Houston County Career Academy awarded Flint Energies Foundation Bright Ideas Grant

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Houston County Career Academy was awarded a Flint Energies Foundation Bright

Ideas grant in December. The Flint Energies Prize Brigade surprised Engineering

and Technology teacher Jimmie Fouts with an oversized check for $1,000 in support

of his creative and innovative lesson plans to incorporate the FIRST Robotics

program in the classroom. He was also presented mums, balloons and a goody bag.

 

FIRST Robotics began in 1989 to encourage students to choose careers in

science, technology, engineering or math (STEM).  The organization hosts

robotics competitions to challenge students to build robots and to learn

associated technology. Fouts was instrumental in creating the school system’s

inaugural Houston County Robotics Team in the fall of 2010. All five high

schools participate in the team and compete in the robotics challenges.

 

“Awarding Bright Ideas grants is the best part of my job,” says Marian Douglas,

Flint Energies Manager of Public Relations. “To see the need for funds and how

passionate these teachers are about their jobs and students, and then to bestow

them with the ability to implement their project is so gratifying.”

 

Bright Ideas grants are funded by Flint Energies’ Operation RoundUp program.

The Houston County Career Academy grant was one of the 12 selected from 36

other grant applications. The top-scoring lesson plan ideas were funded based

upon a review process.

 

Pictured during the presentation are (from left): Houston County Career Academy

Principal Sabrina Phelps, Douglas, Fouts and two students, Caleb Smith and

Dalton Spearman. The Houston County Career Academy is located at 1311 Corder

Road in Warner Robins.

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