Instead of donating school supplies to a general fund or drive this year, would you consider donating funds for supplies to my classroom where you can see the faces and hear the stories of the students directly effected by your kindness and generosity?

Centennial is a 100% title one school. That means that 99% of our students qualify for free and reduced lunch and typically teachers need to send pencils home with students if we want homework to happen. This means my students come to school without supplies. With these funds I will be able to create a homey, comfortable and fully stocked classroom for my 4th graders this year for them to feel at home, safe and comfortable and have everything they need to learn and grow this year. 

It also means that the school I teach in is pretty spare. I remember my elementary classrooms as being a home away from home with comfortable places to sit while I read, a library of books to choose from, carpet to sit on when we had lessons on the floor... etc. Many of my students are coming form homes that are challenging to say the least. I want my classroom to be a home for them where they feel safe, comfortable and have everything they need to be able to learn and grow and succeed.

I'm asking for help purchasing both classroom supplies for my students to use in the classroom and a set to take home (pencils, paper, notebooks, folders), as well as help purchasing a couple key things to make my classroom homey and comfortable for my students (a carpet, a reading chair...). A more detailed list is below. All the "homey" supplies will come from Goodwill or the ARC so dollars will do double duty supporting good causes and every dollar will directly effect my students.

These students have faces, names, good hearts and tough lives at home. Please consider supporting my students and me and throughout the year you'll get to see the faces and see the stories of the kids you helped create a home and a learning environment for. 

I have budgeted supplies at $330 as a minimum to cover most of what my classroom will need, however anything raised beyond the $330 will go towards further supplies including specific math manipulative like fraction bars that REALLY increase learning. 

$330 is the min goal and I will use anything more than that. 

School supplies for learning (for 70-75 students)

Cooperative Learning Mega Timer--$50 on amazon https://www.amazon.com/Kagan-Cooperative-Learning-MegaTimer-JMT/dp/B007IS1BHS

• Paper
• Kleenex
• Pencils (for school and to send home)
• Chart Paper/poster paper to make visuals
• Sticky notes
• Dry Erase Markers (for students to practice on whiteboards)
• Folders
• Spiral Notebooks
• 3x5 Index Cards
• Binder rings to make response cards
• Math manipulative supplies
• Globe and maps for teaching social studies
• Page protectors for stations

Supplies to create a home away from home for my 70 nine-year olds

• Carpet from Goodwill for carpet time-$25
• Reading chair from Goodwill--$30
• A couple lamps to create warm light in my windowless room -$30
• Bookshelf to section off a space in my room for quiet working time-$15

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