It has been quite a year! Through a global pandemic, an EF-4 tornado, a constantly changing landscape and unforeseen times, you have persevered and remained committed to student success. Your unwavering dedication to our students and to our community has shone brighter this year than ever before. You have been the hands and feet of grace and compassion - even under tremendous stress yourself. Your service to others this year has expanded and morphed way beyond your classroom walls. From packing and sorting food, to cutting trees and carrying limbs, to reaching out from your computer screen and virtually landing inside the homes of your students, you have remained rock solid in supporting others and serving the Coweta community. You are AMAZING! You are appreciated. Enjoy the week - and thank you, sincerely, for all that you do.

Coweta-Fayette Trust, Inc. and Coweta-Fayette Electric Membership Corporation are sponsoring the Bright Ideas Teachers Grant Program again in 2021 for the seventeenth year. Bright Ideas is a program that awards funds to teachers to put innovative and creative education projects into action.

Information about the Bright Ideas Program and applications are available on this website at www.utility.org. From the home page choose “My Community”, “Schools”, and “Bright Ideas Teacher Grants”. A link to the 2021 Bright Ideas Application can be found near the top of the page. To go directly to the application CLICK HERE.

This fall the plan is to award 20 grants of up to $1,500 each totaling $30,000 in funds to teachers in grades PreK-12. All applications must be received at Coweta-Fayette EMC by (August 13, 2021). Applications must be completed and submitted online.

Please submit your “Bright Ideas” application this summer. The application deadline is August 13, 2021. Teachers have all summer to complete their application.

If you have any questions about the Bright Ideas Program or application procedures, please contact Jacob Manus at 770-252-7442 or by email at jmanus@utility.org