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Our mission is simple, but our purpose vital. Our community is blessed, thanks to people like yourself, with an exceptional public school system. We plan to add another dimension by pooling the already strong community support for education in this county. Our agenda is to provide teachers with grants to support classroom projects. This school year, the Heritage Foundation Board presented just over $4,500 in grants to benefit seven schools. Congratulations to the recipients! Hilltop Elementary - $1,000 for its Delve into Digital project, submitted by Heather Riley Linwood Elementary - $1,000 for Literacy Bags, submitted by Jessica Chandler Houston County High and Veterans High - $407.13 for their Music in the French Classroom project, submitted by Jennifer Bowers Mossy Creek Middle - $1,000 toward building a school barn; Principal Paige Busbee applied for this grant for the new FFA program Northside Elementary - $960 for its Sciencee eLABoration project, submitted by Beth Sciarro and Angie Herbel Huntington Middle - $150 for Marks-a-Lot, submitted by Tammy Love Thinking about contributing to our Heritage Foundation to help fund classroom initiatives? Check out how our fellow educators are using the grants they were awarded this year! Videos have been created which star our grant awardees and their students. You will see our friends at Hilltop Elementary, Northside Elementary, Warner Robins Middle and Houston County High. The videos which feature our Heritage Foundation ambassadors are listed below.« Ms. Heather Riley of Hilltop Elementary and her fifth graders highlight the Delve into Digital project « Mrs. Jennifer Bowers and her French students sing for us and demonstrate the use of Music in the French Classroom « Northside Elementary’s Mrs. Beth Sciarro and Mrs. Angie Herbel show us their Science eLABoration STEM lab « Our Houston County Teacher of the Year, Mrs. Rebecca Oakley of Warner Robins Middle, serves as our Heritage Foundation spokesperson If you would like to make a tax-deductible contribution, several ways are offered to make it easy and convenient. One may donate: online with a credit or debit card by using the donate button above, by check or HCBOE employees may use payroll deduction. Please send check donations to:
Houston County Heritage Foundation The people behind the scenes are those who serve on the HCH Foundation Board. Although they seek no recognition, if you have the opportunity, please acknowledge the time and effort they dedicate to help our schools and students. The following individuals serve on the Heritage Foundation Board:
Shaw Blackmon
Dave Crockett Ed Dyson Barbara Griffin Michael Loden
Bill Loudermilk
Ellie Loudermilk Stephanie Phillips Sandy Smith
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If you have any questions about grant applications or supporting the HCH Foundation, please call: 478-988-6390 or send an e-mail to: Houston.HeritageFoundation @gmail.com  |
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