How do you help a teacher engage autistic students in learning? How do you let special needs children discover life in the seas around them? Chevron had an answer for those questions and 55 others raised by teachers needing some extra funding for classroom projects. Chevron awarded a total of nearly $50,000 in “Energy for Learning Classroom Grants” to 57 deserving teachers in an Aug. 11 ceremony at the oil company’s Bakersfield location. Among the recipients were three Kern County Superintendent of Schools’ (KCSOS) special needs teachers, Jessica Acevedo, Nicole Cameron and Kevin Crosby. Acevedo received a $1,000 grant for her classroom project, “Using Technology to Engage, Learn and Connect.” She teaches 3-6 year-old, moderate to severe autism students at the KCSOS Claude W. Richardson Child Development Center in Bakersfield. More