From the Top with CEO Patrick Grace

This time of year, we are typically gearing up to visit schools all over our service area. Whether we’re giving away curriculum kits, teaching about the components of electricity or bringing our Live Line out, we enjoy bringing a little of our world to our communities. Thanks to the global pandemic, it’s something else that will have to look a little different this year.

We have devoted resources to educational outreach for years, and now we’re being forced to adapt and get creative. Thanks to the dedicated efforts of our educational and outreach team we have formulated curriculums, science projects and other activities to help students of all ages and grades learn about electricity whether it’s in a classroom or by virtual means.

In addition to our educational curriculum, intended mostly for elementary-aged classes, we are still continuing our Energy Camp and Youth Tour contests, despite not knowing exactly what 2021 holds for them. It will be up to organizers of both programs to decide what those look like, but we want to be sure students in our area are prepared should they occur.

We are also dedicated to the education of electric safety, which is why we created our Live Line. While it is not necessarily hands-on due to safety reasons, it accurately reflects the dangers associated with electric lines and equipment with trained linemen operating it. The Live Line travels throughout our service area and is one activity we can perform while practicing social distancing in small groups.

As you can see, we remain dedicated to the communities we serve and will do whatever we can to ensure learning continues across our communities — whether that be inperson or virtual.

Visit www.okcoop.org/curriculum to submit a programming or Live Line request.