Education

Solutions and stories related to enrichment, support, and workforce development.

Solution Early Learners: Training Cortez Educators to Teach Youngsters

Local Champion:: Cortez Public Library
Date funded:: August 31, 2022
Grant Amount:: $8,000

Solution Titles To Go: A Lander School Gives Students a New Book Each Month

Local Champion:: Fremont County School District #1
Date funded:: August 8, 2022
Grant Amount:: $9,000

Solution When Pens and Pencils Aren’t Enough: Taos Community Stuffs Backpacks With Supplies for Students in Need

Local Champion:: St. James Episcopal Church
Date funded:: July 28, 2022
Grant Amount:: $4,000

Solution Cortez Ups Its Al Fresco Lunch and Learning Game

Local Champion:: Children's Kiva Montessori School
Date funded:: July 25, 2022
Grant Amount:: $29,990

Solution Clifford the Big Red Dog Helps Restore Childhood Reading in Taos

Local Champion:: Friends of Taos Public Library
Date funded:: July 20, 2022
Grant Amount:: $1,950

Solution An Educational Garden at Battle Rock Charter School Connects Students to Local Growing

Local Champion:: Battle Rock Charter School
Date funded:: May 25, 2022
Grant Amount:: $10,322

Solution Good News Could Mean Great Things For Taos Youth

Local Champion:: Taos resident
Date funded:: May 27, 2022
Grant Amount:: $15,000

Solution Cortez Community Members Buoy Educators’ Spirits With a Thank-You Lunch

Local Champion:: Cortez Teacher Appreciation Committee
Date funded:: April 18, 2022
Grant Amount:: $5,820

Story Apple Valley School Expands Childcare Options in Lander April 2022

Childcare options were already limited in Lander when COVID-19 forced some centers to close, leaving more than 100 families without reliable childcare. So a few locals got together to create a new option and—with LOR's help—expand their facility to accommodate more kids.

Solution Southwest Open School Installs a Greenhouse That Supports Year-Long Growing

Local Champion:: Needful Provisions Inc. and Southwest Open School
Date funded:: March 24, 2022
Grant Amount:: $13,608

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