Paying Back the School and Planning our Purchases

 When we returned back from holiday break we took care of paying back the school for the printing supplies for our cookbook project.  We asked Mr. Semmen to come to our classroom so we could share with him about our cookbook sales and pay back $61.60.  The school generously donated back $40 of that!  That now left the students with $300 to spend on what they need, want, and to help someone! 

After discussing and voting, the class decided to spend $100 on needs, $100 on wants, and $100 to donate to someone in need.  I'm so proud of your 2nd graders for making a generation to someone in need! The class brainstormed different organizations to donate money to.  They ultimately decided to donate $50 to the food pantry in Preston and $50 to the Chatfield Nursing Home.  

They also brainstormed many ideas for needs and wants.  They decided to spend about $50 on classroom supplies of pencils, erasers, glue sticks, and individual pencil sharpeners.  $50 will be spent on new books to add to our classroom library that they picked out.  About $100 will be spent on their wants of a new cushion for reading, individual journals, individual blank books for writing, and a pack of sticky notes for each student.  Items should begin to arrive next week!