Windows of Opportunity provides up to $1,000 grants to NC teachers to reward their creativity fostering environmental stewardship, leadership, and awareness and initiating a sense of community service. Since 1999, NC Beautiful has awarded tens of thousands of grant dollars to schools all across North Carolina—from the mountains to the coast. NC Beautiful Executive Director, Steve Vacendak, says that the goal of NC Beautiful is to annually offer a Windows of Opportunity grant in all 100 counties in North Carolina. “Promoting and fostering environmental stewardship is a state-wide commitment,” says Vacendak. “By rewarding our teachers throughout our state for their innovation and hard work, we can ensure that our children and grandchildren are participating in a project that sparks a lifelong interest in nature. They will appreciate this beautiful state even more for having had a teacher who went above and beyond to give them a hands-on, real world experience. We are proud to be a small part of that discovery.”
The Windows of Opportunity Grants were created to cultivate an appreciation of natural environments by helping children get out of school and into natural settings. The grants also build leadership awareness, develop environmental educational mentors and ambassadors, create materials and resources that can be used by other K-12 students, and develop a sustainable, outdoor program, which will continue well after the grant period ends.
Entries for next year’s Windows of Opportunity Grants will be accepted online starting July, 2014. For more information, visit www.ncbeautiful.org.
NC Beautiful has been part of the state’s environmental preservation community for over 40 years—supporting awareness, education and beautification efforts that affect our quality of life. Today, NC Beautiful concentrates on hands-on and merit-based programs designed to empower citizens to preserve the natural beauty of the state of North Carolina. Whether it’s school children building outdoor classrooms, graduate students developing cutting edge research, or a Boy Scout troop planting azaleas at an elder care facility, NC Beautiful makes it possible for North Carolinians to keep NC Beautiful.
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| Celeste Maus, teacher at Perquimans High School in Hertford, accepts her Windows of Opportunity Grant award from NC Beautiful board member Tim Aydlett and NC Beautiful Executive Director Steve Vacendak. |
| Name | School | City | ||||||
| Nancy Bryant | Burlington Christian Academy | Burlington | ||||||
| Tyler Mitchell | Alexander Central | Taylorsville | ||||||
| Lee Ann Smith | Glen Arden Elementary | Arden | ||||||
| Britta Gramer | Morganton Day School | Morganton | ||||||
| Mark Patton | Terry Sanford High School | Fayetteville | ||||||
| Rebecca Johnson and Rodney Metters | North Davidson Middle School | Lexington | ||||||
| Keith Stanek | Tyro Middle School | Lexington | ||||||
| Jake Pittillo | Clear Creek Elementary | Hendersonville | ||||||
| Richele Dunavent and Courtney Ruiz | Sugarloaf Elementary | Hendersonville | ||||||
| Kathy Bosiak | Lincolnton High School | Lincolnton | ||||||
| Tracy Rettig/Kim Kelleher | New Hope Elementary School | Chapel Hill | ||||||
| Carla Wilkins | Helena Elementary | Timberlake | ||||||
| Nancy Pepper | Green Valley Elementary | Boone | ||||||
| Sherry Maines | Glade Creek School | Ennice | ||||||
| Tricia Gaible | Sparta Elementary | Sparta | ||||||
| Tiffany Mayo | West Carteret High School | Morehead City | ||||||
| Paul Gainey | ASPIRE Program | New Bern | ||||||
| Alison Edwards | School for Creative Studies | Durham | ||||||
| Bess C. Adcock | Granville Central High School | Stem | ||||||
| Richele Dunavent, Courtney Ruiz | Sugarloaf Elementary | Hendersonville | ||||||
| Lisa Chestnutt | Mattamuskeet Early College Swan Quarter | |||||||
| Debra H. Jones | Clayton High School | Kinston | ||||||
| Cliff Hudson | Contentnea/Savannah School | Williamston | ||||||
| Amy Alexander | Riverside High School | Elizabeth City | ||||||
| Stacey Pierce | Perquimans Central School | Hertford | ||||||
| Celeste Wescott Maus | Perquimans High School | Hertford | ||||||
| Catherine Rohrbaugh | Perquimans County High School | Raleigh | ||||||
| Jennifer E. Schwachenwald | Holly Grove Middle School | Wake Forest | ||||||
| Jason Hunning | Dillard Drive Middle School | Raleigh | ||||||
| Heather Hale | Wake Forest Elementary | Raleigh | ||||||
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