My students need a camera, SD card and carrying case in order to complete our yearbook with crisp, clear, professional looking photos.
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My Students
I teach mostly West Indian students who come from immigrant families in Brooklyn, New York. the neighborhood I teach, Canarsie, is also the same neighborhood I grew up in. While our cultures may be different, I too grew up in a working class family.
My school is a title-1 school.
This means that most of my students qualify for free lunch. Our school goes from pre-k to grade 8. This means that our students have been in the same school for 9 years!
We may live in a big city, but our school is a small family. There are only a couple of classes on each grade and the students remain very close with all of their teachers during these nine years. Like most urban communities, many of our students lack the opportunities and access to resources that children in wealthier suburban areas have. Our students are all eager to learn and participate in bigger projects. Working with these students has been the most rewarding thing I have done!
My Project
This is my 5th year as the Yearbook Committee Administrator. The first year, we had a pretty old camera, but it served it's purpose. By the second year, the camera had to be laid to rest. Since then, the twenty yearbook committee students and I have been using our iphones to take all of the yearbook photos. While I am very proud of the students and the yearbooks that we have been publishing, I am disappointed that we do not have higher quality photos.
The students on the committee always bring fresh, creative and innovative ideas each year.
I wish that we had the technology to support those same ideas. This camera would help us to be able to better capture all of our special senior moments. The carrying case would ensure that the camera stays safe year after year.
More than three‑quarters 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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