Angela Thompson and Bethany Sloan each applied for and received an Alabama Power Foundation grant in the amount of $7,500 per grant/$15,000 total. Mrs. Thompson's grant will pay for a team of four "specials" teachers and Mrs. Sloan's grant will pay for a team of four subject-area teachers to attend the SREB Making School Work Conference. The focus will be on lifting student performance in math and English language arts to grade-level proficiency or better.