Nearly all students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education.
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As our first grade team began preparation for the hybrid model of teaching this year, we realized that we are not equipped to provide instruction to our students as we have in the past. We are in need of technology and digital tools to instruct students remotely, as well as in the classroom. The reading curriculum that we use has a digital component that can be accessed at home and in the classroom. ALL students would receive the same instruction by accessing the digital component. When classes resume as "normal" all students, remote and in person, would have had the same exposure to the reading content.
We will use digital tools to instruct 100% of our first grade students; both those learning remotely and in person. These digital tools: headset, ring light and webcam will make digital teaching and learning go smoothly, so that time and energy can be spent on the presentation of content.
We strive to build our classroom communities by connecting students who are working digitally with those that are attending in person classes. We feel that due to the hybrid model of learning (in class instruction or remote learning from home for the 2020-21 school year) the culture of classrooms will suffer without a way to connect all classmates digitally. Many of our students do not get to socialize outside of the school day, and the webcam and headset will provide the perfect opportunity for them to interact with each other. Our goal is to provide the best instruction possible during a very uncertain time for our first grade families. We want to meet the instructional needs of each student, as well as, the social emotional needs that may have been impacted by this pandemic.
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As our first grade team began preparation for the hybrid model of teaching this year, we realized that we are not equipped to provide instruction to our students as we have in the past. We are in need of technology and digital tools to instruct students remotely, as well as in the classroom. The reading curriculum that we use has a digital component that can be accessed at home and in the classroom. ALL students would receive the same instruction by accessing the digital component. When classes resume as "normal" all students, remote and in person, would have had the same exposure to the reading content.
We will use digital tools to instruct 100% of our first grade students; both those learning remotely and in person. These digital tools: headset, ring light and webcam will make digital teaching and learning go smoothly, so that time and energy can be spent on the presentation of content.
We strive to build our classroom communities by connecting students who are working digitally with those that are attending in person classes. We feel that due to the hybrid model of learning (in class instruction or remote learning from home for the 2020-21 school year) the culture of classrooms will suffer without a way to connect all classmates digitally. Many of our students do not get to socialize outside of the school day, and the webcam and headset will provide the perfect opportunity for them to interact with each other. Our goal is to provide the best instruction possible during a very uncertain time for our first grade families. We want to meet the instructional needs of each student, as well as, the social emotional needs that may have been impacted by this pandemic.