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I teach Farm to Table at MacArthur Middle School. We received two smaller chicken coops that we will be using to start our purebred chicken lines and to raise our chicks that we will be hatching in class. Our pond insert we got will not only bring some beauty to our garden, but will also allow our ducks a place to swim. The 12 fruit trees and bushes we have will be planted next week. We have apple, peach, cherry, pear, apricot, and blackberry and blueberry bushes. Most of my students have never been to a farm or even grown any vegetables at home. With these items I will be able to teach my students a better understanding of life on a small farm. Having my students outside of the classroom and using their hands to achieve this goal is one of the best ways to educate any student. They have assisted me in building the coops, digging the hole for the pond insert, and will be digging the holes for the fruit trees and bushes that will be planted very soon. We spend most of our time outside and having these extra items has helped me to educate my students. Thank you again for all your support!

My grant was to help me teach Social Emotional skills to my students. I lot of my student have lived through trauma, loss, disappointment at a very young age. Some of the things they have lived through I have not even experienced yet. A big majority of my students are hurting in decision making, social management skills, in relationships skills, and social awareness skills. This grant was designed to help me be successful in growing my students in these skills. It is already working. In these pictures I am sharing we read the book “After The Fall How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again”. In this story my students learned that accidents happen all the time, but its what happens after the accident that matters. What is our response to the accident or situation that just happened? As a class we reflected on what Humpty Dumpty did after his fall. He chose to face his fears and try again. I want my students to get back up again and try their best. This grant gave me the resources I needed to help my students be successful as a whole student.

I just received the last of my order for the Geometry compasses that LPS Foundation bought for the school children. We have not had the opportunity to use them yet but we are looking forward to using them the first week in March. These will be give the students hands on measuring of how to draw angles and lines. Also, I have seen ACT test problems which required knowledge of using a compass.

I have attached a photo of the protractors and plan to send one with students using these tools soon.

Thank-you so much for the donation.

Ms. Anna Beede
Eisenhower High School

Getting a grant funded is such a wonderful gift!
It means that others have seen the work one is doing and they are choosing to place a high priority on the proposed idea.
By funding the “Social Emotional Books-To the Rescue” project, you have showed us how much you value our students learning through literature, and how much you care about our students future.
Thank you for helping our students engage with the knowledge they need today, to become Life-Ready citizens tomorrow.

First, I would like to say “Thank You” to the donors and LPSF! My class recently received our outdoor items. I teach pre-K and they were so excited that they didn’t even play with anything else today except these items! That’s big!!! They were so involved and although some of the equipment is a little challenging, they kept on trying. I purchased items that will help with their gross motor skills and eye-hand coordination. I have a group of kids that love to play basketball, and they were over the moon to get actual basketballs! The coordination involved to bounce, throw and dribble a ball is key for development at this age. We also received many other bouncing balls of various sizes that will improve coordination skills as well. The catching cones are very challenging, but great to work on eye-hand coordination. It is a plastic cone with an attached ball, and the goal is to toss up the ball and catch it in the cone. The comet balls were also popular. A soft ball with a comet tail, but great for working on throwing a ball. The comet effect of how it glides and lands is an extra to make them want to throw it over and over, while improving the throw and catch skill. The scooter boards were busy all recess with kids working those legs muscles around the sidewalk walkway of our playground. They also had a lot of fun trying to hook the rings on the ring toss toy, another great eye-hand coordination activity. I purchased the cones thinking we could use those to section off areas, but they had more fun making a pyramid and learning about balance. These items will be used daily and will help improve gross motor needs of my students, as well as those we share recess with.
Thanks again for making this possible!

Through the LPS Foundation the MacArthur High School Academic Team was able to purchase a new buzzer system to replace nonworking systems. This buzzer system is used for team practice to prepare for tournaments and also enables us to host OSSAA district seeding and Area tournaments. Thank you to the LPS Foundation for considering and funding our grant request!