 On Aug. 25, Eastern Kentucky PRIDE announced the 94 recipients of the 2009-2010 PRIDE Environmental Education Grants. A total of $355,087 was awarded to schools, nonprofit organizations and other educators in 38 counties of southern and eastern Kentucky.
All grant recipients are listed below.
“I thank you for taking the initiative to get students excited about the spectacular natural resources that surround them,” said Karen Engle, who heads PRIDE, to the grant recipients. “Our region’s scenic beauty is precious. If our children learn to nurture this valuable asset now, then they can enjoy it with their children and even generate jobs through tourism. These grants are a wise investment in the future.”
The one-year grants support hands-on activities that show students how and why to take personal responsibility for their environment. Students are encouraged to share these lessons and serve their communities.
North Laurel Middle School’s community garden is a good example. With a $3,165 PRIDE grant, the school will expand its garden — which was developed with PRIDE grants over several years — to serve the community. Students will grow vegetables in the greenhouse and transplant them to the garden in the spring. The harvested vegetables will be donated to needy families through local agencies. Those families, along with all community members, will be invited to help with the garden. The lessons learned will range from biology and math to good nutrition and community service.
This year, the maximum grant value was $4,000, which included $500 to operate a service-oriented PRIDE Club. Grant recipients must make monetary or in-kind contributions worth 10 percent of their grant amount, and community involvement is encouraged.
Since 1998, a total of 577,963 students have taken part in projects funded through 1,001 PRIDE Environmental Education Grants. Grant results include starting 41 school-wide recycling programs and building 374 outdoor classrooms, 155 greenhouses and 63 nature trails.
Eastern Kentucky PRIDE, a nonprofit organization, promotes “Personal Responsibility In a Desirable Environment” in southern and eastern Kentucky. PRIDE was founded in 1997 by Congressman Rogers and Kentucky Environmental Secretary James Bickford, and it is funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
GRANT RECIPIENTS, BY COUNTY
(Note: Only the primary project is listed. Other activities may also be planned for the grant funds. All grants include $500 to operate a service-oriented PRIDE Club.)
Adair County
- Colonel William Casey Elementary School/Adair County High School: $2,075 to enhance the outdoor classroom and mentoring program
- Lindsey Wilson College: $4,000 to build a rain garden
Bath County
- Sheltowee Environmental Education Coalition: $4,000 to build a wetland
Bell County
- Frakes School Center: $4,000 to enhance an outdoor classroom and install a weather station
- Mill Creek Christian Academy: $4,000 to build an outdoor classroom
- St. Julian Parish School: $4,000 to enhance a greenhouse and outdoor classroom
- Yellow Creek School Center: $4,000 to buy curriculum material, greenhouse equipment, greenhouse supplies and tools
Breathitt County
- Highland-Turner Elementary School: $4,000 to enhance an outdoor classroom
- Lyndon Baines Johnson Elementary School: $4,000 for a recycling station, nature trail, weather station and butterfly garden
- Middle Kentucky Community Action Partnership/Breathitt County Head Start: $4,000 to enhance an outdoor classroom
- Mt. Carmel Elementary School: $4,000 to enhance an outdoor classroom, trails and greenhouse
- Rousseau Elementary School: $4,000 to enhance a greenhouse and build a tool shed
Clay County
- Manchester Elementary School: $3,500 to buy recycling materials and enhance a greenhouse
- Paces Creek Elementary School: $4,000 to build an outdoor classroom
Floyd County
- May Valley Elementary School: $4,000 to enhance an outdoor classroom
- Prestonsburg Elementary School: $4,000 to build an outdoor classroom
Harlan County
- Pine Mountain Settlement School: $3,500 to build a wetland wildlife viewing platform
- Harlan Middle School: $3,820 for water testing equipment
- James A. Cawood Elementary School and 21st Century Program: $4,000 to build an outdoor classroom
Johnson County
- Highland Elementary School: $4,000 to build a greenhouse and purchase supplies
- Meade Memorial Elementary School: $4,000 to build an outdoor classroom
- Paintsville Elementary School: $4,000 to buy educational resources
- Johnson County Conservation District: $3,810 to buy teacher resources
- Johnson County Public Library: $1,847 to buy educational materials
Knott County
- Beaver Creek Elementary School: $4,000 to establish a recycling program
- Carr Creek Elementary School: $3,485 to establish a recycling program
- Cordia High School: $4,000 to build an outdoor classroom
- Jones Fork Elementary School: $3,500 for recycling materials
- Knott County Central High School Youth Service Center: $4,000 for recycling materials
- Hazard Community and Technical College - Knott County Branch: $3,100 for recycling materials and educational resources
Knox County
- Jesse D. Lay Elementary School: $4,000 to build a greenhouse
- Knox Central High School: $4,000 to build an outdoor classroom
- Flat Lick Elementary School: $4,000 to enhance an outdoor classroom and purchase environmental educational resources
- West Knox Elementary School: $4,000 to enhance an outdoor classroom
- St. Camillus Academy: $4,000 to enhance a greenhouse and recycling program
Laurel County
- Cold Hill Elementary School: $4,000 to enhance a science lab, recycling program and outdoor classroom
- North Laurel Middle School: $3,165 to create a community garden
- South Laurel High School: $4,000 to create an aquaculture center and enhance a mentoring program
- Laurel County Fiscal Court: $4,000 to build a wetland, rain garden and outdoor classroom at the US Forest Service Office in London
Lee County
- Beattyville Elementary School: $4,000 to enhance a greenhouse and outdoor classroom
- Southside Elementary School: $4,000 to enhance an outdoor classroom and buy environmental education resources
- Lee County Middle School: $4,000 to enhance an outdoor classroom and buy environmental educational resources
- Lee County High School: $4,000 to build an outdoor classroom
- Middle Kentucky Community Action Partnership/Lee County Head Start: $4,000 to expand an outdoor classroom
Leslie County
- Leslie County High School: $4,000 to enhance an outdoor classroom and recycling program
- Leslie County Conservation District: $4,000 to build an outdoor classroom
Letcher County
- Martha Jane Potter Elementary School: $4,000 to build an outdoor classroom
- West Whitesburg Elementary School: $3,930 to create and maintain an outdoor garden
- Letcher County Central High School: $4,000 to enhance an outdoor classroom and supply water to a greenhouse
Magoffin County
- Herald Whitaker Middle School: $3,188 to develop and implement a recycling program
- Magoffin County Career and Technical Center: $3,940 to develop an energy education curriculum to implement at the 9-12 grade level
McCreary County
- Pine Knot Primary School: $4,000 to start a recycling program and enhance a greenhouse and nature trail
- Pine Knot Intermediate School: $3,247 to start a recycling program
- McCreary County Extension Service: $3,140 for an environmental camp and bird house materials
Metcalfe County
- Edmonton Elementary School: $4,000 for a nature trail
Monroe County
- Gamaliel Elementary School: $4,000 to implement a reading trail
- Tompkinsville Elementary School: $4,000 to enhance outdoor education space
Morgan County
- 4-H Youth Development: $4,000 for an overnight environmental camp
Owsley County
- Owsley County Elementary School: $4,000 to enhance an outdoor classroom
Perry County
- Leatherwood Elementary School: $4,000 to enhance an outdoor classroom
Pike County
- Mullins Elementary School: $4,000 to build an outdoor classroom
- Runyon Elementary School: $4,000 to expand recycling
- Belfy Middle School: $4,000 to enhance an outdoor classroom
- Virgie Middle School: $2,800 to build an outdoor shelter and add native trees to the campus
- Shelby Valley High School: $4,000 to enhance a recycling program
- Shelby Valley Day Treatment: $4,000 to enhance a greenhouse
- St. Francis of Assisi School: $1,258 to enhance a recycling program
Pulaski County
- Hopkins Elementary School: $4,000 to enhance an outdoor classroom
- Meece Middle School: $4,000 for environmental resources
- Somerset High School: $4,000 for recycling and educational resources
- Pulaski County Schools: $4,000 to host an Energy Expo
- Pulaski County Solid Waste Department: $4,000 to build an outdoor classroom at the recycling center
- Somerset Community College: $4,000 to build a greenhouse
Rockcastle County
- Mt. Vernon Elementary School: $4,000 to maintain an outdoor classroom and buy greenhouse materials
- Roundstone Elementary School: $4,000 for greenhouse supplies and compost materials
Rowan County
- Morehead State University: $4,000 to establish a bird garden and outdoor classroom
Russell County
- Russell County Conservation District: $2,150 for bird feeders and recycling bins to give away at an Earth Day celebration and recycling event
Taylor County
- Taylor County Elementary School: $4,000 to build an outdoor shelter
- Campbellsville Middle School: $4,000 to enhance a recycling program
- Campbellsville Child Development Center, Inc.: $2,580 to purchase environmental education materials
Wayne County
- Monticello Independent School: $2,550 to enhance an outdoor classroom
- Walker Elementary School: $3,750 to enhance an outdoor classroom
Whitley County
- Boston Elementary School: $3,750 to enhance a recycling program
- Pleasant View Elementary School: $3,000 for recycling materials
- Whitley North Elementary School: $4,000 for a recycling trailer
- Whitley County Middle School: $4,000 to enhance an outdoor classroom
- Corbin Primary School: $4,000 to enhance an outdoor classroom
- Corbin Elementary School: $4,000 to enhance a greenhouse
- Corbin Intermediate School: $4,000 to build two wetlands and a rain garden
- Corbin Middle School: $4,000 to buy SEPUP curriculum
- Corbin High School: $4,000 to enhance an outdoor classroom
- Whitley County Cooperative Extension Service: $4,000 to create and expand community gardens
Wolfe County
- Wolfe County Middle School: $4,000 to enhance an outdoor classroom
- Middle Kentucky Community Action Partnership/Wolfe County Head Start: $4,000 to enhance an outdoor classroom and buy environmental educational resources
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