COPENHAGEN â The Copenhagen and LaFargeville teachers associations have received grants from a fund designed to help teachers mitigate the effects of COVID-19 in their communities.
The two unions were among 16 across the nation awarded funding through the American Federation of Teachers Innovation Fund.
Copenhagen won $39,000 to bring yoga and mindfulness curriculum to classrooms and expand its backpack program, while LaFargeville received $23,000 to go toward providing mobile internet hotspots for families to improve the virtual and hybrid learning experience.
âOne of the things that we found in Copenhagen is that our kids are missing out on some of the physical education time that they would normally have,â said John A. Cain, president of the Copenhagen Teachers Association and high school history teacher. âFor at least our younger kids, middle school or elementary kids, theyâre in the same classroom all day.â