Help me give my students basic supplies for our in-person return to school.
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Minas's classroom raised $607
This project is fully funded
My Students
Distance learning has, unsurprisingly, been a challenge for teachers all across the world during this unprecedented pandemic. We left our physical school on Friday, March 13, and launched our online learning the following Monday. Our school is a Title I elementary school that serves nearly 400 students, with 55% of our students coming from low-income backgrounds.
My resilient, hardworking fifth graders have risen to the challenges of distance learning and have quickly and skillfully adapted to these difficult circumstances.
They continue to push themselves academically across all content areas to continue their growth and set themselves up for success as they transition to new middle schools next year.
Our fifth graders will begin their final year of elementary school participating in remote learning. Each year, the first six weeks are dedicated to building community and relationships among students. Distance learning presents an obvious challenge to establishing the foundations for our class community because we will not be physically together. To offset these challenges, we will be exploring ways to build community while promoting social and emotional well-being among the members of our class.
My Project
With the district announcing an in person return to school in less than a month, teachers around Los Angeles are reimagining what the remainder of the school year will look like. This project is designed to equip students with individualized supplies at their desks for use at school.
When students return to school in person in April school will look very different, providing students with basic materials for use at school will allow them to feel connected to a space within the classroom as they begin to transition to this new version of schooling.
Supplies have always been communal to promote sharing, collaboration and agency. With the need for distancing and staying safe at school, individual supplies have now become necessary for the foreseeable future. Individual pencil boxes, with highlighters, markers, sharpeners and more will be provided to students and remain at school.
This seemingly simple project will equip students with materials so that they can connect with our physical classroom community and engage in academic as well as social and emotional learning as we near one year since we left the physical school campus.
More than half of 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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