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Several students connected deeply with the themes of fairness and being judged too quickly, which led to some incredibly thoughtful conversations. Having enough copies for students to actively engage with the text made a huge difference in both participation and confidence. Your support helped create an environment where students felt empowered to think critically, speak up, and see the value in their own voices.","fullyFundedDate":1766240806074,"projectUrl":"project/building-thinkers-not-just-readers/9963844/","projectTitle":"Building Thinkers, Not Just Readers","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Rippole","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8930172_orig.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1673881818001","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8930172"},{"teacherId":211653,"projectId":10209623,"letterContent":"This was an amazing teacher appreciation week, thanks to you! 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Concert rehearsals are in full swing and my musicians are thirsty after practice. This bottled water has come in handy so they can hydrate after practice. Our concert is Thursday in our gym and there is no air condition. Every student will have a bottle of water to have with them if they need it. \r\nThank you so much for being so generous to my musicians. We truly appreciate your kindness and support.","fullyFundedDate":1777982340853,"projectUrl":"project/hydrate-the-band/10197101/","projectTitle":"Hydrate the Band!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Engelhard","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp211653_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1505264918492","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/suellenengelhard"},{"teacherId":210399,"projectId":10215284,"letterContent":"I would like to take this opportunity to thank you so much for your generous donation to this project. Without the kindness of donors like yourself, I would not be able to provide these materials to my students. My school is a Title I school and I do not have a yearly budget, so it is through DonorsChoose that I am able to fund my classroom. \r\n\r\nThese materials will help me to bring real life experiences and assessments to my classroom. I will be able to have my students create merch that they will use in and out of the class.","fullyFundedDate":1777983887958,"projectUrl":"project/pencils-for-students/10215284/","projectTitle":"Pencils for Students","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Bromley","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/jbromley"},{"teacherId":210399,"projectId":9999939,"letterContent":"I would like to take this opportunity to thank you so much for your generous donation to this project. Without the kindness of donors like yourself, I would not be able to provide these materials to my students. My school is a Title I school and I do not have a yearly budget, so it is through DonorsChoose that I am able to fund my classroom. \r\n\r\nThese materials will help me to bring real life experiences and assessments to my classroom. I will be able to have my students perform assessments in a way that makes them heard.","fullyFundedDate":1777984047453,"projectUrl":"project/a-new-way-to-assessment/9999939/","projectTitle":"A New Way to Assessment","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Bromley","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/jbromley"},{"teacherId":210399,"projectId":10220507,"letterContent":"I would like to take this opportunity to thank you so much for your generous donation to this project. Without the kindness of donors like yourself, I would not be able to provide these materials to my students. My school is a Title I school and I do not have a yearly budget, so it is through DonorsChoose that I am able to fund my classroom. \r\n\r\nThese materials will help me to bring real life experiences and assessments to my classroom. I will be able to have my students create merch that they will use in and out of the class.","fullyFundedDate":1777983923962,"projectUrl":"project/athletic-shirts-for-graphic-design/10220507/","projectTitle":"Athletic Shirts for Graphic Design","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Bromley","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/jbromley"},{"teacherId":210399,"projectId":10196697,"letterContent":"I would like to take this opportunity to thank you so much for your generous donations of this software. My students have been working very hard in the instrumental class to work on music production. They have had a resident artist come in and show them different software, and logic Protech is the main software that he uses. This is a professional piece of software which allows my students to get real-world, hands-on opportunities to polish their production skills and give them a career opportunity.","fullyFundedDate":1776449213552,"projectUrl":"project/logic-pro-for-music-pro/10196697/","projectTitle":"Logic Pro for Music Pro","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Bromley","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/jbromley"},{"teacherId":210399,"projectId":10001394,"letterContent":"I would like to take this opportunity to thank you so much for your generous donation towards this project. I am so grateful to be able to have technology like this for my instrumental classroom. My students have been working with an amazing music, production artist, and these are the materials that he uses so by providing this drum machine, I am able to bring real life professional technology into my classroom. Without donors like you I wouldn't be able to have these materials for my students to use, we are so grateful to you.","fullyFundedDate":1776449146449,"projectUrl":"project/a-drum-machine-for-music-tech/10001394/","projectTitle":"A Drum Machine for Music Tech","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Bromley","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/jbromley"},{"teacherId":211653,"projectId":9965612,"letterContent":"This is amazing! Thank you so much for this wonderful gift to the band room! You have no idea how this is going to help keep our space organized. I am so excited to finally have a stand cart to hold the music stands! 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This computer is very expensive and it's a great tech tool to use with Logic Pro.\r\nThis computer will enable me to bring great technology into the music production classroom. We will use Logic Pro and hook this computer up to a drum machine, for students to be able to do high quality music creation. Without donors like you, we wouldn't be able to bring this project to life./","fullyFundedDate":1776084014358,"projectUrl":"project/a-macbook-for-music-production/10000014/","projectTitle":"A MacBook for Music Production","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Bromley","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/jbromley"},{"teacherId":7080626,"projectId":10019346,"letterContent":"We did it! \r\nThis has been a bright spot of news during this strange and uncertain time. I want to thank all you sincerely for helping me achieve this goal. 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