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Ms. Lauren's Classroom

  • Mater Academy East
  • Las Vegas, NV
  • 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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  • SEL is COOL in our School!

    Funded Sep 8, 2024

    I am so grateful for your funding my project. This will impact students in 3 classrooms, as I implement SEL learning daily. These are the students who need these skills the most - they are autistic or emotionally disturbed. They need to learn self-regulation to be successful in the world. We are going to journal our way to self-awareness, through self-management, social awareness, by enhancing our relationship-making and by making responsible decisions. Your materials are going to help us do that. Thank you!

    I'll let you know how it goes by November! See you soon!”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Lauren

  • Clean, Colorful, and Ready to Learn!

    Funded Feb 13, 2024

    Students were given the opportunity to communicate with pictures. They enjoyed their clean room and started to learn to clean up independently.

    After they learned to clean up their areas, they were able to enjoy more of the room as well. They learned to transition several times, to work with others, and to communicate when they wanted and didn't want to move.

    Additionally, they earned confidence from seeing a clean room that they were proud to be in. The vibrant materials you provided have transformed our classroom into a welcoming and engaging space. It's wonderful to see how excited the students are to come to school each day, surrounded by an environment that reflects their unique talents and interests. Your contribution has not only brightened our room but also uplifted the students' spirits and fostered a sense of pride and enthusiasm for learning.

    We are deeply grateful for your kindness and generosity. Your support plays a crucial role in creating a positive and inspiring atmosphere for our students, and it is truly appreciated by everyone here.

    Thank you again for your generosity.”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Lauren

    This classroom project was brought to life by Salesforce.
  • Color Me Printed!

    Funded Dec 17, 2023

    This color printer has revolutionized this classroom. Before the color printer, the teachers didn't print anything out. They used the whiteboard for everything. It was very ineffective. The mostly non-verbal students didn't have a way to communicate, so they spent most of the day engaging in self-stimulatory behaviors, or escape-maintained behaviors.

    Now, the students have a way to communicate. The teachers are able to print out images of things the children want, so they can use visual schedules. Each student has pictures they use to communicate with adults, and the adults have images that they use to communicate to children. Each child has a token board, a visual schedule, and a first-then board. In addition, they have pictures of their reinforcers, so they are able to request what they want by exchanging a picture image with an adult, instead of grabbing what tehy want, or climbing the cabinets to get what they want.

    The students are very excited to communicate. Behaviors have started to decrease because the students have more effective ways to communicate with adults. Adults now see that the children can communicate, and so they are printing more pictures for communcation”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Lauren

My students are awesome. They are gifted and highly gifted. This means that their I.Q.'s are above average. Their needs are unique. They're physically 13 and 14 year olds, but mentally, they operate at a college level. Their math, science, and reading skills are overdeveloped, but their writing and spoken communication lag far behind. This makes their socialization very awkward. They know they should interact with their peers, but they don't always know how. Some examples: one of my students creates nuclear reactors on his laptop (for fun). Another has read all of the fantasy books in both his school and the local library. Another plays violin in three orchestras. My students are used to being the smartest person in the room, and so don't automatically have the best listening skills. They need to be explicitly taught how to academically collaborate with others to be as successful as possible in the careers and workplaces of the future.

About my class

My students are awesome. They are gifted and highly gifted. This means that their I.Q.'s are above average. Their needs are unique. They're physically 13 and 14 year olds, but mentally, they operate at a college level. Their math, science, and reading skills are overdeveloped, but their writing and spoken communication lag far behind. This makes their socialization very awkward. They know they should interact with their peers, but they don't always know how. Some examples: one of my students creates nuclear reactors on his laptop (for fun). Another has read all of the fantasy books in both his school and the local library. Another plays violin in three orchestras. My students are used to being the smartest person in the room, and so don't automatically have the best listening skills. They need to be explicitly taught how to academically collaborate with others to be as successful as possible in the careers and workplaces of the future.

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