Taylorsville names council members
Twenty-one students at Taylorsville Elementary School have been selected as student council members for the 2018-19 school year.
The students are: Kyndal Wheeler, Ethan Edwards, Kenzie Karney, Daniela Ruacho, Delaney Rogers, Izabella Martinez, Chyenne Estes, Madison Estes, Ingrid Ibarra-Vazquez, Regina Holguin, Kristin Waite, Fernanda Garcia-Olan, Alex Ramirez, Diego Cordova, Daniel Castillo-Rivera, Jose Morales-Rivera, Dennis Castillo, Joey Fry, Michael Matzar, Skylar Bennett and Kya Eberle.
Edinburgh High School to host speaker
A speaker focusing on resilience education for bullying prevention will speak during an event next week at Edinburgh High School.
Social skills educator and entertainer Jeff Veley will speak at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the school cafeteria at the school, 300 Keeley St., with the program open to parents, students and community members. Veley will speak to students earlier that day.
Duke foundation accepting grant proposals
The Duke Energy Foundation is accepting grant applications for programs that support K-12 education through its new philanthropic program.
Applications for the Powerful Communities: K-12 Education grant cycle will be accepted through Jan. 31. Funding will focus on programs that address the summer reading loss experienced by rising kindergartners through rising third-graders and that advance energy, engineering and environmental education.
In addition to K-12 education, Powerful Communities will also include designated grant application windows for the following grant cycles:
Workforce — Workforce development programs aligned with the energy industry’s future workforce.
Nature — Programs supporting water quality, quantity, conservation and access, habitat and forest restoration and conservation, and species conservation.
State Strategic Impact — Priorities defined annually at the state level to respond to the unique needs of the states Duke Energy serves.
Programs that extend into out-of-school time and that serve under-represented, low-income or diverse audiences will be given preference in the grant cycle. For more information, visit duke-energy.com/community/duke-energy-foundation.
