My Students

Our classroom, along with five other rooms in our school, were vandalized over Veteran's Day Weekend. Many of my art supplies were destroyed or drained. Curriculum materials, such as word stamps, were ruined by being dumped in paint. My students need these materials NOW. We need your help.

My students attend a public elementary school in Northern California in a poor area of town.

All of them receive free lunch based on income requirements. My Kindergarten-2nd grade class is a Special Day Class for students with Speech and Language Disorders, Learning Disabilities, and Autism Spectrum Disorders.

My Project

I am requesting the following materials for replacement: -Sight Word Stamps and Ink Pads to reinforce Language Arts instruction -Edged Scissors for our Motor Development Lab periods -Chunky Crayola Crayons for Art and Free Time -Tape Dispenser and Scotch Tape for our Writing Center -Glue Sticks for all cutting and pasting activities -Watercolors for Art Time -Watercolor Paper for Art Time -Googly Eyes for Art Time -Play-Doh for Motor Development Lab, Art, Science, and Free Time (These are all things that we had in the classroom that was destroyed. It took me a day to inventory everything that had been lost to us.)

Fortunately my students didn't see the destruction in the classroom.

I spent the majority of my workday crying, cleaning, and trying to move on. I'm hoping that I can get these materials replaced quickly, so we can go back to being normal. For the time being, we are making do with what we have, as well as, what I can purchase. Help us begin to heal.