Congratulations to Katie Watson, Bright Ideas grant applicant and Early Bird winner of a $100 Visa gift card! Mrs. Watson was randomly chosen from all Bright Ideas grant applications received by the Early Bird deadline of August 15. She is the assistant principal at Virginia Williamson Elementary School in Bolivia.

The Bright Ideas Grants program began at BEMC in 1994 as a way to help teachers fund creative classroom projects that otherwise would go unfunded. To date, BEMC has awarded more than $583,000 in education grants through this program. The final grant deadline was September 25 and all grant recipients will be announced in November.