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AUGUSTA — Kennebec Retired Educators Association will award three $150 grants to educators in Kennebec County schools.
The KREAtive grants supplement expenses incurred in student-centered, inter-disciplinary projects and may be expended for materials used in the classroom, speakers’ fees, project development expenses and more. Grant description and applications are being disseminated to principals of elementary, middle and high schools. The principals are then asked to make them available to their classroom teachers. The organization is made up of educators from 54 schools in 31 Kennebec County cities and towns.
“Even though we are not actively teaching in the classroom anymore, for many of us that is where our hearts remain long after we retire,” said Rosanna Joseph of Waterville, chairwoman of the KREAtive Classroom Grant Committee, and a retired Winslow elementary teacher.
“We just want to give back to our schools and students in as many ways as possible,” said committee member Phil Gonyar, of Waterville, where he was chairperson of the high school social studies department. Gonyar, who also was superintendent of schools in Bangor, initiated the annual grant project in 2014.
Grant applications must be submitted by email to gldavis56@yahoo.com or be postmarked by Oct. 30 to KREAtive Grant Committee, c/o George Davis, 12 Fieldstone Drive, Waterville, ME 04901. The deadline for submitting the grant application is Oct. 31. The winning applicants will be notified by Dec. 1 and will receive the grant money at that time.
