My students need two digital cameras, memory cards, and camera cases to record science experiments and language learning projects.
FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Wolf's classroom raised $504
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
Imagine living in a foreign country you have never been to and where you do not know the language. Without language, it would be pretty difficult to get around or even make friends. Now imagine that you are 14 years old and must graduate high school in this country. This is what my students face.
My high school students are all recent immigrants to the United States.
As a group, they all have a common mission: to learn English while completing the same high school requirements as native English speakers. To overcome this daunting task, we use a collaborative, project-based, interdisciplinary, and content-rich environment in all classes. All teachers are both content and English teachers. In my science class, I use a hands-on activities approach to encourage the use of English in all of its forms - reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Even a student with no English carries education and experiences with them. My projects are designed so students can express who they are and practice their new language with peers. In this system, students who come to me with no English are able to get full scholarships to universities and colleges here in America to pursue their own American Dream.
My Project
Science class has lots of "A-HA!" moments that come and go unless we have the means to preserve them. Digital cameras are an invaluable tool for project-based learning because students can capture those moments or express themselves in photos, then begin to put words to those photos. Since my students work collaboratively in groups on all of their projects, photos can preserve an idea or an event long enough for them to develop and practice their conversation about the task at hand. Our school currently has a few older digital cameras, but they are shared among over a dozen classes and are usually unavailable when we need them.
If our class had its own two cameras,memory cards and camera cases, I could integrate them into all of our projects. We would no longer be dependent on reserving cameras weeks in advance and could finally capture those "A-HA!" moments in class that you just can't plan for.
Your donation will give my students a way to express themselves and preserve their experiences.
Years down the road, they will look back on the pictures they took with these cameras and appreciate the long journey it took to find their voice.
More than three‑quarters 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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