2026 Class Grants Awarded

2026 CLASS Grants Awarded

Imagine Oklahoma is dedicated to supporting education in Oklahoma by investing in students and their futures. From its launch in 2023, each purchase of Imagine Oklahoma merchandise contributed to the Oklahoma Classroom Learning and School Supplies (CLASS) Grant fund. While the CLASS Grant received contributions from multiple sources, Imagine Oklahoma contributed more than $15,000 for the 2026-2027 school year.

Selected from over 400 applicants across the state, seven teachers were awarded grants, continuing to enrich learning in their local schools.

Read below to learn how each of these grants will be utilized during the 2026-2027 school year, and please continue to “Purchase with Purpose” by shopping with Imagine Oklahoma.

● Special Education Teacher and Transition Coordinator - Cache Public Schools - Cache High School
○ Received $2,000 to establish a student-run classroom business in a special education setting for participants ages 16-22 to develop skills in mathematics, financial literacy, communication, teamwork and complex problem-solving.

● Visual Arts Teacher - Broken Arrow Public Schools - Broken Arrow High School
○ Received $5,000 to bring a new creative experience to visual arts students through a cross-curricular lesson in which they sculpt, glaze and kiln-fire their own clay sculptures, which will then be the subject of a reflection essay.

● Science Teacher - Stillwater Public Schools - Stillwater Middle School
○ Received $2,179.71 to provide the entire sixth-grade student class with biological specimens for study. In practice, the students will gain tangible, real-world knowledge and explore the complexity of biological functions while developing spatial reasoning and fine-motor skills.

● Kindergarten Teacher - Pawhuska Public Schools - Indian Camp Elementary
○ Received $1,936.54 to establish an outdoor vegetable and flower garden complete with raised garden beds, soil, seeds, gardening tools and watering supplies to enrich students’ understanding of the natural world while building experiential connections to literacy, mathematics and social-emotional learning.

● English III Teacher - Morris Public Schools - Morris High School
○ Received $1,847 to elevate 11th-grade students’ rhetorical, analytical and compositional skills by providing them with the means to produce their own high-quality digital media that synthesizes their literary lessons in the classroom, including podcasts, argumentative video essays and digital oral histories.

● Visual and Performing Arts Teacher - Tulsa Public Schools - Webster Middle and High Schools
○ Received $2,000 to increase students’ creative thinking, literacy and technical skills by providing them with the means to adapt children’s literature into a script and design Muppets for a performance that will generate connections across ages.

● Elementary Teacher - Cleveland Public Schools - Cleveland Primary Elementary
○ Received $1,900 for a year-long Bee-Bot program, which provides an ideal bridge between abstract programming concepts and observable outcomes that is developmentally appropriate for 7-8-year-olds as they learn to integrate scientific inquiry into problem-solving as environmental stewards.