Our iPads all run on a cellular Internet connection making afterschool learning possible! The tutoring is done by Kodi the Bear & Friends (Khan Academy Kids). Kids quickly learn how to navigate the iPad during classroom tutoring sessions. The kids love Khan Academy Kids and want to take the iPads home. Parents need not worry […]
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Thanks to a generous grant by our local Sam’s Club (Busch Drive), our after-school tutoring program is improved! Now all our iPads have the very best screen protectors and protective cases – perfect for kindergartener use. Our original eleven iPads got shattered screens so frequently, a talented volunteer became our iPad repairman. The breakages were
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Thanks to a grant by William and Helen Thomas Charitable Trust, Bank of America, N.A., Co-Trustee, our 5th-graders will be superbly equipped to study light, lenses, and safety. The grant funded: Diffraction glasses with 3D prism effect Spectroscope tubes Glass prisms Glass lenses And, for science experiments, safety goggles The glasses, tubes, and prisms help
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Farmers Federal Credit Union was the first sponsor of our Online Tutoring Program for kindergarteners. Now they have done it again as the first sponsor of our 1st grade program! Thank you Farmers Federal for investing in Dinsmore children and for your early belief in our tutoring program! To learn more about our iPad fundraiser, click
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We’ve reached our goal! With the recent donation from The Bradley Family, we now have 30 iPads dedicated to kindergarteners. We thank all who have help us meet this goal: Farmers Federal Credit Union Barbara Willson The Bradley Family Delores Barr Weaver Grassroots Grants Endowment at the Community Foundation of Northeast Florida The Bradley Family again
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We’ve delivered 3,300 first-grade spelling pads! Requested by teachers, the 30 different spelling pads align directly with the weekly classroom curriculum. The pads encourage the children to spend more time on their spelling words – handwriting each word multiple times, filling in blank letters, visualizing similarities, and reading short sentences. We want to thank our
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Did you know teachers (on average across the U.S.) spend about $750* a year of their own money on classroom supplies? One of our goals has been to provide needed supplies. Thanks to Altar’d State at the St. Johns Town Center, we were able to establish a supply refurbishment system. Colorful supply bins filled with
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It’s a win-win! The kids are having fun and learning science at the same time. In one of many exercises, students raced cars down the different surfaces of this ramp while discussing the forces present. This Friction Board was custom built to Ms. Zortea’s science specifications by volunteer Roger Mann. Thanks to both for helping
We’re only mid-way through the schoolyear and one kindergartener, according to his teacher, has already gone “all the way from knowing nothing to being an ‘A’ student”. What a way to celebrate our one-year anniversary of this new, technology-driven tutoring program! We began on January 24, 2022 with only four iPads. Now we have 26
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We’ve been gratified by all the questions we’ve received and the interest shown in Know & Grow activities. In response, we’ve produced this Mid-Schoolyear Report summarizing June 1 to December 31, 2022.
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Our home, Dinsmore Elementary:
7126 Civic Club Drive
Jacksonville, FL 32219
Know and Grow mailing address:
110 Mills Lane
Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250