My students are all recent immigrants. Many of them are refugees and they are all considered low-income. They are working to not only learn English, but also to master content. In my class, we are...
"I am writing to thank you for the generous donation that you gave to support the project at our high school. In these tough economic times, it can be difficult to find the support necessary to carry o..." more
How would you like to learn about the relationships between temperature, pressure, and volume? Would you like to read about them in your textbook? Or get to collect pressure data points as you...
"Thank you ever so much for providing pressure probes, Erlenmeyer flasks, stirring rods, a hot pad, and a hot plate for my students. My students were excited about getting to use the pressure probes. T..." more
I ask my first period class a question. "Let's review. What is a gene?" My students look at each other. Some of them giggle. I wait. Eventually a brave 10th grader raises her hand and shares an...
"Thank you so much for the Senteo Interactive Response System! It's wonderful! My kids really enjoy it, other staff members are learning how to use it, and I've been able to get formative assessment da..." more
Gang presence is rampant where my students live. I think my students will totally identify with the protagonist in "Buried Onions," a book about a Mexican immigrant teenager struggling to stay away...
"Thank you so much for the wonderful donation of 70 copies of the book, Buried Onions, by Gary Soto. My students were very excited when I showed them the books and actually begged to get started! Delig..." more
My students are all recent immigrants. Many of them are refugees and they are all considered low-income. They are working to not only learn English, but also to master content. In my class, we are...
"I am a teacher in an Urban public school environment. Additionally I am a first-year teacher with Teach For America. I love teaching in the classroom and want to provide for my students the best possi..." more
What would better help students to understand the relationship between temperature, volume, and pressure? Being given the equations and asked to plug in the numbers? Or getting to discover the...
"Thank you ever so much for donating. The software will allow my students to analyze pressure data that they collect so that they can learn both content and critical thinking skills through direct expe..." more
I teach at the first public school in California for recently arrived immigrant students. Our students come from all over the world and come to our school to learn English and to get the support they...
"I was so excited this morning when I got the great news - I can now share actual historical documents with my students and have discussions with the whole class looking at the real thing.The document ..." more
How do you engage a roomful of teenagers who all speak different languages? At my school, all students are recently arrived immigrants who are learning English. They come from over 30 different...
Imagine being from a country where libraries don't exist, books are scarce, and many children do not have access to schools. This is the reality of where most of my students have immigrated from in...
"Thank you for funding this technology for my classroom. As an English teacher who teaches students who have recently arrived in the United States and are learning English, technology like the document..." more
Imagine coming to a new country and encountering a new language, new customs, and a new school. How do you communicate with your new classmates and your new teachers? How do you draw upon your rich...
"Thank you for your donation towards setting up our school's first wireless network! This has been a goal of ours since we started the school, but we had neither the funds nor permission from the distr..." more
