Ekalaka teacher secures Mid-Rivers grant

Ekalaka Elementary Kindergarten and First Grade Teacher Kristy Frye recently secured a grant from Mid-Rivers Communications in the amount of $910.27. The 2017 Mid-Rivers Educational Technology Grant will be used to purchase five new iPad applications.

Currently, every student in Mrs. Frye's classroom is able to use their own iPad at school.

"Using iPads in the classroom has greatly increased the engagement of my students, while allowing them to use their creativity in ways that I myself had never thought possible," Frye wrote in the grant application.

"Ipads have allowed me to differentiate st...