To all the teachers who managed to submit their 2024-2025 grant applications by the May 31st deadline! Your dedication, determination, and effort is commendable. Applications are still under review. Our list of grantees will be announced soon, so stay tuned to find out what exciting teacher initiatives will be implemented next year!
We Encourage and Support Teacher
BRAVO & CONGRATULATIONS
$11,001 in Teacher Innovation Grants Awarded!!
We are thrilled and honored to have presented the grant awards to these 8 deserving teachers at the 2024-2025 Clarendon County School District Convocation! We wish them and the rest of the district's faculty and staff a positive and productive school year!!
Pictured from left to right:
Bravo Board of Directors:
Vicky Barwick, Rosa Dingle, Maureen Calvo
Teachers:
JESSIE WELCH , JENNIFER PARKER , WILLETTE SHEARD, SABRINA MCLEOD, KIM FERRARI, TERRI HARRELSON, LORI JOHNSON, RUTH GARTH
To learn more about these award winners and their innovative ideas,
visit our page.
Teacher grant recipents and their students turn ideas into action...
SABRINA MCLEOD
"BUILDING A THINKING CLASSROOM"
Manning Junior High School
7th grade Math
"The implementation of 14 practices that help move students from rote memorization to truly thinking through problems and understanding what they are doing and why, with the help of vertical nonpermanent surfaces that encourage student collaboration."
"Students used examples to discover and create their own rules for integer operations."
JESSIE WELCH
"CUPS OF JOY”
Walker Gamble Elementary School
4th-4th Grade Art Class
"A project aimed at expanding the ceramics program to reach more students by adding an additional pottery wheel and related supplies."
COLLABORATIVE LEARNING
KINESTHETIC
LEARNING
TERRI HARRELSON
"21ST CENTURY LEARNING & GROWING"
Manning Elementary School
5th Grade Math, Sci, ELA, SS
"STEAM-based lessons and activities using Ozobot Evo– technology that prepares teachers to bring coding and creativity into the classroom.”
This initiative aims to promote the 4 “C’s: Collaboration, Critical Thinking, Communication, and Creativity."
Together
We Can Accomplish Bravo's Mission
The BRAVO Foundation of CCSC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that depends on contributions from individuals, civic organizations, local businesses/corporations, and government grants to fund programs, projects, and initiatives which support its mission. Teachers are on the front lines of educating our children every day and need community support! Please join in our mission to encourage and support teacher initiatives that foster innovative and enhanced learning opportunities for all students in Clarendon County!!
DONOR SPOTLIGHT
THANK YOU Junior Chamber of Clarendon County for your $5,000 donation! We are thrilled to have you on board as our very first COLLABORATOR PARTNER! Your belief in our mission and your enthusiasitc and generous support is immensly appreciated. We look forward to what's to come in the months ahead...!
In Loving Memory of
BARBARA BRADLEY
July 16, 1959 - July 26, 2024
Barbara's loving kindness and quiet generosity provided the seeds from which BRAVO has grown and will live on as part of her legacy. Those who are interested in knowing more about Barbara's role in BRAVO's origin story click .
To make a memorial contribution:
MAIL CHECK or money order made payable to
Bravo Ed Foundation of CCSC , 2635 Patriot Rd., Manning, SC 29102. Write Memorial Contribution on memo line, OR give ONLINE by clicking
To view Barbara's Memorial Tribute click the link:
https://www.jamesterryfuneralhome.com/tributes/Barbara-Bradley
BRAVO, Mr. Jordan Jefferson and the Manning High Golden Pride Marching Band! Your stellar performance in Washington, DC in the National Memorial Day Parade brought positive recognition and a deep sense of pride to Clarendon County. We are honored to have been one of the Black & Gold sponsors who supported this great endeavor!!
