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 **NTES- The Impact of Poverty on Our Students ** Please take a moment to read over the following questions and give your input. This information will help us develop ways to reach our students who are impacted by poverty. Thanks for your time and participation- Do you thin﻿k that we are acknowledging the impact that poverty has on our students here at NTES? If yes, what strategies are we doing to help these children succeed. If no, what can we use to drive change within the school and what ideas can you contribute toward better practices? Yes. Dolphins Care, Mrs. Godwin sends food home in backpacks, school supplies available for needy children at the beginning of school year, school lunch program for kids- free, reduced, full pay, peer mediators?

﻿Dolphins Care, The Elf Shop contribution to the CHAPS program for the area, Christmas time donations and Dolphin Tree. I also collect things from parents in the room who n otice "needs" and send home things with students I know need things. ﻿ Due to the tough economic times, the "face" of poverty has changed over the past few years. What ideas or practices can we do to help to identify and reach out to families that are now experiencing economic difficulties that may not be in the system yet? Yes, the face of poverty has changed. Those that were thought of as the poor people are still perhaps poor, however, those that once were thought of as not (Dad has a good job) white collar or not, have now lost jobs and have been added to the ranks of a type of poverty. Stop, look and listen. Our students are the best source of what's going on with other students, families, or themselves. By practicing these 3 little words, stop, look and listen, we can find out insights to this question before the families get into the system. I agree with the practice of listening to our students. I listen to their conversations with friends and staff as well as they manner in which they respond to class discussions. Their mannerisms also speak volume as to how "life" is treating them. Sometimes it can be difficult to tell who is in that situation- unless the children offer information. It's almost like the parents have to be comfortable enough with us as teachers to let us know what's going on. Some of them want to remain anonymous- and that makes it challenging. I have considered sending home a survey? Maybe that would be something we could do schoolwide and get feedback? 