Help me give my students books that teach and strengthen their social and emotional skills, and help them learn to cope with life's challenges.
$579 goal
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Hooray! 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.
Every morning, I wake up excited to see the 550 sleepy faces that greet me in the halls of our school. My students are vibrant, passionate, and have tons of love to give. As one of the counselors, I am lucky enough to get to guide and learn from them as they grow up. My students are culturally and linguistically diverse and many come to school with histories of trauma and the chronic stress that comes from living in poverty. Their needs are high, but their strength and resiliency is even higher.
My Project
Books have a special way of healing kids in ways that nothing else can. I’ve watched kids struggling with grief and trauma pick up the perfect picture book and suddenly understand the nature of loss. I’ve sat side by side kids in classrooms who read a book about difference and tolerance who turn toward their classmate with changed hearts. I’ve read books about emotions to kids who develop stronger self-awareness and self-control after just a few pages. My students deserve access to the scores of wonderful social emotional learning books that are out there! Help me build my library so that they can see themselves in the pages.
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