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For several years, we have had student Maker Spaces but most of the stations were designed for grades 3rd-5th. I wanted to develop stations that even our youngest students in Pre-School could use and your generous donations allowed me to do just that.\r\n In the library we have 4 stations (Science, Engineering, Math and Art) that students rotate through on a weekly basis. Students are divided into teams of 2 or 3 and teams visits one center each week. After 4 weeks, I change the activities still sticking with the general themes of Science, Engineering, Math and Art.\r\n The first round of stations this fall included play clay in the Science center where students had to build a vessel that could hold water. In the Engineering center, they used snap-it blocks to create the tallest free-standing structure they could manage. 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About this school
Botetourt Elementary School is
a rural public school
in Gloucester, Virginia that is part of Gloucester County School District.
It serves 505 students
in grades Pre-K - 5 with a student/teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
Its teachers have had 62 projects funded on DonorsChoose.
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17%
of students are Black, Latino, Native
American, or Asian
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Botetourt Elementary School
$15,497
raised using DonorsChoose
62
projects
funded
11
teachers
funded
105
donors
9
projects for
technology
10
projects for
books
6
projects
for
art supplies
Botetourt Elementary School has received support from
77 individuals from Virginia and
28 individuals out-of-state.
