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School: West Gary Lighthouse Chtr Sch

Gary, IN | elementary | Charter

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Ms. Mehlberg Favorite

Nook, Nook! Who's There?

Updated 1 day ago

"I'm done!" Bam. He victoriously slams book 3 of the Gregor the Overlander series onto his desk. Behind his satisfied smile, I know that this student, one of my strongest readers, has read and...
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My students need first crack at the newest books of their favorite series, so I need a class NOOK...

High Poverty,

Gary, IN

"Thank you SO much for bringing a Nook into our classroom. My students will be outrageously excited and they'll be introduced to technology they wouldn't otherwise be exposed to, contributing to the le..." more

Dec 6, 2011
$413 given
7 donors

Ms. Mehlberg Favorite

Have You Heard the Side of the "Baby Daddy"?

Updated 2 days ago

I challenged my students to craft an essay about lowering the driving age to 14. I was knocked speechless to read a student's argument that most 14 year olds don't have children but many 16 year...
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My students need 30 copies of, "The First Part Last" to hear the rarely heard perspective of the ...

High Poverty,

Gary, IN

"Thank you so much for the class set of First Part Last! The kids were hooked from the start. I had intended to use the texts with 8th graders but my 7th grade homeroom has been reading voraciously thi..." more

Jan 25, 2012
$226 given
4 donors

Ms. Mehlberg Favorite

They Don't Like Anything---BUT They Like This Book.

Updated 2 days ago

This 8th grade class is notorious. Notorious for hitting teachers in the head with flying markers. Notorious for hitting a visiting parent in the head with a flying marker. They aren't excited...
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My students need 30 copies of the spectacular book, The Amazing True Diary of a Part-Time Indian ...

High Poverty,

Gary, IN

"I'll admit, I'm always conflicted when administration or visitors come visit when we're reading this text. As is always our luck, they manage to come in during the mildly controversial moments or the ..." more

Dec 12, 2011
$359 given
5 donors

Ms. Mehlberg Favorite

We Need Bully!

Updated on May 13, 2012

I've heard a boy call a girl "fat and sloppy" to her face. I've mediated arguments that started with insults like "fruitcup" or "ratched." Name calling and ridicule rule the halls of middle schools,...
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My students need to see the movie Bully! to help them grow compassion and treat each other with k...

High Poverty,

Gary, IN

"If there's any great measure of an amazing field trip, it's getting positive emails from both the principal and vice principal within 18 hours of a trip, thanking me for getting our students such a cr..." more

Apr 19, 2012
$1,263 given
2 donors

Mrs. Schafer Favorite

"What?!?! No Glass?!?!"

Updated on May 1, 2012

“What do you mean we aren't making jewelry this year”, ask my perceptive eighth graders. ...
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My students need 14 different glass materials, along with wire, fiber shelf paper and glass adhes...

High Poverty,

Gary, IN

"Thank you so much for donating to the eighth graders' fused glass project! Each one of my energetic teens loved working with an art medium brand new to them! Not only did my kids wow each other during..." more

Dec 15, 2011
$455 given
9 donors

Ms. Mehlberg Favorite

Baby Badgers Hit Mad-Town!

Updated on Mar 26, 2012

I'll admit, I wasn't a vision of school spirit while attending UW-Madison. I know most of the words to our fight song, begrudgingly attended a football game, learned to polka by the bright shining...
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My students need two affordable meals on a college visit to The University of Wisconsin. Some st...

High Poverty,

Gary, IN

"Thank you SO much for making this grant possible. You are bringing a unique and completely memorable college experience to a group of vibrant, excited, deserving young adults. Our college trip will st..." more

Mar 26, 2012
$506 given
14 donors

Ms. Mehlberg Favorite

"Gee-go, Books Pleeese!"

Updated on Jun 20, 2011

My 7th graders are unexpectedly mesmerized by a novel about an 11 year old New Yorker who falls through an air duct into the magical Underworld. It's possible that their enthusiasm is because I...
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My students need 30 copies of Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane to continue their enchantment with ...

High Poverty,

Gary, IN

"Thank you so much for the amazing books! As you may remember, the last few weeks of a school year can drag along torturously. While text books are being turned in in Math and Science, desks are being ..." more

Apr 14, 2011
$236 given
5 donors

Mr. Erwin Favorite

Dry Erase Me Please!!

Updated on Jun 16, 2011

Mathematicians in my classes go through dry erase markers like they are going out of style!! We use dry erase markers almost every day in my six periods of 7th and 8th grade math. We have exhausted...
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My students need a supply of dry erase markers to practice their math on white boards.

High Poverty,

Gary, IN

"THANK YOU, FRIENDS!!! It's not every day we have an opportunity to positively impact the lives of strangers, but that is just what you did through your donation. The dry erase markers for my classroom..." more

Apr 12, 2011
$208 given
10 donors

Ms. Phillips Favorite

Peachy Keen Readers

Updated on May 25, 2011

"It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education." - Albert Einstein In the midst of state testing my students need some food for creative thoughts! Help us reopen the creative part of our...
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My students need a class set (27 copies) of "James and the Giant Peach" to help "Spring" open our...

High Poverty,

Gary, IN

"Thank you so much for our class set of James and the Giant Peach! The students have really enjoyed reading the novel, and their creativity is growing, just like the giant peach! They look forward to r..." more

Mar 24, 2011
$217 given
6 donors

Ms. Mehlberg Favorite

Eternally In Love With Vampire Books

Updated on Apr 19, 2011

Middle school girls are picky about lots of things: lip gloss, accessories, homework, and school lunch to name a few. They're also picky about their books. In my 7th and 8th grade language arts...
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My students need 17 vampire novels to feed their thirst for fiction, including those from the My ...

High Poverty,

Gary, IN

"Thank you SO much for the amazing vampire books! Both seventh and eighth graders are fighting over them, I had to regulate an under the table book trade where three eighth grade girls were passing the..." more

Dec 11, 2010
$297 given
2 donors

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School: West Gary Lighthouse Chtr Sch

"I'm done!" Bam. He victoriously slams book 3 of the Gregor the Overlander series onto his desk. Behind his satisfied smile, I know that this student, one of my strongest readers, has read and... more

I challenged my students to craft an essay about lowering the driving age to 14. I was knocked speechless to read a student's argument that most 14 year olds don't have children but many 16 year... more

This 8th grade class is notorious. Notorious for hitting teachers in the head with flying markers. Notorious for hitting a visiting parent in the head with a flying marker. They aren't excited... more

I've heard a boy call a girl "fat and sloppy" to her face. I've mediated arguments that started with insults like "fruitcup" or "ratched." Name calling and ridicule rule the halls of middle schools,... more

“What do you mean we aren't making jewelry this year”, ask my perceptive eighth graders. ... more

I'll admit, I wasn't a vision of school spirit while attending UW-Madison. I know most of the words to our fight song, begrudgingly attended a football game, learned to polka by the bright shining... more

My 7th graders are unexpectedly mesmerized by a novel about an 11 year old New Yorker who falls through an air duct into the magical Underworld. It's possible that their enthusiasm is because I... more

Mathematicians in my classes go through dry erase markers like they are going out of style!! We use dry erase markers almost every day in my six periods of 7th and 8th grade math. We have exhausted... more

"It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education." - Albert Einstein In the midst of state testing my students need some food for creative thoughts! Help us reopen the creative part of our... more

Middle school girls are picky about lots of things: lip gloss, accessories, homework, and school lunch to name a few. They're also picky about their books. In my 7th and 8th grade language arts... more

Teachers

"I'm done!" Bam. He victoriously slams book 3 of the Gregor the Overlander series onto his desk. Behind his satisfied smile, I know that this student, one of my strongest readers, has read and...
more

I challenged my students to craft an essay about lowering the driving age to 14. I was knocked speechless to read a student's argument that most 14 year olds don't have children but many 16 year...
more

This 8th grade class is notorious. Notorious for hitting teachers in the head with flying markers. Notorious for hitting a visiting parent in the head with a flying marker. They aren't excited...
more

I've heard a boy call a girl "fat and sloppy" to her face. I've mediated arguments that started with insults like "fruitcup" or "ratched." Name calling and ridicule rule the halls of middle schools,...
more

“What do you mean we aren't making jewelry this year”, ask my perceptive eighth graders. ...
more

I'll admit, I wasn't a vision of school spirit while attending UW-Madison. I know most of the words to our fight song, begrudgingly attended a football game, learned to polka by the bright shining...
more

My 7th graders are unexpectedly mesmerized by a novel about an 11 year old New Yorker who falls through an air duct into the magical Underworld. It's possible that their enthusiasm is because I...
more

Mathematicians in my classes go through dry erase markers like they are going out of style!! We use dry erase markers almost every day in my six periods of 7th and 8th grade math. We have exhausted...
more

"It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education." - Albert Einstein In the midst of state testing my students need some food for creative thoughts! Help us reopen the creative part of our...
more

Middle school girls are picky about lots of things: lip gloss, accessories, homework, and school lunch to name a few. They're also picky about their books. In my 7th and 8th grade language arts...
more