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 experience difficulties, both academically and socially. Their problems relate to their home situations, financial instability, poor parental involvement, and lack of motivation. This transfers negatively to their learning.
As a teacher in a low-income/high-poverty school district, with close to 100% of our students receiving free or reduced-price lunch and about 20% living in one of the four shelters around our school, I would like my students to experience learning in an enjoyable environment.
I want to provide activities where they will be engaged and thrilled and get the chance to change their negative feelings about learning into positive ones. My students need to believe in themselves. They need to know that they can be creative thinkers and assets to the community.
My Project
Gone are the days of sitting at a desk the whole day to complete assignments. Students need to feel comfortable when they complete their work. Since we are in the times of hands-on activities, STEM projects, and using manipulatives, sitting at a desk is uncomfortable and difficult to accomplish most of these tasks. Therefore, a solution is to work on the floor. Hence, the need for a rug.
Students should have comfortable floor seating when working on STEM and other hands-on activities on the floor.
Even when they have group discussions or are playing games, it is more comfortable sitting on a rug than the cold, hard floor. If their bodies are comfortable, their minds will be comfortable too. Hence, they will be encouraged to produce better work.
My students need a rug to sit comfortably on the floor when they work at different centers during STEM. They get so excited when I say "time for STEM" and they automatically run to the floor.
Please help them get the comfort they need by getting them these rugs. They would appreciate your help a lot.
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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