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Every week, it is inspiring to see students smiling, celebrating shared victories, learning resilience through defeat, and finding a supportive space to unwind after a demanding school day. Mondays used to present a real hurdle for students transitioning back into the routine of the school week, but now, they eagerly look forward to gathering for the Unified Esports Club during enrichment time. Your thoughtful gift has done far more than supply technology; t has fostered an inclusive community where every student feels seen, valued, and excited to belong. Thank you for making this life-changing experience possible. 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With the renovation came very bright LED lights that allowed us to put air-purifying plants in the space.\r\n\r\nBesides cleaning the air that our students breathe, the troughs filled with tropical plants bring color and life to a popular space for studying.\r\n\r\nWe really appreciate your support of public schools, and if you are a parent of one of our students, I invite you to check out our work when you are next in the building.","fullyFundedDate":1760860737474,"projectUrl":"project/cleaner-air-for-our-library/9814083/","projectTitle":"Cleaner Air for Our Library","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Chau","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1539352_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1516810347664","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/jason-chau"},{"teacherId":1539352,"projectId":9925250,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generosity. Your support of our public school is greatly appreciated. We have a thriving club of 36 students who take care of multiple tanks throughout the school. While the passion and curiosity drive the club, many of them cannot afford to supplement our school's budget to buy efficient filters and low-wattage LED lamps, etc. for their projects.\r\n\r\nYour donation supports an interest in bringing the natural world into the classroom, helps me teach them about water chemistry, biotopes, classification, and much more.","fullyFundedDate":1764185679558,"projectUrl":"project/aquarium-club-wish-list/9925250/","projectTitle":"Aquarium Club Wish List","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Chau","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1539352_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1516810347664","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/jason-chau"},{"teacherId":1539352,"projectId":9551181,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generosity. As someone who grew up always reading in a corner of the house and still reading and teaching literature today, I have always loved the magic that one can find in books. I am grateful for your support and hope that my students find the same love of literature as they build their own libraries and carry all of these titles with them as they leave secondary education.\r\n\r\nHaving physical books that students can keep allows them to annotate in margins and feel ownership over ideas and questions that are generated on each page. 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