PITTSBORO, NC – The Chatham Education Foundation awarded more than $35,000 in grants and scholarships to Chatham County Schools’ teachers and staff on November 1, 2016. “This year we doubled the dollar value of awards to the teachers of Chatham County Schools, and we are grateful to our individual, corporate
The Chatham Education Foundation (CEF) is excited to announce a grant received from the Duke Energy Foundation for over $17,000 to support CEF programs and a countywide collaboration, Chatham Reads. In the past year, Duke Energy’s 2015 grant providing funding for a number of valuable programs. This grant will allow
The Chatham Education Foundation (CEF) is thrilled to announce the winners of its 2105 Grants. At this year’s grant ceremony we not only awarded our Creative Teaching Grants but two other opportunities. Thanks to the Duke Energy Foundation, this year we were able to add one additional grant for teachers,
The Chatham Education Foundation (CEF) is excited to announce a grant received from the Duke Energy Foundation for $30,000 for a countywide collaboration, Chatham Reads. Literacy can make or break one’s education and workforce aspirations, and Duke Energy is helping take a stand in Chatham County. A few quick statistics
How Wheelchair Accessible Gardens are Bringing Students Together Marguerite Fields, of Jordan Matthews High School, is one of our grant recipients who used the funds generously contributed by our donors to purchase a handicap accessible Rolling Garden Kit for her the school. This was a multi-class project. The carpentry students
The Chatham Education Foundation (CEF) is thrilled to announce the winners of its 2014 Creative Teaching Grants. Each of these projects exemplifies the creativity, professionalism and dedication of Chatham County Schools’ teachers. This year the Chatham Education Foundation supported 12 projects in 8 schools reaching over 1,700 students. The variety
The Chatham Education Foundation graciously accepted a donation in the amount of $10,000 to open an endowment with the Triangle Community Foundation. This endowment will specifically support the Jordan-Matthews High School’s annual trip to the National Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC. The donors, Karen and Fred Shectman, moved to Chatham
On Tuesday, July 22, 2014, Dr. Derrick D. Jordan gratefully accepted a check in the amount of $65,000 from Indira Everett, Duke Energy’s district manager for Chatham County. The check represents funding awarded from The Duke Energy Foundation. With the leadership of Jaime Detzi, Chatham County Education Foundation Executive Director, the
Chatham Education Foundation (CEF) is excited to announce the award of close to $11,000 in grant money to 12 public schools in Chatham County, NC. The money from these grants will support over 115 teachers and over 1,700 students in the current school year. “We had an amazing group of applicants this
March 2013 Students in Julie Goodberlet’s science class at Margaret Pollard Middle School conducting experiments with state of the art Venier Labquest equipment funded with a 2012 grant obtained by CEF from the Triangle Community Foundation’s program and a previous Progress Energy Foundation grant. All middle grades science teachers in
