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They are excited when given free choice time in the classroom, because they can curl up with a great book in our library. There seems to be a constant wait list for almost all of the novels.\r\n\r\nThese novels have opened their eyes to see that they are not alone in the world. It has given many hope in their future. And most importantly it has sparked a passion for reading once again! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!","fullyFundedDate":1770167847394,"projectUrl":"project/highly-requested-novels/10077271/","projectTitle":"Highly Requested Novels","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Riesterer","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2611661_orig.jpg?crop=683,683,x34,y83&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1755652033574","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/goa6thgrade"},{"teacherId":10042108,"projectId":9883405,"letterContent":"Our students have been using the new basketballs for team practices and skill-building drills. 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I didn't even get to put them on the shelves before they were all spoken for and wait lists created for each when a book get returned.\r\n\r\nThank you once again for being a part of our village and supporting the students from inner-city communities to have access to great titles to read!","fullyFundedDate":1767552739405,"projectUrl":"project/new-year-new-updates/9969737/","projectTitle":"New Year = New Updates","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Riesterer","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2611661_orig.jpg?crop=683,683,x34,y83&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1755652033574","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/goa6thgrade"},{"teacherId":2611661,"projectId":9930333,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for choosing to support my classroom. Without your kindness, our classroom would not be running as smoothly. My students were beyond excited to get new twistable crayons to use on a daily basis for their interactive notebooks.\r\n\r\nWe use the twistable crayons on a daily basis. We love being organized and never having a dull crayon when we need to color something for our interactive notebooks.\r\n\r\nThese interactive notebooks will travel with each of these scholars over the next few years and become a valuable resource that they will need when they are preparing to take the Science M-STEP in 8th grade. 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There has been a boost of confidence in our basketball, volleyball and cross country athletes as they are able to show off their skills and look great in their new uniforms as they do so!","fullyFundedDate":1757889038264,"projectUrl":"project/new-uniforms-grizzly-team-pride/9705706/","projectTitle":"New Uniforms = Grizzly Team Pride","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Riesterer","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2611661_orig.jpg?crop=683,683,x34,y83&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1755652033574","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/goa6thgrade"},{"teacherId":2611661,"projectId":9816348,"letterContent":"Your generosity has greatly impacted our cheer season in the greatest way possible. We were not sure how we would get all of the pom-poms we needed for this season, but your donations made it possible for us to start the season with everything we need. We have not been able to have a cheer team of this size since the team formed, due to funding. We are now able to allow more scholars to participate. Allowing scholars to have access to sports at this crucial age helps them in so many ways. We will never be able to say thank you enough.\"","fullyFundedDate":1761841334653,"projectUrl":"project/gimme-a-g-gimme-an-o-gimme-an-a-goa/9816348/","projectTitle":"Gimme a G, Gimme an O, Gimme an A! 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