Public Education Partners-Aiken

🥳 PEP presented a total of $7,780.00 in grant funding 👩‍🏫 to Aiken County public school teachers to support creative, student-centered instructional projects designed to enhance classroom learning experiences and encourage innovation in education.

📸PEP's Grant Committee Chair John Hutchens is pictured presenting the check and celebrating recipients of the Spring 2026 Classroom Innovation Grants.

🎒The Classroom Innovation Grant program is made possible through the support of PEP and its generous sponsors including Meta.
https://pepaiken.org/ 📌 Check us out for more information on impactful programming.

🫡 Public Education Partners would like to thank The Charitable Foundation of Aiken for allowing us to be the recipient of funds that will allow us to continue to serve the 📚 educators and students 🎒of Aiken County through impactful programming and initiatives.

Polo n Blues event raises money for local organizations The Charitable Foundation of Aiken held its second annual Polo n Blues event May 16 at La Bourgogne Polo Club.

👩🏽‍🎓 It's that season 📜 PEP Board member Gayle Gulick was present at Silver Bluff High School's Awards 🏫 Day Ceremony to present the following:
📍J & A Garcia Scholarship to Cameron Green
📍Whitson "Yes I Can" Scholarship to Tamia Wilson
📍Randy Brinkley Scholarship to Caden Crapse
🥳 Congratulations 🎊 graduates 🎓

📣Welcome our newest member to the Board of Directors, Mark Allen 🥳

🥳 Congratulations 🎊 to this amazing group of educators 📚 Post 2 of 2 of the spring 2026 winners 🏆

🚨 PEP Spotlights 🚨 Check out a few of the Spring 2026 educators who will receive funds 💸 to enhance the classroom experience of the children they serve 📚 Congratulations 🎊

📣 YOU ARE THE WINNER 🏆 Congratulations to the Spring 2026 🥳 recipients of the Public Education Partners Classroom Instructional Innovation Grant 🎊

📣Congratulations Dr. Christine Palladino 🥳 Public Education Partners salutes your dedication to the students of Aiken County. 🎒📚🧪🩺

🥳 Thank you Graniteville Elementary School for allowing PEP to bring its "My Own Book" 📚 program to your wonderful students 🏫
📍We aim to improve literacy outcomes for the students of Aiken County. To find out more about PEP, visit our website @ https://pepaiken.org

🥳Thank you Aiken Standard and PEP's Shelly Onderdonk for capturing this amazing story for PEP Talk. Take a peek 🔍 inside this musical article for more details. 🎹 Learn more about us at pepaiken.org

PEP Talk: Aiken Elementary piano program helps students make music Welcome to this month’s edition of PEP Talk, a column from Public Education Partners honoring the creativity, innovation and dedication of Aiken County’s public-school teachers. Each featured educator has received