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Mr. Luis' Classroom

  • Oakland Academy of Knowledge
  • Oakland, CA
  • More than three‑quarters 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. Learn more

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  • Clean and Fresh Start to a New Classroom.

    Funded Nov 28, 2023

    Thank you for your generosity to help me provide my students a clean environment for them to grow and thrive. As the holidays approach, I often wish I can carry out a million things to help my students have a welcoming and safe space to look forward to. With your help, this is one of the many projects that I hope to carry out for my students.”

    With gratitude,

    Mr. Luis

    This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose Community and 2 other donors.
  • Preparing The Learning Space

    Funded Oct 9, 2022

    Your generous contribution to my classroom has allowed me to obtain the materials that I needed to maximize the classroom space, and provide the necessary materials for my students. Their eyes turn brighten up when I tell them that we have generous individuals have made it possible for them to get new materials for the classroom space. We were in need of multiple sensory objects, noise canceling headphones for those students that are sensitive to the loudness in their environment. Many of these items make a big difference when it comes to preparing the space for my students to use. I am able to have a lot of these things accessible for them whenever they need them throughout the day.”

    With gratitude,

    Mr. Luis

  • Maximizing Classroom Comfort and Usability!

    Funded Sep 23, 2021

    I just want to take the time to express my gratitude for your generosity. With your help, I was able to gather the materials that I needed for my special day classroom. My students require a lot of visual accommodations to succeed in their academic/personal goals, and I was able to put together those visuals that I needed in order to accommodate their needs.

    Some of the things that I am able to create with the materials that were provided for my classroom are visuals for our daily calendar, and also picture icons for their own individualized schedule which allows them to understand what activities are they going to be doing throughout the day. There are many more items that I have been able to create for them, which would take me countless paragraphs to continue to explain.

    All I want to say is that I am really thankful for your generous heart. I am a new teacher in special ed. I started last year during the pandemic, and I am really happy that I am now able to be in a classroom with my students. Of course with all of the COVID protocols and safety procedures. Thank you once again for helping me put together my classroom and helping me provide the necessary items for my students.”

    With gratitude,

    Mr. Luis

    This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose Community and one other donor.
  • Mr. Luis Classroom Materials

    Funded Dec 1, 2020

    My students have been learning more throughout this new "distance learning" model due to the accessibility of being able to print out and laminate visual materials for them to use in their learning. Before having the technology at hand, I was going back and forth to printing agencies to use the printers and try to get as much work done to not waste so much time gathering the materials. But all of the commenting and waiting in line just doesn't help out.

    Now that I am able to print materials out laminate them and send them to each student, I have more time to work on creating lesson plans, and researching books that we can read during class. I am able to use my time better and carry out more important tasks at hand. I was also expoing myself by going up to campus and occasionally using the printer and laminator up at the school that I work for. Now I am really glad that I don't have to do that anymore.

    I can simply continue my work from home, and monitor just how much of an impact this has had on my students. They all get their visual materials right away and if I need to make more copies of any visual materials, I am able to do so quicker. All this has been thanks to you and all of the people that have been believing and supporting teachers during this pandemic.”

    With gratitude,

    Mr. Luis

    This classroom project was brought to life by FamilyAlbum and 2 other donors.
My students need a lot of visual components at their disposal and I will be needing to print/laminate a lot of flashcards, communication boards and pictures that they can have at home to express do their work. They will also help those students that have a hard time expressing themselves have the opportunity to communicate their wants, needs, thoughts. Being able to have a printer and a laminator at hand will help me create more visual content for my students and allow me to focus more on helping them learn, rather than having to jump around from FedEx to going on campus to use the laminator or printer there.

About my class

My students need a lot of visual components at their disposal and I will be needing to print/laminate a lot of flashcards, communication boards and pictures that they can have at home to express do their work. They will also help those students that have a hard time expressing themselves have the opportunity to communicate their wants, needs, thoughts. Being able to have a printer and a laminator at hand will help me create more visual content for my students and allow me to focus more on helping them learn, rather than having to jump around from FedEx to going on campus to use the laminator or printer there.

About my class

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