​William Roper Hull School是一个繁荣的学校社区，为各年级的出色、有才华和思考深沉的学生提供教育，这些学生面临着重大的情绪和行为挑战。房间5是William Roper Hull School的一个初中教室。学生们还是两只考拉的自豪“父母”，这两只考拉的生命是房间5通过辛勤工作和慷慨帮助拯救的。

1月初，房间5的学生立下了一项雄心勃勃的目标，筹集300美元用于支持澳大利亚遭受毁灭性野火威胁的野生动物。这些野火在长期干旱后开始，肆虐了整个国家，几乎灭绝了近50亿只动物。房间5的学生开始学习给予回馈的力量，不仅回馈他们直接的社区，还回馈需要帮助的全球社区。这是社会情感学习单元的一部分，旨在培养对他人的同情心，以及对更大世界的归属感和联系感。

我们第一次爆米花销售的成功激发了学生们继续追求我们的目标的热情。作为动力，校长乔·斯特金同意在全校面前被“泥浆泼身”，如果房间5筹集到300美元。我们通过非常成功的爆米花和烘焙销售、情人节糖果礼品、有趣的比萨午餐以及Hull Services校园的瓶装饮料回收活动等方式，将我们最初的目标翻了一倍以上。我们的学生在筹备、计划和执行所有筹款活动中都表现出了决心和奉献精神。

在看到澳大利亚野生动物所遭受的毁灭性影响后，房间5的学生们知道他们想把筹集到的钱用于拯救受伤动物的生命。通过这些收入，我们的学生能够收养两只考拉，安文和保罗，对它们的恢复起到了重要作用。余下的钱直接捐给了考拉医院，安文和保罗以及其他许多动物在那里接受治疗。考拉医院将我们捐赠的剩余资金用于为受野火影响的国家各地提供动物饮水站，并为考拉栖息地种植新树木。

最后，房间5的学生们能够认识到帮助世界各地的他人的重要性，并对自己的辛勤工作挽救了需要帮助的动物的生命感到真正的成就感。

在William Roper Hull，我们为我们顽强而体贴的学生感到非常自豪，每一天都如此。我们的学生们在生活中面临着巨大的挑战，然而他们无私关注着让周围世界变得更美好的集中精力的精神是我们所有人的榜样。​

​William Roper Hull School is a thriving school community serving wonderful, talented, and thoughtful students of all grades who experience significant emotional and behavioural challenges. Room 5 is a junior high classroom at William Roper Hull School. The students are also proud 'parents' of two koala bears, whose lives Room 5 helped save through hard work and generosity.

In early January, Room 5 students embarked on an ambitious goal to raise $300 to support wildlife endangered by the devastating wildfires in Australia. The wildfires began after a prolonged drought, ravaging the country and wiping out nearly half a billion animals. The students of Room 5 began learning about the power of giving back to not only their direct community, but also global communities in need. It was part of a social emotional learning unit to develop empathy for others and a sense of belonging and connectedness to a greater world.

The success of our first popcorn sale ignited a fire in the students to continue to pursue our goal. As motivation, Principal Joe Sturgeon agreed to be “slimed” in front of the school if Room 5 raised $300. We more than doubled our original goal with a combination of wildly successful popcorn and bake sales, Valentine's Day candy grams, fun pizza lunches, and bottle drives on the Hull Services campus. Our students were determined and dedicated in the preparation, planning and execution of all the fundraising efforts.

After seeing the devastating impact on the wildlife in Australia, Room 5 students knew they wanted to allocate the money raised to saving the lives of injured animals. With the earnings, our students were able to adopt two Koala bears, Anwen and Paul, playing an instrumental role in funding their recoveries. The remainder of the money was donated directly to the Koala Hospital, where Anwen and Paul, among many others, receive care for their injuries. The Koala Hospital is using the remainder of our donated funds to provide animal drinking stations to areas throughout the country affected by the fires, as well as planting new trees for the Koala habitat.

In the end, Room 5 students were able to recognize the importance of helping others around the world and felt a genuine sense of accomplishment, knowing that their hard work was saving the lives of animals in need.

At William Roper Hull, we are incredibly proud of our resilient and considerate students, each and every day. Out students have overcome great challenges in their lives, yet their selfless focus on making the world around them a better place is an inspiration to us all. ​