The Community Foundation of West Georgia today announced grants totaling $23,439 to local teachers from The Alice Huffard Richards Arts Enrichment for Our Children Fund, a component fund of the Community Foundation.

This is the eleventh year of grants from the Alice H. Richards Arts Enrichment for Our Children Fund with distributions of up to $1,000 each to 24 art, music and drama teachers representing 21 schools in Carroll and Heard counties.  Last year’s grants provided programs that benefitted 14,000 children.

This fund was established to honor Mrs. Richards and her commitment to and belief in the importance of the arts for children.  Art, music and drama teachers in public schools, grades Pre-K through 12 located in Carroll, Haralson and Heard counties are eligible each year to apply for funds from the grant program to purchase supplies and supplemental teaching materials or to secure the services of an outside artist.

Schools receiving grants and their programs were:

Bay Springs Middle School:  Artful Minds and Keep the Music Playing

Bowdon Elementary School:  art program

Bowdon High School:  Keep Firing It Up!

Carrollton Elementary School:  DRUM

Central Elementary School:  art program and ORFF instrument incorporation

Central High School: new method books

Central Middle School:  Foundation in Photography

Glanton-Hindsman Elementary School: Keyboard Connection

Heard High School:  Digital Deficit Redux

Heard County Middle School: ceramic station enhancement

Ithica Elementary School:  general music class and productions

Mt. Zion Elementary School:  art program

Mt. Zion High School: supplying the basics and Drama Becomes You

Mt. Zion Middle School:  Let’s Make Art!

Providence Elementary School:  multicultural mask making

Roopville Elementary School:  recorder curriculum

Sand Hill Elementary School:  general music curriculum and productions

Temple Elementary School: Medieval and Gothic Cathedral Adornments

Temple Middle School: 3D Explosion

Villa Rica Elementary:  new music resources

Villa Rica High School: Key-ping Up the Keyboard Lab