More than a third of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education.
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Nonfiction Novel About Social Media and Teens Gives Perspective
Help me give my students in Composition and Media Analysis, a current novel about social media and the ramifications of hate speech online, even when they insist they are 'just joking.'
Ms. M.
North Pole High School•
N Pole, AK
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Colds and Flu Are Upon Us!
Help me give my students supplies to fight the colds and germs that are raging. These care items will be so appreciated!
As soon as the magnet words were on their desks my creative writing classes were 100% engaged. That never happens in the teaching world! There's always at least one hold out. Magnetic poetry is fascinating to students and something they are all successful doing! Thank you so much for cerating that moment for my students!
There are so many places that need our help, and we are so blessed that you chose our students to invest in. Thank you so much for valuing true public schools, teenagers, and poetry!”
With gratitude,
Ms. M.
This classroom project was brought to life by SONIC Foundation and 2 other donors.
Thank you so much! Our students have a more compassionate environment thanks to your generosity. Our school Safety officer told me that students already were letting each other know, "There are free tampons in the bathroom!" It may not seem super impactful to some, but that kind of kindness changes culture.
Thank you so much for your generosity and for allowing our students to come to school and not worry about having a pad or tampon. It is such a relief to our learners and allows them to just focus on school.
This is so exciting! The boards are here already! I am so excited to go on writing excursions with the Creative Writing students! We take trips outside into nature, we look at artwork in the school and write about it. We do journalism exercises where we go out and do interviews. We imagine characters coming into our school. These boards will get so much use in Creative Writing! Thank you so much!
Also, they are being kept in the English Department room, where all classes can use them at any point. The amount of use the boards will get . . . your money will be well spent! Thank you so much for your support of public education!”
Thank you so much for funding our proposal! Giving freshmen fidget spinners will help with the stress and potentially help with the anxiety that accompanies it. Thank you for your concern for their mental health!
We are also enjoying the art supplies! Thank you so much! They have already been used in countless projects from Econ to English to student council nominations to kids who like to doodle!
And! Our Halloween Dance will be the best! I am so excited! An all-school event for students where they can dress in costume and enjoy the festivities is going to be a highlight!
Thank you so much for caring about our students and their mental health!”
With gratitude,
Ms. M.
This classroom project was brought to life by Google.org Teen Mental Health Initiative and one other donor.
Thank you so much for giving us materials for kindness week! We are amped to have our second annual celebration of kindness!
Our frisbee fest is coming in September! Students will throw frisbees into goals, around the school like a golf course! They will win prizes for the best score! It is such a boost to have students have something to look forward to, and get involved with!
Our chess tournament this year will offer fabulous prizes and get even more students involved with a healthy hobby.
Thank you so much for your support of our students mental health!”
With gratitude,
Ms. M.
This classroom project was brought to life by Google.org Teen Mental Health Initiative and one other donor.
Thank you so much for providing healthy snacks for my students that they can access anytime they feel hungry; no questions; no explanations. It is wonderful to have a snack cupboard for students to access!
Because of the rising costs and stagnant salaries, I can no longer afford to purchase these necessary items. It is such a boost to students' mental health to have food at the ready! Students families struggle sometimes, and sometimes . . . it's just a long day with long gaps between meals. Your donation has helped us meet students most baisc needs. Thank you so much!”
With gratitude,
Ms. M.
This classroom project was brought to life by Google.org Teen Mental Health Initiative.
Thank you so much for the excitement you brought to our school! We are hosting a school wide UNO tournament to start off the year! Complete with Giant Uno card prizes! It may sound silly, but it is such an uplift for kids to have something to look forward to - even something silly like an Uno tournament.
Other events to follow include a pinewood derby and a Giant Jenga tournament! So much fun you have given us!
It is a boost to student mental health to have fun activities lined up that they can be a part of and enjoy!
Thank you so much!”
With gratitude,
Ms. M.
This classroom project was brought to life by Google.org Teen Mental Health Initiative.
Thank you so much for new novels for our freshmen to read! I greatly appreciate your generosity! Having a book with a protagonist who has Asperger's syndrome is wonderful for our student body. We have numerous students who have Asperger's themselves, and all students go to school with someone who has it, so a look at their perspective is a gift to us. It is powerful for students to have heroes who look like them, sound like them, process like them. This class set gives us a tool we didn't have, and would never have been able to get without your generosity.”
I teach at a public high school in a rural blue-collar Alaskan town. We have many students whose families struggle financially, our community struggles with alcoholism, meth addictions, casual racism, and violence. Still, our students are awesome: they work hard; they play hard; they are passionate about their hobbies, and their sports, and their music, and their friends; they are fiercely loyal to their families; and they try hard to be good people. They are not always connected to school, but that's on us. We need to improve what we offer, and make the connections to their lives more apparent. Despite budget cuts giving us larger classes, fewer offerings, fewer supplies, and fewer choices, we have to find ways to make school more intriguing, more relevant, and just more fun. DonorsChoose helps a great deal.
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I teach at a public high school in a rural blue-collar Alaskan town. We have many students whose families struggle financially, our community struggles with alcoholism, meth addictions, casual racism, and violence. Still, our students are awesome: they work hard; they play hard; they are passionate about their hobbies, and their sports, and their music, and their friends; they are fiercely loyal to their families; and they try hard to be good people. They are not always connected to school, but that's on us. We need to improve what we offer, and make the connections to their lives more apparent. Despite budget cuts giving us larger classes, fewer offerings, fewer supplies, and fewer choices, we have to find ways to make school more intriguing, more relevant, and just more fun. DonorsChoose helps a great deal.