Students Learn Better When Their Brains Have Energy to Function
Help me give my students a healthy snack when they are hungry. Students learn better when their brains are not busy worrying about their hunger.
$266 goal
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Hooray! This project is fully funded
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.
Our school is a certified local conservation corps and charter school whose mission is to provide young adults with a high school education combined with job training and community service in the fields of conservation and recycling, which assist youth in becoming more employable while protecting San Diego’s natural resources and instilling the importance of community service.
Youth in the program may have dropped out of high school due to involvement with gangs or drugs, becoming a young parent, or an undiagnosed learning disability.
Some are refugees with limited English. Some aged out of the foster system without a diploma. Our unique work-learn program allows youth to finish high school while earning a paycheck and giving back to the community.
We blend paid real-world job training, charter school education, industry-recognized certifications, life skills training, support services, transitional career services, and strategic community partnerships. Corps-members work in the field on environmental services, fire fuel reduction, community improvement services, graffiti abatement, urban forestry, recycling, and green building and construction.
My Project
Some students come to me and say I can not understand.
I ask them if they slept well or ate well.
They say no, and no. Students learn better when they get enough healthy sleep and when their brains are not worrying about their hunger. Students are more engaged in the academic tasks and learn better when they are well rested and their brains have enough energy to function.
Now, I can not solve the sleeping and resting problems, but I'm asking you to help me solve the hunger problem. Please help me give my students some basic nutritional snack when they are hungry.
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