My students need the Honeywell Portable Air Conditioner to create a comfortable classroom environment that is cool enough for them to focus and be successful.
I teach Spanish in an urban high school with a diverse student body. Our students mostly come from middle to working-class African-American families.
There indeed is a range of motivation; however, there is a strong sense of community within the school.
They are hard-working and extremely goodhearted young people.
In my classroom, I have students who range from aspiring to go to Harvard to happy to just pass the class. I have students with low motivation who need engaging materials to keep them focused and keep them believing that they can do it and succeed.
My Project
Our amazing school has to unfortunately depend on a very old, outdated HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) system that is really just unable to cool our school the way it needs to. When my classroom is hot, it's hard to get through a lesson. My students and I get tired, and it's hard to stay motivated.
Staying engaged with group members and participating in hands-on activities get compromised when it's too hot in a classroom.
I'm hoping to fund this project to bring a Honeywell Portable Air Conditioner into my room to create the learning environment that we need.
More than half 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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