Triton teacher Jack Feighan hopes the power of social media comes through, again, to help his students.
Jack Feighan is batting five for five—can he make it an even six? The Triton Regional High School chemistry teacher is back with another request for his class on Donors Choose. The website allows donors to make small contributions to projects, all of which revolve around education. Feighan latest ask is his biggest: Hot Plates for All. A majority of our labs involve the use of hot plates. We use the hot plates to get materials to the proper temperature. Unfortunately, we do not have enough hot plates to go around. We have to double up our lab groups and as a result we have more students simply observing the activity rather than taking part. If we had two more hot plates more of our students could benefit from the activities. Feighan needs …
Jack Feighan doesn't want his students to go without, so he brings appeals for new classroom supplies to a web of donors online with Donors Choose.
Wanted: One telescope for Triton Regional High School. Students will use it to connect classroom lessons with the cosmos above. The only problem? It’s the age of belt-tightening in education spending, and school districts sometimes have to cut entire programs or positions to stay within the budget. There’s rarely any extra cash for an extra like a telescope. But Triton chemistry teacher Jack Feighan doesn’t think his students should go without extras, so instead of turning to the district for more funds, Feighan takes his appeals online. Feighan is one of the growing number of educators using Donors Choose, an online charity specifically geared toward education. Teachers like Feighan propose a classroom project or make a pitch for extra …
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Darren Gladden
5:30 pm on Tuesday, February 5, 2013
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