Help me give my students various items such as washable markers, colored pencils, glue, and notebooks to support creative in-person instruction.
FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Baird's classroom raised $618
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 students are growing up in unprecedented times under the unique pressures of an under-resourced community in South-Central Los Angeles. 98% of my students receive free or reduced lunch, and the ethnic and racial breakdown is 97% Hispanic, 2% Black/African-American, and 1% White and Asian.
Many of my students are first-generation Americans and come to my school far below grade level in reading and writing.
My school is tasked with bringing our scholars up to grade level before they enter high school. The teachers at my school work tirelessly to provide on-level instruction to these students, and the students rise to the occasion and often see gains of multiple grade levels in just a year of instruction.
Returning to in-person instruction is exciting for my students, and although we know they've fallen further behind than they were before and that online instruction only exacerbated the abundant inequity in education, I know that my scholars will continue to put in the work and do amazing things.
My Project
My students are coming off of 14 months of online instruction, and while their teachers did their best to engage them and make staring at a computer all day fun, it is apparent that they miss the hands-on aspects of being in the classroom. Many of my students shared with me that they missed the tactile experience of using paper and pencil, and many of them showed me the drawings and art they produced on their own at home since they were no longer expressing those talents in the classroom.
Help me prepare my classroom for reigniting the spark of creativity as my students make the return to in-person instruction.
I want to engage my students in a variety of activities that will help them learn and connect with the texts we will be reading together while also allowing them to apply their own creative spin. These materials will be used for interactive notebooks and other creative learning activities.
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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