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Math manipulatives for kindergarteners

Math manipulatives for kindergarteners

Dear East Palo Alto Kids Foundation,

I want to take this opportunity to thank you for your recent donation to my class. With the current grant, I was able to buy math manipulatives as well as add to the class’ building centers. I have found that both additions to my classroom activities have increased social interaction as well as helped children gain a better understanding of math concepts such as addition and number quantities. I cannot thank you enough for your generous donation.

Alice Bresnan

Kindergarten Teacher 
Green Oaks Academy

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Field trip to the Hall of Justice and Stanford

Field trip to the Hall of Justice and Stanford

My 8th and 7th grade students in the Young Interpreters class benefited from the grant in several ways, but specifically by observing, listening and learning from the interpreters at Stanford Hospital and at the Hall of Justice in San Jose. These experiences educated them in how to use their bilingual abilities to succeed in school and college. All the students, parents, and myself are very grateful for your monetary support that makes possible these educational field trips.

All the students, parents, and myself are very grateful for your monetary support that makes possible these educational field trips.

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Scholastic books are tight!

Scholastic books are tight!

Dear East Palo Alto Kids Foundation, 

Thank you for the Scholastic books. My favorite book is Milk Mustache Mania. This book is the coolest. Those Scholastic books are tight! I read Milk Mustache Mania during silent reading or when we have free time. This book could be one of our top books. I like this book because it’s kind of funny. 

From, 
Sergio Chavez Milan Luis Medina

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Microscopes, an essential tool for science

Microscopes, an essential tool for science

When I ordered the microscopes with this grant money, I explained to my students that they would need a microscope license to use them. When the boxes arrived, the students were extremely excited. Watching their mounting enthusiasm as we unpacked each microscope I realized exactly how few of my students ever had the opportunity to use this science tool. To take advantage of the powerful moment, I gave the students one class period to test-drive the microscopes before working to pass their license tests. I wanted them to build their own understanding of the pieces and their functions and the momentum at this time was perfect. Through trial and error, moments of frustration and triumph, each team discovered how to use the focus knobs and the light settings to perfection. Blurry blobs were redefined and cleared before their eyes into sharp images of fierce insect legs, rounded amoebas, split ends on curly hairs and so much more. In that moment, they were truly learning. Each student walking out of class that day with a renewed curiosity about the world around them and a well needed dose of intellectual confidence.

From that moment, each of my 68 students has gone on to pass their microscope license test and continue to use these lab tools to refine their understanding of microscopic life. My students would have never been able to experience this essential part of science learning without your grant. For this, we cannot thank you enough. Your organization afforded these students not only the tools needed to learn science, but also the spirit needed to be life long learners.

Thank you again. 

Sincerely,
Ms. Molly Bullock and the Life Long Learners of EPAA 

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