My Students

We have a shared vision to become the best version of ourselves. We view education as an enabling force, the most beautiful realization of humanity. We see education as a triumph over injustice and ignorance and as a means to overcome the challenges into which we have been born.

My students are an extremely diverse bunch of hard-working, wonderful individuals.

Their skill sets are extremely diverse; some of my sixth-grade students are reading at a second- or third-grade level while others are reading at a seventh-grade level and many students lack basic number sense. I do not have the resources necessary to meet their needs. Our school serves a very unique population and strives to provide for our students. Most of our students are considered to be of low socioeconomic status and our school provides free lunch and breakfast to all students, food for families, clothing, and various other services through carefully-cultivated partnerships in the community. Our students see our school as a safe and loving environment, a provider, a place where they belong and their emotional needs will be met. We have an extremely passionate staff committed to closing the achievement gap and we tirelessly collaborate to educate and love the entirety of each child.

My Project

I am requesting a leveled library for grades 4-8 in addition to several leveled read-along books with a set of headphones so that students can develop reading fluency and their needs can be met at all levels. My students will finally have the books they need at their independent reading level related to their interests so that they can develop a love of reading. If students don't have books at their independent reading level, reading is too frustrating to enjoy and many students become disengaged. Additionally, if a student is only reading books below their reading level, their skills as readers will not develop. The read-along books will enable my students to finally read books at grade level while helping to model fluent reading. This will inevitably enhance students’ skills. I also am requesting various math manipulatives and vocabulary card supports to make math come alive for my students.

Reading greatly enriches lives.

The increase in critical-thinking skills that comes with reading as well as an enhanced vocabulary will give students the innovative thinking and voice they need to develop agency in their lives. Reading enhances one's awareness of not only the humanity around them, but of themselves. Students will be able to access literature at any entry-point without frustration. They will develop the love of reading and imagination that breeds life-long readers and learners.