{"title":"Education mini-grants","content":"<p>The Franklin County Community Foundation has announced the availability of small grants to teachers in Franklin County from its Education Fund.&#160; The mini-grants program was established to encourage creativity in effective teaching throughout the Franklin County School System.<\/p>\r\n<p>All public school teachers and support personnel in grades pre-K through 12 are eligible to apply for grants up to $350 for classroom projects or enrichment programs.<\/p>\r\n<p>&#8220;This is an excellent opportunity for our teachers to get funding for their second-semester classroom projects,&#8221; said Dr. Diane Fleming, chair of the Education Grants Committee for the Franklin County Community Foundation Board of Directors. &#8220;We are happy to provide financial support through this endowment fund,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Applications can be accessed at each school in Franklin County through the principal or curriculum resource teacher, or by&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/nmcdn.io\/e186d21f8c7946a19faed23c3da2f0da\/295b4aa3caf147538b0a606012c2aae2\/files\/franklin\/education-mini-grants\/Application_2018.doc\">clicking here<\/a>.<\/strong><span>&#160;<\/span>For assistance, contact Quinn Novels at the North Carolina Community Foundation at 919-256-6914 or&#160;<a href=\"mailto:qnovels@nccommunityfoundation.org\">qnovels@nccommunityfoundation.org<\/a>.&#160;<strong>The deadline for submitting an application is Monday, January 22, 2018. Teachers will be notified by the end of February.<\/strong><\/p>","excerpt":"","url":"\/communities\/northern-piedmont\/franklin\/education-mini-grants","enableComments":false,"media":null,"inMenu":false,"publishedAt":0,"meta":null,"ordinal":0,"orderChildrenBy":"","id":"afb25d940cd84b8981f203c152e0600c","parent":"341a7a5d64484954af4c2e57b191f390","node":2304,"created":1533133046,"modified":1533133046,"fresh":1,"type":"page","children":{},"relations":{},"permission":"read"}