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Thank you for investing in our students and helping us create enriching learning experiences that will benefit them now and in the future.","fullyFundedDate":1760119659394,"projectUrl":"project/generation-genius-2025/9697658/","projectTitle":"Generation Genius 2025","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Conley","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1878813_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1466770961978","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1878813"},{"teacherId":1878813,"projectId":8735674,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation of a Generation Genius subscription. Your support will have a meaningful impact on our students by giving them access to engaging, high-quality science content that brings learning to life.\r\n\r\nBecause of your generosity, our students will be able to explore complex scientific concepts through interactive videos, lessons, and activities that spark curiosity and deepen understanding. Resources like Generation Genius help make learning more accessible, engaging, and fun for all learners.\r\n\r\nWe are truly grateful for your support and commitment to education. Thank you for investing in our students and helping us create enriching learning experiences that will benefit them now and in the future.","fullyFundedDate":1726948098205,"projectUrl":"project/generation-genius/8735674/","projectTitle":"Generation Genius","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Conley","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1878813_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1466770961978","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1878813"},{"teacherId":2951651,"projectId":9490047,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for choosing me and my students. This year has been a true learning curve for myself because I am in a new grade level. I'm trying to keep my students excited for learning and the magazines that you sponsored they absolutely love. The magazines are colorful, written on their level, and they help me teach the reading skills that first graders need. Every month when I pass out a new magazine, the kids get so excited and they beg me for time to read. Again, thank you so much for choosing my little people and myself. We are very thankful.","fullyFundedDate":1760199997177,"projectUrl":"project/ready-to-read/9490047/","projectTitle":"Ready To Read","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Brunson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2951651_orig.jpg?crop=272,272,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1582659559370","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/iteach2nd-katherine-brunson"},{"teacherId":5897593,"projectId":9661980,"letterContent":"Thank you do much for your generous donations to my students. They absolutely love their new journals. They now have their own personal pages to ignite their creativity, and encourage them to write and illustrate their own thoughts. They are currently writing about something special they would like to in the future.\r\nWe are a Title 1 school with limited funds and we rely on the kindness of people like you that are willing to reach out and help when you can.\r\nWe are truly grateful for you help and continued support.","fullyFundedDate":1760108919745,"projectUrl":"project/writing-journals-for-budding-authors/9661980/","projectTitle":"Writing Journals for Budding Authors","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Burdick","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-7_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5897593"},{"teacherId":2951651,"projectId":9833133,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for choosing my students. I wrapped all the books in the games and put them under our Christmas tree in our classroom. The children have been so anxious and excited to open the gifts. This morning we all gathered around the tree sat in a circle, and every student got to open one board game for our classroom. The look of excitement on their face is indescribable. Your generosity really allowed us to have a magical moment in our classroom. The children were so excited with the books and they were squealing with excitement again just a magical morning in a classroom all thanks to you.","fullyFundedDate":1762304796851,"projectUrl":"project/books-and-board-games/9833133/","projectTitle":"Books and Board Games","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Brunson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2951651_orig.jpg?crop=272,272,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1582659559370","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/iteach2nd-katherine-brunson"},{"teacherId":4919686,"projectId":8937228,"letterContent":"Thanks to your generosity, our science lab was buzzing with energy—literally and figuratively! My students had an unforgettable time exploring light, sound, and circuits through hands-on STEM projects that truly brought our standards to life.\r\n\r\nOne of my favorite moments happened with a 5th-grade class as they built their light sabers. After a few students figured out how to complete the circuit, they instantly became \"circuit experts,\" helping their classmates troubleshoot and succeed. By the end, they were proudly decorating their sabers with colored tape—sharing materials, offering creative ideas, and turning each one into something uniquely their own. When we turned off the lights to test them, the room lit up with glowing beams, laughter, and pure excitement.\r\n\r\nOur 3rd graders were equally amazed as they built their kaleidoscopes and watched the reflections of light bounce and spin inside the tubes. Meanwhile, 4th graders explored sound energy by creating kazoos and experimenting with pitch. They loved discovering how small changes could affect the sound, and the room quickly filled with music, curiosity, and a bit of joyful noise!\r\n\r\nBecause we are a Title I school, many students rarely get the opportunity to take home something they built with their own hands. The pride they felt walking out the door with their light sabers, kaleidoscopes, and kazoos was heartwarming. Many couldn't wait to show their families and explain the science behind what they created.\r\n\r\nWe will continue using these materials this year with our new 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders. I also plan to explore adding an Everglades twist to our projects to support our schoolwide environmental focus.\r\n\r\nThank you for helping us power up hands-on science learning. Your support didn't just brighten our classroom—it sparked curiosity, creativity, and confidence in every student who participated!","fullyFundedDate":1734727428332,"projectUrl":"project/powering-up-science-exploring-energy-wi/8937228/","projectTitle":"Powering Up Science: Exploring Energy with Light Sabers and Circuits!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Bingle","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4919686_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1565916306151","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4919686"},{"teacherId":3626134,"projectId":9435760,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your donation! You donation has lit a passion in my students with books! Your donation helped purchase a Story Dream Machine and many stories to go with it. This Story Dream Machine is a mini projector so it projects and reads a story to the children. It is a center option during learning and play centers in our room. My students love to choose it even during play time! They love to be in control of the story which they aren't able to do very often at this age. Since getting this machine I have seen them more interested in books and stories in general. Thank you so much for helping build a love of reading at such a young age!","fullyFundedDate":1756155908406,"projectUrl":"project/tiny-tales-big-dreams-our-pre-k-readin/9435760/","projectTitle":"Tiny Tales, Big Dreams: Our Pre-K Reading Journey","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Arnold","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3626134_orig.jpg?crop=3024,3024,x0,y504&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1666179817616","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3626134"},{"teacherId":3113177,"projectId":9349431,"letterContent":"We are so grateful to you for helping fund technology for our classroom. Without community members like you willing to support us we wouldn't have access to these things. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for willing to put your funds into our school and classroom community. My students were thrilled to see new iPads added to our classroom and able to use them for future projects. I cannot wait to see what they come up with using new technology that they may have never used before. We so appreciate you and your generosity!","fullyFundedDate":1752613493650,"projectUrl":"project/tech-that-teaches/9349431/","projectTitle":"Tech That Teaches","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Leworthy","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3113177_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1591153082498","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-leworthy"},{"teacherId":9907071,"projectId":9079391,"letterContent":"To begin, a huge thank you for supporting such a large and lofty goal, especially for a first-time teacher! Due to the completion time-line of the funding, the air dry snake coil pot project was the FIRST project of the year for my fifth grade students, and they rocked it. Coming from a summer off, most students unable to make any form of art due to lack of materials, this was a very exciting prospect for them. Kids love clay, love getting their hands dirty and love building anything with their hands. With so many students (about 200 5th graders), this project pushed me as a teacher to learn how to teach the clay hand-building technique of coiling to a younger age than my previous experience, and doing so in an effective way with very short classroom times . \r\n\r\nMy students loved this project and stayed engaged the entire time. This took 4, 55 minutes classes from start to finish and they learned so much! It was rewarding to see them so excited, even through their frustrations, they were focused and set on learning how to wield the clay and be successful at it. Because of my student numbers, it is challenging to afford clay projects, but thanks to your generous donations, my students were able to have this experience. Like I mentioned previously, most of my students don't even have access to markers at home, so all art creating happens at school and I'm proud that their learning does not have to be stunted because of their life situations. \r\n\r\nNext project in mind involves radial weaving! The kids have expressed so much interest in learning fiber art, I feel like I have to indulge!","fullyFundedDate":1746648648066,"projectUrl":"project/make-coil-pots-snakes-with-air-dry-clay/9079391/","projectTitle":"Make Coil Pots Snakes! with Air Dry Clay","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Surrena","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-6_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9907071"},{"teacherId":3626134,"projectId":9444758,"letterContent":"First off, thank you so much for your donation to our classroom! This project gifted us a Yoto player and some Yoto cards. The Yoto has been an amazing addition to our science center! During insect week, my students loved listening to the card about creepy crawlers and learning all about different insects. During 5 senses, I used one of the Create Your Own cards and recorded a bunch of 5 senses books onto them and added a few songs. They loved listening to the songs and following along in the books! I have noticed a few students who normally didn't choose science as a center now venture to science to listen to the stories! Thank you so much for helping our classroom grow and for helping create little scientists!","fullyFundedDate":1753627025012,"projectUrl":"project/tiny-scientists-mighty-minds/9444758/","projectTitle":"Tiny Scientists, Mighty Minds","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Arnold","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3626134_orig.jpg?crop=3024,3024,x0,y504&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1666179817616","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3626134"},{"teacherId":9987641,"projectId":9218247,"letterContent":"I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your generous donations. Your generosity allowed our class to purchase instruments to help them learn rhythms and patterns. Each week we use a different instrument to keep my special needs students interested in learning how to follow along with various beats, rhythms and patterns with music. On music days they get very excited when they see the instruments being pulled out. My using instruments in the classroom, I have also learned that self control is very hard for my students, they always want to make noise with their instuments even befor instructions are given. This has given me a great opportunity to also teach self control during our music lesson. The students are told when they get their instrument to place it on the floor in front of them until an instruction is given and when they hear the word Freeze they are to stop playing their instrument and place it on the floor, THis is a work in progress. As we continue to play our instruments I plan to incorporate many different lessons, for example counting sylables with instruments and counting the beats as they listen to a peer play.","fullyFundedDate":1750108104316,"projectUrl":"project/learning-through-music/9218247/","projectTitle":"Learning Through Music","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Beaulieu","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-1_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9987641"},{"teacherId":9991363,"projectId":9234730,"letterContent":"We want to extend our heartfelt thanks for your generous contributions that made it possible for our PE department to purchase new equipment. Thanks to your support, we were able to fulfill our order for both pickleball and agility training gear.\r\nOur students are especially excited to try out pickleball during our upcoming Jet Games unit, and the agility equipment will be a valuable addition to our fitness training all year long. The new gear has already brought a renewed energy to our classes, and it's inspiring to see our students so engaged and eager to participate.\r\nYour generosity has made a real impact on our program, and we are truly grateful. 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