Partners in Education

Partner Highlight

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  The value of serving as a volunteer with Partners in Education is that you have the opportunity to develop a long-term relationship with a child, making a difference in the child’s life. We know we can impact achievement, but what really counts is the relationship you establish with the child. You can be a force in changing how this child feels about learning.

  

  The partnership between All Souls Unitarian Church and Jackson Elementary began in 1988 and it continues to this day. All Souls provides tutors as reading buddies, math buddies, classroom volunteers, enrichment programs and field trips. All Souls has expanded its partnership to Gilcrease Junior High, Gilcrease Elementary, Hamilton Middle School and McLain Seventh Grade Academy.
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  You can’t enter the school without seeing one of our volunteers or their work. When the students faces light up when they see you, then you know you are making a difference in someone’s life. Their smiles are a greatreward!
  -Cathy Carney, Asbury United Methodist Church
  

  

  Asbury United Methodist Church and its volunteers help support teachers, staff and students at Walt Whitman Elementary. The church supports the school by helping in the classrooms, with class parties, tutoring and mentoring students and with activities such as knitting or art therapy.
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  ONEOK, Inc. understands that it takes a village to make an impact. Whether it’s spending time with our students, exposing them to different subjects or celebrating our staff, we are grateful to have them as a part of the village.
  -Tammy Britton, Principal at Burroughs Elementary
  

  

  ONEOK, Inc. has contributed to Burroughs Elementary continuously through their generous donations and weekly presence in the school building.Programs ONEOK helped sponsor include:

  – Fab Lab/STEAM Program: A hands-on project for 6th grade
  
  – Math Mentors: ONEOK, Inc. employees donate time every week to play research-based math games with 4th-graders
  
  – ONEOK Winning Ways Teacher of the Week: A weekly award that recognizes staff members who go above and beyond with a gift card
  
  – Reading Partners: A portion of this project is generously funded through a gift of ONEOK, Inc.
  
  – Holiday Luncheon: An annual event that brings faculty and staff together to share a meal and express gratitude
  
  – Teacher Appreciation Lunches: Each year, ONEOK, Inc. honors and appreciates the Burroughs faculty and staff during Teacher Appreciation Week
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  We value our teachers and the amazing work they do—developing our next generation of Tulsa leaders!

  

  T.D. Williamson supports local schools with funding, donated items, mentors and volunteers.
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  Quality education for Oklahoma’s children and youth is the foundation for not only their future quality of life, but that of our State.

  

  Each year the JROTC of Central High School posts the colors of PSO’s annual Veteran’s Day program at their headquarters.

  PSO gives a book to each Reading Partners student at Wayman Tisdale Fine Arts Academy during Week of the Young Child each year.