Thanks to 2 donors, Laura Spillers from Louisiana, and Richard Davisson from Horace Mann (locally), my donorschoose.org project for podcasting equipment has been fully funded!  This means I will be able to use our tutorial time next year to teach students how to create and upload podcasts of themselves discussing literature, movies, and other related topics.  Parents, other students, teachers, and the world will have access to these via the Internet.  How exciting for Eisenhower!  

Thanks so much, generous donors!  Can't wait to break out the microphones and get started.  
 
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If you could design the PERFECT society, what would it look like?  This is the question our students had to answer as they created utopias for our Utopia Fair (May 19-20).  We saw societies based on a love of nature, on the thrill of sports, and on advanced technology.  Clearly, we saw that one person's utopia was another's dystopia (especially for the vegetarian society vs. the society focused on hunting).  It was a blast to be able to peek into the personalities of the students as they explored their own beliefs, values, and tastes.  Plenty of creativity and critical thinking were on display and I congratulate all the students on a heck of a job well done!
 
I just submitted my first ever proposal to donorschoose.org and I am really excited about the project!  Donorschoose allows teachers to post a project idea or classroom need,  along with a small budget for making it happen.  Donors can cruise around the site looking for projects they want to help fund.  Contributions can be small or large.  Not all projects get funded, so fingers crossed for this one!!
Please check out the details at this link: http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/proposal.html?id=575036
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