My students need 12 yoga mats, 12 resistance bands, and 12 jump ropes.
$492 goal
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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
The pre-teens at my inner-city school would benefit greatly from physical activity that would help them stay focused, alert, and ready to learn in the classroom.
I teach 5th grade in a low-income urban community. Fifth graders, at ages 9-11, are in need of physical activity to promote energy, mental alertness, and self-esteem that so often accompanies physical fitness.
The dense population and gang violence in our neighborhood creates little opportunity for the kids to engage in safe outdoor physical activity. My grade-level team and I have noticed the effects of this on our students. Many are often lethargic during learning time and insecure about their body weight, which in turn affects their ability to fully participate in the classroom.
The other 5th grade teacher and I want to change this by running an after-school fitness club that will give students in grades 5 and 6 an opportunity to have fun and be physically active. We've shared this idea with our students, and they are very excited about this opportunity.
In order to educate our students about physical fitness and inspire them to create life-long exercise habits, we plan to run an after-school program that blends various modes of physical fitness: yoga, jogging, jump roping, and resistance training. We need yoga mats, jump ropes and resistance bands in order to do this.
Your help will increase fitness for students in a community with little opportunity for physical activity, therefore supporting their health, self-esteem, and ability to learn.
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