My Students

Inspire Us! Students get excited when I bring out books that do not look like textbooks. Reading is the great equalizer in educating students. I need your help to keep incredible resources at my students fingertips to inspire them to continue striving for deeper understanding.

I like my classroom to what a small town looks like - yet we are located in a large metropolitan area.

My students represent every part of society. Some have no access to books or outside resources at home. Having these resources in the classroom will assist me in giving every child a chance to dive in and discover more.

My Project

The books I have selected for scientific discovery are full of pictures and ideas about the people and events that shaped science. The books can be read in brief moments and have a plethora of tidbits that coax the reader to want to know more! Students can spend time discovering for themselves what tools scientist used in the past to measure earthquakes right next to pictures of San Francisco's big one at the turn of the century; as well as seeing that while we have incredible tools that allow man to build even more incredible structures, the Egyptians did a pretty fancy job as well with none of the amenities we see on modern day job sites.

Students are being asked every day to be more and more accountable through standardized testing; yet the greatest single action we can do to improve a child's education os to put books in their hands.

I need your help to put inspiring books filled with great ideas and purpose into their hands. Research quantitatively proves the way to help a student succeed is to allow them to read for pleasure more. The act of reading for pleasure will grow a student who can read anything and find meaning.