West Muskingum Middles School teacher receives $1,000 from the Ohio Lottery

ZANESVILLE, Ohio – The Ohio Lottery has surprised teachers across the state including one at West Muskingum Middle School.

Chelsie Wright is an 8th grade teacher and one of 20 teachers in the state who won $1,000 to buy items off of their Amazon Teacher Wish Lists as part of the Ohio Lottery’s Giving Back Program. Her wish list included voice amplifiers for mock trials in the classroom and equipment for the photography club that she leads.

Chelsie Wright is an 8th grade teacher at West Muskingum Middle School. She has won $1,000 from the Ohio Lottery for her classroom wish list.

“So this has been phenomenal because it’s given this class, and because it’s all like stuff we can continuously use year after year, their going to have like a real hands on learning experience because of these items. So, I just think that it’s going to be really beneficial,” Wright said.

Wright says that the program was a wonderful opportunity for teachers since money for some supplies in the classroom often come from their own pockets.

“We’re all just extremely grateful for this opportunity and I think it’s a fabulous program,” Wright said. “We spend so much time and put our hearts into what we do and all just to see the students thrive and that gives back to that. And it’s really making a difference and, like, I see it everyday since we got that.”

According to the Ohio Lottery, they have given $34 billion to k-12 education since 1974 through this and other programs like Lots of Literacy.