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Ms. Bare's Classroom

  • Venice High School
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • 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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  • Creativity Is Not an Option

    Funded Jun 23, 2021

    Thank you for your generous donation to my students. They have had so much fun with the stickers we made from our AP Bio class last year. It has been incredibly joyful to come back to in person learning and have them be so excited about a project they did during distance learning, and be able to be excited about seeing each other in person and make connections with people they met over distance learning (and maybe have never seen their face!).

    My next steps with these resources will be to continue to use them for making student- designed materials. The integration of graphic design is such a unique opportunity to give my students and I am so grateful that I get to utilize these resources in my classroom.”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Bare

  • More Than a Science Classroom

    Funded Aug 11, 2019

    I can't thank you enough for your donations to my classroom earlier this year. In particular the students have thrived with having their own set of drawers at each table group. I gave each member of the group a "job" and one person is in charge of keeping the set of drawers filled with resources. It is so funny to watch as they fight over whose job it is to be "resource manager" or "team captain" and who gets to be in charge of what resources. Their sense of ownership in their space of the classroom has increased so much since last year, and they really appreciate having all their scissors, markers, glue, and other resources so easily accessible. They no longer have to wait in line to get the color marker they want or get a sharpened pencil, because I have two excellent pencil sharpeners in the room, and each table has their own designated set of resources. It seems like a small shift, but it has been truly beneficial in saving time and resources during class. My hope for the next few weeks is that I can use the drawers to hold lab resources, and that students will get practice taking care of their own lab resources and having that level of responsibility. Again, I can't thank you enough.”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Bare

Going into my second year of teaching my goal is to develop my students' autonomy in the classroom. Especially in 9th and 10th grade students are learning significant characteristics about themselves and beginning to develop identities about who they are, specifically who they are in relation to their education. These identities can be positive, such as noticing that they have high math proficiency or, more often, negative, like labeling themselves as "bad" at science because of one experience with a bad teacher. The skills they come away with in these formative years are skills that they can carry with them for the rest of their lives, and I want my classroom to be a space where they feel well equipped to succeed. These resources will help my students feel more ownership of their time in my classroom and will increase their organizational and social skills in the process. I want my students to spend less time asking me questions, and more time solving problems on their own or with their groups. That is why the tower of drawers is so crucial to my goal: by giving each group immediate access to resources they will need for my class in each set of drawers, I eliminate multiple steps that take up time during class. Students who are more shy will be able to access resources without being afraid to ask their peers or adults. The top drawer of each drawer stack will be used to house cell-phones throughout the period, limiting distractions and teaching students discipline and self-control. Ultimately, I want these resources to transfer some of the power and responsibility in the classroom to the students.

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Going into my second year of teaching my goal is to develop my students' autonomy in the classroom. Especially in 9th and 10th grade students are learning significant characteristics about themselves and beginning to develop identities about who they are, specifically who they are in relation to their education. These identities can be positive, such as noticing that they have high math proficiency or, more often, negative, like labeling themselves as "bad" at science because of one experience with a bad teacher. The skills they come away with in these formative years are skills that they can carry with them for the rest of their lives, and I want my classroom to be a space where they feel well equipped to succeed. These resources will help my students feel more ownership of their time in my classroom and will increase their organizational and social skills in the process. I want my students to spend less time asking me questions, and more time solving problems on their own or with their groups. That is why the tower of drawers is so crucial to my goal: by giving each group immediate access to resources they will need for my class in each set of drawers, I eliminate multiple steps that take up time during class. Students who are more shy will be able to access resources without being afraid to ask their peers or adults. The top drawer of each drawer stack will be used to house cell-phones throughout the period, limiting distractions and teaching students discipline and self-control. Ultimately, I want these resources to transfer some of the power and responsibility in the classroom to the students.

About my class

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