OKLAHOMA CITY (Aug. 14, 2019) – The Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) has awarded 50 Oklahoma teachers with grants of up to $5,000 to support their classrooms. This is the first time OSDE has administered the Public School Classroom Support Grants. State law allows an individual or corporate taxpayer to designate a portion of a state tax refund to contribute to a fund for the grants – awarded annually on a statewide competitive basis.
The 2019-20 grants totaled $70,000.
“We are grateful for the opportunity to support the classroom needs of some of the state’s most dedicated and innovative teachers,” said State Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister. “As we reviewed nearly a hundred grant applications, we were excited to see many funding requests for collaborative learning. We know from research that interactive classrooms foster student understanding and enable individualized instruction that meets kids where they are. This grant, funded by the generous donations of Oklahoma taxpayers, will directly benefit thousands of Oklahoma students.”
The grant’s annual area of focus will be supporting the needs of English learners, plus a subject area aligned with the state textbook adoption cycle –mathematics, this year – to ensure grant funds are spent on materials that supplement textbooks and offer collaborative opportunities or alternative methods of instruction. Awardees, who represented districts around the state, were determined on the basis of student instruction and potential student benefit.
Central High Public Schools teachers Brigit Minden and Melanie Snodgrass were awarded $1,901.60 for activity tables. Their grant application references the need to “encourage productive struggle and mathematical discourse among students.”
“We feel the tables will help our students think differently about how a math classroom can look and feel,” said Minden. “We want to encourage discussion and collaboration at all levels of math.”
PUBLIC SCHOOL CLASSROOM SUPPORT GRANT AWARDEES 2019-20
Amy Watson – Lee Elementary, Pauls Valley Public Schools
AnneMarie Shetley – Early Childhood Center, Santa Fe South Charter Schools
Ashley Evans-Annis – Cushing Lower Elementary, Cushing Public Schools
Brigit Minden and Melanie Snodgrass – Central High School, Central Public Schools
Brittney Sprague, Paula McCullough and Carolina Cervantes – Early Childhood Center,
Santa Fe South Charter Schools
Cara Lovell, Elizabeth Ramos, Amy Bracher, Adam Johnston and Luann Bruneau – Will
Rogers College High and Junior High, Tulsa Public Schools
Christie Miller – Atoka Elementary School, Atoka Public Schools
Christy Briscoe, Julie Savage and Angela Dansby – Stratford Elementary School,
Stratford Public Schools
Cynthia Johnson – Collinsville High School, Collinsville Public Schools
Gabby Veith and Caleb Taylor – Tahlequah High School, Tahlequah Public Schools
Jessica Chase, Erica Engdahl and Cheryl Hyde – Lexington Elementary School,
Lexington Public Schools
Joe Jacobs, Amanda Wilson, Holly Stover, Kynda Sheets and Tracey Edwards – Perry
Upper Elementary, Perry Public Schools
Katherine England – Colcord Elementary, Colcord Public Schools
Kristen Siemens – Prairie View Elementary, Enid Public Schools
Leetha Pitts – Canadian Elementary, Canadian Public Schools
Meredith Guffey – Calvin High School, Calvin Public Schools
Noelle Dreizin and Magdalena Grifaldo – Hills Elementary, Santa Fe Charter Schools
Rebecca King – Roy Clark Elementary, Union Public Schools
Shelley Koppitz – Laverne High School, Laverne Public Schools
Stephanie Duncan, Chris Eckler, Jana Wakefield and Cole Jones – Ada High School and
Willard Grade Center, Ada City Public Schools
Tina Kirkpatrick, Anglea Hutchinson, Shelly Snodgrass, Kathy Cocheran, Patty Davis,
Kim Kvittum, Kassandra Hazelton, Melissa Bendure and Shayla McCann – Chouteau
Elementary and Middle Schools, Chouteau Public Schools
Tracie Nowlin – Bethel Lower Elementary, Bethel Public Schools
Amy Watson – Lee Elementary, Pauls Valley Public Schools
AnneMarie Shetley – Early Childhood Center, Santa Fe South Charter Schools
Ashley Evans-Annis – Cushing Lower Elementary, Cushing Public Schools
Brigit Minden and Melanie Snodgrass – Central High School, Central Public Schools
Brittney Sprague, Paula McCullough and Carolina Cervantes – Early Childhood Center,
Santa Fe South Charter Schools
Cara Lovell, Elizabeth Ramos, Amy Bracher, Adam Johnston and Luann Bruneau – Will
Rogers College High and Junior High, Tulsa Public Schools
Christie Miller – Atoka Elementary School, Atoka Public Schools
Christy Briscoe, Julie Savage and Angela Dansby – Stratford Elementary School,
Stratford Public Schools
Cynthia Johnson – Collinsville High School, Collinsville Public Schools
Gabby Veith and Caleb Taylor – Tahlequah High School, Tahlequah Public Schools
Jessica Chase, Erica Engdahl and Cheryl Hyde – Lexington Elementary School,
Lexington Public Schools
Joe Jacobs, Amanda Wilson, Holly Stover, Kynda Sheets and Tracey Edwards – Perry
Upper Elementary, Perry Public Schools
Katherine England – Colcord Elementary, Colcord Public Schools
Kristen Siemens – Prairie View Elementary, Enid Public Schools
Leetha Pitts – Canadian Elementary, Canadian Public Schools
Meredith Guffey – Calvin High School, Calvin Public Schools
Noelle Dreizin and Magdalena Grifaldo – Hills Elementary, Santa Fe Charter Schools
Rebecca King – Roy Clark Elementary, Union Public Schools
Shelley Koppitz – Laverne High School, Laverne Public Schools
Stephanie Duncan, Chris Eckler, Jana Wakefield and Cole Jones – Ada High School and
Willard Grade Center, Ada City Public Schools
Tina Kirkpatrick, Anglea Hutchinson, Shelly Snodgrass, Kathy Cocheran, Patty Davis,
Kim Kvittum, Kassandra Hazelton, Melissa Bendure and Shayla McCann – Chouteau
Elementary and Middle Schools, Chouteau Public Schools
Tracie Nowlin – Bethel Lower Elementary, Bethel Public Schools
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