Help me give my students snacks for their after school campus-wide anime club.
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Gavin's classroom raised $501
This project is fully funded
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.
My Students
I am lucky enough to work with incredibly intelligent, witty, and resilient teenagers from all over the Bronx, Manhattan, and Brooklyn. My students come from diverse ethnocultural and socioeconomic backgrounds but attend seven different high schools within one large high school campus in the Bronx. Unfortunately, over the past few years, student library usage had decreased.
As the new campus librarian for the 3,000+ students who share the building, my goal is to change that!
In my last school, I worked with colleagues and students to make our school library one of the most popular and welcoming spaces in the building. Last year, I worked nonstop building my new-to-me campus library into a similar space, where students are excited to find out what's new, check out culturally relevant and diverse books, learn about the world around them, spend time with peers, and explore their creativity.
This year, our physical library space is undergoing renovations so I am working to curate popup library experiences that will travel to students while also maintaining a smaller, mini "library" space that students can visit during lunch or after school.
My Project
L. Educational Campus Library is home to one of the building's most popular clubs, Anime Club! The library is a natural fit for Anime Club, considering that manga is one of the most-read genres. Anime Club brings together students of diverse backgrounds around a shared love of Japanese comics.
Because students start school at 8:15 am, generally have lunch around noon, and head over to Anime Club around 3:45 pm, by the time they arrive, they're generally quite hungry.
As an educator, I have always been interested in my students' holistic well-being so it is very important to me that they have something to eat before heading home. This project will help to provide snacks for the members of Anime Club so that they can have a fun and enjoyable experience when we meet without going hungry.
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. Learn more
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