Help me give my students packs of colored pencils, so they can create banners representing their culture while at home during hybrid learning.
FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Colvin's classroom raised $172
This project is fully funded
My Students
I work in a Title I school where the vast majority of my students live in an affordable housing development less than a mile up the street. They come to me with different life experiences, traumas and challenges that they have had to overcome, and many that they still face on a day to day basis. Despite this, they also bring their strengths, backgrounds, cultures, languages, passions, knowledge, and life experiences to our learning community.
My students work hard, they have big goals, and they are hopeful about their futures.
No matter what they're going through, they show up every day with smiles on their faces, ready to engage and learn to the best of their abilities. During school closure we've had about 33% participation in online learning. It has been hard! I have students who are sharing one laptop among five siblings. Almost all of my students are reading below grade level and many of them (9th graders) are between a 4th and 6th grade level.
My Project
I begin every year with a unit on culture. We learn what it is and how it impacts our interactions with others. We spend a ton of time learning about each others' cultures, life experiences and backgrounds, in order to build a tight knit community. My favorite project of the year is in this unit. I have my students create banners that represent their individual culture. They spend 3+ hours decorating their banners and sharing them with the class. I laminate each of these and hang them in our classroom for the entire year. They love it!
It is so important to celebrate the different cultures in our classroom community so that everyone feels represented.
With my students spending the majority of time at home this year due to COVID-19, I need to be able to send colored pencils home so students can work on their banners and other art projects in my class. I'm a project based teacher, so art supplies are utilized constantly in my classroom. The majority of my kids don't have basic supplies at home, so being able to send these home and allow my kids to utilize their artistic abilities would be so helpful.
More than half 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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