Our school serves all the high school students in our area, as well as those who choose to come from outside the district because of our high standards for learning. As a charter school, we do a lot of things right in terms of rigorous and challenging teaching standards, but we teach students that come from limited backgrounds, many of whom turn to the school for all of their resources. We are a diverse school, but students are often uninformed about cultures around the world and how those cultures are impacting our world we share. They are motivated to research and debate social issues such as refugees and immigration, and we need engaging technology to keep them interested.
My Project
Alternative seating in the classroom creates an environment in which students are free to make a choice of which seating arrangement is best for their learning. By giving them a choice, students learn how to take ownership in their learning which fosters more success. This also helps reduce the amount of behavior problems that can happen in the classroom. By having alternative seating such as the requested tables and stools, students have their own space to spread out and have room to work. I have found that a cozy, welcoming environment ups student engagement quite a bit.
By donating you are helping give my students an environment that they want to be in - which creates more engaged, harder working and independent students.
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