My students need new soccer balls, cones, and practice pinnies for the middle school soccer team.
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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 live in a very low-income community in the heart of the Silicon Valley. Currently over half of our students are considered homeless. They are almost all minorities. Many are learning English as a second language, and many have faced extreme adversity in their home lives. Many students work far below grade level and all are on free and reduced-price lunch. My students come to school where it's a safe place, and, despite everything, they try their best every day. While surrounding communities boast multi-million dollar homes and high powered tech companies, my kids have seen things no child should see, and this impacts their learning at school.
My Project
At our school, playing on a sports team is one of the most treasured, amazing experiences a student can have. We are so lucky to be able to have a boys' and girls' soccer team for our middle school students. Most of our students have not been on a real team before, and it's so important for them to be part of a group and learn teamwork, time management of schoolwork and sports, and have a caring mentor who coaches them. Our amazing coach coaches boys' and girls' soccer, boys' and girls' basketball and boys' and girls' volleyball. He is a role model and forms a special relationship with each and every kid he coaches.
"The secret is to believe in your dreams; in your potential that you can be like your star, keep searching, keep believing and don’t lose faith in yourself." – Neymar
With the new equipment the soccer team would use the balls for practice (passing drills, shooting, etc.) and for games as well. They would use the cones to create the correct size field and to do drills, and use the pinnies to scrimmage each other and prepare for their games. Having new equipment will help our students be excited to go out on the field and represent our school with pride!
Nearly all 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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