My students need a variety of sports equipment, including balls, jump ropes, and a badminton set, to continue building our physical education curriculum.
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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.
My Students
Do you remember what it was like sitting in a desk all day long waiting for recess? As the bell rang, you would grab your jump rope, basketball, or football, and burst out the door to play with your friends. My last project supplied us with basketballs and a ball cart, and I hope to add to it.
We are a Title I, inner-city elementary school in California.
We serve a low-income community with 99% of our student body receiving free or reduced lunches. The majority of our students are second language learners who have made amazing academic gains over the past seven years.
My Project
My students live in the most densely populated area of our city. This neighborhood is no stranger to violence, gangs, and shootings. As a result, parents are too fearful to let their children go outside and play. Our students sit inside and play video games instead. Budgets are tight everywhere, and sports equipment is not a priority in schools. At recess and lunch, when students are supposed to be running and playing, they stand around instead. They have not moved, broken a sweat, or increased their heart rate at all, not at home and not in school. It is not shocking that a large percentage of our students are moderately to severely overweight.
My students need a variety of sports equipment, including balls, jump ropes, and a badminton set. This equipment will keep our students moving. We could get our heart rates up with jump ropes, soccer, badminton, volleyball, or football. Our class began to exercise last year, now I'd like to keep them moving.
It is no longer enough for teachers to stick to academics.
We are now responsible for teaching how to be healthy. Our students need strong minds AND strong bodies. With your support, we can achieve that goal.
Nearly all 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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