Discovery School of Tulsa Goes the Extra Mile

TULSA, OK, March 08, 2011 (Press-News.org) Cassie Brown, third grade teacher at Discovery School of Tulsa and avid runner has found a way to make her passion for running benefit her passion for teaching her students. Ms. Brown will be running her first marathon on May 1st, 2011 which totals 26.2 miles. She would like to use this opportunity to not only reach her personal goals, but to benefit the children she teaches.

Ms. Brown is aware that students learn at different rates and by different teaching methods. Hands on activities help students relate learning math skills with real life experiences. She would like to offer her students tools to comprehend these concepts by utilizing math manipulatives. These items would include: hands on math trays, paper and coin money sets, individual demonstration learning clocks and multiplication bingo game.

Although these tools would be beneficial to kindergarten to third grade students at Discovery School, Ms. Brown is aware of the budget cuts and lack of funding for these additional items for her school. This is where her passion for running joins her desire to provide these additional items her students need.

Ms. Brown has started a fundraiser called Endurance for Education. She is asking for sponsorships from individuals or businesses to donate a dollar amount per mile that she runs. Money raised will be used to purchase the munipulatives not only for her third grade class but for grades kindergarten through third grade. This will allow all grades to start acquiring math munipulitives for their classrooms.

Discovery School of Tulsa is a tuition-free; charter public school with a strong emphasis on academics. The academic curriculum focuses on math, science and technology. For more information about their school system you can visit their website at: http://www.discoveryok.org.

The goal for this fundraiser is $2500 which will provide a complete class set for the 3rd grade classes and provide $500 for grades kindergarten through second to start their class sets. Ms. Brown has set up a website http://www.EnduranceforEducation.org were you can learn more about this fundraiser and how to sponsor her in this effort to help the students of Discovery School of Tulsa.

Ms. Brown is looking forward to meeting her personal goal of her first marathon, but more so providing her students with the educational tools so that they may be successful.

Written By: Vicki Lemon
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