The cost of knitting supplies, including needles and yarn, is $535, including shipping and <a target="new" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm" onclick="g_openWindow('http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm', 300, 800, 'fulfillwindow');return false;">fulfillment</a>.
$535 goal
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Hooray! 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.
Hi!
I teach at Foothill High School, a continuation high school in East San Jose. Our school takes students who are removed from other high schools for a variety of reasons including truancy, incarceration, pregnancy, and students with small children (we have a Family Learning Center where student moms and dads learn parenting skills).
At Foothill we meet students where they are at and attempt to help them become life-long learners. Several of my students have informed me that Foothill was the first school that had proposed college as an option for them.
I teach a course called Special Projects where seniors can earn credits in subject areas varying from Algebra to World History that they need to graduate. Since our campus is small, serving 450 students, our staff and facilities cannot offer many choices for electives. In my Special Projects class, I ask students to complete projects, make artwork, learn new skills and crafts, etc., that they have an interest in learning.
Over the last year many students have enjoyed learning how to knit. Knitting is a great project for these students because they learn how to plan a project and take pride in completing something they made with their own hands. It is also a skill they will pass on to friends, relatives, their children, and others.
I officially work with approximately 80 students, but I turn no one away after school, so I interact with and design projects for about 100 students. I offer these alternatives to my students for art and electives because I know that students become life-long learners from having positive learning experiences where they can design, create, and learn new skills that they will continue to enjoy throughout their lives and hopefully pass onto their families.
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