Funded Dec 30, 2020Hello, my name is Kelly Aguilar and I have been an educator in the New York City Public Schools for twenty years. This year is by far the most different and challenging in all of my career. The children in my class ( virtual / full remote kindergarten class ) love to do art projects. On Fridays we do Fun Friday Art Projects where I put up a guided video or we do it step by step on zoom. The children love to draw, color, cut, and paste things during these sessions. With all of the supplies that I was able to purchase, the kids have had an amazing time doing art.
The art supplies were sent to the school and a colleague of mine brought them home to me so I could put everything together and put them into bags for the children. My own children helped me organize and split everything up to put into the bags to send back in to the school so that the families could come and pick them up. There has been a lot of transporting and packet pick ups this year. Like I said, it is very different from years past. I had asked the parents to send me pictures of the children when they opened up the bags. They were so excited and couldn't wait to make amazing things with what you had given them. We did a fun project for Chinese New year and Valentine's Day. We also made leprechauns for St. Patrick's Day and did a beautiful Spring picture for the families for the holidays that just passed. My kids love to take out their drawing pads and use the markers and colored pencils to create beautiful art work. I look forward to continuing on in making beautiful art with my students thanks to your generosity. Again, I want to thank you for your support and donation in making all of my students smile.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Aguilar