BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Mountain View High School physics teacher Daniel Gibson received $2,000 in grant funding to purchase new laboratory equipment for his classroom. The funding includes $1,000 from the “One Class at a Time” program—a joint initiative by MidOregon Credit Union and television station KTVZ—along with a $1,000 matching grant from the Bend
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Civil Air Patrol Cadet program recently received a $1,000 grant from Mid Oregon Credit Union and KTVZ’s “One Class at a Time” program. These funds are designated to purchase parts for a flight simulator currently being assembled at the Bend Airport. The Civil Air Patrol Cadet program focuses on creating
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) Laurie Danzuka, who leads the Native American Success Collective, recently visited fourth-grade students at Pine Ridge Elementary. Danzuka shared Native American heritage and culture with the students as part of their ongoing studies. The presentation was featured as part of the “One Class at a Time” segment. The Native American Success Collective
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Bend, Ore. (KTVZ) — A new music program at Silver Rail Elementary in Bend is already striking a chord with students, thanks to one teacher’s passion for helping kids express themselves through music. Marci Griffiths, known by her students as “Miss G,” started the school’s music program this year. She says her students have quickly
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LA PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) — KTVZ News and Mid Oregon Credit Union awarded a $2,000 grant to the manufacturing and forestry program at La Pine High School this month. The award is part of our “One Class at a Time” initiative, which recognizes educators who improve the Central Oregon community. The funding comes at a
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ)– There are some lessons we learn in school that last a lifetime and one Redmond teacher is making sure his students get those lessons early. KTVZ News and Mid Oregon Credit Union surprised Obsidian Middle School teacher Dan Grubb with a $1,000 award through the One Class at a Time program, which recognizes educators
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In Redmond, a community-backed arts effort is stepping up where school budgets fall short. It’s exactly the kind of innovative, student-centered effort KTVZ News and Mid Oregon Credit Union look to celebrate through One Class at a Time — supporting the teachers and programs that make a difference every day.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Central Oregon Community College program that helps train the next generation of firefighters just received a boost through KTVZ’s “One Class at a Time” initiative. With support from Mid Oregon Credit Union, the program is being awarded $1,000 to enhance its hands-on learning resources. The college’s Fire Science Program serves
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In this month’s One Class at a Time feature, KTVZ and Mid Oregon Credit Union recognized a unique group of Central Oregon students who are representing the state on a national stage. Each month, the program donates $1,000 to support outstanding classrooms or school programs in the region. But this month, the award took on special meaning.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ)– Our One Class at a Time segment continues to spotlight outstanding educators in Central Oregon and thanks to the support of Mid Oregon Credit Union, we’re able to provide cash to help bring their projects to life. This month, we returned to Pilot Butte Middle School, where students are diving into a
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — When you think back on your time in school, you may remember a particular lesson or project that stuck with you for all your life. Those are the moments for which teachers should be rewarded, and that’s why KTVZ News and Mid Oregon Credit Union have teamed up for One Class
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — When we’re young, the lessons that we learn in school can become the skills we use every day, and truly unique lessons often last a lifetime. That’s why KTVZ News and Mid Oregon Credit Union created a program to reward local teachers and classrooms for making our community better, One Class
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — We all remember the teachers who went that extra mile for us when we were in school. That’s why KTVZ News and Mid-Oregon Credit Union started One Class at a Time. This week, we found a PE teacher who’s dedicated to making health a life-long skill for his students. Ian White
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Mid Oregon Credit Union and KTVZ News had a fun surprise for Deborah Harrington’s band class at Redmond’s Elton Gregory Middle School: a $1,000 One Class at a Time gift to go toward things like instrument repair and other helpful support. Congratulations!
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MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) — NewsChannel 21 and Mid Oregon Credit Union are giving Jefferson County Middle School $1,000 in support of their student-operated holiday school. Students earned “Buff Bucks” by being good citizens and students and now they get to spend them on gifts in the “Buff’s Bazaar” All of the gifts were donated by
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This month, our One Class at a Time $1,000 award from Mid Oregon Credit Union goes to the Sisters High School greenhouse program, which goes well beyond basic gardening skills, including weekly visits to the Seed to Table Community Farm. See previous segments and details on how to suggest future recipients on the One Class
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This month, NewsChannel 21 and Mid Oregon Credit Union spotlight the Fund for Rural Oregon Journalism and its two-year class that pays student journalists to write for an online news site called The Obsidian.
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From sawing logs to climbing poles, La Pine High School’s Forestry and Natural Resources program has students competing while learning skills that could help them in fields from forest management to firefighting, and they have earned this month’s $1,000 One Class at a Time check from Mid Oregon Credit Union.
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This month’s $1,000 “One Class at a Time” recipient from Mid Oregon Credit Union is the Cascades Edge program at OSU-Cascades, which aims to make career development goals part of every class, not just in students’ senior year as graduation nears.
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This month in our One Class at a Time segment, Bola Gbadebo speaks with the project manager and champion of Learning Labs, a project that emerged from the i4Innovation education department at the High Desert Education Service District. Learning Labs allows educators to access high quality, curated videos and tutorials at any time and any
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