Celebrate Black Teachers and Students
This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.
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Ms. Johnson from Harrisburg PA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.
My students need rewards for their class store that promotes excellent behavior and hard work throughout the school year. They have come a long way since September!
This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.
My students are inner city children, of whom 90% live in poverty and single parent homes. All of the students in my class receive free breakfast and lunch. Some students also receive a backpack full of food to go home with on the weekends.
These children face struggles that I could not even imagine on a daily basis, and all I wish to do is provide them with what they need while they are at school so they can feel loved and safe here.
Some students are so talented and I wish to push them further academically so that they can be prepared to go to college. Some students are so far behind academically, and we are not provided the resources to help them at their level, which is why I am asking for your support!
At the beginning of the school year my students had trouble staying on task, following the rules, and showing kindness towards each other. My main goal, aside from education, was to teach my students how to become the best person they can be. It took a lot of work, but now my students hold doors for strangers, use kind words to build each other up, and go out of their way to help others in need. I don't believe this would have been as successful as it was without my classroom store.
At first, I know the behaviors where preformed just to earn prizes, but now I see them showing kindness all the time without acknowledgement.
I want to reward their great behavior and hard work they have shown both academically and socially with one last classroom store that will blow their minds! All the prizes that I have chosen for this project were recommended to me by the students. Some of the prizes they suggested were art supplies, basketballs, books, summer fun baskets and crafts. The students are so excited to earn these awesome prizes. They will have a chance to earn them by collecting classroom money throughout the remainder of the year. On the last day of school, they will be bidding on each item like an auction.
By funding this project you will not only place a smile on a child's face, but you will also give them an opportunity to have something that they want when most of the time they don't always get the things they need at home. Thank you!
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