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Mr. Saenz's Classroom

  • Judson Robinson Elementary School
  • 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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  • Watching Nature Through A Lens

    Funded Aug 31, 2020

    Thank you so much for making this project possible for my fantastic first grade students. Our initial plan was to have our telescope pointing to our window and have inspiring writing. Sadly, we never return to our classroom due to COVID-19. I was able to take an alternative I had an IPod installed in the telescope and students were able log in to see different places that I was focusing with my telescope and to help them with their writing. Students were very happy and enthusiastic. Thank you for your help funding our project.”

    With gratitude,

    Mr. Saenz

  • Projecting Our iPad Using An AppleTV

    Funded Oct 17, 2018

    Thank you very much for your donation. After losing the majority of my games, materials, and furniture during hurricane Harvey it was such a blessing to get this project funded. As teachers we worry about so many things so not having to worry about having materials to teach my kids is priceless. My kids love the thematic boxes and they are so well organized and easy to use.

    Right now my students are using the IPad and viewing everything in the projector, while doing projects step by step, interactive games and helping each other students are very excited.

    Every day they making a difference in their learning.

    Thank you so much for your support !”

    With gratitude,

    Mr. Saenz

    This classroom project was brought to life by The Rebuild Texas Fund and one other donor.
  • Making Exercise Fun!

    Funded Apr 4, 2018

    I am excited for your kind and generous donation to my classroom. My students are always excited when is time for recess daily, to have different activities during that time. You can observe the smile in their faces as they enjoying their healthy activities. They seem joyful, playing with teams. This donation is impacting most of my students since most of them do not any sport activities outside the school its the best time they can play with their friends. They are engaged in learning and looking forward for the time to be in the learning new sports every day. Your generosity means more than you know for both me and my students.”

    With gratitude,

    Mr. Saenz

    This classroom project was brought to life by Carnegie Corporation and 2 other donors.
  • Technology Integration after Hurricane Harvey

    Funded Jan 15, 2018

    I am excited for your kind and generous donation to my classroom. My students are always excited to use the computer daily in the workstation. You can observe the smile in their faces as they are exploring how to use the mouse pad and the programs that help with their learning. They seem experts clicking the mouse pad learning about sorting or just using the programs for learning letters and numbers. In the future, we will use the keyboard to start writing and adding more programs according to their needs!. This donation is impacting most of my students since most of them do not have the financial capacity to experience with new technology at home! They are engaged in learning and looking forward for the time to be in the workstation to play with the computer. Your generosity means more than you know for both me and my students.”

    With gratitude,

    Mr. Saenz

    This classroom project was brought to life by The Rebuild Texas Fund and one other donor.
  • Handling the After-Effects of Hurricane Harvey

    Funded Oct 9, 2017

    We are so thankful for the donations you provided that gave us the funds needed to obtain our iPad and Apple TV. We were able to use them every day in the classroom to project and share are work during read aloud, math and writing to maximize our time in progressing our learning. This enabled us to better prepare in our math skills, listening comprehension and our reading fluency.

    My students were so thankful and excited that they were able to work with the iPad and Apple TV..

    My students loved going to the iPad and displaying or mirroring in the apple tv that is connected to the projector and it was so helpful to have in our classroom, so can every students can see how its done and sharing their work. Thank you so much for helping my students!”

    With gratitude,

    Mr. Saenz

  • New Library Books After Hurricane Harvey

    Funded Sep 27, 2017

    We are so thankful for the donations you provided that gave us the funds needed to obtain our books. We were able to use them every day in the classroom and in the cafeteria to maximize our time in reading. This enabled us to better prepare in our listening comprehension and our reading fluency.

    My students were so thankful and excited that they were able to listen and enjoying the narration of the each book.

    My students loved going to the listening center and it was so helpful to have a class set of books so no students had to be left out or 'take turns'. Thank you so much for helping my students!”

    With gratitude,

    Mr. Saenz

  • After Hurricane Harvey, Rebuilding Excellence With Technology

    Funded Sep 29, 2017

    The students in my class are ecstatic over the Ipad and the apple TV that were generously donated. They are loving apps and the wide variety of books they can read. My students that are reading Spanish books can't get over the selections and my students reading lower level books are happy they have books they can actually read. We are not having issues with students finding good fit books anymore. I have opened up the library to the students and we are overwhelmed with the number of books added. They are allowed to get books to read and take AR tests in the iPad. My students are getting the opportunity to learn about new authors, read lots of non-fiction books, and discover new series that they might not have know about before.

    Anytime a classroom can have books donated its a wonderful thing. My class very much appreciates the generosity of each one of you. My students are exploring new places with each book they read. I love to see the look on their faces when they are reading in the iPad. Thank you!”

    With gratitude,

    Mr. Saenz

  • Hurricane Harvey Took Our Basic Supplies

    Funded Sep 15, 2017

    I appreciate it from the bottom of my heart your generous donation. My class is enjoying every second using the supplies donated by helping to reinforce objectives learn in class and having fun at the same time. They love creating the projects reflecting the objectives learn in the classroom using the donated supplied. My students will have the opportunity to work with combined activities for reading, grammar and math.

    Thank you again for your generosity and your commitment to hands-on student learning.”

    With gratitude,

    Mr. Saenz

  • Overcoming Hurricane Harvey

    Funded Sep 13, 2017

    Thank you so much for thinking of us and supporting my class during these tough times. My students were super excited when I told them Math materials and projector were coming to our class. We really appreciate you getting our Workstations up and running.

    My student were so happy and excited to have Spanish Grade Level books that we printed in the new printer, we have now several math manipulative to help them master the objectives. Using the projector and camera now the students can see how to work on worksheets and reading books in the projector.

    Thank you so much for helping my class with the resources they need. We have had a really hard start and teaching at a relocation site in another person's classroom has been hard but with your generosity every day is easier. My students and I appreciate your generosity!”

    With gratitude,

    Mr. Saenz

  • Robotics in Classroom

    Funded Aug 31, 2017

    I just wanted to express my immense gratitude for your help in getting my students some robotics kits. My students are using the Discovering STEM kits that include gears, levels, linkage, bridges, wheels and axles daily in small groups and constructing robots one step at a time, every kit has instructions on how to construct it and students have the opportunity to follow the instructions of each step. They always enter in my classroom and wait their turn to work on those robotic kits. My kids and I greatly appreciate your donation to our class. Thank you so much for your help!”

    With gratitude,

    Mr. Saenz

    This classroom project was brought to life by Tom's of Maine and one other donor.
I have a group of 48 students who are very excited about learning. They are all very unique but at the same time they all share the love for reading. They don't always realize everything that they are missing due to their economic situation at home but I know we can do so much for them so they can get the same opportunities as other have.

About my class

I have a group of 48 students who are very excited about learning. They are all very unique but at the same time they all share the love for reading. They don't always realize everything that they are missing due to their economic situation at home but I know we can do so much for them so they can get the same opportunities as other have.

About my class

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