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It is a form of communication, encouragement, and recognition that helps them feel successful, confident, and proud of their accomplishments. \r\n\r\nThanks to your generosity, we will be able to create personalized stickers that celebrate our students' everyday successes, whether it's following classroom routines, using kind words, taking turns, sharing with friends, completing activities, or simply trying their best. Every little accomplishment deserves to be recognized! \r\n\r\nThese stickers will also serve as valuable learning tools to help strengthen communication, language development, social interactions, engagement, and self-regulation skills. 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Your kindness and generosity are helping us create something truly meaningful—beautiful memories that our preschool students and their families will be able to treasure for years to come! \r\n\r\nThanks to your support, we now have the materials needed to capture, print, and celebrate the wonderful moments we share together in our classroom. The photo paper will allow us to print pictures of our daily learning experiences, classroom celebrations, friendships, and special milestones. These pictures will also help us update our \"Month at a Glance\" memory wall, where our students can proudly see themselves and their classmates learning, growing, and having fun together! \r\n\r\nOne of the most exciting parts of this project is that our little learners will be actively involved in capturing these memories! They will have opportunities to help take pictures, print them, and proudly display them around our classroom. These hands-on experiences will encourage creativity, teamwork, communication, independence, and important social-emotional skills.\r\n\r\nYour generosity will also allow us to create special keepsake books and photographs that our students can take home, share with their families, and cherish as reminders of their preschool journey. These memories will give our little learners opportunities to talk about their experiences, celebrate their accomplishments, and strengthen connections with their families and peers.","fullyFundedDate":1789561189477,"projectUrl":"project/lets-capture-school-memories/10345520/","projectTitle":"Lets Capture School Memories","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Jimenez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7243679_orig.jpg?crop=2316,2316,x0,y239&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1753112926515","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/betty-jimenez"},{"teacherId":7243679,"projectId":10345528,"letterContent":"We want to express our heartfelt gratitude to all of our wonderful donors who helped make this project a reality for our little learners! Your kindness and generosity have provided our classroom with essential materials that will help us create a more inclusive, organized, engaging, and nurturing learning environment where every child has the opportunity to learn, grow, and succeed. \r\nThanks to your support, we now have composition books, laminating pouches, file folders, sticker paper, and other valuable supplies that will be used in our daily learning activities. These materials will allow us to proudly display our students' hard work and accomplishments throughout our classroom, keep their learning materials organized, and send home meaningful activities and completed work for families to enjoy\r\nYour generosity also allows us to create hands-on educational resources, engaging group activities, and calming materials that support our students' social-emotional development, creativity, attention, engagement, participation, and self-regulation skills. These resources are especially meaningful because they help us meet the diverse learning needs of our preschool students while ensuring that every little learner feels included, supported, and celebrated.","fullyFundedDate":1787184543169,"projectUrl":"project/preparing-for-a-new-school-year/10345528/","projectTitle":"Preparing for a New School Year","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Jimenez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7243679_orig.jpg?crop=2316,2316,x0,y239&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1753112926515","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/betty-jimenez"},{"teacherId":7243679,"projectId":10345545,"letterContent":"Thank you so much to our wonderful donors for helping make our \"My Feelings Journal\" project a reality! Your kindness and generosity have provided my preschool students with a meaningful opportunity to express their feelings and emotions, not only through words but also through art and creativity.\r\n\r\nThese journals have become a valuable tool in our classroom, allowing my little learners to explore, identify, and express their emotions in a safe, positive, and supportive environment. As they learn to understand and regulate their feelings, they are also developing important skills that help them focus, engage, participate, and attend to classroom activities.\r\n\r\nWe continue to work daily on building attention, engagement, participation, and self-regulation skills, and these wonderful materials are helping us support each child's individual social-emotional needs.\r\n\r\nHaving the opportunity to express their feelings through their journals each day also allows me, as their teacher, to better understand their emotions and provide the individualized guidance, encouragement, and emotional support they need to feel safe, confident, and ready to learn.\r\n\r\nBecause of your generosity, our little learners have another way to make their voices heard, even when finding the words to express their feelings may be difficult. \r\n\r\nFrom the bottom of our hearts, THANK YOU for investing in our students' emotional well-being, growth, and learning. 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They are learning to share, take turns and encourage their peers as well. \r\n\r\nThe fitness activities will give my students valuable experience in strength, endurance and pacing, all while at play. Every time a child participates in fitness is an opportunity for life-long activity and health. Thank you again for making this grant possible.","fullyFundedDate":1788544644472,"projectUrl":"project/fitness-fun-for-adventures-in-adapted-pe/10522980/","projectTitle":"Fitness Fun for Adventures in Adapted PE!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Margaret","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7142157_orig.jpg?crop=320,320,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1601008704637","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/apemargaret"},{"teacherId":7243679,"projectId":10237123,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generosity and for helping us obtain these much-needed materials. Because of your support, we were able to make our Preschool Culmination celebration truly magical.\r\nOur graduation-themed decorations and supplies transformed our school into a fun and enchanting Candy Land adventure. As students and their families entered, they were welcomed into what felt like a real-life Candy Land board game filled with bright colors, sweet surprises, and joyful memories. The smiles, excitement, and wonder on everyone's faces—especially our students'—made every moment worthwhile.\r\nThese decorations did more than beautify our event; they created a special atmosphere where every child felt celebrated and proud as they prepared to transition to kindergarten. Watching our students shine as they crossed this important milestone was a heartwarming reminder of the impact your generosity has on young learners.\r\nEvery child deserves to feel special on their culmination day, especially those who have worked so hard throughout the year to reach important developmental milestones. Thanks to your kindness, our students were able to experience a celebration that honored their accomplishments and made them feel valued, confident, and loved.\r\nFrom the bottom of our hearts, thank you for helping us create memories that our students and families will cherish for years to come. Your support made this day possible, and we are incredibly grateful for your investment in our children and their future.","fullyFundedDate":1777997548152,"projectUrl":"project/culmination-celebration/10237123/","projectTitle":"Culmination Celebration","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Jimenez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7243679_orig.jpg?crop=2316,2316,x0,y239&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1753112926515","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/betty-jimenez"},{"teacherId":7243679,"projectId":10197418,"letterContent":"Thank you for helping us obtain these much-needed materials and for investing in the learning experiences of our students. Your generosity has made a meaningful difference in our classroom and beyond.\r\nMy students thrive when they are having fun while learning. Because of your support, they were able to engage in both classroom and outdoor learning experiences that encouraged them to explore, create, and discover in exciting ways. These hands-on opportunities helped students build essential academic skills while also strengthening their social-emotional development through collaboration, problem-solving, and creative expression.\r\nThe materials you provided supported equitable and inclusive learning opportunities, ensuring that every child had access to experiences that nurtured their creativity, individuality, and growth. Watching students use these resources with enthusiasm, confidence, and curiosity has been truly rewarding.","fullyFundedDate":1778774675873,"projectUrl":"project/outdoor-crafts-and-toys/10197418/","projectTitle":"Outdoor Crafts and Toys!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Jimenez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7243679_orig.jpg?crop=2316,2316,x0,y239&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1753112926515","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/betty-jimenez"},{"teacherId":7243679,"projectId":10233016,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for making this special day even more memorable!! My students were so excited to open their gifts and share it with their family and friends. My students have been working so hard since day one and having a special gift for them to show how much we appreciate them was a great way to share with them. They could not wait to open their bags and start using their gifts! The glasses were just perfect for them, the book was a great way to remind them that they can be and go anywhere they want to as long as they believe in themselves!! Everything we do is to pave the way for our students to be successful in their educational journey.","fullyFundedDate":1778068821829,"projectUrl":"project/lets-make-and-share-memories/10233016/","projectTitle":"Lets Make and Share Memories","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Jimenez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7243679_orig.jpg?crop=2316,2316,x0,y239&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1753112926515","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/betty-jimenez"},{"teacherId":7243679,"projectId":10059093,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for making this project a reality and helping us place these much-needed materials directly into the hands of our students. Your generosity created an opportunity for meaningful learning, creativity, and joy in our classroom.\r\nEach student was able to choose their own colors and sizes and actively participate in threading yarn and assembling their project. This hands-on experience encouraged creativity, strengthened fine motor skills, and gave students the chance to take pride in creating something uniquely their own.\r\nLittle moments like these become memories that are captured and engraved in our hearts forever. That is exactly what I hope for my students — meaningful experiences they will remember long after the project is complete. This project went far beyond arts and crafts. It gave students a chance to express their creativity, individuality, and confidence in a fun and engaging way.\r\nBecause of your kindness and support, our classroom was filled with excitement, smiles, and a sense of accomplishment. Thank you for investing in our students and helping create experiences that truly matter.","fullyFundedDate":1778025505744,"projectUrl":"project/personalized-gifts-from-the-heart/10059093/","projectTitle":"Personalized Gifts From the Heart","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Jimenez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7243679_orig.jpg?crop=2316,2316,x0,y239&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1753112926515","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/betty-jimenez"},{"teacherId":7243679,"projectId":10125250,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generosity and support in making our classroom project a reality. Because of your kindness, we are able to bring these much-needed materials directly into the hands of our preschool students.\r\nThe photo paper, ink, and printable shrink paper will allow us to capture and preserve the special memories we create together throughout the school year. Our students are so excited to take pictures, print them in class, and help update our \"Month at a Glance\" wall with snapshots of their learning, friendships, and fun experiences.\r\nThese materials will also give each child a meaningful keepsake to treasure and remember their wonderful time in Preschool. Your support is helping us create joyful moments, lasting memories, and hands-on learning opportunities that our students will cherish for years to come.\r\nFrom the bottom of our hearts, thank you for believing in our classroom and our students. Your generosity has truly made a difference.","fullyFundedDate":1778296655699,"projectUrl":"project/lets-capture-school-memories/10125250/","projectTitle":"Lets Capture School Memories","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Jimenez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7243679_orig.jpg?crop=2316,2316,x0,y239&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1753112926515","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/betty-jimenez"},{"teacherId":7243679,"projectId":10239949,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for making this project a reality and for helping bring these much-needed materials into the hands of our students. Your kindness and generosity have created meaningful learning opportunities for our classroom each and every day.\r\nBecause of your support, our students are able to explore, create, and use their imaginations in exciting new ways. They are learning through hands-on experiences that inspire curiosity, creativity, and confidence. We continue to learn and grow together as a classroom family, and your contributions play such an important role in that journey.Seeing the excitement on our students' faces as they use these materials has been truly heartwarming. Your support is making a lasting difference in their education and helping create joyful memories that they will carry with them for years to come. Thank you again for believing in our students and investing in their future. We are so grateful for your generosity and support.","fullyFundedDate":1778018453543,"projectUrl":"project/everyday-materials-are-needed-part-2/10239949/","projectTitle":"Everyday Materials are Needed! 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