The Buncombe County Schools Foundation has awarded over $20,000 in educational enrichment grants to the schools in the Buncombe County system for this season’s grant cycle.
These classroom grants, funded by Duke Energy Progress, the Murray Foundation, The Streb-Fisher Fund, and the Buncombe County Schools Foundation, will help fund reading programs for middle and elementary students, science, technology and math projects, music and art supplies, field trips, and curriculum items for special needs classes, according to a news release from the foundation.
“Our foundation partners have once again answered the call to provide funding for classroom grants, teacher and employee development, and student scholarships,” Lisa Adkins, foundation executive director, said in a news release. “These grants are so much more than simply dollars and cents. While they provide an essential mechanism that can literally breathe life into ideas that inspire innovation in our students and teachers, the truly exciting part of all of this is how these dollars will improve education here in Buncombe County Schools in ways we may never fully know or appreciate.”
