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Alton Elementary School
Alton, TX
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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Limitless Learning Library Laptops
Funded Sep 18, 2014
The library has been booming with excitement after the arrival of our new chromebook laptops! We have hosted a variety of events for students and their teachers using our laptops. One of the projects we recently enjoyed was our Science Bowl with all our 5th grade classes. We used an online assessment tool called Socrative to create a bank of science questions for our 5th grade classes to answer and compete against each other to review science skills. The classes all came together into the library and groups of students used the chromebooks donated by your company to answer the game-show type questions. At the end, the tallies showed the winning team and we celebrated in the classroom.
The laptops add a tremendous amount of novelty to our students' learning in the library. Not only do our students enjoy searching for the newest books available online but we are able to incorporate other core subjects using online tools. All thanks to your generosity and kindness.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Martinez

Our school is located in south Texas near the border of Mexico. Our student population is nearly 100% socioeconomically disadvantaged and are English Language Learners. Most of them don't have computers at home and have never used a computer before attending school. I believe these special circumstances make our students more passionate about their education and always aim to please their teachers. They realize they need to work hard to make something of themselves. At our school we foster the love of learning through mutual respect and constantly striving to give all our students the opportunity to succeed. Our school has many programs in place to keep our students moving forward such as mentoring, tutoring, family theme nights, student council, UIL, and monthly student assemblies to recognize all efforts. Our administration is directly involved with student achievement as well. You wouldn't be surprised seeing our principal in a classroom demonstrating a lesson.

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Limitless Learning Library Laptops

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