My students are growing learners who need additional support to spark and ignite their curiosity and love of learning. Some have struggled within a typical classroom all of their educational careers. At my school, our team of teachers hopes to break that cycle by using engaging projects, innovative teaching, instructional technologies, and partnering with businesses to offer more authentic learning experiences. We hope to help our students become the future boost the area needs to open new businesses and bring new ideas to make it the booming beacon it once was.
My students have great potential to be the change our area needs.
However, we need to continue to challenge and enrich their learning environment. By having project-based learning as our main focus to try and re-engage and enrich their learning, we also need to meet their other demands. We need to foster within them to independently seek out challenges and persevere through them. We need to develop within them the ability to become lifelong learners. By offering a variety of opportunities, we can help these students become well-rounded individuals.
My Project
Our students have advocated for creating a library in our small school. Through district funds, we have created a very personalized book collection to encourage reading in various genres. One thing that was left out was relatable and educational magazines. This is where multiple subscriptions to Scholastic will help fill that gap. These subscriptions bridge many content areas to support reading and literacy in each subject area.
These magazines can be used for sustained silent reading, class discussion, and personal research/reading.
They also introduce that classes that typically don't have a lot of reading do have articles and magazines that go with it. Some of the subscriptions also are geared toward older readers who may struggle to meet grade-level expectations. These magazines will not stand out compared to the others and offer reading practice and enrichment for our students.
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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