Cordell students have started the school year with exciting new classroom projects. Utilizing the crowd-funding site DonorsChoose.org, the State of Oklahoma awarded up to $1,000 in Federal COVID Relief funding to Oklahoma classroom teachers’ projects requesting resources to support students in response to COVID-19.
Oklahoma educators in grades PK-12th grade were encouraged to create a project to request classroom resources, such as supplies, technology, and instructional materials to support students’ social, emotional, and mental well-being and the impacts of interrupted academic learning due to COVID-19.
Seventeen teachers from Cordell Schools had the following classroom projects funded as part of this program: Jodi Jackson, Spanish - Colorful Spanish Vocabulary Learning with a Color Printer; Kathy Wedel, Gifted and Talented - STEM for Gifted Classes; Jalee Victory, Family and Consumer Science - Social Emotional Learning for Big Kids; Anna Makuch, JH Science & Robotics - Unleash the STEAM: Igniting Student Potential with Cutting-Edge Equipment; Jill Dages, JH English - Flexible Seating for Flexible Students; Kendon Owens, First Grade - Mrs. Owen’s Fan-Cactus Class Needs; Rhagan Hill, Third Grade Learning Beyond Desks; Cara Regier, Pre-K - Biscuit Books in Backpacks; Allison Russell, Fourth Grade - Decluttering and Sharpening Our Minds; LeeAnn Blackburn Sixth Grade - Our Happy Place; Anna Feltman, Third Grade - Not Another Movie; Debra Hougland, First Grade - Charged for Learning; Lisa Holland, Fourth Grade - Individualized Instruction for Small Group; Allee Merrill, Fifth & Sixth Grade Calming Classroom Environment for All; Janette Candelaria, Third Grade - Oh, the Places They’ll Go; Lisa Griffith, First Grade - Charging Forward; Diane Igo, Special Education - New Classroom.