Athens nonprofit AthFest Educates announced the recipients of over $80,000 in grants for the 2026-2027 school year.

Over $65,000 will go to local arts educators around Athens-Clarke County to support a variety of music, dance and art classes for kids in grades K-12.

Cedar Shoals High School, for example, received three grants: one for safety and accessibility equipment in the dance program, one for electric and acoustic guitars to meet the school’s growing demand for guitar classes, and one for a field trip to the Civil Rights Museum in Atlanta.

Orchestra students at Clarke and Hilsman middle schools and music students at Fowler Drive and Whitehead elementary schools will have the opportunity to play on new and freshly repaired instruments.

Read more at WUGA.