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KySTE Members Update

News from the front of lines of Kentucky Education Technology.

March 30, 2015 (Special Edition)

KySTE Awards, Grants, and Scholarships.

This newsletter contains the full list of awards for the 2014-15 school year. KySTE thanks its dues-paying members, and the contributions of our Platinum Vendor Partners, for providing KySTE the ability to support its mission through its awards, grants, and scholarships.

KySTE Awards

Every year, at its annual conference, KySTE recognizes outstanding contributions to its mission, and the mission of improving education through the effective support of use of technology tools. Below are the winners of each award for 2014-15.

  • Outstanding Teacher: Tina Record (Pendleton County)
  • Outstanding Leader:  Leanna Prater (Fayette County)
  • Outstanding Tech Support:  Jason Reis (Walton Verona)
  • Making IT Happen: David Sigler (KDE/posthumous)

The Awards application window generally opens in October, and closes in December. Nominations are accepted from members only. For more information on our awards program, see our page on kyste. org.

KySTE Outreach Awards for 2014-15

STLP Scholarships

These yearly scholarships are given to outstanding STLP seniors at the annual STLP State Competition each spring. This year, we had a record number of applicants! $1,000 scholarships were awarded to each of the following students:

  • Cannon Cornelius (Christian County)
  • Cejay Moore (Warren County)
  • Owen Posey (Warren County)
  • Sriyanshi "Chinee" Suryadevara (Fayette County)

Scholarship applications generally open in October, with a deadline in January. For more information on this scholarship, see our page on kyste.org.

Grant Awards

Once again this year, KySTE awarded over $100,000 in grants to successful applicants across the state. Six grant winners are listed below, with the total of each award.

  • Computer Education Center (Jefferson County Public Schools): $25,482.00
  • Barren Academy of Virtual & Expanded Learning (BAVEL - Barren County Schools): $3,080.00
  • Eminence Independent High School (Eminence Independent Schools): $9,268.66
  • Northern Elementary School (Pendleton County Schools): $20,798.00
  • Henry County High (Henry County Schools): $21,461.30
  • Crossroads Elementary (Bullitt County Public Schools): $19,969.25

The grant application window generally opens in September, and closes in December. Applications are accepted from members only. For more information on our grants program, see our page on kyste. org.

KySTE Outreach
 

Avaya - The Power of We

Creative Image Technologies

Integration Partners - Be Certain

Matrix Integration - Voice & Data Solutions - We make it work.

Microsoft

Pomeroy - infrastructure optimized

Doe Anderson - helping brands master change since 1915

[Would you like your business/company/organization to be a KySTE Vendor Partner? Contact KySTE Executive Director Gary Grant at gary.grant@kyste.org for information.]

KySTE logoJeffrey L Jones
Director of Communications, Ky Society for Technology in Education (KySTE.org)
jeffrey.jones@kyste.org
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