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
I have an awesome, curious and energetic kindergarten class. My school is located in a socioeconomic impoverished inner-city area of Atlanta, GA. Most of my students come from single family households in which there is a struggle just to provide for the necessities of life. Free breakfast and lunch are their main source of nutrition.
The students present circumstances should and will not determine their future outcome.
Many of the students do not receive the help and encouragement from home to be successful when they come to school. However, you can see the excitement when new and innovative activities are presented in class. They are excited and eager to learn. As their teacher, I recognize so much potential in them and only want and see a bright successful future for each and every one of them.
My Project
I am requesting pajamas and food items for my kindergarten class so that they can go to bed on a full stomach, be warm at night and sleep well. Many of them complain of being tired during instruction because they haven't had a good night's sleep from being cold and hungry. Students say they sleep in underwear or over-sized shirts for pajamas or didn't have dinner. I would like for them to have the necessary items in order to get a good nights rest.
All children deserve to sleep warm, comfortably and full during these cold winter nights.
My students are accustom to having food and other necessary items available at school, but at home those items may not be available. My students are very important to me and I am concerned about their well-being when they are not in my presence. Since they are in certain situations beyond their control they are left to fend for themselves at home.
It is my hope that with charitable donations from caring and generous people who care like you, will assist these kindergartners with needed supplies.
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