Sand Springs Education Foundation gives more than $80,000 grants to teachers - KOKI FOX 23 TULSA

SAND SPRINGS, Okla. — Some Sand Springs teachers won large Tuesday morning. The Sand Springs Education Foundation gave retired much than $80,000 of grants to teachers to usage for projects and lessons.

Clyde Boyd Middle School 6th people subject and STEM teacher Sandy Gilstrap couldn’t clasp backmost her excitement aft receiving $18,000 from the instauration to acquisition virtual world goggles.

“It’s called Class VR and it’s conscionable a schoolroom acceptable that allows kids to instrumentality a much engaging in-depth dive into our lessons without having to permission the schoolroom truthful being capable to bash fieldtrips, being capable to bash dissection’s, being capable to getting to bash things that we wouldn’t beryllium capable to bash with pencil and insubstantial oregon down a Chromebook,” she said.

Every twelvemonth Sand Springs teachers use for grants done the Sand Springs Education Foundation to person wealth for things the territory wouldn’t usually fund. Superintendent Sherry Durkee said it’s a mode to enactment teachers’ creativity.

“It’s what makes pupil engagement imaginable truthful we thatch the curriculum. There’s nary doubt, but adding to the engagement with students with the amusive activities that goes on with and compliments is extraordinary,” Durkee said.

Sand Springs teachers tin use for adjacent year. You conscionable request to beryllium a teacher successful the district. Grants don’t spell toward furnishings and gathering improvements.

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