Past projects 3
All Star All Start!
Funded Aug 30, 2022Thank you for the time it took to read about our project and of course the funding to support it. I am extremely excited to begin the new school year with amazing new equipment. You have now forever become part of the success of our students! Can’t wait to show some of the fun we have with them!”
With gratitude,
Mr. Ramirez
Skills and Thrills
Funded Oct 18, 2021I did not know the impact the equipment we asked for would have such a positive impression on our students. We use the jump ropes and hula hoops on a daily basis and the students love using them and improving on their jumping and coordination skills with them. We have a visual in front of the gymnasium where students have their personal high scores posted. Every day we see each other, they have an opportunity to practice and break their previous records while seeing where their friends are at. This has motivated many students to participate more and become engaged in activity. Our goal is to have every student discover an activity they can enjoy with these inexpensive tools. Even those that aren't common, such as spinning a hula hoop on your arm while running is a way to opening a door of enjoying being physically fit. As long as students find a way to enjoy physical activity, they have found a new outlet to having a physically active lifestyle. We are going to keep developing our skills and integrating different activities and games which students can play in.”
With gratitude,
Mr. Ramirez
Get the Gym Groovin'
Funded Apr 20, 2021First, I would like to thank you for the time each of you took to read about our project. The amount of support is truly appreciated by our students and staff. The speaker and hula hoops that we received from your generosity are used on a daily basis during our PE lessons and our after school program. Both are essential tools to improving our physical fitness and literacy.
The students love listening to popular tunes and how loud the speaker sounds throughout the gymnasium. It is also easy to move the speaker into different rooms because of how light and compact it is. We are excited about how perfectly round the hula hoops are. Our previous ones were bent out shape which made it harder to learn how to use them.
Though all of our students have benefited from using the hula hoops and have become better groovers since adding the much needed sound experience to our PE program, there are just some that love to take full advantage of them. Jeynaliz, one of our fourth graders, loves to come into the gymnasium and request songs to play as they complete their warmups and activities. She is also in the after school program and has become my helper. In being my helper, she has been given the responsibility at times to be the Dj, and takes pride in doing so. Another pair of students, Tylayah and Edwin love to show off their hula hooping skills during their class warm ups and encourage the other students to join in on the fun of hula hooping to the rhythms of the music at the same time. Our experiences have been completely enhanced because of your generosity and we are grateful for your faith in our education. Thank you so much!”
With gratitude,
Mr. Ramirez