My students need the Makedo, safe cardboard construction supplies to build and create games, works of art and pretend structures in our Makerspace.
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Hefley's classroom raised $215
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
We are a suburban, Title I, bilingual elementary school of about 550 students K-5. Our students primarily live in apartments and with about 70% on the free and reduced meal program, most do not have a lot at home. This is why our teachers and administrators strive to provide more than just the basics.
We truly strive to provide for not just the academic but the whole child.
We offer "clubs" to provide students with opportunities for extra-curricular activities. We also have a dynamic and popular Makerspace in our library where students develop their skills of the 5C's: Communication, Critical Thinking, Creativity, Collaboration, and Citizenship. Makerspace materials are also used with our youngest learners in our Language Lab to encourage communication with our diverse student population.
As a Leader in Me school, we strive to recognize the different leadership abilities in all students. Teachers and leaders strive to not only provide solid academic foundations and meet the needs of all learners but also give students opportunities to learn in a collaborative environment.
My Project
Students have various cardboard challenges throughout the year including our annual Cardboard Arcade Challenge. Based on Caine's Arcade students are challenged to work with their family or other students to collaboratively make a cardboard game. These games are set out for all of the school to play. We also want to encourage families that visit during the summer to create more and different creations using cardboard.
The Makedo kit will provide our students with safe, child friendly tools to use when creating cardboard masterpieces.
The Makedo saw, scrudriver and kid friendly scrus are designed for these types of projects. They are also designed to be re-used allowing us to repeat these challenges year after year.
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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