LAKEPORT, Calif. – First-grade students at Lakeport Elementary School received a big surprise on Thursday.

Chevron and local marketers – Redwood Oil Co., Flyers Energy and Colonial Oil – delivered several STEM-Challenge building kits and a “Botley the Coding Robot” set to the class as part of Chevron’s Fuel Your School program.

The new building materials and coding robot will help make learning about designing and engineering functional, as well as coding to electronics to perform specific functions, fun and engaging for Mrs. Swanson’s students.

This month, public school teachers from Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake and Mendocino counties who submit project requests on www.DonorsChoose.org could be funded by Chevron’s Fuel Your School program.

This year, in an effort to assist in the recovery of the region following the California wildfires, Chevron will not base its North Coast program funding on fuel sales in the area.

Instead, Chevron, with the help of Redwood Oil Company, Flyers Energy, and Colonial Oil, donated $100,000 to fund eligible classroom projects in Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake and Mendocino counties posted www.DonorsChoose.org .

To date, Fuel Your School has helped fund 579 classroom projects at 96 schools in Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino counties. 

For more information, visit www.fuelyourschool.com.