My 9th grade social studies class includes an exciting group of 56 young adults with a wide variety of interests, abilities, and goals. We are part of a career and technical high school program and our students do not have a traditional high school experience. Our students come from all over the county to get a high school and community college experience. Our classroom focuses on collaboration, growth-mindset, acceptance, open-mindedness, and inclusion so that we can gain more insight in historical lessons without fear or judgment.
In this class, we build a classroom community that works together to explore history through an empathetic lens to better understand our shared human story.
I teach in a wing of 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grade classrooms. As students’ progress through our classes they venture throughout the college campus taking courses which allows them graduate with a high school diploma, certificates, licenses, and or associate degrees. My classroom is about learning history in a broader context so that we focus on the human experience. The work we do in this classroom is about accepting others and their differences, experiencing history with an opened mind, and the inclusion of all in history.
My Project
Students are in close contact with one another throughout the school day. To help keep students healthy I like to clean the desks with Clorox Disinfecting Wipes, daily. In addition, an ample supply of Kleenex facial tissues and Purell hand sanitizer are also needed for students use during cold, flu, and allergy seasons. Finally, the Lysol Professional Cleaner Disinfectant Spray will help me to keep door knobs and the phone receiver clean.
The attendance rate is important because students are more likely to succeed in academics when they attend school consistently.
A clean and sanitized classroom helps to decrease absences due to sickness.
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