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Being able to laminate different things for my students to use over and over has been key! Each class gets to use the assignment like it is brand new! My school does have a laminator, but it often breaks or takes weeks to get back! This makes it so i can laminate right in my classroom! \r\n\r\nMy plan is to laminate some of the students great artistic work to make it durable! In January when the students return from break i have them create vision boards for themselves! These projects come out so great i would love to laminate them an make them last! The students put so much effort into this assignment i would hate to see if get fled and ruined.","fullyFundedDate":1757423291130,"projectUrl":"project/the-ever-lasting-laminator/9463383/","projectTitle":"The Ever Lasting Laminator!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Ginas","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3833914_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1502847898603","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3833914"},{"teacherId":8270583,"projectId":9601867,"letterContent":"Thank you for your charitable donations in order to set up my classroom. The supplies I received made my math classroom inviting and welcoming. Also the supplies helped me achieve the vision I wanted in my classroom for my incoming 6th grade students. \r\n\r\nThe smiles on my students faces was priceless. They found it colorful and as one student said, \"This room will make it easier to learn math.\" The different math signage I displayed throughout the classroom and using the cleaning products and air freshers made the clean and inviting. \r\n\r\nThe best reaction was from the parents of my students, when they came up for open house. 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Having the basic supplies is very important and I so happy that we can have fully decorated the classroom for our new students to feel comfortable and excited for the new school year.\r\nThe pocket chart helped us to nicely display our word wall. The pencils were added to my cart so that whenever a student needs something to write with since we only use pencil in math class. The post its were used for exit tickets. 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Having the basic supplies is very important and I so happy that we can have fully decorated the classroom for our new students to feel comfortable and excited for the new school year.\r\n\r\nThe ink was help us to print key math guided notes and materials my students need to be successful. The notebooks were used for new students that need one.","fullyFundedDate":1760195904372,"projectUrl":"project/printing-and-writing/9765387/","projectTitle":"Printing and Writing!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Cotton","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp6042271_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1541771176555","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/d-cotton"},{"teacherId":6042271,"projectId":9756422,"letterContent":"Since the pandemic, many student still struggle to bring supplies to school. I want my students to have individual supplies if that make them feel more comfortable. 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With the donations that you provided I am able to use an online platform that provides me with already made lessons from other teachers from around the world. \r\n\r\nA teacher's hard work is being compensated and their material is being used in classrooms all over the world. My students are particularly thankful for these donations because many of these students I had last year. I use a new curriculum for each grade, but sometimes the fun STEM activities. I like to reuse being I have some of the same students as last year, I don't want to reuse my fun some activities. 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Intermediate School 5 Walter H Crowley is
an urban public school
in Elmhurst, New York that is part of New York City Dept Of Ed.
It serves 1,205 students
in grades 6 - 8 with a student/teacher ratio of 9.7:1.
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Intermediate School 5 Walter H Crowley Demographics
89%
of students receive free or reduced price lunch
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96%
of students are Black, Latino, Native
American, or Asian
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Intermediate School 5 Walter H Crowley
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Intermediate School 5 Walter H Crowley has received support from
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1,006 individuals out-of-state.