With these funds I will get house shirts made for our students. We started a house system at our school last year and the results were amazing.

The students were sorted into one of four houses: Isibindi, Reveur, Amistad, and Altruismo. This house system helped to create additionally communities of students within our school building. During the day students spend most of their time with their class and their classroom teacher. We plan to sort third grade this year, so that each house will have 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students. This helps create a "multi-grade-level" community and fosters a strong sense of belonging. Houses have lunch together monthly, they have morning meetings together weekly, and they compete for house points throughout the year.

Over 90% of our students don't speak English at home, and our current political climate creates a great deal of stress for our families. I want to do whatever I can to help our students understand and feel that they belong in our classrooms, schools, and communities. 

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