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They are an institution on their own.","fullyFundedDate":1753285427931,"projectUrl":"project/blue-books/9399210/","projectTitle":"Blue Books!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. WELLS","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2393214_orig.jpg?crop=597,597,x252,y352&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1628549139142","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2393214"},{"teacherId":9699268,"projectId":9754648,"letterContent":"Thanks to your incredible generosity, our library at Encina High School is once again filled with stories that our students love!\r\n\r\nBefore your support, many of our most popular books were missing or falling apart — a sign of how often they'd been read and shared. Now, because of you, those well-loved titles are back on the shelves, ready to be discovered all over again. The smiles on our students' faces when they saw their favorite books return were priceless.\r\n\r\nFor many of our students, the school library is their main source of reading material. With limited access to public libraries, having these books available right here on campus makes a world of difference. Your donation has not only restored our collection but also helped free up our limited budget so we can continue expanding our offerings and introducing students to new authors, ideas, and genres.\r\n\r\nYou've done more than replace worn-out books — you've reignited excitement for reading and helped our students see themselves as lifelong learners.\r\n\r\nThank you for believing in our school, our readers, and the power of books to inspire, comfort, entertain and teach.","fullyFundedDate":1758800746595,"projectUrl":"project/its-lostbut-now-we-have-a-copy/9754648/","projectTitle":"It's lost...but Now We Have a Copy!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Edmond","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9699268"},{"teacherId":8098202,"projectId":9265705,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous contribution. The students are utilizing their binders to excellent results. They are showing improvement in comprehension and a desire to complete the assignments. When I ask them to retrieve an activity, they do so efficiently because they are building their organization skills. I'm training them to be able to store information, organize information, and retrieve information. Some have even taken this approach into other classes, and have found being organized really helps them learn.","fullyFundedDate":1746785510340,"projectUrl":"project/elemental-organization/9265705/","projectTitle":"Elemental Organization","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. BRIMBERRY","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8098202_orig.jpg?crop=987,987,x443,y645&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1647308851914","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8098202"},{"teacherId":8098202,"projectId":9265681,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous contribution. The students are utilizing their binders to excellent results. They are showing improvement in comprehension and a desire to complete the assignments. When I ask them to retrieve an activity, they do so efficiently because they are building their organization skills. I'm training them to be able to store information, organize information, and retrieve information. Some have even taken this approach into other classes, and have found being organized really helps them learn.","fullyFundedDate":1746785510463,"projectUrl":"project/colorful-organization/9265681/","projectTitle":"Colorful Organization","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. BRIMBERRY","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8098202_orig.jpg?crop=987,987,x443,y645&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1647308851914","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8098202"},{"teacherId":8098202,"projectId":9265657,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous contribution. The students are utilizing their binders to excellent results. They are showing improvement in comprehension and a desire to complete the assignments. When I ask them to retrieve an activity, they do so efficiently because they are building their organization skills. I'm training them to be able to store information, organize information, and retrieve information. Some have even taken this approach into other classes, and have found being organized really helps them learn.","fullyFundedDate":1746785510650,"projectUrl":"project/essential-elements/9265657/","projectTitle":"Essential Elements","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. BRIMBERRY","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8098202_orig.jpg?crop=987,987,x443,y645&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1647308851914","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8098202"},{"teacherId":9803823,"projectId":9221075,"letterContent":"Thank you for providing this resource. I was able to order juice boxes and a variety of snacks for the high schoolers. We worked at two local elementary schools. One school was 25 minutes away walking. When we returned in the afternoon, the high schoolers were very tired and experienced high temperatures from the early summer. The drinks and the snacks helped students feel better physically but also offered a morale boost. The students were happy to be part of this class. \r\nThe high schoolers felt a sense of trust with me for being able to obtain a refreshment daily for a few weeks. Some of my studnets skip school lunch. Having some sustenance during class helped them focus and buy-in to the lesson.","fullyFundedDate":1744231541734,"projectUrl":"project/morale-booster-afternoon-snack/9221075/","projectTitle":"Morale Booster: Afternoon Snack","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Quinonez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9803823"},{"teacherId":9842825,"projectId":9163804,"letterContent":"Thank you for supporting my students' literacy development! I teach English learners whose first languages include Arabic, Chechen, Dari (Persian), Pashto, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, and Ukrainian. Independent reading, which is part of our everyday routine, facilitates literacy development in general and the pursuit of individual interests in particular. SAPIENS: The Graphic Novel, a four-part adaptation of SAPIENS (Harrari, 2011), facilitates background knowledge development in the fields of philosophy, anthropology, and world history. Scholars (including Cromer and Clark, 2007) have written about the graphic novels' potential to bring remote and abstract concepts to life. My students, as high school English Learners, need high interest, age-appropriate texts that have a lexile level that is appropriate for readers who are new to the Latin alphabet. (Schiefele, 2014). My students and I are grateful for your contribution to our classroom library!\r\n\r\nWORKS CITED\r\nCromer, M., & Clark, P. (2007). Getting graphic with the past: Graphic novels and the teaching of history. Theory & Research in Social Education, 35(4), 574-591.\r\n\r\nSchiefele, U. (2014). Topic interest and levels of text comprehension. In The role of interest in learning and development (pp. 151-182). Psychology Press.","fullyFundedDate":1746117028290,"projectUrl":"project/sapiens-for-english-learners/9163804/","projectTitle":"\"Sapiens\" for English Learners","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Mesecar","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9842825_orig.jpg?crop=2320,2320,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1732048217424","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9842825"},{"teacherId":9842825,"projectId":9116824,"letterContent":"Literacy is a foundational skill for developing academic competence (Moje, 2015) and growing into an informed, civically engaged global citizen (Braskamp, 2008). When students engage in silent reading, they are developing their strengths and interests while also growing their English reading comprehension (Ferlazzo, 2012).\r\n\r\nMy students read for the first 10 minutes of each class. With this project, I have fulfilled student requests for SAPIENS: A Graphic History (acclaimed by critics and my social science colleagues) and THE HEROES OF OLYMPUS in Spanish. Although I teach English Language Development, a growing body of research demonstrates that the cognitive and socio-cultural benefits of home language literacy are strongest with consistent exposure to high-quality material. (Nag et. al., 2019).\r\n\r\nThank you for contributing to my students' holistic literacy development!\r\n\r\nWORKS CITED\r\nBraskamp, L. (2008). Developing Global Citizens. Journal of College and Character, 10(1), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.2202/1940-1639.1058\r\n\r\nFerlazzo, Larry. (2012). The ESL/ELL teacher's survival guide : ready-to-use strategies, tools, and activities for teaching English language learners of all levels. San Francisco, CA :Jossey-Bass,\r\n\r\nMoje, E. B. (2015). Doing and teaching disciplinary literacy with adolescent learners: A social and cultural enterprise. Harvard Educational Review, 85(2), 254-278.\r\n\r\nNag, S., Vagh, S.B., Dulay, K.M. and Snowling, M.J. (2019), Home language, school language and children's literacy attainments: A systematic review of evidence from low- and middle-income countries. Rev Educ, 7: 91-150. https://doi.org/10.1002/rev3.3130","fullyFundedDate":1743108861238,"projectUrl":"project/multilingual-literacy/9116824/","projectTitle":"Multilingual Literacy","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Mesecar","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9842825_orig.jpg?crop=2320,2320,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1732048217424","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9842825"},{"teacherId":9842825,"projectId":9113134,"letterContent":"Thank you for supporting my classroom! By funding small organizational units, you have helped students to more easily store their classroom materials (notebooks and independent reading books). Every day as students enter English class, they go to the box which contains their class's organizers and retrieve their notebook from their specific row's organizers.\r\n\r\nAfter the first few days of the new organizational system, my students took ownership of the materials. They now retrieve notebooks for their seat neighbors, put their materials away before class even ends, and remind each other to store their materials.\r\n\r\nImplementing this routine in the middle of the school year was hugely successful; I look forward to beginning next school year with this organizational system already in place!","fullyFundedDate":1739710902624,"projectUrl":"project/shelve-the-books/9113134/","projectTitle":"Shelve the Books!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Mesecar","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9842825_orig.jpg?crop=2320,2320,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1732048217424","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9842825"},{"teacherId":8098202,"projectId":8918741,"letterContent":"My students love the binders! They clean off the surfaces of their desks, because they do not want their binders to get marked or damaged. They take care and time to put them back into their designated spot because they want to know where they are and do not want them to get lost.\r\n\r\nIn addition, they are proud to show their binders to me, especially when they are full of notes and how well they are organized. Many realize how much easier learning is if they have an organized reference to review their notes.\r\n\r\nThank you again!","fullyFundedDate":1735409927453,"projectUrl":"project/elemental-essentials/8918741/","projectTitle":"Elemental Essentials","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. BRIMBERRY","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8098202_orig.jpg?crop=987,987,x443,y645&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1647308851914","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8098202"},{"teacherId":641034,"projectId":8682009,"letterContent":"My classroom atmosphere has improved dramatically since the students received their new headphones. The built-in microphone has made using our online English Language speaking platforms much more effective. Much better than the old way with built-in computer microphones picking up sounds from all over the classroom! The storage bags have also helped keep our new headphones neat and organized. No more cords tangled together or headphones getting tossed into a bin. With a dedicated pair of headphones for each student, more consideration is being put into their care and upkeep. Thank you so much!","fullyFundedDate":1733694768288,"projectUrl":"project/hang-those-headphones/8682009/","projectTitle":"Hang Those Headphones!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Anderson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp641034_orig.jpg?crop=787,787,x350,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1750633516211","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/zamanderson"},{"teacherId":9808840,"projectId":8890520,"letterContent":"We would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude for your generous contributions of board games and activities to our peer mentoring program. Your thoughtful donations have made a significant impact on our learning community.\r\n\r\nThe pandemic led many students to experience heightened anxiety, depression, and stress as a result of isolation and uncertainty. Social and emotional learning programs have helped in addressing these issues by providing students with coping strategies and skills for managing their emotions effectively.\r\n\r\nThe games you provided have not only brought joy and laughter to our younger students but have also created fun, safe, and effective opportunities for connection and learning. Through these engaging activities, our mentors have been able to foster positive relationships and support the growth and development of their mentees. When a student is reluctant to open up, these games provide a gateway to trust and communication. \r\n\r\nThank you for believing in our mission and for helping us create a nurturing environment where every student can thrive. 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