Katelin McKeehan latest HTT winner

Katelin McKeehan, English teacher at Hampton High School, is the latest Northeast Community Credit Union Helping Teachers Teach grant winner.

Each May, McKeehan takes her students to Barter Theatre in Abingdon to enjoy a play. She will be using the HTT grant to help cover the cost of lunch for the students.

“We read plays out loud in class through our curriculum, and this will put into perspective the largeness of plays,” McKeehan said. “Many students are never introduced to plays and never get to experience them. We deal with low income students, and I do not want any of them excluded from this experience. I hope to relieve some financial strain on parents by using this money to insure if children cannot pay for their meals, there will be money to supplement that issue.”

Northeast Community Credit Union awards $300 every month to a classroom to be utilized for classroom needs, classroom activities, and academic enrichment. Helping Teachers Teach is open to teachers within Carter, Johnson, Unicoi, Sullivan and Washington counties who are members of Northeast Community Credit Union. Area teachers may become members online or at any NCCU location and can download the grant application on the credit union’s website: www.BeMyCU.org.