ORAU awards more than $36,000 in grants to East Tennessee teachers

ORAU Education Grants Ceremony

East Tennessee teachers accept more than $36,000 in education grants from Oak Ridge Associated Universities during a ceremony last week. (Photo submitted by ORAU)

Oak Ridge Associated Universities awarded more than $36,000 to about two dozen East Tennessee teachers during a grants ceremony last week.

The grants were used to buy educational materials and equipment such as interactive white boards, iPads, robotics kits, computers, and more. The equipment will help teachers “continue to meet rigorous, state-wide curriculum standards and enhance the learning experience of their students,” a press release said.

The grants were awarded to 23 teachers from 15 schools during the 11th annual ORAU Education Grants ceremony.

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Education Foundation awards grants to Oak Ridge schools

Woodland Elementary School Whiteboard

Woodland Elementary School students are pictured with an interactive, Web-based ‘promethean’ board.

Teachers want their students to be comfortable with technology at any age, and grants this spring from the Oak Ridge Public Schools Education Foundation provided iPads, promethean boards, student response systems, and computers to make that happen.

At Willow Brook Elementary School, the large screen of a new interactive, Web-based “promethean” board in art classes will make artworks come alive for students.

At Linden Elementary School, iPads in a second grade classroom will engage students in collaborative writing activities.

New computers in fifth-grade language arts classrooms at Robertsville Middle School will also encourage young writers in a writing workshop environment.

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UCOR announces education ‘mini-grant’ winners

UCOR, the U.S. Department of Energy’s cleanup contractor in Oak Ridge, has announced the winners of an education “mini-grant” program.

The UCOR Mini-Grant Program was created to recognize and support excellence in teaching by providing funds to assist teachers for certain projects or curricula. This focus is primarily on science, technology, engineering, and math.

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