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They each had a chance to come up to the display table and selct one of their choice and place in the plastic bags that you also purchased for us to store the headphones. \r\nIn addition, having the working headphones that you purchased for us made a big impact in how efficiently the students were able to test using the chromebooks to take the district benchmarks. The students are proud of their headphones and take care of them.\r\nThank you once again for helping my students and my classroom have the technology that they need in order to be successful when they are using their chromebooks in class!","fullyFundedDate":1755750975256,"projectUrl":"project/working-headphones-with-microphones-are/9572307/","projectTitle":"Working Headphones with Microphones Are A Must!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Flores","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2029897_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1453958078569","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2029897"},{"teacherId":9467284,"projectId":9284676,"letterContent":"Thank you for donating the essential back to school supplies for my first and second graders. My students use their pencil boxes everyday and it has helped their organization SO much! On the first day of school, my students were so excited to have their own pencil box; for many of my students this was their first time having their own!\r\n\r\nThe Clorox wipes donated have been key to keeping our classroom clean. My students and I appreciate your generosity in supporting our class and having a strong start to the school year with all the supplies donated!","fullyFundedDate":1746786150760,"projectUrl":"project/essential-back-to-school-supplies/9284676/","projectTitle":"Essential Back to School Supplies","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Gulbranson (Ms. G)","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9467284_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1725666878472","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9467284"},{"teacherId":4628620,"projectId":9207676,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous support for our Storyworks magazine. Your donation provides a monthly magazine for each student. The students receive these publications for the entire year.\r\n\r\nThe Storyworks magazine is a monthly language arts curriculum full of exciting content across the genres combined with rich lesson plans, activity sheets, and videos, all created for the Common Core. \r\n\r\nOne of the things I appreciate the most about this magazine is that the texts that appear in the print magazine are all available online at a lower-Lexile level. This will allow my students reading at a lower level the opportunity to still access the text and participate successfully in Language Arts and have access to amazing content.","fullyFundedDate":1744378386903,"projectUrl":"project/growing-students-love-for-literature-th/9207676/","projectTitle":"Growing Students' Love for Literature Through Storyworks Magazine","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Hunter","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4628620_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1516581992927","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4628620"},{"teacherId":4628620,"projectId":9445291,"letterContent":"Your generosity is greatly appreciated. This project helped start our school year off to a fantastic year of student success. The students received many supplies that they will need in order to complete assignments and stay organized.\r\n\r\nThey use the folders to keep papers and assignments in their desks. It helps to have the colored folders, so kids can start to learn organizational skills and responsibility for their work and assignments.\r\n\r\nThe pencil box is loaded with great supplies that you provided as a part of your donation to this project. It included colored pencils, glue, erasers, pens, pencils, bookmarks, pencil sharpener, and a piece of felt for use as an eraser for whiteboards. \r\n\r\nThanks again for your donation.","fullyFundedDate":1755142219307,"projectUrl":"project/ready-set-go/9445291/","projectTitle":"Ready, Set, Go!!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Hunter","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4628620_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1516581992927","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4628620"},{"teacherId":4628620,"projectId":9207577,"letterContent":"Your generosity is greatly appreciated. This project helped start our school year off to a fantastic year of student success. The students received many supplies that they will need in order to complete assignments and stay organized.\r\n\r\nThey use the folders to keep papers and assignments in their desks. It helps to have the colored folders, so kids can start to learn organizational skills and responsibility for their work and assignments.\r\n\r\nThe pencil box is loaded with great supplies that you provided as a part of your donation to this project. It included colored pencils, glue, erasers, pens, pencils, bookmarks, pencil sharpener, and a piece of felt for use as an eraser for whiteboards. \r\n\r\nThanks again for your donation.","fullyFundedDate":1743111826761,"projectUrl":"project/supplies-for-a-successful-school-year/9207577/","projectTitle":"Supplies for a Successful School Year!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Hunter","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4628620_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1516581992927","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4628620"},{"teacherId":2029897,"projectId":9286004,"letterContent":"We received our Second Grade Scholastic News last week and got started right away presenting and using in class the next day! The first issue had to do with being in second grade and it was a nice welcome for the students. \r\n\r\nThis year we have three classes with 2nd graders (2 combination classes: first/second and second/third) due to budget and staffing constraints, I invited the other 14 students to come to my class and enjoy the lesson. They all worked together as a team by listening and participating. They were all familiar with Scholastic News from 1st grade and enjoyed the routine and the ease in which the program reads to them and has videos to teach the social studies lesson.\r\n \r\nSince this year has just started, I am so grateful to have Sholastic News to offer to the second graders because it is a great consumable where the students can document using their red and blue dual pencils to underline key details and other pertinent information.\r\n\r\nWith your generosity, you will be helping more than just my students and this will be great for their academic progress! Thank you, thank you, thank you!","fullyFundedDate":1746116869095,"projectUrl":"project/success-with-scholastic-news/9286004/","projectTitle":"Success with Scholastic News!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Flores","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2029897_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1453958078569","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2029897"},{"teacherId":2029897,"projectId":9330556,"letterContent":"Thank you for helping to motivate the students in their academic learning! Your donations came in very quickly and helped in motivating them to stay focused and participate more in class as the year came to an end.\r\n\r\nMy students knew that they could exchange their Class Dojo points for certain items that I had in class but when they saw the new items arriving, their faces lit up! They started calculating how many points they had and how many they would need to be able to exchange for the items. Math strategies started being used and academic learning was reinforced in a fun way! \r\n\r\nCurrently, we are starting our 2025-2026 school year and the new students have heard from last years students that they can earn points to exchange and they are so excited. We are in the beginning stages but I can see how all the items you helped buy will greatly motivate each and everyone of my 28 students this year.\r\n\r\nThank you once again for contributing to our needs as a classroom for continuous learning!","fullyFundedDate":1746835759555,"projectUrl":"project/week-of-learning-fun-friday-prizes/9330556/","projectTitle":"Week of Learning = Fun Friday Prizes","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Flores","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2029897_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1453958078569","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2029897"},{"teacherId":1025908,"projectId":8553565,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting this project and helping our school community! Over the course of the year, our students learned a lot about what it takes to produce a school news program. By providing us with an iPad, the students were able to practice: writing interviews and scripts, filming, editing, and producing. \r\n\r\nWhile we did not produce as many news segments as I was hoping for this year, we created a strong framework for consistent news next year, and the ones that we did put together had a BIG impact! Students loved promoting our talent show and our videos were shared with the entire community: all of the students, as well as teachers, families, and district personnel. The rising 3rd through 5th graders are clamoring to join the news team next year! \r\n\r\nAgain, we are so grateful for your support, not only because of the ongoing opportunities that technology in the classroom provides, but also because your donations remind our classroom community that we are important and valued, and part of a larger community.","fullyFundedDate":1725906809167,"projectUrl":"project/student-media-team-on-the-scene/8553565/","projectTitle":"Student Media Team on the Scene!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Rodriguez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1025908_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1467048081970","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/megan-rodriguez"},{"teacherId":2029897,"projectId":9308692,"letterContent":"Traveling has started and I owe it all to our donors who made it all possible! The items arrived earlier than expected so I did not wait for the 2025-26 school year to implement.\r\nMy students had already learned about many places around the world so they were excited to start documenting their travels using the new passports, stamps and pens. In fact, we finished documenting our last entry on the last day of school! They wanted to complete it before the year ended and I was so amazed at their dedication. \r\nAs you can see, your donations helped my students learn about the world and motivated them to continue to learn about other places on their own. They even wrote letters to the next group of seconds graders and included the fun they would have learning about the world around them. \r\nFurthermore, the new school year has just started and the students are starting to explore already! This project will reach more students than I expected and am so grateful for your support and generosity! This would not have been possible without the doubling support through Ripple. Your sponsorship made this goal a reality! Thank you Ripple!","fullyFundedDate":1746480729644,"projectUrl":"project/world-here-i-come/9308692/","projectTitle":"World - Here I Come!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Flores","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2029897_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1453958078569","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2029897"},{"teacherId":8940815,"projectId":9303466,"letterContent":"My students were so so excited when they saw the new biography books on our shelves. They are so much more motivated to read when they see exciting new people to learn about!\r\n\r\nThese books have helped them meet their AR reading goals and move up in levels. So many students have read about Ronaldo and there has been a waitlist for Bad Bunny! Many chose one of the Who is/was books for their biography projects.\r\n\r\nThank you for your generous donation to my students, you have made a big difference our lives!","fullyFundedDate":1746576458151,"projectUrl":"project/special-requests/9303466/","projectTitle":"Special Requests","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Baermann","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8940815_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1674672307451","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8940815"},{"teacherId":8940815,"projectId":9144444,"letterContent":"My students were so so excited when they saw the new fiction books on our shelves. They are so much more motivated to read when they see exciting new series!\r\n\r\nThese books have helped them meet their AR reading goals and move up in levels. My students who love Owl Diaries but have finished the series are able to start Unicorn Diaries. You have helped create new fans of Bad Kitty and Babymouse. The representation in the novels like Swim Team has made my students both feel seen and appreciated. 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