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2020 Grants Awarded

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$74,300.00 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL    $60,000.00 For the continuation of the Scottish Gaelic Lectureship HIGHLAND ECHOES EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM  $1,300.00 For continuation of “Scotland in the Class” a supplementary curriculum aligned to common core state standards that provides completely premade lessons and activities for kindergarden through fifth-grade teachers.  Each lesson is designed to … Continued

Jack Smith Collection

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P/M Jack Smith was the seminal figure for Scottish piping in the South in modern times.  He was the founder of the first pipe band in the South in 1946, a short-lived venture which included several young family members and their friends and which played for the inaugural parade for Governor Kerr Scott in Raleigh.  … Continued