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If they are sharing the crayons and pencil baskets at their tables they will earn a sticker. Once 5 stickers are earned they will be able to choose from these great treasure box toys here in my project. The baskets in this project will help to store the treasure box variety. \r\n\r\nThank you for your consideration of my project. ","proposalURL":"project/classroom-supplies-treasure-box-toys/10219428/","hasReceivedDonations":true,"hasBeenFunded":true,"matchMultiplier":"2X","location":"N. Las Vegas, NV","id":10219428,"title":"Classroom Supplies: Treasure Box Toys"},{"profilePhotoURL":null,"schoolName":"East Windsor High School","costToComplete":145.81,"teacherId":6055331,"hideDetails":false,"teacherName":"Mrs. Tassinari","numDonors":8,"numStudents":250,"fulfillmentTrailer":"Help me give my students Amazon Kindles as a Summer Learning incentive and provide students access to reading materials all year long!","totalPrice":292.72,"povertyLevel":"More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households","essay":"I am the school librarian of 250 students in a small, rural high school. My school is part of a program which supports the 36 lowest-performing districts in the state as they establish reforms to increase student performance and close achievement gaps. My students are passionate, resilient, kind, and thoughtful young people. Our incredibly caring staff works endlessly to challenge our students academically, support them emotionally, and celebrate their successes inside and outside the classroom. It is a great privilege to be their school librarian! After the tremendous gains that students have made in their learning over the school year, it is especially important that students do not become vulnerable to learning loss over the summer break.\r\n\r\nIn order to encourage students to read over the summer and help students' brains stay strong, I would like to offer students a variety of incentives, including a raffle to win an Amazon Kindle.\r\nWith an Amazon Kindle, students can continue to grow and learn by having access to self-selected reading materials all year long.","proposalURL":"project/amazon-kindles-for-summer-learning-part/10234141/","hasReceivedDonations":true,"hasBeenFunded":true,"matchMultiplier":"2X","location":"East Windsor, CT","id":10234141,"title":"Amazon Kindles for Summer Learning: Part 2"},{"profilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1560444_orig.jpg?crop=1512,1512,x302,y0&width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1698789330648","schoolName":"Doris M Reed Elementary School","costToComplete":155.60,"teacherId":1560444,"hideDetails":false,"teacherName":"Mrs. Green","numDonors":2,"numStudents":20,"fulfillmentTrailer":"Help me give my students great rewards for positive behavior and hard work!","totalPrice":205.60,"povertyLevel":"Nearly all students from low‑income households","essay":"My wonderful students love school! They love to be rewarded for great work and great behavior and it makes it so much fun too!\r\n\r\nThis project is seeking rewards for the treasure box for the upcoming school year including small toys and TONS OF stickers - SMELLY ONES TOO!\r\n\r\nHaving a great reward system is so important in kindergarten and my young learners earn points in Class Dojo that translate into prizes on Friday that come from the treasure box. 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They come to school every day eager to discover new concepts and share their ideas with the world. Our classroom is more than just a room; it is a community where every child's voice matters. However, many of our resources are well-loved and worn out. My goal is to build an environment that mirrors their bright potential and keeps them inspired, focused, and proud of what they achieve.\r\n\r\nAn organized and visually stimulating classroom directly impacts how students learn and feel about school. This project will help us completely transform our learning environment. The 6-cube bookshelf will provide a dedicated, accessible home for our shared books and learning materials, instantly reducing clutter and helping students practice independence during clean-up transitions.\r\n\r\nThe rest of the materials will bring our bare walls to life. We will use the durable Better than Paper bulletin paper and stylish borders to create a stunning, long-lasting backdrop for our classroom gallery. With the new push pins, we will easily and safely display fresh student work every week. Seeing their own writing, science diagrams, and art pieces showcased on a beautiful board boosts my students' self-esteem and builds a deep sense of ownership in our classroom. Your generosity will provide the structured organization and visual encouragement these amazing kids deserve!","proposalURL":"project/bright-spaces-and-big-smiles-organizing/10281755/","hasReceivedDonations":false,"hasBeenFunded":true,"matchMultiplier":"2X","location":"Las Vegas, NV","id":10281755,"title":"Bright Spaces and Big Smiles: Organizing Our Classroom Gallery"},{"profilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1853050_orig.png?crop=1:1,smart&width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1585726550032","schoolName":"Honoka'a Elementary School","costToComplete":162.73,"teacherId":1853050,"hideDetails":false,"teacherName":"Ms. G.","numDonors":0,"numStudents":30,"fulfillmentTrailer":"Help me give my students items to add to our class conversation cart!","totalPrice":162.73,"povertyLevel":"More than half of students from low‑income households","essay":"I am reaching out to ask for your support in helping us create a Classroom Conversation Cart that will encourage communication, collaboration, and social-emotional learning among our students. The cart will include: a rolling cart for easy access and organization, a dry erase board for discussion prompts, questions, and group activities in the requested gift boxes, and a Rubik’s Cube and other conversation-building tools to encourage teamwork, problem-solving, and meaningful discussions\r\n\r\nThis Conversation Cart will provide students with opportunities to practice important SEL skills such as listening, cooperation, self-expression, patience, and respect for others’ ideas. Activities centered around conversation and collaborative problem-solving help students build confidence, strengthen relationships, and create a positive classroom community.\r\n\r\nThe Rubik’s Cube and discussion activities will also encourage critical thinking and perseverance while giving students engaging ways to connect with one another. The rolling cart will allow these materials to be easily used during partner work, morning meetings, small groups, and classroom community-building activities.\r\n\r\nYour support will help create a learning environment where students feel heard, valued, and connected. Any contribution, big or small, will make a meaningful difference in our classroom. Thank you for considering supporting our students and helping us build a stronger classroom community.","proposalURL":"project/conversation-cart-continued/10282438/","hasReceivedDonations":false,"hasBeenFunded":true,"matchMultiplier":"2X","location":"Honokaa, HI","id":10282438,"title":"Conversation Cart Continued"},{"profilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8181372_orig.jpg?crop=508,508,x64,y116&width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1651290903074","schoolName":"Eileen B Brookman Elementary School","costToComplete":162.51,"teacherId":8181372,"hideDetails":false,"teacherName":"Mrs. Carr","numDonors":0,"numStudents":25,"fulfillmentTrailer":"Help me give my students the motivation, encouragement, and rewards they need to make learning exciting, build confidence, and celebrate their hard work all year long.","totalPrice":162.51,"povertyLevel":"Nearly all students from low‑income households","essay":"My students come to school each day eager to learn, but many of them need extra motivation and positive reinforcement to help them stay engaged, confident, and excited about their growth. As a 4th grade teacher, I work hard to create a classroom environment where students feel celebrated for their effort, teamwork, kindness, and academic progress.\r\n\r\nThis project will help provide prizes, incentives, and rewards that encourage students to stay motivated throughout the school year. From small treasure box items and classroom rewards to incentives for meeting goals and showing positive behavior, these items help build excitement around learning and create a classroom culture where students feel proud of their accomplishments.\r\n\r\nMany of my students respond incredibly well to encouragement and recognition. Simple rewards can make a huge difference in boosting confidence, improving participation, and helping students stay focused and engaged. Your support will help create memorable moments, strengthen classroom community, and make learning even more fun for my students next year.","proposalURL":"project/motivating-minds-one-reward-at-a-time/10284647/","hasReceivedDonations":false,"hasBeenFunded":true,"matchMultiplier":"2X","location":"Las Vegas, NV","id":10284647,"title":"Motivating Minds, One Reward at a Time"},{"profilePhotoURL":null,"schoolName":"Kershaw Elementary School","costToComplete":157.02,"teacherId":10249960,"hideDetails":false,"teacherName":"Mrs. Debro","numDonors":4,"numStudents":13,"fulfillmentTrailer":"Help me give my students three premium bean bag seats and workbooks to help enhance their learning experiences in our 3rd - 5th grade cluster classroom environment.","totalPrice":557.02,"povertyLevel":"Nearly all students from low‑income households","essay":"My students are creative, hardworking, and full of potential. As a 3rd–5th grade cluster classroom, my students learn best in an environment that supports both their academic and social-emotional needs. Many of my students benefit from structured supports, calming spaces, and hands-on practice to help them stay engaged and confident throughout the school day.\r\n\r\nTo help create a classroom where all students can thrive, I am requesting bean bag chairs for our calming area and reading and math workbooks for targeted academic support. The bean bag chairs will provide students with a comfortable, safe space to regulate emotions, refocus, and practice self-management strategies when they become overwhelmed. Having a calming area helps students return to learning feeling supported and ready to succeed.\r\n\r\nThe reading and math workbooks will give students additional opportunities for skill practice, reinforcement, and independent learning. These resources will support differentiated instruction and allow students to build confidence at their individual learning levels.\r\n\r\nYour support will help create a classroom environment that is calm, engaging, and centered on student growth. 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These designs will reflect their individuality while also connecting to shared classroom experiences and expectations.\r\nOnce completed, each student’s ornament will be added to a classroom garland display. This shared installation will visually represent the idea that when each student contributes their own effort, creativity, and voice, the class becomes stronger as a whole.\r\nThe garland will remain on display as a daily reminder that collaboration matters—if everyone does a little, together we can achieve a lot.\r\nThis project blends visual arts, early storytelling, and community building. Students are not only creating art, but also learning that their individual contributions are valuable and meaningful within a larger group.","proposalURL":"project/a-slice-of-school-spirit-we-create-con/10305379/","hasReceivedDonations":true,"hasBeenFunded":true,"matchMultiplier":"2X","location":"Meridian, MS","id":10305379,"title":"A Slice of School Spirit: We Create, Connect, Achieve Together"},{"profilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6749202_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1683772281483","schoolName":"Middlebrook Elementary School","costToComplete":94.02,"teacherId":6749202,"hideDetails":false,"teacherName":"Mrs. Repasi","numDonors":4,"numStudents":22,"fulfillmentTrailer":"Help me give my students an independent listening center to enjoy award winning picture books.","totalPrice":170.20,"povertyLevel":"","essay":"One of my students’ favorite learning times is our ELA block. Here we share diastolic reading lessons, and then children disperse to do independent practice while I run skills-based groups. Their independent work is aimed at skill development and can include games, flashcards, and center work among other assignments. \r\n\r\nThrough this project, I hope to provide my students with a Yoto listening center. These wonderful tools allow children a simplistic way to choose stories to listen to and read along with as an independent listening center. \r\n\r\nThe Yoto is a relatively new screen-free audio device that can be used with premade audio cards or cards made by family and school friends. It is a simplistic and sturdy machine with very few components. The two chunky dials are used to change volume and track numbers for listening ease, and the only other operating piece is the insertion and removal of listening cards. It is a wonderful way to provide independence and enjoyment for reading at this young age. \r\n\r\nIn my classroom, I hope to use the Yoto with cards made by readers from the school, from home, and later in the year with cards made by readers in our classroom. \r\n\r\nA single card can be programmed with multiple tracks, each reading aloud a story from the given collection. 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The Calm Down Corner will provide students with a safe, structured space where they can recognize emotions, practice calming strategies, and return to learning ready to succeed.\r\nThis space will include sensory tools, flexible seating, emotional regulation resources, and mindfulness activities designed to help students manage frustration, anxiety, and overstimulation.\r\n\r\nChildren can experience emotional and behavioral challenges that can interfere with learning, friendships, and classroom engagement. They need supportive tools to help regulate emotions during the school day.\r\nThis Calm Down Corner will provide support by teaching coping strategies and offering a designated calming space. My students will use this space to improve emotional regulation skills, reduce classroom disruption, and create a positive classroom culture. 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Many struggle not only with schoolwork but also with managing stress, navigating friendships, and feeling understood. I want to help them build compassionate relationships where they uplift one another rather than struggle alone. To do this, I am creating a Compassion Corner—a calming space with comfy chairs to sit and a bookshelf to hold kindness books where students can support each other, study together, and regulate their emotions.\r\n\r\nIn this space, students will learn to see the world through another person’s eyes through structured peer-support activities.\r\n\r\nStudents will sit with a partner who is frustrated or struggling and practice active listening, summarizing what they heard, and identifying how their peer may be feeling. Academic peer tutoring will also take place here, giving students opportunities to experience empathy through collaboration.\r\n\r\nStudents will also learn to act to alleviate the suffering of others. In the Compassion Corner, they will create encouragement cards for peers having a difficult day, offer academic help during tutoring sessions, participate in restorative conversations to repair harm, and check in on classmates who appear overwhelmed or isolated. These concrete actions help students understand that compassion involves recognizing someone’s feelings and choosing to help.\r\n\r\nTo measure success, students will complete brief reflection journals describing the perspective they heard and the compassionate action they took. I will use observation checklists during peer-support activities and review peer feedback forms about how student actions positively impacted others. 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This project will provide fidget toys and prize box rewards that help motivate students, encourage positive behavior, and support focus throughout the school day. Many young learners benefit from having small sensory tools to help them stay engaged during lessons, while prize box incentives create excitement around reaching goals and demonstrating kindness, responsibility, and perseverance. These items will help create a positive classroom environment where students feel encouraged, celebrated, and eager to learn. Thank you for helping make our classroom a place where every child’s efforts are recognized and rewarded! 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These books will be used during read-alouds, small-group instruction, literacy centers, and independent reading time.\r\n\r\nYour support will help create a classroom where students can strengthen their reading skills, expand their vocabulary, and learn important life lessons through the power of books. 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Some are learning to cope with anxiety, family changes, loss, friendship struggles, or challenges they may not yet have the words to express. Social-emotional books give my students the opportunity to see themselves in stories, understand that they are not alone, and learn healthy ways to manage their feelings. These books often spark meaningful conversations, build empathy, and help children develop the confidence and resilience they need to succeed both in and out of the classroom. \r\nBy donating social-emotional books to our classroom, you are providing more than reading material—you are giving young children tools to navigate life's challenges, build positive relationships, and feel seen, valued, and supported. 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If they are sharing the crayons and pencil baskets at their tables they will earn a sticker. Once 5 stickers are earned they will be able to choose from these great treasure box toys here in my project. The baskets in this project will help to store the treasure box variety. \r\n\r\nThank you for your consideration of my project. ","proposalURL":"project/classroom-supplies-treasure-box-toys/10219428/","hasReceivedDonations":true,"hasBeenFunded":true,"matchMultiplier":"2X","location":"N. Las Vegas, NV","id":10219428,"title":"Classroom Supplies: Treasure Box Toys"},{"profilePhotoURL":null,"schoolName":"East Windsor High School","costToComplete":145.81,"teacherId":6055331,"hideDetails":false,"teacherName":"Mrs. Tassinari","numDonors":8,"numStudents":250,"fulfillmentTrailer":"Help me give my students Amazon Kindles as a Summer Learning incentive and provide students access to reading materials all year long!","totalPrice":292.72,"povertyLevel":"More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households","essay":"I am the school librarian of 250 students in a small, rural high school. My school is part of a program which supports the 36 lowest-performing districts in the state as they establish reforms to increase student performance and close achievement gaps. My students are passionate, resilient, kind, and thoughtful young people. Our incredibly caring staff works endlessly to challenge our students academically, support them emotionally, and celebrate their successes inside and outside the classroom. It is a great privilege to be their school librarian! After the tremendous gains that students have made in their learning over the school year, it is especially important that students do not become vulnerable to learning loss over the summer break.\r\n\r\nIn order to encourage students to read over the summer and help students' brains stay strong, I would like to offer students a variety of incentives, including a raffle to win an Amazon Kindle.\r\nWith an Amazon Kindle, students can continue to grow and learn by having access to self-selected reading materials all year long.","proposalURL":"project/amazon-kindles-for-summer-learning-part/10234141/","hasReceivedDonations":true,"hasBeenFunded":true,"matchMultiplier":"2X","location":"East Windsor, CT","id":10234141,"title":"Amazon Kindles for Summer Learning: Part 2"},{"profilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1560444_orig.jpg?crop=1512,1512,x302,y0&width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1698789330648","schoolName":"Doris M Reed Elementary School","costToComplete":155.60,"teacherId":1560444,"hideDetails":false,"teacherName":"Mrs. Green","numDonors":2,"numStudents":20,"fulfillmentTrailer":"Help me give my students great rewards for positive behavior and hard work!","totalPrice":205.60,"povertyLevel":"Nearly all students from low‑income households","essay":"My wonderful students love school! They love to be rewarded for great work and great behavior and it makes it so much fun too!\r\n\r\nThis project is seeking rewards for the treasure box for the upcoming school year including small toys and TONS OF stickers - SMELLY ONES TOO!\r\n\r\nHaving a great reward system is so important in kindergarten and my young learners earn points in Class Dojo that translate into prizes on Friday that come from the treasure box. 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They come to school every day eager to discover new concepts and share their ideas with the world. Our classroom is more than just a room; it is a community where every child's voice matters. However, many of our resources are well-loved and worn out. My goal is to build an environment that mirrors their bright potential and keeps them inspired, focused, and proud of what they achieve.\r\n\r\nAn organized and visually stimulating classroom directly impacts how students learn and feel about school. This project will help us completely transform our learning environment. The 6-cube bookshelf will provide a dedicated, accessible home for our shared books and learning materials, instantly reducing clutter and helping students practice independence during clean-up transitions.\r\n\r\nThe rest of the materials will bring our bare walls to life. We will use the durable Better than Paper bulletin paper and stylish borders to create a stunning, long-lasting backdrop for our classroom gallery. 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The cart will include: a rolling cart for easy access and organization, a dry erase board for discussion prompts, questions, and group activities in the requested gift boxes, and a Rubik’s Cube and other conversation-building tools to encourage teamwork, problem-solving, and meaningful discussions\r\n\r\nThis Conversation Cart will provide students with opportunities to practice important SEL skills such as listening, cooperation, self-expression, patience, and respect for others’ ideas. Activities centered around conversation and collaborative problem-solving help students build confidence, strengthen relationships, and create a positive classroom community.\r\n\r\nThe Rubik’s Cube and discussion activities will also encourage critical thinking and perseverance while giving students engaging ways to connect with one another. The rolling cart will allow these materials to be easily used during partner work, morning meetings, small groups, and classroom community-building activities.\r\n\r\nYour support will help create a learning environment where students feel heard, valued, and connected. Any contribution, big or small, will make a meaningful difference in our classroom. Thank you for considering supporting our students and helping us build a stronger classroom community.","proposalURL":"project/conversation-cart-continued/10282438/","hasReceivedDonations":false,"hasBeenFunded":true,"matchMultiplier":"2X","location":"Honokaa, HI","id":10282438,"title":"Conversation Cart Continued"},{"profilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8181372_orig.jpg?crop=508,508,x64,y116&width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1651290903074","schoolName":"Eileen B Brookman Elementary School","costToComplete":162.51,"teacherId":8181372,"hideDetails":false,"teacherName":"Mrs. Carr","numDonors":0,"numStudents":25,"fulfillmentTrailer":"Help me give my students the motivation, encouragement, and rewards they need to make learning exciting, build confidence, and celebrate their hard work all year long.","totalPrice":162.51,"povertyLevel":"Nearly all students from low‑income households","essay":"My students come to school each day eager to learn, but many of them need extra motivation and positive reinforcement to help them stay engaged, confident, and excited about their growth. 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Your support will help create memorable moments, strengthen classroom community, and make learning even more fun for my students next year.","proposalURL":"project/motivating-minds-one-reward-at-a-time/10284647/","hasReceivedDonations":false,"hasBeenFunded":true,"matchMultiplier":"2X","location":"Las Vegas, NV","id":10284647,"title":"Motivating Minds, One Reward at a Time"},{"profilePhotoURL":null,"schoolName":"Kershaw Elementary School","costToComplete":157.02,"teacherId":10249960,"hideDetails":false,"teacherName":"Mrs. Debro","numDonors":4,"numStudents":13,"fulfillmentTrailer":"Help me give my students three premium bean bag seats and workbooks to help enhance their learning experiences in our 3rd - 5th grade cluster classroom environment.","totalPrice":557.02,"povertyLevel":"Nearly all students from low‑income households","essay":"My students are creative, hardworking, and full of potential. As a 3rd–5th grade cluster classroom, my students learn best in an environment that supports both their academic and social-emotional needs. Many of my students benefit from structured supports, calming spaces, and hands-on practice to help them stay engaged and confident throughout the school day.\r\n\r\nTo help create a classroom where all students can thrive, I am requesting bean bag chairs for our calming area and reading and math workbooks for targeted academic support. The bean bag chairs will provide students with a comfortable, safe space to regulate emotions, refocus, and practice self-management strategies when they become overwhelmed. Having a calming area helps students return to learning feeling supported and ready to succeed.\r\n\r\nThe reading and math workbooks will give students additional opportunities for skill practice, reinforcement, and independent learning. These resources will support differentiated instruction and allow students to build confidence at their individual learning levels.\r\n\r\nYour support will help create a classroom environment that is calm, engaging, and centered on student growth. 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These designs will reflect their individuality while also connecting to shared classroom experiences and expectations.\r\nOnce completed, each student’s ornament will be added to a classroom garland display. This shared installation will visually represent the idea that when each student contributes their own effort, creativity, and voice, the class becomes stronger as a whole.\r\nThe garland will remain on display as a daily reminder that collaboration matters—if everyone does a little, together we can achieve a lot.\r\nThis project blends visual arts, early storytelling, and community building. 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Here we share diastolic reading lessons, and then children disperse to do independent practice while I run skills-based groups. Their independent work is aimed at skill development and can include games, flashcards, and center work among other assignments. \r\n\r\nThrough this project, I hope to provide my students with a Yoto listening center. These wonderful tools allow children a simplistic way to choose stories to listen to and read along with as an independent listening center. \r\n\r\nThe Yoto is a relatively new screen-free audio device that can be used with premade audio cards or cards made by family and school friends. It is a simplistic and sturdy machine with very few components. The two chunky dials are used to change volume and track numbers for listening ease, and the only other operating piece is the insertion and removal of listening cards. It is a wonderful way to provide independence and enjoyment for reading at this young age. \r\n\r\nIn my classroom, I hope to use the Yoto with cards made by readers from the school, from home, and later in the year with cards made by readers in our classroom. \r\n\r\nA single card can be programmed with multiple tracks, each reading aloud a story from the given collection. 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The Calm Down Corner will provide students with a safe, structured space where they can recognize emotions, practice calming strategies, and return to learning ready to succeed.\r\nThis space will include sensory tools, flexible seating, emotional regulation resources, and mindfulness activities designed to help students manage frustration, anxiety, and overstimulation.\r\n\r\nChildren can experience emotional and behavioral challenges that can interfere with learning, friendships, and classroom engagement. They need supportive tools to help regulate emotions during the school day.\r\nThis Calm Down Corner will provide support by teaching coping strategies and offering a designated calming space. My students will use this space to improve emotional regulation skills, reduce classroom disruption, and create a positive classroom culture. 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With this simple resource, they will learn skills that extend far beyond the classroom, helping them become organized, resilient, and successful learners.","proposalURL":"project/planning-for-success-one-page-at-a-time/10318876/","hasReceivedDonations":true,"hasBeenFunded":false,"matchMultiplier":"2X","location":"Bronx, NY","id":10318876,"title":"Planning for Success, One Page at a Time"},{"profilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9571656_orig.jpg?crop=1411,1411,x473,y947&width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1728054434710","schoolName":"Horizon Science Academy - Austintown","costToComplete":161.54,"teacherId":9571656,"hideDetails":false,"teacherName":"Mrs. Bova","numDonors":2,"numStudents":100,"fulfillmentTrailer":"Help me give my students comfy chairs and a bookshelf to create a peer-support corner where they can express compassion and support one another.","totalPrice":215.95,"povertyLevel":"More than half of students from low‑income households","essay":"My students are caring, hardworking learners who come from diverse academic and emotional backgrounds. Many struggle not only with schoolwork but also with managing stress, navigating friendships, and feeling understood. I want to help them build compassionate relationships where they uplift one another rather than struggle alone. To do this, I am creating a Compassion Corner—a calming space with comfy chairs to sit and a bookshelf to hold kindness books where students can support each other, study together, and regulate their emotions.\r\n\r\nIn this space, students will learn to see the world through another person’s eyes through structured peer-support activities.\r\n\r\nStudents will sit with a partner who is frustrated or struggling and practice active listening, summarizing what they heard, and identifying how their peer may be feeling. Academic peer tutoring will also take place here, giving students opportunities to experience empathy through collaboration.\r\n\r\nStudents will also learn to act to alleviate the suffering of others. In the Compassion Corner, they will create encouragement cards for peers having a difficult day, offer academic help during tutoring sessions, participate in restorative conversations to repair harm, and check in on classmates who appear overwhelmed or isolated. These concrete actions help students understand that compassion involves recognizing someone’s feelings and choosing to help.\r\n\r\nTo measure success, students will complete brief reflection journals describing the perspective they heard and the compassionate action they took. I will use observation checklists during peer-support activities and review peer feedback forms about how student actions positively impacted others. 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This project will provide fidget toys and prize box rewards that help motivate students, encourage positive behavior, and support focus throughout the school day. Many young learners benefit from having small sensory tools to help them stay engaged during lessons, while prize box incentives create excitement around reaching goals and demonstrating kindness, responsibility, and perseverance. These items will help create a positive classroom environment where students feel encouraged, celebrated, and eager to learn. Thank you for helping make our classroom a place where every child’s efforts are recognized and rewarded! 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Many of them are developing foundational literacy skills while also learning how to understand their emotions, build friendships, and solve problems respectfully.\r\n\r\nThis project will provide engaging books focused on social-emotional learning, rhyming, and alliteration. Rhyming and alliteration help young learners develop phonological awareness, an essential building block for reading success. At the same time, social-emotional books help students identify feelings, practice empathy, and develop positive relationships with their peers.\r\n\r\nBy adding these books to our classroom library, students will have access to meaningful stories that support both academic and personal growth. These books will be used during read-alouds, small-group instruction, literacy centers, and independent reading time.\r\n\r\nYour support will help create a classroom where students can strengthen their reading skills, expand their vocabulary, and learn important life lessons through the power of books. Thank you for helping my students become confident readers and caring classmates.","proposalURL":"project/building-literacy-and-kind-hearts-throug/10327051/","hasReceivedDonations":true,"hasBeenFunded":true,"matchMultiplier":"2X","location":"San Antonio, TX","id":10327051,"title":"Building Literacy and Kind Hearts Through Books"},{"profilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4002649_272x272.jpg?width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1522450544488","schoolName":"Arturo Salazar Elementary School","costToComplete":158.22,"teacherId":4002649,"hideDetails":false,"teacherName":"Ms. Perez","numDonors":0,"numStudents":24,"fulfillmentTrailer":"Help me give my students social emotional books we can read and discuss.","totalPrice":158.22,"povertyLevel":"More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households","essay":"Every day, my second graders walk into our classroom carrying more than just backpacks. Some are learning to cope with anxiety, family changes, loss, friendship struggles, or challenges they may not yet have the words to express. Social-emotional books give my students the opportunity to see themselves in stories, understand that they are not alone, and learn healthy ways to manage their feelings. These books often spark meaningful conversations, build empathy, and help children develop the confidence and resilience they need to succeed both in and out of the classroom. \r\nBy donating social-emotional books to our classroom, you are providing more than reading material—you are giving young children tools to navigate life's challenges, build positive relationships, and feel seen, valued, and supported. Your generosity will have a lasting impact on the hearts and minds of every student who turns those pages.","proposalURL":"project/social-emotional-learning-thru-books/10338060/","hasReceivedDonations":false,"hasBeenFunded":true,"matchMultiplier":"2X","location":"Dallas, TX","id":10338060,"title":"Social Emotional Learning Thru Books"}]