Parker - Varney School Field
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Parker-Varney School Manchester N.H.
Everyday our students trek outside to an urban playground jungle, cracked hot blacktop, chain linked fences, and a field that is as dusty as desert. They come in with scrapes from playing soccer on the tar, or dust covered faces from trying to play a game on the dirt field, many try to escape the reflecting heat by sitting out of recess or class in bits of shade that provide no opportunity to be active and engaged. Everyday as teachers we wonder if we could do better for our students. It is how our school won the New Hampshire Excellence in Education Award, by supporting our students, empowering them, and guiding them. It is with this backdrop that we at Parker-Varney Elementary School in Manchester, NH, have decided to do something that invests in our students, our community and ultimately provides ownership and a source of pride to our diverse student population.
We are looking to raise 12,000 dollars to install a lush green field and a few tree’s in the middle of a blacktop ocean. Providing a place for our students to play sports, engage them during and after school, and providing much needed space to host school events.
Parker Varney has a population of students that is underprivileged but full of heart, almost 70 percent of our students qualify for free or reduced lunch, 13 percent are EL, and 21 percent of students receive special education services. Many of our students cannot afford to play sports or simply do not have the opportunity too. With the addition of this field we have lined up free soccer programs for our students, and would incorporate a variety of after school based school programs utilizing this space.
We hope you can join us in our vision to invest in our school, our students, and ultimately our community. If you would like to make a tax deductible donation that would mean the world to our students and our staff.
We thank you for your time and hope for your collaboration and generosity on a project that touches hundreds of students, their families and our community.
The Parker Varney Panthers
Everyday our students trek outside to an urban playground jungle, cracked hot blacktop, chain linked fences, and a field that is as dusty as desert. They come in with scrapes from playing soccer on the tar, or dust covered faces from trying to play a game on the dirt field, many try to escape the reflecting heat by sitting out of recess or class in bits of shade that provide no opportunity to be active and engaged. Everyday as teachers we wonder if we could do better for our students. It is how our school won the New Hampshire Excellence in Education Award, by supporting our students, empowering them, and guiding them. It is with this backdrop that we at Parker-Varney Elementary School in Manchester, NH, have decided to do something that invests in our students, our community and ultimately provides ownership and a source of pride to our diverse student population.
We are looking to raise 12,000 dollars to install a lush green field and a few tree’s in the middle of a blacktop ocean. Providing a place for our students to play sports, engage them during and after school, and providing much needed space to host school events.
Parker Varney has a population of students that is underprivileged but full of heart, almost 70 percent of our students qualify for free or reduced lunch, 13 percent are EL, and 21 percent of students receive special education services. Many of our students cannot afford to play sports or simply do not have the opportunity too. With the addition of this field we have lined up free soccer programs for our students, and would incorporate a variety of after school based school programs utilizing this space.
We hope you can join us in our vision to invest in our school, our students, and ultimately our community. If you would like to make a tax deductible donation that would mean the world to our students and our staff.
We thank you for your time and hope for your collaboration and generosity on a project that touches hundreds of students, their families and our community.
The Parker Varney Panthers
Organizer
Kelly Jobel
Organizer
Manchester, NH