>> ALL THIS MONTH WE'RE HONORING BLACK HISTORY. AND TONIGHT WE WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE SCENES THE DAY MOBILE LIBRARY IT. SO IT'S LIKE A REAL-LIFE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS AND 3 SISTERS ARE USING IT TO OFFER UNIQUE LEARNING EXPERIENCE TO CHILDREN ACROSS OKLAHOMA CITY NEWS FOUR'S ASHLEY MOSS REPORTS ON THE IMPACT THIS BUS IS MAKING ON THE COMMUNITY. WE ARE EXTREMELY STEM-FOCUSED WERE VERY COMMUNITY FOCUSED ON THE SUNNIEST OF DAYS. THIS BIG BLUE BUS CAN BE SEEN ROLLING AROUND TOWN. IT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE. YOU KNOW, THE KIDS GET ON THE BEST. THEY'RE ABLE RECEIVE TUTORING AND BASICALLY CHILDCARE. >> HOMEWORK HELP. AND ALSO WE GET A LOT OF EXCITING EXPERIMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEY ALSO CHECK BOOKS. THE SISTERS SAY THEY FOUND THEIR INSPIRATION CLOSE TO A STROKE OF LUCK BROUGHT THEIR VISION TO LIFE.
THEY FANS THE BUS AND A SURPLUS SITE AND RENOVATED IT THEMSELVES. NEXT THING THEY >> IN MANY WAYS, EVERY TIME A KID GETS THEIR UNDOING DECADES OF SEGREGATION IN OKLAHOMA, WHICH SILOED BLACK PUBLIC EDUCATION AND LEFT MANY HISTORICALLY BLACK COMMUNITIES FAR BEHIND THEIR COUNTERPARTS. THOSE ARE WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF OUR LEARNING GAPS. WE ARE EXTREMELY STEM-FOCUSED WERE VERY COMMUNITY FOCUSED. WE HAVE WERE ON THE BUS THAT PROVIDES, YOU KNOW, WORD RECOGNITION AND SOUND RECOGNITION THAT HELPS THESE KIDS LEARN HOW TO READ DAY, SEES THE DAY IS OPEN TO ALL ESPECIALLY ON THE EVERY MONDAY AFTER SCHOOL.
THE KIDS LOOK FORWARD TO THE BUS. IT'S A GOOD RESOURCE TO HAVE, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE >> WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES AND THE AREAS WE NEED TO BRIDGE THE GAP IN BETWEEN THE THE LEARNING GAP, YOU KNOW, LIKE THEY'RE WORKING CLASS PARENTS AND THEN COMPREHENSION ISSUE IN THE SCHOOL. SO WE WANT TO HELP. THE TEACHERS WERE ALSO ONE OF THE PARENTS. WE WANT TO BE THAT BRIDGE IN BETWEEN IN OKLAHOMA MONTHS THAT EAST SEIZE THE DAY BUS MAKES STOPS IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS AROUND THE METRO EVERY WEEK. AND THEIR SPECIAL STEM SATURDAY PROGRAM WILL RETURN IN APRIL.