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  • Fremont Elementary School
  • Salinas, CA
  • 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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My students are eager to learn and are on the path to greatness. Our school is in a gang riddled part of town. Poverty, violence, a lack of formal education is the norm. 98% of the students at the school are English Language Learners. They come from hardworking families that want their children to learn and succeed. My parents want more for their children and have entrusted me to teach their children. To help them reach their full potential. They deserve nothing less then our best. Without books (seriously, not even a dictionary until a generous friend donated a class set) in the classroom my students are fighting an uphill battle. Reading everyday is crucial to their development as writers, thinkers and participants in society. They need to work in a literature rich environment. My students need to have books and a comfortable place available to them.

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My students are eager to learn and are on the path to greatness. Our school is in a gang riddled part of town. Poverty, violence, a lack of formal education is the norm. 98% of the students at the school are English Language Learners. They come from hardworking families that want their children to learn and succeed. My parents want more for their children and have entrusted me to teach their children. To help them reach their full potential. They deserve nothing less then our best. Without books (seriously, not even a dictionary until a generous friend donated a class set) in the classroom my students are fighting an uphill battle. Reading everyday is crucial to their development as writers, thinkers and participants in society. They need to work in a literature rich environment. My students need to have books and a comfortable place available to them.

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