Each year the Rotary Club of Carson City awards a grant to a local school. This is a competitive process whereby teachers from local schools present a project that they want to pursue in their school. Past winners included schools that wanted to fund their robotics programs, their hydroponics program, etc. Every year the Education Grant Committee of the Rotary Club of Carson City reviews the proposals and, with great difficulty, chooses a winner.
The winning project this year was submitted by Empire Elementary School teachers, Laura Ricks and Nancy Cole. The grant this year was $5,000. It will be used to enhance the school's Lending Library with Mathematics Learning Materials. These books will be utilized by the teachers to increase math proficiency in students for years to come. Members of the Rotary club surprised Ms. Nancy Cole in her classroom with the award.
Peter Thompson, Joe Walls, Nancy Cole, Peter Fishburn, Principal Shelby Tuttle, School Superintendent A.J. Fueling