Chamber Awards Education Grants

The Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce continues to support education as a cornerstone to the economic success and vitality of the Dan River region with its annual education grant program for Pre-K through 12th grade educators.  (Read full media release)

Chatham High School
“Chatham High School Robotics FIRST Team #1095”

S. O’Brien, T. Wade, J. Olp, A. Propst

The students will be exposed to cooperative learning, engineering, “co-opetition,” creative use of math and science with art, enforcement of deadlines, competitive strategy, and technology to plan, build, and program a robot to perform certain duties.

Gretna Elementary School
“Dr. Jean's Songs and Activities for Young Children”
Beth Cheney Putnam, Stephanie Humbarger Brooks, Pamela Manley

Children with disabilities will learn, master, and be able to generalize concepts and skills through the use of song paired with physical movements and, in some cases, signs.

Gretna Elementary
“Metamorphosis - Butterfly Lifecycle”
Kathy Spencer, Stephanie Barts, Robin Motley, Sandra Johnson, Stacie Burke

Students will maintain a butterfly habitat and observe the lifecycle of the butterfly to understand the distinct stages some animals undergo.

Gretna Elementary
“Complete Hydroponics System”
Beth Cheney Putnam, Sonja Scott, Patricia Cocke

A project based hydroponics grow system will be used to create collaborative learning communities where students can capitalize on their strengths while building skills across the curriculum.

“iPads for Collaborative Education Across Grade Levels”
Beth Cheney Putnam, Sonja Scott, Patricia Cocke

iPads will be used across grade levels to introduce a more rigorous curriculum focused on interactive, project-based learning. Students will learn through participation in interactive group research projects versus the traditional instructional approach.

Gretna High School and Pittsylvania Career & Technical Center
“Architectural Applications in Engineering and Construction Technology”
Andrew Nordon, Herb Hardy, David Weatherford, James Pollard

Chief Architect, an instructional architecture software program, will expand the students’ working knowledge for advanced education and employment applications. The software will result in students who are better equipped for today’s changing world and postsecondary studies.
 

Mount Airy Elementary
“In the Nook of Time - Reaching Students through E-Readers”
Carolyn Doss, C. Wertz, L Farson, R. Barley, E. Mayhew, A. Wilson

The primary objective of this project is to motivate reluctant readers to increase reading through technology at home and at school.
 

Southside Elementary School
“A Continued Ocean Habitat/Ecosystem”
Melissa Stallings, Laura Snead

Through daily observations and care for an ocean habitat aquarium, students will investigate how plants and animals interact with living and nonliving parts of their environment.
 

Tunstall Middle School
“Replicable Watershed Demonstrations”
Anita Cummings, Thomas Gudman

The primary objective of this program is to examine water use and issues in teaching students the concepts of Virginia’s watersheds and how to reduce negative impact on ground water as presented in standards of learning studies of Earth Science.