Photo Caption: Teacher’s in MEC’s service area were awarded $200 grants at a celebratory luncheon on April 22, 2025. In attendance were MEC Board Directors Debbie Johnson, Rich Tempelman, and Tracy Weisz (far right.)
BULLHEAD CITY — Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) awarded eighteen $200 classroom grants to educators for financial assistance in making classroom learning more engaging.
Thirty-four applicants competed for the eighteen available grants. A team at MEC evaluated the projects submitted by educators basing their grading on creativity, following application instructions, classroom integration, as well as benefits and financial need to students. Classroom Grants are funded by assigned capital credits at no cost to the cooperative or its members.
“Every year teachers throughout the MEC service area submit creative project ideas, and we look forward to the new ways educators will implement these programs into the classroom,” said Heather Foreman, Public Affairs Coordinator. “It’s difficult to choose only 18 winners, with so many inspiring projects.”
Project ideas ranged from owl pellet dissection, hydropower generators, financial literacy, to Lego robotics competition and sensory integration to learning centers. The eighteen selected educators represent ten schools where their various K-12 programs will be implemented.
The schools are Bullhead City Middle School, Desert Light Christian Academy, Desert Star Academy, Fort Mojave Elementary School, Mohave Accelerated Learning Center, Mohave High School, River Valley High School, Sunrise Elementary School, Topock Elementary School, and Young Scholar’s Academy.
Congratulations to educators: Peggy Bare, Jo-Ann Batulan, Veronica Bustejer, Michael Cassera, Judy Chesla, Nikole Cortez, Donald Gadd, Amber Gaudry, Megan Lindemanis, Alyssa McKown, Jorden Ostrowski, Samantha Penfold, Shannon Rockwood, Terisa Smeets, Aubry Sterk, Juliza Tiu, Jennifer Turner, and David Trinidad.
Founded in 1946, Mohave Electric Cooperative is a not-for-profit utility providing reliable, cost-effective power to 38,028 members, 45,044 meters, with more than 1,577 miles of line spanning areas from Bullhead City to Topock on the west, Hualapai to Burro Creek to the south, and Nelson to the east.
