Past projects 4
Fuel for Fuel
Funded Mar 22, 2025THANK YOU for your generous donation towards my scholars needs. I am so grateful; but more importantly, the students will be. Your generosity, support, and investment is so appreciated. Our students will be able to enjoy these treats and snacks throughout the rest of the school year. Once again, thank you for contributing to my students needs!”
With gratitude,
Coach Bennett
This classroom project was brought to life by A Friend in Houston and 3 other donors.Coding and Drones
Funded Jan 15, 2022These books have given my students another view and approach to the field of Coding and Technology. We did not have any of these type of books on campus, so the exposure was minimal. By funding this project, you are not only helping my current learners, but those from years to come.
The most exciting thing about having access to these books is that my lower-level readers can still benefit from using these books. So instead of being frustrated from being a struggling reader, they can pick up the books and make sense of the different lessons and strategies being utilized.
Once again, all the students can enjoy these books, especially the workbook that has practice coding sheets included, so on days that the Wi-Fi is being spotty, we can still code. Thank you for your generous donation!”
With gratitude,
Coach Bennett
This classroom project was brought to life by A Friend in Houston and one other donor.Coding With Robots
Funded Oct 21, 2021When my students first saw the box, they were excited and could not wait to open it.
The students have been using the materials every day to design, build and code. Each lesson is tied to a specific task that needs to be completed by writing code. At first, they were nervous that they would break or "mess something up", but I reassured them that when writing code, it's okay to make mistakes. Trial and error are common to learning and mastering the complexities of not just coding, but other things in life.
The first time my students wrote lines of code, and the robot received the code by moving/acting correctly, they cheered loudly. I could see the light shinning behind their eyes and see how proud they were. Now whenever they're writing code and it's broken somewhere, they know how to work together, retrace their steps, and fix it. Thank you so much for our robot!!”
With gratitude,
Coach Bennett
This classroom project was brought to life by General Motors and one other donor.STEAM Starter Kit
Funded Oct 21, 2021When my students first saw the materials, they were excited and could not wait to open the boxes. All throughout the day different sets of kids would ask to open them and see what we got; however, I wanted to wait until all the students were present so we could enjoy the experience together.
We use the materials everyday to design, build and code. Each lesson is tied to a specific engineer build and/or task that needs to be completed by writing code. At first, they were nervous that they would break or "mess something up", but I reassured them that when writing code, it's okay to make mistakes. Trial and error are common to learning and mastering the complexities of not just coding, but other things in life.
The first time my students wrote lines of code, and the hub received the code by moving/acting correctly, they cheered loudly. I could see the light shinning behind their eyes and see how proud they were. Now whenever they're writing code and it's broken somewhere, they know how to work together, retrace their steps, and fix it. Thank you so much for our kit!!”
With gratitude,
Coach Bennett