PEMBROKE — The Lumbee River Electric Membership Corporation recently awarded more than $33,000 to 17 teachers throughout Robeson County and other surrounding counties through the Bright Ideas education grants program.
Of the 17, five were educators with the Public Schools of Robeson County. They include Kayla Hendrix, Peterson Elementary; Trezur Grafton, Tanglewood Elementary School; Robert McLean, Southside Ashpole Elementary School; Ashley Clark, Pembroke Middle School; and Deborah Lee, South Robeson Middle School.
Pembroke Middle School Media Coordinator Ashley Clark was awarded $2,500 for “Makerspace Magic in the Media Center.”
The funding will allow the school to “purchase STEM materials for my media center such as Sphero Robots, Little Bits Snap circuits, and merge cubes,” Clark said.
Peterson Elementary School educator Kayla Hendrix received a $1,950 award for her…
