Help me give my students new binders as the ones we have been using for years are falling apart.
FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Graham's classroom raised $556
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
The students at my school are seen one way by outsiders and an entirely different way from the staff. Outsiders see them as trouble makers who are lazy and caught up in bad things. Our staff sees them as people whose lives have been wrought with a multitude of obstacles, fear, abuse, and neglect that made learning a low priority next to surviving. We see people of strength who recognized that a traditional school was not a great fit, who did not drop out and instead, made their way to our school of 125 students and seven teachers who work tirelessly to help them see their potential, feel valued and help them to reach their goals of graduation while highlighting real and achievable avenues to take them into the workforce so they can see a way out of their current situation and to a way of independence in their future.
My Project
My school is unique in many ways. The students who come our way were not finding success in a typical high school setting. One thing that is unique is that students do not bring any backpacks or supplies to campus (mostly for safety purposes). To accommodate this rule, teachers provide everything the students require. When they walk in to class, they pick up their binders and keep all of the materials in class for the quarter. At the end of the quarter, students switch classes and we re-use the binders year after year. The binders we currently have a very beaten up and are falling apart.
"Why do we always get all used stuff?" I heard a student say this today as I was passing out their "new" binders.
It is easy to feel badly when everything you have is used or second hand. Small pencils without erasers, dried up markers, and binders that are falling apart are what they end up using. Hearing this boy's remark made me think that perhaps I can remedy this feeling of always being given second-hand supplies with fresh binders. They will be re-used for many classes and will not need to be replaced for quite some time since they never leave class. My current ones have lasted about 5 years so this is an investment that will go a long way. I typically have about 90 students every 9 weeks which is why I ordered 96 new binders.
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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