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However, thanks to your support, my students now have access to much-needed mental health resources.\r\n\r\nThese materials helped encourage my students to do their best, improve their social-emotional skills, and develop compassion. Social-emotional learning and compassion provide students with valuable skills that will serve them for a lifetime. Thank you for helping me show my students that they are worth your support.","fullyFundedDate":1762539140668,"projectUrl":"project/the-art-of-compassion/9495589/","projectTitle":"The Art of Compassion","teacherDisplayName":"Dr. Flanagan","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5834084_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1536254772483","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5834084"},{"teacherId":9665246,"projectId":9602038,"letterContent":"My students put all of the equipment to great use this year and will continue to for years to come. The girls had such an incredible season and made it all the way to sectional championships. This all thanks to your generous donations. \r\n\r\nThis equipment allowed the girls to feel like a real team. They didn't start the season feeling at a deficit like previous seasons. With the help of the knee pads and training equipment the girls finished the season with 8 wins and 3 losses. With a 7 game win streak. We can't thank you enough!","fullyFundedDate":1756949454290,"projectUrl":"project/dyett-lady-eagles-volleyball/9602038/","projectTitle":"Dyett Lady Eagles Volleyball","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Delgado","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9665246"},{"teacherId":10174111,"projectId":9682207,"letterContent":"I want to sincerely thank you for your generous support of our Light Lab: Hands-On Optics to Spark Curiosity project here at Dyett High School for the Art. The impact of your contribution has been profound, especially for my 10th and 11th-grade students, who are already becoming more engaged and excited about learning. When the new optics kits arrived, you could see their eyes light up. Many of them had never worked with these kinds of hands-on materials before, and they couldn't wait to explore the experiments and concepts we would tackle. One of the most memorable moments came when students began experimenting with light refraction. Watching them use prisms to bend light and observing their awe when they saw how it worked in real life was truly inspiring. For the first time, they were not just reading about science—they were actively *doing* science, and it made all the difference.\r\n\r\nThe students' reactions have been incredible. They arrive to class eager and excited, ready to dive into the day's lesson, and it's clear how much the new resources have fueled their curiosity. One student mentioned how much they now look forward to learning physics because they can see how the concepts apply to the real world. They're not just memorizing formulas—they're experimenting, testing their hypotheses, and learning through trial and error. For example, during our unit on optics, students are already planning projects to build their own light-based art installations and experiment with light manipulation, integrating their creativity with the science concepts we're studying. This blending of art and science has made the lessons feel more personal and relevant, and it's been amazing to see how they've begun to connect their own interests to what we're learning in class.\r\n\r\nAs we move forward, I'm excited to see what they'll do next. They're looking forward to applying the concepts of light and energy to build working models, like spectrometers and solar-powered devices. 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