.
SOURCE FirstEnergy Corp.
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