Reaching One Classroom at a Time: STEM Grant Brings Hands-On Learning Back to Jefferson Elementary

First-grade teacher Robyn Younghans noticed something missing from her classroom at Jefferson Elementary after a STEM program ...
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First grade class in DeWitt offers optional lesson on pronouns; state rep mocks plan

DEWITT — The school district's plan to offer an optional class for some first graders at Schavey Road Elementary School on the use of pronouns by individuals is drawing backlash, but school officials ...
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First Grade Teacher Fosters 18 Puppies In Her Classroom — Research Says It's Beneficial For Both Students & Puppies

A first-grade teacher will most certainly go down in history as her students’ favorite after she incorporated playtime with puppies into her classroom. The opportunity not only allowed the children to ...
Oregonian

This Portland classroom needed 1 more student to be in line for 2nd teacher, parents say. The district closed the waitlist

Last June, parents from Rose City Park Elementary wrote to leaders at Portland Public Schools to plead for a second teacher to be assigned to their school’s first grade Vietnamese dual language ...
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Okmulgee First Grade Class Receives Hundreds Of Valentines From Around The World

“We are going to take a look back at our map,” Mrs. Harbin said. “I wanted y’all to see all of the love that was spread by one class.” The walls of Mrs. Harbin’s first-grade class at Okmulgee Primary ...