Will Rogers Elementary Schools is pleased to announce it has received a $3,000 Classroom Enhancement grant from the Carolyn Watson Rural Oklahoma Community Foundation administered by the Oklahoma City Community Foundation. The grant wil be used to assist in funding Technology for the Special Education Classroom which will allow Will Rogers Elementary to provide educational opportunities that will expand its students’ horizons.
“We are so pleased to have received this grant and appreciate the support of the Carolyn Watson Rural Oklahoma Community Foundation,” says Mrs. Lace Davis the school’s Principal.
The project is allowing the resource lab at Will Rogers Elementary to have updated I Pads to access their reading curriculum and online learning opportunities that were inaccessible in the resource lab before the grant.
About the Carolyn Watson Rural Oklahoma Community Foundation: The Carolyn Watson Rural Oklahoma Community Foundation was established in 1995 by the late Carolyn Watson, CEO and chairman of Shamrock Bank, N.A., to improve the quality of life in rural Oklahoma communities. Since its founding, the Foundation’s Classroom Enhancement Grants have provided rural Oklahoma schools with more than $1,000,000 to enhance and enrich learning opportunities for students. The grant programs are administered by the Oklahoma City Community Foundation. For more information, visit www.occf.org/ruraloklahoma About the Oklahoma City Community Foundation: Founded in 1969, the Oklahoma City Community Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity that works with donors throughout the state to create charitable funds that will benefit our community both now and in the future. For more information, visit www.occf.org-B-Will