2021 Classroom Grant Recipient: Angela Alexander and Tori Loftin of Watauga High School

Angela Alexander and Tori Loftin of Watauga High School “Glowing Beauty.”  Grant funds will purchase esthetics equipment to provide hand-on learning spa facial learning opportunities for students that want to pursue careers as an esthetician or a medical esthetician.  Equipment will show how treatments can positively affect the skin over time and also the negative effects of sun damage.

2021 Classroom Grant Recipient: Genal West of Watauga High School

Genal West of Watauga High School for “Color to Dye For & Spin Me Right ‘Round.”  Grant funds will build on the Appalachian Arts Revival by adding a spinning wheel and dye garden to the Watauga High School art room.  The project will allow students to see the full process of creation: planting, growing, harvesting to dying fibers, spinning into yarn, and using the yarn in weaving projects.

Now Accepting Applications! 2022 Kate Swift Reece Scholarship

Cheryl Guthrie and Clint Reese, members of the Kate Swift Reese family, present Bethany Hicks with the 2021 scholarship.
Cheryl Guthrie and Clint Reese, members of the Kate Swift Reese family, present Bethany Hicks with the 2021 scholarship. View additional past recipients.

The Kate Swift Reese Scholarship helps a Watauga High School graduate attend college.  This scholarship fund was started in 2009 by the children of Mrs. Kate Swift Reese, who was an indomitable force in the Beaver Dam area of Watauga County.

Deadline: Friday, April 1, 2022

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