Explore Oklahoma Application - Foundation for Tulsa Schools

Explore Oklahoma 2024 - 2025 Application

The Foundation for Tulsa Schools provides funding of up to $500 for transportation to Tulsa Public Schools through our Explore Oklahoma Grant Program. Prior approval from the school principal is required. Each teacher is eligible to receive this grant one time each school year.

Teachers will be notified by the Foundation of their funding decision within two weeks of application. (Applications are reviewed on the 1st & 3rd Wednesday of the month). Notification will include instruction on how to make all needed transportation arrangements/scheduling.

Questions? Please contact Brena Meadows Thrash at brena@foundationfortulsaschools.org or at (918)746-6605.

Explore Oklahoma Application FY 25

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Project Elf Field Trip Support
Do you need assistance with entrance fees or other fees associated with your field trip?
Please give the amount you are requesting from Project Elf and give a full explanation of how it will be used.

The Experience

Tulsa is one of a handful of cities across the nation participating in the Kennedy Center’s Any Given Child program. Through partnership with local performance groups, museums, and galleries, we ensure that Tulsa students have at least ten live arts experiences by the time they reach high school.

The Three Layers of Any Given Child-Tulsa

Layer 1: Live Arts Experiences

Partner Organization provide live arts experiences for all students in a single grade level, regardless of which school they attend.

Kindergarten: Theater Performance (Tulsa Performing Arts Center Trust)
1^st Grade: Museum/Teaching artist visit (Gilcrease Museum)
2^nd Grade: Opera Performance (Tulsa Opera)
3^rd Grade: Museum visit (Philbrook Museum of Art)
4^th Grade: Two Music Performances (Chamber Music Tulsa and Tulsa Symphony Orchestra)
5^th Grade: Ballet Performance (Tulsa Ballet)
6^th Grade: Gallery visit (Living Arts, TCC Center for Creativity, 108 Contemporary, Tulsa Foundation for Architecture)
7^th Grade: Dance Performance (Choregus Productions)
8^th Grade: Museum visit (Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art)

Layer 2: Arts Integration

Teachers work collaboratively with the arts partner organizations to create lesson plans and field trip guides that bring the arts into classroom learning. Additionally, teachers are provided with professional development opportunities that give them the skills necessary to use the arts as a vehicle for learning in the core content areas.

Layer 3: Arts for Art’s Sake

Any Given Child-Tulsa advocates for additional arts instruction by certified specialists with learning goals centered around the fine arts discipline exclusively.

Our Generous Donors

Our Partners

Any Given Child-Tulsa exists as a collaborative effort to ensure that EVERY child enrolled in Tulsa Public Schools grades K-8 receives arts education as part of the classroom experience. We are grateful to the following partners for their efforts in providing experiential opportunities for our students.

Demographics/Facts

There are 78 learning communities within Tulsa Public Schools
- 45 elementary schools, 10 middle schools, 9 high schools, 7 alternative schools, 1 virtual school, and 6 district-authorized charter schools
Students come from 62 countries and speak 72 different languages and dialects
80% of students are economically disadvantaged
36% of students are multilingual language learners
13% of students have disabilities
11% of our students are gifted and talented

Special Programs

Tulsa Engineering Academy – Memorial High School
Agricultural Education – Webster High School
Digital Media & Broadcasting– Webster High School
AP Capstone Program– Edison Preparatory High School
Culinary, Hospitality, Health & Human Performance– Hale High School
Construction Program– Hale High School
International Baccalaureate Program– Booker T. Washington High School
Aerospace Academy– Tulsa Tech
Aerospace Mechanic Program– East Central

Explore Oklahoma 2024 - 2025 Application

Explore Oklahoma Application FY 25

Project Elf Field Trip Support

The Experience

The Three Layers of Any Given Child-Tulsa

Our Generous Donors

Our Partners

Staff

Moises Echeverria

Brena Meadows Thrash

Annabelle Elliott

Margaret Laprarie

TULSA PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Demographics/Facts

Special Programs

FOUNDATION FOR TULSA SCHOOLS

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