I am beyond blessed to teach 25, wonderful bundles of energy who come to school each day ready to learn and have fun. These kids are truly going to one day change the world! However, many of the students come from homes that lack financial stability. Our school is a Title I school, where the majority of the students receive reduced-price or free lunch. Even though the students face hardships at home, they give all they have in order to learn and grow.
Most of the children enter kindergarten with no preschool experience and they do not bring in daily school supplies so I usually provide community supplies that we store in buckets on the students tables but this year I cannot not community supplies due to Covid-19 restrictions.
Many of them start school without knowing letter names or sounds, and some are unable to write the letters. Many also have little to no number sense. This does not dampen their desire to become successful readers and mathematicians. Though there is much to be learned in order to succeed academically, my students do not give up. I am so lucky to be surrounded by such hard-working students every day.
My Project
This fall when students returned to school, things looked very different and now students are required to have individual school supplies, individual places to store their materials and individual activities because they can no longer share anything due to COVID-19. This year I am challenged to teach 25 kindergarten students that will have to spend the majority of their day at a table behind a desk shield and I need school supplies for my students to be able to complete their work at school and at home for eLearning.
The items requested will help me to have enough supplies to restock our classroom individual supplies and make supply bags for my students to take home and complete their assignments.
The majority of my students do not have basic school supplies at home and I have to make sure they have enough supplies for their individual school bags and supply bags to take home for eLearning.
More than three‑quarters 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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