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Rutherford Electric Membership Corporation is proud to announce that local teacher Karen Gray of Rutherfordton Elementary School is being honored on a statewide level as a Bright Ideas Tar Heel Teacher of the Week. Rutherford EMC nominated Mrs. Gray in recognition of her dedication to students and for previously winning Bright Ideas education grant funding for the project "Fit 4 Life."
Mrs. Gray is one of only 26 teachers statewide to earn the Tar Heel Teacher of the Week designation this school year. She will be recognized on air during the radio broadcast of the University of North Carolina football game against Virginia on October 22 and also on the Bright Ideas website at www.NCBrightIdeas.com. Gray, along with other Tar Heel Teacher of the Week honorees, will also receive tickets to attend a UNC game and a plaque commemorating their achievement.
"We partner with many outstanding teachers through our Bright Ideas education grant program, and Mrs. Gray consistently goes above and beyond to make a difference for students," said Dirk Burleson, vice president of member and corporate services at Rutherford EMC. "It is an honor to recognize Mrs. Gray for her hard work and to be able to thank her for the positive contribution she makes in our community."
About Rutherford EMC: Rutherford EMC, headquartered in Forest City, N.C., is a rural electric cooperative that maintains over 7,200 miles of power lines to provide electricity to more than 68,500 member-consumers in a 10-county area of the southwestern Piedmont.
About the Bright Ideas education grant program: The Bright Ideas education grant program, sponsored by North Carolina's electric cooperatives, strives to improve education in North Carolina classrooms by awarding grants to teachers in grades K-12 for innovative, classroom-based projects that would not otherwise be funded. Since the program began in 1994, about $10.2 million has been given to educators for more than 9,800 projects benefitting well over 1.8 million students.
