Help me give my students plastic storage tubs to organize class sets of books!
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Sousa's classroom raised $534
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.
My Students
My students walk into our classroom every day full of life, ready to learn, and excited for what is in store for them that day. At our school, we practice leadership principles through The Leader in Me program, emphasizing the importance of the 7 Habits of Happy Kids and 7 Habits of Effective People. We start each morning with a smile, a handshake, and a hearty "Good morning!" Every morning, prior to reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, each student chants the school mission statement: We Lead. We Inspire. We Impact our World.
I teach at a Title I school in Arizona where 100 percent of our students receive free breakfast and lunch.
Many of my students receive a donated backpack of food on the weekend. Despite so many hardships, my students are eager to learn and do their best. They want to be in school because they want to learn all they can so they can be successful one day. They have dreams, they have goals, and they create and work towards action steps each and every day.
My Project
Our school is so lucky to have a plethora of high-quality narrative, expository, and poetry books in class sets (25+ copies of each book, to be used by an entire class at one time). These book sets are checked out by teachers and used in classrooms for guided reading, book clubs, literature circles, tutoring, and more. What we desperately need is a better system to organize and store our books.
Tragically, these excellent literary resources are often neglected because of poor organization and storage.
Currently, the books are stored in dilapidated and decaying cardboard boxes. Many of the boxes have holes, are torn, or have water damage. It is imperative that we get new storage that is waterproof, easy to carry, and therefore easy to use for our hardworking teachers.
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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