Help me give my students a new classroom library to support individualized reading.
FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Sweeney's classroom raised $480
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
My classroom is comprised of many students who are immigrants and speak a language other than English at home, are gifted, or part of our special education programs.
I love the start of each day as students line up ready to get to class.
They smile because they know that something exciting will happen. I keep them guessing at what new things I might try or how I will read, and even what I just might wear (I came dressed as Dr. Seuss one day). These students all have different interests, from playing sports to reading a good book, but they share a common bond, the bond of curiosity and that is truly an amazing gift.
My students live in a high poverty area in Arizona. Our school is a Title I campus, and 100% of the school is eligible for the free lunch program. Our focus goals are to greatly improve our writing and our math abilities, but a major focus is to improve our reading ability of fluency to comprehension in all aspects of our school and classroom.
My Project
Our classroom library if full of books, though some are torn and tattered, others have missing pages and writing in them. I would love to have a library where students want to sit and be taken far away into a new place where their imagination soars.
The least expensive way to travel is with a good book and that has been true of many stories and students.
My students enjoy finding books that are interesting and creating a new classroom library will assist in my students learning, helps invigorate their imaginations, and to just continue the love of reading a good book. Contributing to my classroom library will put my students on the path to success!
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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