Our grant recipients are our best spokespersons. They see first-hand how the students of Laingsburg Community Schools benefit from LEAF-funded programs. Here are a few of their comments.
| Without the generous assistance from LEAF, many of the teaching supplements
in the first grade would not have been possible. Each teacher has a very limited
budget for supplies only which provide each student with the basics such as
paper, pencils, crayons, glue sticks, scissors and workbooks. Although we feel
fortunate to provide these items for free, all our monies are then spent and
there isn't anything left for additional items. That's where LEAF has been
tremendous with its financial support. Over the years, various literacy
games, rhyming beach ball word familes, social studies videos and floor puzzles,
and "Big Books" featuring writers/illustrators like Eric Carle that are used in March
for Reading Month, have been purchased with LEAF funds. We are very grateful for
the people who contribute to LEAF, many of them teachers through payroll
deductions, and those who serve on the board who make the decisions to fund the
grant requests. We thank you for your help to make Laingsburg schools even
better!
Lisa Jelenek, Laingsburg Elementary School
First Grade Teacher
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