Update on goal increase to $9500
31 December 2025Kia ora koutou,
I have been stunned by the generosity shown in the last 2 days and am only $250 from meeting the target (10 textbooks!)
There are two other much smaller things that would really make a difference to the programme and my workload. As I mentioned on the main page, I would love to pay a student $25 per week (one hour to help me with a lot of the emails, Google forms, IT issues, uploads to Google Classroom and other random things that happen, and some of the maths - the young man I am thinking of can do both very well!). And I have two senior girls who are lovely and very good at teaching junior maths. This year I'd like to have them help work with a couple of small groups in the Year 9 - 10 Girls Do Algebra class when we do independent work. I'd love to pay them a little bit for their efforts ($25 per week, one student per week) even though I think they are probably going to turn up every time if I don't pay them because that's what they are like. The total for these 3 students would be around another $2000.
So - if you're here and you want to support this project even though the textbooks are sorted out, that would be amazing. I know this is a much less tangible thing than the books though!