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SONIC Drive-In donates to area teachers for Teacher Appreciation Month
OKLAHOMA CITY – To honor the creative efforts teachers have made to maneuver their ever-shifting learning environments and keep students engaged this past year, SONIC Drive-In donated $1.5 million to teacher requests on national education nonprofit site DonorsChoose on Teacher Appreciation Day, May 4. As part of SONIC’s ongoing Limeades for Learning initiative, the $1.5 million donation helped fund more than 7,000 teacher requests across the country in need of critical resources.
On Teacher Appreciation Day, the brand matched 50 percent of each donation made to all teacher requests on DonorsChoose.
In Cape Coral, three teachers from three schools received a combined donation of $262, including:
* Ms. Bangasser at Caloosa Elementary School for the project “Teaching Aspirations.”
* Mrs. Roberts at Diplomat Elementary School for the project “Healthy Air to Breathe, Please!”
* Dr. Omundsen at Oasis Charter Middle School for the project “Supporting makers: Consumables for the Gator Garage.”
In Fort Myers, two teachers from two schools received a combined donation of $100, including:
* Ms. Moore at Heights Elementary School for the project “A Little Spot of Emotions for Us!”
* Ms. A. at Oak Hammock Middle School for the project “Reading to Boost Our Mental Health.”
SONIC is committed to helping teachers now in this time of need, and all year long. Through Limeades for Learning, SONIC has donated more than $19 million to public school teachers, helping more than 36,000 teachers and impacting nearly 7.4 million students in public schools nationwide since 2009. Visit LimeadesforLearning.com to learn about future funding opportunities and explore public school teacher requests in your community in need of support.
SONIC, founded in 1953, is the largest drive-in restaurant brand in the United States with more than 3,500 restaurants in 46 states. SONIC is part of the Inspire Brands family of restaurants. For more information, visit SonicDriveIn.com and InspiredBrands.com.
Child Care of Southwest Florida to host teacher workshop Saturday
Child Care of Southwest Florida is hosting a free continuing education workshop Saturday, June 19, to help early childhood education teachers sharpen their classroom leadership skills.
"Diving Deeper into Instructional Support" is a three-hour course that will help teachers become better facilitators in the classroom and encourage children to expand their learning. The class covers effective learning strategies, including the development of hands-on activities, that enrich the classroom environment.
The course is offered through Child Care of Southwest Florida's Focus on Four initiative that prepares 4-year-olds for kindergarten. Focus on Four is a highly effective program concentrating on four pillars of learning: social-emotional skills, literacy and language development, STEM activities and hands-on learning opportunities.
"Diving Deeper into Instructional Support" will be held from 9 a.m. to noon on June 19 at the IMAG Theater, 2031 Jackson St., in Fort Myers. The Lee Chapter of Florida Association for the Education of Young Children will provide Continuing Education Units (CEUs) to attendees.
Complimentary registration is available by visiting CCSWFL.org/event/diving-deeper-into-instructional-support-class. For more information, please contact Kimberly Molloy at 239-278-1002.
Child Care of Southwest Florida Inc. is a nonprofit early childhood education provider with five learning centers in Lee and Hendry counties that serve more than 400 children from 6 weeks to 8 years old. For more information, please visit ccswfl.org.
Miller graduates as part of NGU’s Class of 2021
Seated six feet apart across a football field, yet bound together like no other class in decades, North Greenville University’s 2021 graduates celebrated their degrees on April 30 with socially-distanced families watching from the seats of Younts Stadium
Among the graduates was Rachel Daisy Miller from Cape Coral, who received her bachelor of science in biology.
NGU offers more than 115 areas of study across certificate, bachelor's, master's, doctoral and early college opportunities — online in person, at the main campus in Tigerville, S.C., the Tim Brashier Campus in Greer, S.C., or several educational centers around the U.S.
Learn more about the university at www.ngu.edu.
Williams named to UA Deans List
Blake Williams of Cape Coral was named to The University of Alabama Deans List for Spring Semester 2021.
A total of 11,813 students enrolled during the spring 2021 term at The University of Alabama made the Dean’s List with academic records of 3.5 or above (on a 4.0 scale), or the President’s List with academic records of 4.0 (all A’s).
The UA Dean’s and President’s lists recognize full-time undergraduate students. The lists do not apply to graduate students or to undergraduate students who take less than a full course load.
The University of Alabama, part of The University of Alabama System, is the state’s flagship university. For more information visit news.ua.edu.
Croke named to University of Iowa dean’s list for 2021 spring semester
Lily Croke of Cape Coral was among the more than 7,000 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa named to the dean’s list for the 2021 spring semester.
Croke is a third year undergraduate student in the UI’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and is majoring in Speech and Hearing Science.
Dean’s list status was earned by 872 first year undergraduates during the 2021 spring semester at Iowa, 1,579 second year students, 1,947 third year students, and 2,687 fourth year students.
To learn more about the University of Iowa, visit https://uiowa.edu/
Young named to Missouri State University spring 2021 dean’s list
Each semester, students at Missouri State University who attain academic excellence are named to the dean’s list.
For undergraduate students, criteria include enrollment in at least 12 credit hours during the spring semester and at least a 3.50 grade point average (on a 4.00 scale).
Margo Young of Cape Coral made the list. Young was among more than 5,000 students named to the spring 2021 dean’s list.
Missouri State University is a public, comprehensive university system with a mission in public affairs. For more information about MSU, visit www.missouristate.edu.