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
Our Title I school serves free breakfast for 85% of the students, and they get to the school early to eat the breakfast that they don’t get at home. My students eat their breakfast at school each morning before they come to my class. Fuel in their bodies makes them ready to learn and start the day.
We are a uniform school.
Some kids have uniforms that fit and are clean, and others have uniforms that are too big, too small, and don't really look clean. The majority of kids are happy, energetic, and ready to learn, but some students have trouble staying awake and staying focused. They come every day from group homes, and some are homeless or being raised by grandparents.
My students are 11, 12, 13, and 14-year-old boys and girls who are growing, trying, creating, experiencing, experimenting, challenging, and ultimately becoming educated with art in my classroom.
My classes are all year long, so I can work with these students in-depth with technology, get to know their strengths and weaknesses, likes and dislikes, and see their creativity develop as their experience with art increases and grows.
My Project
Today I put together art packages for students in distance learning in flimsy, plastic bags that won't last very long. I realized students needed a place for their art supplies that they use in distance learning so they will not get lost, be taken care of so students will have them, be able to locate them and learn to take care of them responsible .
Essential: Students will be using color pencils, markers, glue sticks, rulers to express their ideas and need somewhere to keep these items safe as many of these students don't have a room to themselves but share with siblings, live in group homes, homeless and need a place to keep materials together so they will be there when they need them, organized & safe to complete assignments.
A home for tools keeps them safe for use again in distant learning and hopefully when they actually return to school, they will need their own set of tools that they will transport each day to school in their backpacks.
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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