Help me give my students the tools that they need to learn about and create high levels of journalistic photography. Having access to photography equipment is important for them to practice using images as a means of communication.
$1,261 goal
This project expired on February 23, 2020.
This project expired on February 23, 2020.
My Students
My students are high-achieving, motivated, and fun! Our school environment is smaller than most high schools, which means that students get to follow their passions. In general, the school is geared towards math and IT learning experiences but many students also express a love for the humanities.
This year, I am teaching the first yearbook and newspaper classes.
The students are incredibly excited by the opportunity to create publications for their peers and learn about the topic of journalism. It has been so much fun to see their engagement and energy poured into their assignments!
My Project
Currently, we only have access to one school camera. By adding more cameras to our supply, multiple students will be able to work on their stories simultaneously. My students don't mind sharing the one camera, but admittedly, it complicates our deadline schedule and is a major inconvenience. By helping to fund more resources, my students will be able to create more stories, and dig deeper into the subject of journalism as a whole.
The students are currently busy working on their first articles in both the school newspaper, The Tiger Byte, and yearbook, The Tiger's Den.
They're covering everything from school sports to individual classrooms. These students are busy investigating newsworthy happenings all over the school to highlight in both publications.
More than a third 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
Never Before Funded45 students impacted
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