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The Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence (Oklahoma Program) Founded in 1985 by then-U.S. Sen. David L. Boren,the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence is a statewide, nonprofit organization dedicated to recognizing and encouraging academic excellence in Oklahoma's public schools. Through its Academic Awards Program, the foundation provides nearly $260,000 in scholarships and cash awards annually to honor outstanding graduating seniors and exceptional educators. It provides free technical support and training to local education foundations across the state and sponsors the annual Fall Forum for Local Education Foundations, held each October on the University of Oklahoma Norman campus. Among its other initiatives, the Foundation for Excellence coordinates a program to send Oklahoma teachers to the Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Institute each summer and provides scholarships for schools to receive Colonial Williamsburg Electronic Field Trips, bringing history to life in the classroom. In addition to serving as an administrative partner for the Fund for Teachers, the Foundation for Excellence administers its own Teacher Scholarships for Professional Development Program and has recently launched the David and Molly Boren Mentoring Initiative to promote the establishment and growth of school-based mentoring programs throughout Oklahoma. 120 N. Robinson, Suite 1420-W |
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