With 34 days left, we are more than halfway toward our goal! Thank you so much to all our investors, on behalf of several teachers, and more importantly, hundreds of students. 

We have some more good news to share. Recently we (the English department) learned that Grand Center Arts Academy will be funding some chromebooks for our classes. Here's what that means for your investment: 

We will NOT be receiving enough chromebooks for each English teacher to have a set. So the money you have invested in our cause will go to more chromebooks and chromebook chargers. Your help in making our chromebook sets complete is invaluable. The less we have to share because each room doesn't have a full set, the more we can utilize this technology to do really exciting things… I for one am dreaming of a "more paperless" classroom, so I have created a central website for all my classes where I can post "handouts" online. I believe that Ms. Sobotka and Mr. Armknecht also have class websites. 

In the AMAZING event that we are able to procure a full class set for each member of our department, any leftover funds would go towards the following:

• A steady supply of dry erase markers, highlighters, pens, tape, kleenex.
• Books. Books for our "little free library," books for classroom libraries that students borrow, books so that every middle schooler could have their own copy rather than be tied to a class set. New books to replace distressed copies.
• Money for teachers to integrate something new in their curriculum: supplementary materials in the way of new books, DVDs...
• There's a field trip scheduled in March or Feb for the 9th graders to see the play To Kill A Mockingbird at the Rep. Supplementary funds so that every student can attend.

Thank you again! Please continue to spread the word. With your help, we have the potential to reach our $4000 goal in the next month!

Sincerely,
English Teachers of GCAA

Thank you for all the generous contributions to the cause! I am pleased to announce that we are almost halfway toward our goal, due to your generous donations. 

What I didn't express on the cause page is that these 20 chromebooks will support our entire department. It's a small department, so if we meet our goal of 20 chromebooks it will make a big impact on the work of my colleagues Anna Sobotka, Travis Armknecht, Cindy Kalachek, and Amber Murphy. 

Please watch Ms. Sobotka Chromebooks on how a set of chromebooks would support Ms. Sobotka's 9th and 10th grade students. 

In supporting the entire high school English department at GCAA, your donation will impact hundreds of students!

Thank you again for the continued support!