Impact

2023-2024 Impact Report

Check out the impact YOU had this year!  Thank you to our donors, BPS staff, and other education advocates for joining us in our mission to Build Brighter Futures Together!

Through the programs listed below, we are empowering teachers, engaging students, and enriching educational experiences in our schools.  Specifically, our programs positively impact literacy, attendance, teacher recruitment and retention, graduation rates, and our students’ ability to succeed in life after graduation.

• Students Impacted: 6,200 (100%)
• Teachers Impacted: 428 (100%)
• Grants to Teachers: Awarded 27 grants to teachers, totaling over $50,000
• Teacher Appreciation: Staff drink cart, staff breakfasts, recognition for kindness and teacher of the month, grants for newly hired teachers and more!
• Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library: Delivered 25,000 books to children’s doorsteps across Washington County since October 2022. Over 1,300 children enrolled, almost 2,000 children served to date.
• Childcare Support for Teachers: Facilitated partnership with our schools, Arvest Bank, and Tri County Tech to offer our teachers a 50% discount on childcare at TCT’s Child Development Center and priority placement on their waitlist.
• School Resource Officers: Worked with the community to raise over $50,000 for school safety (SRO salaries, safety equipment and SRO training)
• Bruins on the Run: 118 students and 59 volunteer teacher mentors participated in 8 week fall session and completed the Woolaroc 8K (many returned in the spring to run a 10K)
• Bruin Vision: Approved 100% of the 29 requests we received for student assistance on eye exams and eyecare. (Allowing low-income students receive no cost eyecare)
• Junior Achievement BizTown: 475 fifth graders visited Junior Achievement’s BizTown in Tulsa
• Educator Hall of Fame Inductees: Inductees: Sue Reynolds, David Boone, Vickie (Barthelemy) Droz, and Paula (Pitchlynn) Steeper (legacy inductee)
• Events: Hosted 3 events for the District with between 250-400 guests in attendance at each one (State of the Schools Luncheon, Bruins of the Year, Educator Hall of Fame)
• Kindness in the Classroom: Awarded over $4,500 to classroom teachers, recognizing them for going above and beyond for their students!

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2022-2023 Impact Report

Thanks to our donors’ support, we made another significant impact across the Bartlesville Public Schools this year.

• Students Impacted: 6,200 (100%)
• Teachers Impacted: 428 (100%)
• Grants to Teachers: 25 grants
• Teacher Appreciation: Staff drink cart, staff breakfasts, recognition for kindness and teacher of the month, new hire grants (funds for newly hired teachers) and more!
• School Resource Officers: Provided support to add 6 new school resource officers to our schools
• Bruins on the Run: 97 students and 53 volunteer teacher mentors participated in 8 week fall session and completed the Woolaroc 8K (many returned in the spring to run a 10K
• Educator Hall of Fame Inductees:  inductees: Darrell Ballard, Linda Shipley, Jean Fincher, Rita Wade (legacy inductee)
• Events: Hosted 3 events for the District with approximately 300 guests in attendance at each one (State of the Schools Luncheon, Bruins of the Year, Educator Hall of Fame)

2021-2022 Impact Report

Thanks to our donors’ support, we made another significant impact across the Bartlesville Public Schools this year.

• Students Impacted: 6,000 (100%)
• Teachers Impacted: 428 (100%)
• Grants to Teachers: 26 grants
• Teacher Appreciation: Staff drink cart, staff breakfasts, recognition for kindness and teacher of the month, reimbursing school supplies, and more!
• Skates for Elementary Schools: New roller skates for all six elementary school sites
• Bruins on the Run: 112 students and 58 volunteer teacher mentors participated in 8 week fall session and completed the Woolaroc 8K (many returned in the spring to run a 10K)
• Goodnight Bartlesville Book: Over 1700 copied sold
• Educator Hall of Fame Inductees: 3 inductees: Ginny (Spencer) Drummond, Bill Beierschmitt, Jeannette Askins
• Events: Hosted 3 events for the District with approximately 300 guests in attendance at each one (State of the Schools Luncheon, Bruins of the Year, Educator Hall of Fame)

2020-2021 Impact Report

Despite another challenging year, we still made a significant impact thanks to our donors’ support, awarding over $200,000 to the District.

• Students impacted: 6,000 (100%)
• Teachers impacted: 428 (100%)
• Grants to teachers: 24 grants / $44,000
• Elementary STEM: $8,500
• Agriculture Education: $45,500
• Personal Protective Equipment: $66,125
• Special Projects: $47,500
• Educator Hall of Fame: 3 inductees: Marilyn Blackburn, Sandy Bliss, Betty Turk (posthumously)

2019-20 Impact Report

This year was an usual year for all of us, but we still made a significant impact thanks to our donors’ support, awarding over $100,000 to the District.

• Students impacted: 6,000 (100%)
• Teachers impacted: 428 (100%)
• Grants to teachers: 26 grants / $26,315.63
• Elementary STEM: $34,000
• Special Projects: $44,000
• Educator Hall of Fame: 3 inductees (to be inducted and celebrated 2021): Marilyn Blackburn, Sandy Bliss, Betty Turk (posthumously)

The Foundation hosted the District’s Teacher of the Year Celebration to honor some of our most-deserving public school teachers and transitioned our much-anticipated State of the Schools Luncheon to a virtual format in August, giving a broader audience the opportunity to hear from Superintendent Chuck McCauley as he gave an update on the State of our Schools in the midst of a pandemic.

For a complete list of the grants awarded during the 2019-2020 school year, click here: Funded Grants

2018-19 Impact Report

This year the Foundation contributed approximately $180,000 to Bartlesville Public Schools

• Students impacted: 6,000 (100%)
• Teachers impacted: 428 (100%)
• Grants to teachers: 29 grants / $46,500
• Elementary STEM: $100,000
• Special Projects: $32,355
• Educator Hall of Fame: 3 inductees (Helen Raible, Earl Sears, Barbara Tunin)

The Foundation hosted two new events this year for the District, a State of the Schools Luncheon which brought the community into the high school to hear an update on our schools from Superintendent Chuck McCauley, and the District’s Teacher of the Year Celebration to honor some of our most-deserving public school teachers.

For a complete list of the grants awarded during the 2018-2019 school year, click here: Funded Grants

2017-18 Impact Report

This year the Foundation gave over $186,000 to Bartlesville Public Schools.

• Students impacted: 6,000 (100%)
• Teachers impacted: 428 (100%)
• Grants to teachers: 25 grants / $39,500
• Elementary STEM: $115,000
• Special Projects: $31,500
• Educator Hall of Fame: 3 inductees (Carol Anne Cone, Diane Dixon, Gerald Thompson)
• Average spending per student: $32.64

Teacher Appreciation: Foundation board members celebrated National Teacher Appreciation Week the week before Thanksgiving, by hand-delivering drinks from a cart at each school site to every teacher, administrator, and support staff member in the District.  In addition, the Foundation sponsored a billboard thanking the teachers for their dedication.

For a complete list of the grants awarded during the 2017-2018 school year, click here: Funded Grants

2016-17 Impact Report

Original Grant Impact Video: “A Foundation for the Future” (circa 1986)

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