Three educators who teach in Ray County were recently awarded grants through WGU Missouri’s “Fund My Classroom” initiative: Hannah Birdsong, Kristina Rechtermann and Katie Berger. Birdsong, a secondgrade teacher at Sunrise Elementary School in Richmond, received a $500 grant to purchase hands-on activities and materials for her students. Rechtermann, a newly appointed reading teacher at Hardin-Central Elementary School, received a $1,000 grant to obtain a variety of books that are geared toward students in grades 4-6. Berger, a science teacher at Lawson Middle School, received a $3,200 grant to purchase a classroom set of Ozobots – award-winning coding robots that the seventh- and eighthgraders in her science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) class can use. All three teachers learned they were selected to receive the grants in May. Birdsong believes her students will benefit from hands-on activities to start their school day, rather than…