South Oak Cliff High School students get a gift that will open new worlds

When Ambryia G. stepped into her South Oak Cliff classroom Tuesday for a group project, she had no reason to expect a high-tech experience that would take her out of her world.

Dallas native and national media personality Rachel Lindsay was on hand to help present the surprise, which also included $1,000 DonorChoose gift cards for five teachers to fund classroom projects and improvements.

The innovative VR equipment is meant to revolutionize the learning experience for students – offering immersive, interactive, and 3D educational experiences in both STEM and career education.

Inspirit VR’s Chief Revenue Officer Amie Souder said, “They'll be able to perform chemistry experiments and physics experiments inside the headsets. For example, when they're learning about the Pythagorean Theorem, they'll get to go out in the world and use it to measure real objects.”

South Oak Cliff Assistant Principal Anais Childress said, “It’s going to change their lives. As we know, this generation of scholars is very visual. They're used to immersing themselves in visual culture, so to be able to have that in the classroom is incredible. Our teachers are focused on wanting to create a real-world experience for our scholars, and having equipment like this at our fingertips is a game changer.”