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 are amazing. We are a high poverty urban school. Many of my students are first generation Americans. The students are talented and love to learn and create. Their parents are unusually supportive, participating however they can.
Although my students would be considered economically disadvantaged, they are some of the greatest kids I have ever taught.
I want to give them so much, but I am limited by the minuscule budget that my school has budgeted for art supplies.
These students are so deserving of a quality art education. Who knows what these children could achieve given the proper tools to support them?
My Project
I am requesting drawing paper, construction paper, glue sticks and white pencils for my students to use at home. Most of my students are using notebook paper and random markers to complete their assignments.
I would love to send home sheets of drawing paper that my students could use to express themselves through drawing and painting.
Through a previous Donors Choose donation, I was able to purchase watercolor paint sets, but notebook paper is too thin to use, especially for my beginning students. Creating something beautiful will help my students express the feelings they are holding deep inside. We all know that art heals!
More than a third 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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