"Traveling" To Far Away Places!
Funded Dec 8, 2009Our brand new TV came in about a month ago. It took a while to get it mounted on the wall, but when it finally was, you should have seen the faces of my students when they walked in the art room! They were so excited, shouting out things like "cool", "awesome", "sweet", "WOW". They asked me all kinds of questions about how I "bought" the new T.V. I explained to them that there are people all over the United States that want to help schools like ours, and that they donated money to donorschoose.org so that this T.V. could be purchased for us. Many of them asked questions like "Why would someone do that for us?" or "Who are these people?" I told them that they are people who care about your future.
We were just beginning a unit on African art, so I had over 50 images of African masks to show them. The pictures looked great on the bigger T.V, really jumping out. The details of each mask were very easy to see, and so my students got lots of ideas about designing their own mask.
Your donations have really made a difference for me and my students. Now, as soon as they walk into my art room, they look to see what is on the TV screen. Then they ask me "Where are we going today, Mrs. H?" Your generosity will touch all 600 kids at my school. And it will be an integral part of how I teach for years to come. Thank you so much for what you've done for my school and my students. We are truly on our way to discovering art from Far Away Places!!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Hagan