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  • KIPP Connect Preparatory
  • Houston, 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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I am a first year teacher with 26 students at a new public charter school surrounded by a struggling low socio-economical neighborhood. While it can be challenging at times, I know I have chosen the right profession. It warms my heart each morning as my kindergarten students arrive at school eager to learn even though most of them come from households living below the poverty level. They spoke little or no English when they began school this fall. They have come so far in just one semester of school, but we are still working to reach our target level. Parents of these students have chosen our school in hopes of a better life for their children. Because of these committed parents and enthusiastic students I want to help make a difference in their lives by providing them my devotion to do my best and the determination to provide them with the materials that I think will help them succeed in today’s world. These families struggle just to provide the bare necessities of life.

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I am a first year teacher with 26 students at a new public charter school surrounded by a struggling low socio-economical neighborhood. While it can be challenging at times, I know I have chosen the right profession. It warms my heart each morning as my kindergarten students arrive at school eager to learn even though most of them come from households living below the poverty level. They spoke little or no English when they began school this fall. They have come so far in just one semester of school, but we are still working to reach our target level. Parents of these students have chosen our school in hopes of a better life for their children. Because of these committed parents and enthusiastic students I want to help make a difference in their lives by providing them my devotion to do my best and the determination to provide them with the materials that I think will help them succeed in today’s world. These families struggle just to provide the bare necessities of life.

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