READING, Pa., Oct. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- FirstEnergy
(NYSE: FE) announced today that 18 teachers representing 15
Pennsylvania schools and clubs have been awarded Science,
Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education
Grants. The grants, of up to $500 each, will be used for a variety of hands-on
projects, workshops and teacher development programs throughout the
school year.
Grant winners include: Jason Zalno, Exeter Junior High
School, Exeter; Brian Hastings, Spring
Grove Area High School, Spring
Grove; Bonnie Blatt, Monocacy
Elementary Center, Birdsboro; Sid
Harwood, Daniel Boone High
School, Birdsboro;
Shannon W. Helzer, Daniel Boone High School, Birdsboro; Lindsey S.
Dahl, Diehl Elementary School, Erie; Doreen
Petri, Northwest PA Collegiate Academy, Erie; Michael
Beiter, Central Tech Career and Technical School,
Erie; Michele Stubenbort, Our Lady's Christian School, Erie; Jeffrey J.
Kuntz, Punxsutawney Area Middle School, Punxsutawney; Barbara
E. Knecht, Boys & Girls Club of Somerset County, Somerset; William H.
Hughes, Park Forest Middle
School, State College;
Shaun R. Valente, Laurel Highlands
Middle School, Uniontown;
Pete Cardamone, Eastern Westmoreland
Career and Technology School, Latrobe; Renee
Reich and Tammy Fleming,
Jeannette Mckee Middle School,
Jeannette; Lisa Gray, Colfax Upper
Elementary School, Springdale;
Sue Melton, Colfax Upper Elementary
School, Springdale.
"FirstEnergy is proud to provide these grants to our winning
teachers to promote science, technology, engineering and
mathematics for our students," said Dee
Lowery, vice president of Corporate Affairs and Community
Involvement and president of the FirstEnergy Foundation.
"Each year, we receive outstanding applications and again this year
had a difficult time choosing the winners."
FirstEnergy offers grants up to $500 to individual teachers and administrators at
schools served by its electric utility operating companies and
where it has
facilities.
Grant recipients are recommended by local educators who make up
FirstEnergy's Educational Advisory Council. As part of the
program, recipients must furnish a written summary and evaluation
of their projects that can be shared with other educators in
FirstEnergy's service area.
FirstEnergy is a diversified energy company dedicated to safety,
reliability and operational excellence. Its 10 electric
distribution companies form one of the nation's largest
investor-owned electric systems, serving customers in Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, New York and West
Virginia. Its generation subsidiaries control more than
20,000 megawatts of capacity from a diversified mix of scrubbed
coal, non-emitting nuclear, natural gas, hydro, pumped-storage
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