Engaging Students In Real Talk For Social Emotional Growth
My students need discussion books like "The Book of Questions," markers, and construction paper.
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Chung's classroom raised $822
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
The Latin root of the word education is "educare," which means to draw out from within. As a school, one of our core philosophies is that part of growing up as a learner is growing up as a child. We believe so fiercely in this idea that we devote a class period for our students to have advisory.
I am the advisory coordinator for a small 6th - 12th grade school located in the poorest Congressional district in the country.
Nearly 94% of my students qualify for free lunch and all of them are in need of as much extra support and help as they can get. Our advisory program serves as one of the pillars of our school and of the school community. This program allows for a small group of students in the same grade (12 - 14 children) to discuss, think, and make sense of the world with one teacher who serves as their advisor throughout their middle school and high school career. This same advisory guides them in social-emotional growth across grade-levels and serves as the in-school "parent figure" for our students.
My Project
With these resources and tools, my students and advisors will be able to have rich and meaningful discussions about real-world issues as well as have targeted conversations on student academic work. advisers can use "The Book of Questions," the markers, and the construction paper to help build community within their advisory. Additionally, students will be able to use these resources to empower themselves as learners, thinkers, wordshakers, and young people.
With your generous donations, you will be equipping my students and advisers with the tools necessary to drive student achievement and social-emotional growth.
My students are particularly remarkable little minds, spirits, and hearts and I have no doubt that your small gift to our classroom will be the catalyst to many life-changing experiences.
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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