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This video was truly beautiful. It really shows that our students have many of the same hopes and dreams we do. I loved that the students want school to feel like home because that is something that I strive for every single day. I want it to be a place they cannot wait to come back to and are sad to leave. I hope my students can be all that they are destined to be.

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Thank you for sharing! At the beginning of the year I have my students share their hopes and dreams for the year. It's always great to see what they hope for :) Although I am not teaching this year, I hope that my former students strive to be the best that they can be both in and out of school.

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This is a fantastic video!  What a great reminder to have us hope for something new each year.

I hope this year to have my class become a community. I want students to encourage one another and feel truly connected. I also hope that I can re-vamp my English curriculum. My writing units need work, as I have felt less than adequate at teaching this subject.

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I hope my students feel safe.

I work in a very poor neighborhood with a lot of violence. Many of my students come from not so great households or no house at all. I want my students to feel welcome, loved, and accepted in my classroom. But what I want most of all is for my students to feel safe in school. To feel like even when everything else around them is falling apart, there is a safe place for them to come.

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I hope that one little girl in particular can stop feeling anxious and isolated. That she can once again become that little girl her parents remember from when she was five or six. That she can be comfortable and know she is valued and accepted for who she is.

I wish that for all my students, but this one little girl in particular really needs it right now. She's on my mind, and she's all I thought about during that video.
Thanks for posting. This is a great idea. I'm going to share it with my school.

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Each day, I have new hopes for my students. The hope that appears most often is that I hope my students are motivated. I hope they're motivated to do well. I hope they're motivated to make themselves better. I hope they're motivated to care.

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My hope is that my students grow. I hope they grow academically and socially and they exceed the limits that are so often put on them.

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I hope that my students come to school with their stomachs full and a good night's rest ready to learn. But since I know this isn't always the case...I hope my students come to school willing to learn and engage with their teachers and their classmates in a POSITIVE manner.

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I hope that my students love to learn and look forward to coming to school every day.

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My school was inspired by this video over the summer and created a board similar to the one in the video. So my hope for this year is that, the hopes my students wrote come true.

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The first time I saw this video I almost cried. Seeing it again just brings those feelings back!

I truly hope that my students know that I care for each and every one of them and my world revolves around them. I hope to continue to build relationships and trust to a point where they will do their best learning...not what a test wants them to learn...what they need to learn.

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I hope my students do well on the PSSAs.  JUST KIDDING!!!!  I really hope I inspire my students to be the best humans they can be.

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What an emotionally charging video.

My hope for students is that they know that they have the power to make a difference in the world. I want them to be the change they want to see in the world.

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My hope is for my students to be happy learners who feel loved every day of their lives.

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Great choice ;)

My hope for this year is for my students to know they are important and are loved. I hope they find joy in coming to school and learning.

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I really enjoyed watching this video. I found it very touching and emotion to see what both the students and the teachers had to say.

Every Monday morning in my classroom we do  Morning Meeting. The closing to each of our meetings is for students to set a goal that is personal to them. While watching this video I was thinking about how many students have goals for hope that they do not feel comfortable saying in front of other students. I think I may try having students share on a piece of paper to me what a personal goal for hope is at our next morning meeting.

Thanks for sharing, this was a great video!

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I hope all students feel a sense of connection at school.

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What is your hope? Before watching this video, think about your hopes for the new school year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlcU5uHMdTM After watching the video, think about one hope you have for your students this year. Share your hope on the padlet!