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  • Navarro Early College High School
  • Austin, TX
  • More than three‑quarters of 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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Recently, we placed our limited selection of Legos on a table in the library for a week. I was thrilled to see two male students, who almost always choose to play video games individually whenever they visit the library, spend every morning and lunch hour that week at that table, building and designing next to each other. Just think how much more they could build and how many more students could get involved if I could offer them more Legos or new materials like Magnatiles to explore. Through this project, I hope to expand and improve the creative and collaborative opportunities for students when they visit the library. Similarly, when we placed a jigsaw puzzle on a library table, I saw different groups of students from all different grade levels whom I'd never seen interact before gather around the table, passing pieces back and forth to each other. To repeat the experience, we need more jigsaw puzzles. And currently, students pick through our limited selection of games. What a joy it will be to offer them Uno without beat up, bent cards or Connect 4 without missing checkers and to introduce them to other games, from classics like Othello to new favorites like Exploding Kittens, too. Thank you in advance for helping me inspire my students, in the safe surroundings of the library, to detach from their digital devices and re-engage with their world around them.

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Recently, we placed our limited selection of Legos on a table in the library for a week. I was thrilled to see two male students, who almost always choose to play video games individually whenever they visit the library, spend every morning and lunch hour that week at that table, building and designing next to each other. Just think how much more they could build and how many more students could get involved if I could offer them more Legos or new materials like Magnatiles to explore. Through this project, I hope to expand and improve the creative and collaborative opportunities for students when they visit the library. Similarly, when we placed a jigsaw puzzle on a library table, I saw different groups of students from all different grade levels whom I'd never seen interact before gather around the table, passing pieces back and forth to each other. To repeat the experience, we need more jigsaw puzzles. And currently, students pick through our limited selection of games. What a joy it will be to offer them Uno without beat up, bent cards or Connect 4 without missing checkers and to introduce them to other games, from classics like Othello to new favorites like Exploding Kittens, too. Thank you in advance for helping me inspire my students, in the safe surroundings of the library, to detach from their digital devices and re-engage with their world around them.

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