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Arlington Elementary School
Lawrence, MA
Nearly all 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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Making the Classroom Feel Like Home
Funded Jun 25, 2019
I want to sincerely thank you from the bottom of my heart for your contributions to our classroom. It has been a crazy few months so far but I wouldn't change it for the world. The classroom looks beautiful, welcoming, and there is so much learning going on at all times. I still remember watching the kiddos walk in on the first day and look around to take in their new home away from home.
With the materials you have donated we have been able to practice and share out freely with whiteboard responses. As part of our classroom culture building the students respond to a prompt on their whiteboards when they come in first thing in the morning. These prompts give us some insight into what the students enjoy, what their family is like, and who the child is as an individual. The morning is one of my favorite parts of the day made possible because of the items you contributed to.
The "comfy chairs" as the students like to call them are a hit in our classroom. The students will get opportunities during the day to read silently on the chairs. These chairs are so popular we have a list of the students that are up next!
We can not wait to see where the school year takes us and we have each and every one of you to thank!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Ellis

Many of my students do not have stable home lives outside of school. My goal with this project is to create a classroom that can help them feel comfortable so that they can be successful. My students need these materials in order to be successful. By donating to this project, you will not only help to improve and increase student achievement, you will ultimately help to make the classroom a safe space that feels like home to these kiddos. They should not have to worry about obtaining any of these items at home so I want to be able to provide them. This includes pencils, folders, erasers for their daily classwork and the materials/notices that will be going home to get families involved throughout the school year. Whiteboards are something we use every single day in Mathematics. It's always an engaging way to practice our skills and show off our knowledge as a group so it is increasingly important that each student has their own whiteboard available at all times. The stools will benefit my table where I take small groups of students on a daily basis. In ELA, I will pull small groups of English learners and students receiving special ed. services to give them the one on one attention that they need during lessons. I have seen these children thrive in an environment with the bare minimum amount of materials so I can not wait to see what they can do when they have everything they need.

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