Matt Wilson, English teacher and Speech and Debate coach at Happy Valley High School, is the latest
Northeast Community Credit Union Helping Teachers Teach grant winner.
The Happy Valley High Speech & Debate Team will be participating in the National Speech and Debate Association National Tournament in June. The HTT grant will help pay for the students’ entry fees and travel costs to the competitions.
“This affords the team members the opportunity to compete in public speaking events,” Wilson said. “Competing against students from around the country and doing so on the campus of the University of Richmond will expand my students’ horizons and make their worlds a little larger.”
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.
Alex Campbell, social studies teacher at Elizabethton High School, is the latest Northeast Community
Credit Union Helping Teachers Teach grant winner.
Campbell applied for the grant to help cover the cost of publishing 500 copies of a book his sociology class has been working on. Students have been writing a research-based book about nine active, or potentially active, serial killers in Tennessee in the 1980s. Students focused on ethical research practices, responsible storytelling and careful documentation.
“My students work on real cold cases, focusing on making a real impact,” Campbell said. “The ability for students to see their work have actual impact in helping people across our state, and many others, is invaluable. What this money will help us do is get this information out to help law enforcement make connections between cases, show how certain confirmed murderers should be considered suspects in many cases, and reignite public interest to help draw attention to these cases.”
Jan Carol Publishing plans to launch “Driven by Rage Fueled by Diesel – The Forgotten Victims of the Tennessee Highway Hunters” by Elizabethton High School Tennessee Student Investigators in May with a nationwide media campaign.
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.
Ashley Garland, special education aide at Unaka High School, is the latest Northeast Community Credit
Union Helping Teachers Teach grant winner.
Garland applied for the grant to help cover the cost of the CDC class Student-Run Coffee Cart. Students gain real-world experience in business management, finance and marketing by taking orders, counting money, delivering drinks, and tracking order data.
“This project offers a hands-on learning experience,” Garland said. “It also helps with social skills and life skills.”
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.
Alisa Buckner, librarian at Cloudland Elementary School, is the latest Northeast Community Credit Union Helping Teachers Teach grant winner.
Buckner applied for the grant to help cover the cost to buy new books for the school’s library. She said the current library collection is challenged with aging, worn materials that have been heavily used along with outdated items that are no longer relevant to students.
“A well-stocked library is essential for meeting the academic, social and emotional needs of today’s learners,” Buckner said. “New books provide students with high-interest, age-appropriate reading materials that reflect their lives, cultures and interests. When students see themselves represented in books and are exposed to perspectives different from their own, they are likely to engage deeply with reading.”
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.
Jessica Hayes, science teacher at Elizabethton High School, is the latest Northeast Community Credit
Union Helping Teachers Teach grant winner.
Hayes applied for the grant to help cover the cost of buzzer lockout system for the EHS Science Bowl team. The system will allow the team to practice under the same conditions they will experience at the actual event. When not being used by the team, science classes at EHS will use the buzzer system to study for exams. Any remaining funding will be used to purchase gas and supplies for the team’s trip to compete at the Oak Ridge National Laboratories Science Bowl.
“We compete against a lot of well to do schools at the competition,” Hayes said. “These funds will help us to prepare and even the playing field against these schools that seem to have unlimited funding. The Elizabethton community is very near and dear to my heart. I believe in our students. They can compete at high levels and I want them to have the same opportunities to compete at those high standards as other schools.”
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.
Northeast Community Credit Union is investing in the children of Carter County with a donation of
$1,000 to the Carter County Imagination Library.
Northeast Community Credit Union is a Foundation Member of CCIL and has contributed thousands of dollars since the start of Carter County Imagination Library. Carter County Imagination Library provides a free book to children in Carter County every month from birth until they turn five years old.
According to the CCIL, more than 2,200 books are distributed monthly to children in Carter County and Elizabethton, representing 91.43% enrollment. Community contributions help cover the $2,500 monthly cost not covered by the state.
Presenting this year’s donation on behalf of NCCU to Carter County Imagination Library Chair Summer Johnson (left) is Elizabeth Bradley, New Accounts Representative.
To donate to the Imagination Library, contact the Elizabethton/Carter County Public Library at (423) 547-6360.
Northeast Community Credit Union is a major contributor in the local community and has been providing service since October 1952 when it was chartered as a credit union by the State of Tennessee. Northeast Community Credit Union is a not-for-profit financial cooperative focused on youth financial education, providing convenient low-cost financial products and service to help families have richer futures, and growing strong local businesses while serving anyone who lives, works, worships or attends school in Carter, Johnson, Washington, Unicoi and Sullivan counties along with their family members.