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They love having headphones to focus!\r\n\r\nI am incredibly grateful for your investment in my classroom and my students. Your generosity directly supports their growth and love of learning, and it means more to me than words can express. Thank you for making my classroom a better and more focused place.","fullyFundedDate":1766363011742,"projectUrl":"project/headphones-for-success/9912558/","projectTitle":"Headphones for Success","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Moncrief","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5742918_orig.jpg?crop=682,682,x170,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1634773436475","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5742918"},{"teacherId":790851,"projectId":9270165,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation of water bottles for our classroom! 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These incentives encourage focus, responsibility, and a positive attitude toward learning, especially during challenging lessons.\r\n\r\nMost importantly, your kindness helps create a classroom environment where effort is recognized and students feel encouraged to do their best. Seeing their smiles and excitement has been truly rewarding, and none of this would be possible without your support.\r\n\r\nThank you for investing in our students and helping make learning fun and motivating. 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These new additions have truly transformed our learning environment and brought so much excitement and focus to the students.\r\n\r\nWhen the yoga balls arrived, the kids squealed in joy while also trying to remember to do our silent celebration signal so that we didn't disrupt all the classes around us ; ) They are sooo excited that they each get to sit on their own yoga ball, and were stoked that they got to inflate them themselves! \r\n\r\nI've already noticed a big difference during work time. Students love sitting on their yoga ball so much that they will bring it with them around the room when they have to sit in different areas, such as when they come to my table for small group instruction.\r\n\r\nAs we move forward, we're continuing to incorporate movement and mindfulness into our lessons. These yoga balls are helping us practice self-regulation, balance, and responsibility, and even problem-solving skills (what do we do when our yoga ball has rolled away from our desk and isn't there anymore!?). \r\n\r\nThank you again for your donation. You didn't just give us new seats, you gave my students a way to take ownership of their learning and find joy in the classroom every day.","fullyFundedDate":1758849538048,"projectUrl":"project/bouncing-brainiacs/9717225/","projectTitle":"Bouncing Brainiacs","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Kapala","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5741733_orig.jpg?crop=813,813,x365,y47&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1757972830851","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5741733"},{"teacherId":790851,"projectId":9455751,"letterContent":"Thanks to your generous support, our classroom now has a working pencil sharpener, plenty of fun pencils, colorful pencil toppers, and a brand-new replacement blade! You've helped us solve one of our biggest classroom challenges—keeping our pencils sharp and ready for learning.\r\n\r\nMy third graders are so excited to use their new supplies! 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