The Wilson Foundation was formed in 2019 to support the education at Wilson Elementary in Norman, Oklahoma, by serving its students, families, and teachers. Over the last three years we have funded various projects and provided supplies for classrooms such as books, educational games, Mardel gift cards for the teachers, and more.

 

According to elementaryschools.org, 77% of the students at Wilson Elementary are eligible to receive free and reduced lunch assistance. We know that the teachers often use their own money to provide for the needs of their classrooms. We aim to come alongside them to ease this burden. We have been honored to serve and assist the education at Wilson Elementary, and we look forward to continuing to do so.

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The following is a list of many of the supplies we have been able to provide for the classrooms at Wilson Elementary:

• Snacks – this is an ongoing need at the school due to the number of children who do not have access to sufficient food at home

• Mardel gift cards for the teachers

• Whiteboards made by the foundation president, Larry Toothaker

• Rainboots and ponchos for Pre-K to be able to experience outdoor science, literacy, and art activities on rainy days

• Supplies for hatching baby chicks in third grade

• Books to assist refugees from Afghanistan in learning English

• A classroom table built by the foundation president, Larry Toothaker

• Educational games for various grade levels

• Hands-on letter learning activities for kindergarten

• Headphones and earbuds for several grade levels

• A pencil sharpener for the gifted and STEM classes

• Batteries for robots and microscopes in the gifted and STEM classes

• A book binding machine with book combs for Pre-K

• A subscription to an online spelling program for second grade

• A snack cart for the students to be able to serve each other while learning leadership and organizational skills

• Tissues and paper towels

• Disinfecting wipes and hand sanitizer