Perry Teachers Awarded Classroom Funding
Teachers at Perry Public Schools were recently awarded grants for their classroom projects from DonorsChoose and the State of Oklahoma Federal COVID Relief funding.
DonorsChoose is a national nonprofit organization that has a website platform where teachers can submit their classroom project descriptions and request items and supplies needed for their classroom. It allows any individual or organization to make an online donation toward teacher classrooms and has been helping teachers with funding resources since 2000.
In recent years, the Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) has partnered with DonorsChoose to help fulfill requests and provide funding to public school teachers.
The State of Oklahoma announced they would distribute a new round of COVID Relief funding to educators via DonorsChoose for new project submissions on or after August 9, 2023. All Oklahoma full-time public school teachers, Pre-K through 12th grade, were eligible to apply.
Submissions included an essay with clear goals linking their requested resources to student learning and support in response to COVID-19. Materials requested must be for student use; not for professional development use.
A total of 17 Perry educators were notified last week that their projects were fully funded and will be receiving their requested classroom funding and materials soon. Each grant was awarded up to $1,000. This was a nice surprise heading into the new school year.
Grant recipients from Perry Schools included the following educators:
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Emily Androes, Kindergarten teacher
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Joshua Androes, 5th grade teacher
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Crystal Deken, STEM teacher
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Tracey Edwards, 6th grade teacher
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Dana Hatter, Counselor
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Tanya Johnson, 6th grade teacher
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Shelynn Kelly, Special Education teacher
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Samantha Keith, 6th grade teacher
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Jennifer Kinzie, 3rd grade teacher
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Lena Miller, 5th/6th grade resource teacher
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Melissa Perrin, 3rd grade teacher
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Kim Russell, 5th grade teacher
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Stacy Ruth, Special Education teacher
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Amanda Tetik, Reading Interventionist K-6th
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Sherry Thomason, 1st grade teacher
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Amanda Wilson, STEM Coordinator
- Jarod Coleman, PE teacher/coach