Help Our ESOL Students Hear Success

Funded Sep 2, 2024

Your donation is immensely appreciated, the donation has made an incredible impact on language acquisition, learning and engagement.

The donated headphones have facilitated intensive language-learning experiences for students. Apps such as I-READY offer audio aids to improve understanding and pronunciation. Headphones let the students focus on these factors without being interrupted. This intense exposure to spoken English is essential for an ESOL classroom, where listening and speaking form the building blocks of language acquisition. Having better access to these resources helped students advance faster along the language learning path, enabling them to effectively communicate both at school and in society.

The most visible impacts since the gift has been student participation in online activities. Students are less distracted in a noisy classroom, and finish their homework with greater accuracy and enthusiasm. This greater participation is essential, as it has translated into increased I-READY lesson scores, which shows how much better their grades have been overall. As it does not only increase their grades, but creates an atmosphere of achievement and pride.

Our school is located in a predominantly low-income community, where the median family income is less than $40,000 and a vast majority of families struggling to pay for basic educational materials. Before the donation, families had to pay for their children's headphones, which made things financially difficult. The gift has removed this pressure, giving all students a fair shot at the right tools for achievement. The gift is an expression of our determination to improve conditions for students in economically impoverished communities such as Brownsville. It highlights the importance of community support for educational equity. For our students, the headphones are more than a learning device; they are an investment in their potential and their ability to succeed no matter what obstacles they encounter.

Once again, I would like to say THANK YOU ! your donation has truly transformed our classroom into a space that increased language learning, school achievement and student attention.”

With gratitude,

Ms. Solano