Help me give my students nets, game balls, and cleaning supplies they'll need to stay safe in practice and win big this year.
FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Mac's classroom raised $645
This project is fully funded
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
My Students
Our students continue to prove that children from low-income neighborhoods can thrive.
Our school sits in the middle of the poorest congressional district in the United States.
We have the third-highest percentage of single mothers in America and host some of the nation's highest childhood asthma rates. Ten years ago, our school was one of the city's lowest-performing schools. It was a chaotic place, simply focused on providing a safe environment for students to visit during the day.
Today, ours is a model school whose teachers embrace responsive classroom teaching strategies. Students' math scores have increased from their record lows by three hundred percent. Parent satisfaction and support for school efforts are high, teachers provide innovative and engaging instruction, and everyone involved with the school rates its leadership top notch. In large part, our collaborative and effort-focused school culture has helped students embrace a growth mindset; the idea that struggle and even failure breeds success. These lessons are embedded in everything we do.
My Project
Our students' favorite sport, by far, is basketball. They're invested in and passionately follow the sport. In past years, pre-COVID, our school basketball team was one of the premier teams in our regional league. Students looked forward to practicing, and everyone involved threw their support behind the team in what evolved into a community-building effort. Unfortunately, COVID-19 derailed students' basketball team opportunities.
Now we're excited to re-launch our school basketball team and would benefit greatly from some additional resources.
Basketball team practice equipment, game balls, nets, and cleaning supplies are included in this project to help us successfully re-launch our team and "get back to normal."
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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