My students need cameras to photograph hands-on learning projects, enrichment activities, and special events throughout our school for the annual yearbook.
A smile happens in a moment, the memory of the smile can last a lifetime. Do you have a special memory from your childhood school days? We are trying to capture those special moments for all to share in the annual yearbook. This has been a challenge without any cameras!
I teach art in a K-5 Magnet School.
I see every student in the building for 45 minutes a week. Knowing that some of our students crave even more opportunities to express themselves visually than they have in class, I offer an afterschool art club as well. This year I have added the opportunity for some of our 5th Graders to help with yearbook. As the adviser, I have taken most of the pictures that appear with my own personal camera or had to beg, cajole, and plead with classroom teachers and parents to help out. I hope this year to transform a selected group of 5th grade students into "expert" photographers...as soon as we have cameras!
My Project
I am requesting two digital cameras that will be shared between teams of students who comprise my "yearbook staff" this year. This is the first year that students will have the opportunity to be more directly involved in the creation of yearbook and they are very excited!
The students chosen have already demonstrated a strong academic foundation, confidence, and the ability to be self-directed and trustworthy. I hope that the experience of working on yearbook will provide a variety of situations to use and strengthen these skills. Photography teaches one to look carefully, study the details, be observant of the small things while not losing site of the "big picture". These skills can carry over into the classroom and provide a lifetime of memories.
Actions speak louder than words, and a picture of that action can capture the memory forever!
Help our school start a yearbook program that offers students the chance to make and keep their special memories for a lifetime.
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