OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma educators can apply now for Fund for Teachers fellowships, which give teachers the opportunity to pursue self-designed professional learning. Fund for Teachers Fellows use their grant funds to pursue educational experiences around the world.

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Ruben Babcock is running for Oklahoma House Representative for District 19, and he will be the Featured Speaker for the Choctaw County Republican special November/ December meeting to be held on Thursday, Dec. 4 at 5:30 p.m. at the Choctaw County Library in Hugo.

• Ornament making, gingerbread decorating, more on Dec. 6 The public is invited to join “A Choctaw Christmas” at the Choctaw Cultural Center on Saturday, Dec.

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Oklahoma fifth and eighth grade teachers can apply now for fellowships to attend the Bob and Marion Wilson Teacher Institute of Colonial Williamsburg in summer 2026. The Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence coordinates the selection of Oklahoma educators for the renowned teacher institute.

The Carolyn Watson Rural Oklahoma Community Foundation classroom enhancement grant program, in partnership with the Oklahoma City Community Foundation, has awarded $128,448 to support students and enhance classrooms in rural Oklahoma.

Dr. Glenn Mollette We can and should celebrate Thanksgiving every day.

If participants in America’s first Thanksgiving meal could time travel to this Thursday, they wouldn’t recognize what they’d find on our tables.