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We are truly grateful for your support—your generosity directly impacts our students' success, confidence, and daily joy in the classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1757170707161,"projectUrl":"project/basics-cleaning-and-supplies/9558585/","projectTitle":"Basics: Cleaning and Supplies","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Polukonda","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3346948_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1470352162716","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3346948"},{"teacherId":8199273,"projectId":9096379,"letterContent":"On behalf of my students and myself, I want to extend a heartfelt thank you for your generous donation of pencils, cleaning supplies, books, and paper. Your kindness means so much to our classroom community. Many of our families face challenges in providing school supplies, and your support helps ensure that every child has what they need to learn and thrive.\r\nYour generosity not only lightens my load as a teacher, but also reminds my a students that there are people who believe in their success.","fullyFundedDate":1746699653823,"projectUrl":"project/school-is-cool-education-is-paramount/9096379/","projectTitle":"School is Cool Education is paramount!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Johnson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-7_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8199273"},{"teacherId":9367413,"projectId":9584779,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support of my project! I am truly grateful for your kindness and willingness to invest in my students' education.\r\n\r\nThanks to your donation, we now have access to a wonderful set of decodable readers—a critical resource for young readers who are just beginning to build their literacy skills. Many of my students struggle with reading, and traditional books can feel overwhelming or discouraging for them. But with decodable readers, they are finally able to engage with texts that are accessible, appropriately challenging, and aligned with the phonics skills they're learning in class.\r\n\r\nThese readers are helping to lay a strong foundation for lifelong literacy. Your donation isn't just putting books in their hands—it's opening doors, nurturing a love for reading, and empowering my students to believe in themselves.\r\n\r\nThank you again for making this possible. Your generosity has made a lasting impact on my classroom!","fullyFundedDate":1758231911035,"projectUrl":"project/decodable-books-to-help-my-autistic-stud/9584779/","projectTitle":"Decodable Books to Help My Autistic Students Learn to Read!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Gramo","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9367413_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1719453192257","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9367413"},{"teacherId":9367413,"projectId":9295951,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to our project. The Spot books have been a wonderful addition to our classroom library. These books address a wide range of topics from everyday emotions.\r\n\r\nNot only do these books address uncomfortable emotions such as anger, sadness, and anxiety, the author does a wonderful job teaching kids to recognize those feelings and what to do when are they experiencing those emotions. 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Being able to understand what our triggers might be can help us understand why we have the triggers but also ways that we can handle our triggers in situations. Also, we are able to understand how other people might be feeling and how we can help them when they need it. This is still a growing lesson but all the knowledge that the students are able to gain during this time was very helpful.","fullyFundedDate":1727972523635,"projectUrl":"project/ways-to-handle-sel/8476581/","projectTitle":"Ways to Handle SEL","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Lewis","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-6_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7262911"},{"teacherId":9367413,"projectId":8860115,"letterContent":"I cannot explain to you how happy and excited my students were when we received our carpet, chair and throw pillows! I could see how motivated they were by having the carpet in our reading corner. My students were finishing work early, so they can go to the reading corner.\r\nThis donation is already motivating and inspiring my readers to independently engage in reading. Your donation has allowed me to create a positive environment for learning in my classroom and for that I could not be more grateful. When I am teaching and look around the room and see my students engaged in reading, I cannot help but smile with gratitude for donors like you that give so much to children and classrooms in need.","fullyFundedDate":1738189229426,"projectUrl":"project/a-cozy-place-to-read-a-book/8860115/","projectTitle":"A Cozy Place To Read a Book!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Gramo","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9367413_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1719453192257","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9367413"},{"teacherId":7903258,"projectId":8618762,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your contribution to our Social Studies class. We love the articles and are inspired daily by the young leaders we read about often through our subscription to Time for Kids. The articles are not only inspiring, but enriching! I would like to extend my sincere thanks for your generous contribution toward the purchase of Time for Kids magazine. We are truly grateful for your investment in our classrooms and in the future of our young readers. Your kindness and generosity do not go unnoticed nor unappreciated.","fullyFundedDate":1723829374701,"projectUrl":"project/bringing-current-events-to-life-with-tim/8618762/","projectTitle":"Bringing Current Events To Life With TIME for Kids","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Mac","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7903258_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1691034724514","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7903258"},{"teacherId":7903258,"projectId":8593026,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to our classroom! My students love using the hands on manipulatives to learn math concepts! While studying place value we created numbers using the dice! My students created, then showed expanded form, and wrote out word form on our math whiteboards. We use our whiteboards daily to reinforce concepts and as a means of solving problems while aligning our numbers! My room is now full of anchor charts using the grid paper and magnetic notebook paper! We value your support and generosity! Thank you for providing the tools needed to thrive in our math space!","fullyFundedDate":1724845493860,"projectUrl":"project/empowering-5th-graders-with-hands-on-mat/8593026/","projectTitle":"Empowering 5th Graders with Hands-On Math Manipulatives","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Mac","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7903258_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1691034724514","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7903258"},{"teacherId":9367413,"projectId":8936713,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting my class room! I want to thank you for the impact your donations have made on my students. As a Title I school it is difficult for us to obtain the resources that we believe can benefit our students learning, and offer them incentives for rewards such as special snacks. Even though our school provides free breakfast and lunch, every day I have students asking for snacks because they are still hungry but thanks to your donations I am able do this. 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