Tom McClellan, Pitt County Schools
Source: Pitt County Schools
GREENVILLE, N.C. — The Wahl-Coates Elementary School of the Arts Media Center, under the leadership of coordinator Allison Edwards, was recently awarded a $96,920.47 grant from the James J. and Mamie Richardson Perkins Trust.
In addition to providing resources to update the facility’s furniture needs, the funds will also be used to create a Makerspace area for students with shared interests so they can gather to work on projects while sharing ideas, equipment and knowledge.
“We want our media center to transform from a place where students not only know the media center as a place to check out books, but as a place where they can learn, discover, grow and create,” Edwards said. “A key part of that process involves the opportunity to work collaboratively and…
