Help me give my students a personal safe private space when at school with the use of a desk shield.
$895 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.
We are a Title I school located in East Palo Alto. We became a K-8 Dual Immersion school in August of 2012, before that our dual immersion program existed as a choice school inside a regular SEI (Structured English Immersion) school in the Ravenswood School District. Until last year our enrollment was growing, this year our enrollment declined drastically due to relocating to a new site/address which added a commute for many of our families. This made it exceedingly difficult for them as many of them used to walk their children to school every morning as they do not drive, or have any form of transportation.
Our school is a dual immersion school, where our focus is to become bilingual and bi-literate learners.
It is located in a low-income community where most of our students recieve free/reduced-price lunch. Often we see students in the care of grandparents or other family members, while their parents are working multiple jobs. However, I see the dedication and perseverance that our students and families have as they better develop their native language, or are working on adding a second language.
My Project
This pandemic has brought upon many challenges across different ages and grades. Teaching kindergarteners essential values at their age has become another barrier to do across zoom.
Being hopeful for a return to in-person classes soon, there is a lot of preparation to do beforehand, as a teacher's most important role in ensuring the safety of her students, especially during a pandemic.
School equipment can facilitate both physical distancing and hygiene protocols. Through the use of the shields, we will be maximizing the student's safety and reinforcing social distancing within the classroom.
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