iPad Dreams

Funded Apr 14, 2023

I want to take time to thank you for supporting my Donor's Choose project of providing iPads so that our students have the technology they need to complete their assessments. We are a Title One school and we often lack the necessary resources to help our students succeed. Many of our students come from impoverished circumstances or difficult family situations that make it difficult to learn at school. Because of that we often fall short of learning goals and our test scores show it. Since much funding is based on our test scores we are continually assessing our students to ensure they are reaching their goals, and when we lack the necessary tools to assess, we lose a lot of time in learning activities. The gift of the iPads absolutely helps teachers get back to what they do best - teach!

Of course it's not all work and no play. We were also able to download some games on to the iPads so that the students will enjoy using them, which makes its impact so much greater. Everyone learns best through play and the students are able to do their iReady games to reach learning milestones, as well as other games and apps that they could enjoy. As an added bonus, we found out at the end of the year that our test scores went up and we are sure the iPads helped to make that achievement.

So thank you for contributing towards our student's success. We appreciate you more than you can possibly know.”

With gratitude,

Ms. Kosyka