Calvert City, KY – October 25, 2021 – The Calvert City Community Advisory Team (CCCAT) awarded seven mini-grants for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) for fall 2021 to five local schools.
Principal Sarah Anthony says that South Livingston Elementary School is honored and elated to be one of the recipients of the CCCAT mini grants. “Thanks to their generous support we are able to promote further STEM learning opportunities through the use of a makerspace lab within our school library. Kayla Hatcher, Library Media Specialist, was awarded a Calvert City mini grant of $650.00. Hatcher plans to use the funds to transform a little used section of the school’s library into a makerspace lab. Teachers had to submit applications outlining projects that encourage critical thinking, require use of the scientific method, develop written and verbal communication skills, incorporate hands-on problem solving, develop reasoning skills, and require data gathering and analysis.”
Anthony continued, “These very opportunities promote life-long learning and further academic successes for all stakeholders alike. It is wonderful to be able to have such amazing community partnerships that strive to cohesively stimulate academic excellence for the youth of today. We would like to express our deepest appreciation of their support!”
Mini-Grants
Seven fall mini-grants for a total of $6,226.00 were awarded to three schools in Marshall County and two schools in Livingston County based on approved teacher applications:
| School | Teacher | Grade |
# of Students |
Name of Project | Learning Expected |
| Calvert City Elementary | Goestenkors | K-5 |
252 |
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle | Students get involved in paper recycling in school and at home, understand the benefits of recycling, how new paper can be made from recycled stock |
| Marshall Co High School | Freeman | High School |
50-75 |
Blueprint Reading for Welders | Students will learn how to lay out and make welds according to engineered drawings. |
| Marshall Co High School | Gwinn | High School |
31 |
Robotics: Maze Challenge | Students will build and program robots to perform a variety of tasks using various sensors and basic program instructions. |
| N. Livingston Elementary | Johnson | 2nd Grade |
25 |
STEM Energy, Force and Motion | Student teams will build racers, mazes, parachutes, catapults to learn about forces. They will use timers to record their data to produce graphical results. |
| S. Livingston Elementary | Hatcher | K-5 |
380 |
Creation Station: SLES Makerspace | Students will be given project task cards and will sketch solutions and build prototypes during their weekly library time. Group projects will be presented to the class. |
| S. Marshall Middle | Hayden | 8th Grade |
52 |
Discovering Simple, Series, and Parallel Circuits | Students will study different circuits, sketch electrical schematics, make circuits and measure voltages around the circuits. |
| S. Marshall Middle | Murphy | 7th Grade |
50 |
The Wild Water Slide | Students will design and build water slides and measure slide speed for their designs. |
“The fall mini grant award for our second grade class taught by Phyllis Johnson has given us the opportunity to put high-quality STEM materials in the hands of our scholars. We are grateful for the opportunity this grant has provided,” said Principal Tad Mott, North Livingston Elementary School. Pictured is Jaxton Massey, one of Johnson’s students, working on a STEM project purchased with previous CCCAT mini-grant funds.
Robin McCoy, principal of Marshall County High School said, “We are blessed by a community that cares about the educational experiences of our students. Offering mini- grants to teachers ensures students have access to quality instruction and opportunities to learn from a range of techniques. We couldn’t provide the opportunities without community support. Thank you to the CCCAT for your investment in our students, who will be our future community leaders. MCHS excellence and pride come alive through their giving.”
The Calvert City Community Advisory Team
The CCCAT members approve applications for mini-grants each spring and fall. Major grants and scholarships are approved each spring. The next round of mini-grant applications will be emailed to the local schools in Marshall and Livingston Counties in the spring of 2022. The grants and scholarships are funded by the 11 Calvert City plant members.
Formed in 1992, the Calvert City Community Advisory Team membership includes area residents and representatives from 11 Calvert City chemical and industrial plants. The team meets eight times a year to discuss issues and share information of interest to both residents and the plants. The group provides a forum for the plants to interact directly with the community.
The 11 Calvert City companies that participate in the advisory team are Arkema, Inc.; Ashland; Clean Earth, Inc. (now Harsco Corporation); Carbide Industries LLC; Cymetech Corporation; Estron Chemical, Inc.; Evonik Corporation; Lubrizol Advanced Materials; Sekisui SC; Wacker Chemical Corporation; and Westlake Vinyls, Inc.