Funded Jul 19, 2024Thank you so much for your help in making my classroom a place where my students feel welcome, safe, and comfortable. My students absolutely love the space I was able to create thanks to your generosity.
In the beginning of the school year I brought small groups of my younger students to my room to conduct NWEA testing. After they finished their tests I would allow them to take a few minutes to relax in the alternative seating areas before taking them back to their homerooms. When I would see those students in the hallway days or even weeks later, they would ask if they could come visit my room again...even though the majority of their time spent in my room up to that point was spent doing something I wouldn't exactly call fun. Those few minutes they were able to relax and decompress after a hard task really made a difference in how they saw that experience.
Now we regularly use the alternative seating we received for various small group and individual activities. Having this space provides my students with a place where they can feel safe and at ease which is an aspect of being able to learn that is sometimes overlooked. Thank you so much for helping me give this to them.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Peterson