Finding funding

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We always hear how the state budget is tight. In our state we also hear a lot about funding cuts. Nevertheless, our children need educated. Many teachers buy things for their classroom out of their own pockets. Academics are emphasized, but we do have PE and Music and Art to think about as well. Our PE teacher is very creative and determined. She has found a website or organization, maybe even more than one, that will reward her for her creative PE ideas. She makes a point to take photos of students playing her made up PE games. She has various places to submit them, like to some of the manufacturers of PE equipment. Every year she earns grants and rewards that she reinvests into our PE program. She is not wasteful either. Besides the Yardzee that she is setting up for field day, she is recycling other common things. We have used milk jugs that have been cut into scoops to toss and catch balls or bean bags. 1 liter and two liter bottles are collected in sets of ten, filled with sand and become giant yard bowling pins. With a creative mind it becomes easier to find funding so that kids have fun and keep moving.