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Something that we were able to do was use some of the signs to promote school expectations for our athletes by featuring some of the schools favorite players while addressing that those students were not just successful on the field, but that they were highly successful in the classroom as well such as straight As or just an overall positive encouraging attitude towards everyone they came across.","fullyFundedDate":1739366792934,"projectUrl":"project/personalized-signs-and-stickers-featurin/9091087/","projectTitle":"Personalized Signs and Stickers Featuring Students","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Du Val","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7779790_orig.jpg?crop=279,279,x252,y389&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1705045996829","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7779790"},{"teacherId":7779790,"projectId":8786136,"letterContent":"Thank you, thank you, thank you, it is a amazing how this project can have such an effect on students. My PE team was so excited to put this project to use as we quickly suited up to engage our kids. As a middle school teacher one of the things that is hard to overcome is a students resistance to having a little fun because they are often \"too cool\" to go out of their comfort zone so my PE team steps up to show them that sometimes stepping out of your comfort zone can bring a new level of fun! The game was so much fun and we had an overwhelming amount of students engage and even ask us what's next! One student even asked if they think that their high school teachers will also dress up because it made it so much more fun. 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Not only that students that normally do not hangout suddenly realized that they had a very similar passion with some of their peers and then took it even further and started building new and stronger relationships with their peers. I personally grew up without videos games and never thought much of them but now I am seeing some real value to how it can improve students overall academic and life experience.","fullyFundedDate":1715370132855,"projectUrl":"project/building-up-our-e-sports/8182517/","projectTitle":"Building Up Our E-Sports","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Du Val","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7779790_orig.jpg?crop=279,279,x252,y389&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1705045996829","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7779790"},{"teacherId":7779790,"projectId":9121606,"letterContent":"Thank you so much this project has been such a huge success! Being able to provide power anywhere on campus has been such a huge blessing to all of my students. Here in our town it has already warmed up considerably and the ability to have a high powered fan at any location has been a great way for students to keep cool. Our school sports teams have also been able to take advantage of this as sports are played later in the day when it is the hottest. We have also been able to use it as not only a cooling station but we have used it to power speakers and inflatable tunnels to encourage classroom engagement. 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We thank you that our students have pride in our school, even though that may not be the case elsewhere.","fullyFundedDate":1715361611805,"projectUrl":"project/making-a-mark/8378900/","projectTitle":"Making a Mark","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. DeLeon","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4233684_orig.jpg?crop=828,827,x0,y264&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1672770655634","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4233684"},{"teacherId":4233684,"projectId":8302306,"letterContent":"It is with great gratitude and appreciation that I submit this impact letter to you for your kindness and willingness to give towards School Spirit. With the funding of the sublimation supplies, we have been able to provide the students in our community with school swag. Personalized items that they are able to create themselves are great learning tools. 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We thank you that our students have pride in our school, even though that may not be the case elsewhere.","fullyFundedDate":1713555211663,"projectUrl":"project/school-spirit/8302306/","projectTitle":"School Spirit","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. DeLeon","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4233684_orig.jpg?crop=828,827,x0,y264&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1672770655634","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4233684"},{"teacherId":3038470,"projectId":8824384,"letterContent":"The supplemental curriculum, business worksheets with related articles and the business budget games have been very helpful in making the class more engaging and motivating for students to understand the basics of business and financial management. \r\n\r\nThe students were very excited to play the board game, it reminded many of them of another board game so it was easy to understand the concepts of how to play. 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