My students are faced with serious challenges each and everyday. Being able to have school supplies at their fingertips will be one less challenge they have to worry about, and thus they will be...
"Thank you so much for your kind and generous donations! My students have had the ability to learn so much with the added supplies you have brought to our classroom. First off, I ordered over 500 penci..." more
Technology should not be a luxury; it should be a resource available to all. Our school is a chronically under-performing school that needs all the help it can get. We are just now getting technology...
"I would like to extend my most sincere gratitude for your generous gift to my classroom. Not having a laptop on which to plan lessons and handouts put me at a disadvantage as a teacher, and that disad..." more
Did you understand matter, force and percents when they were first taught to you? My students struggle to grasp abstract concepts in our curriculum, whether due to a lack of real-world applications...
"I can't even begin to describe how much your donations have contributed my student's engagement and understanding of the material we've covered. The science supplies, activities and safety equipment h..." more
The technology exists to let us share student work, easily using projectors and cameras. With a document camera, students can teach each other by sharing their work with the whole class....
"I am continually trying to improve my classroom, and to become a better teacher. However, I know that students can learn more by teaching each other than they do by listening to me. I know that they l..." more
"Thank you so much for your generosity. Because of your kind action your gift of a projector and laptop for my deserving students will make an important difference in their lives,now and in the future...." more
Last year, our high school scored 4% proficiency on the California Standard Tests for math. Our major goal, as a class this year, is to significantly increase our number of proficient students taking...
"I truly appreciate your very kind and generous gift. This little thank you can't adequately express my gratitude but I hope it doesn't fall too short. This gift is incredibly generous and more importa..." more
Imagine getting some great new ideas to teach microbiology techniques to students and not having the basic equipment to do the experiments. I need some adjustable pipettes to reinforce my lessons on...
"These adjustable pipettes are great! In previous years I've always ran out of samples because one team would take too much of the DNA sample in their eyedropper and not leave enough for the others. Wi..." more
My students at John F. Kennedy high school in California are being put to an extremely difficult challenge this year. In years past, the proficient rate on the CST (California Standards Test) for...
"Thank you so much for your generous donations to my first Donors Choose project. My students absolutely love the mini whiteboards that they get to use on a weekly basis to practice math. It has made s..." more
My 10th/11th grade students typically arrive in my classroom 2-5 grades behind in reading. They struggle in English, history, and other subjects because they have trouble decoding the texts that they...
Sometimes, it can be difficult to know if my students are following along and understanding what is being taught in my lessons. Using individual whiteboards can help me know what they are or are not...
"Thank everyone so much for making this happn for our students. We appreaciate it. Working in a socioeconomically depressed school is challenging, but rewarding. In this economy it is difficult to get ..." more
