Past projects 3
2022-2023 Class Supplies
Funded Jul 17, 2022The 2022-23 school year is well underway and my fifth graders have used the materials you have donated on a daily basis. They are absolutely obsessed with the carts. Every group has a cart and all of the carts have all of the materials they need during class. It has helped immensely in developing students' independence as they transition into middle school.
Students have grown to love the independence that these carts has provided them. They have everything they need within close proximity. It has made such a difference in our classroom routines.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Gorman-Hill
Staying Organized and Focused in ELA and Literacy
Funded Oct 30, 2021Thank you so much for your generous donations! We were able to receive our "folder holders" and they are making transitioning to middle school responsibilities so much easier for my fifth grader.
Many of my students entered into our school this year for the first time since half way through their third grade year. There is so much time that they lost in which they would have had a gradual release to the responsibilities of middle school. Going from being in one classroom all day, to traveling to different classes and being responsible for having all their belongings and maintaining the organization of their locker is harder then it may appear.
You have given us the opportunity to give them the time to build these social and personal skills that they missed during the time that the pandemic robbed them. For that, all of us here in the Clark Avenue 5th Grade are forever grateful!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Gorman-Hill
The Circuit for CAMS 5th Graders
Funded Aug 28, 2019In a few short weeks we will begin our unit on The Circuit. Students are eager to start for two reasons. The first being the connection that The Circuit has to a book that is already beloved in my classroom, Esperanza Rising. Esperanza Rising is a historical fiction novel by Pam Munoz Ryan, in which a wealthy girl from Mexico is forced to move to California and work as a migrant worker after tragedy strikes her family. Students have been building their background knowledge on migrant workers and the Bracero program and they are fascinated. They cannot wait to start The Circuit to read a nonfiction account of a migrant child.
The second reason that my students are so eager to start is because of where these books came from. Some of them are having trouble believing that each book in the towering stack was paid for by the kindness of people who they will likely never meet. My classroom community has truly expanded this year when each of you contributed generously. One of my fifth graders put it best when he said: "It feels like our community is taking care of us."
Through your donations, you have taught my students that being a part of a community means you support each other in the ways that you can. You have taught them that compassion extends beyond the people you see on a day-to-day basis.
Students know they are loved and cared for by their parents and teachers, but you have shown them that they're loved and cared for by a larger community. This is something that they will carry with them for the rest of their lives.
I speak for myself and the whole Clark Avenue Middle School community when I say: THANK YOU! You have touched the lives of our students with your generosity and we are immensely grateful.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Gorman-Hill
This classroom project was brought to life by The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and 22 other donors.