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Your investment in our students' growth continues to ripple outward.\r\n\r\nThank you for believing in our vision!","fullyFundedDate":1764700602128,"projectUrl":"project/pretend-play-and-sensory-for-all/9927475/","projectTitle":"Pretend Play and Sensory for All!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Penney","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3276190_orig.jpg?crop=1805,1805,x362,y388&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1691545731467","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/s-penney"},{"teacherId":3239448,"projectId":9944638,"letterContent":"Thanks to your generosity, our classroom has been filled with excitement, imagination, and joyful learning. When students first saw the Mickey Mouse ears, pirate hats, and 100th Day necklaces, their faces lit up with pure delight. These simple props instantly transformed our classroom into a place where learning felt special and worth celebrating.\r\n\r\nStudents eagerly wore their items during themed lessons and milestone days, helping them stay engaged, build confidence, and fully immerse themselves in the experience. Pirate hats turned lessons into adventures, Mickey ears made learning feel magical, and 100th Day necklaces helped students proudly celebrate all they had accomplished.\r\n\r\nThese materials continue to support hands-on, playful learning while strengthening our classroom community and creating unforgettable moments. Thank you for helping make school a place where creativity, joy, and imagination shine every day!","fullyFundedDate":1765560105012,"projectUrl":"project/celebrating-learning-through-imagination/9944638/","projectTitle":"Celebrating Learning Through Imagination!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Campati","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3239448_orig.jpg?crop=2208,2208,x372,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1615818030409","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-campati"},{"teacherId":3239448,"projectId":9947226,"letterContent":"Because of your generosity, my students are learning, creating, and celebrating in ways that truly bring our classroom to life. During our plants unit, each student planted and cared for their own flower, learning firsthand about plant needs, responsibility, and growth. Watching them proudly water their plants and track changes each day made science meaningful and memorable.\r\n\r\nStudents were thrilled to use the crowns during our Kings and Queens unit, eagerly stepping into character as they explored leadership, storytelling, and community roles. The photo printer has allowed us to capture special learning moments throughout the year, and students love seeing themselves celebrated and sharing those keepsakes with their families.\r\n\r\nThese resources are helping grow confident learners, curious scientists, and a strong classroom community. Thank you for supporting joyful, hands-on learning and helping every child feel valued and celebrated!","fullyFundedDate":1765151102907,"projectUrl":"project/capturing-memories-growing-scientists/9947226/","projectTitle":"Capturing Memories, Growing Scientists, and Celebrating Royalty!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Campati","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3239448_orig.jpg?crop=2208,2208,x372,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1615818030409","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-campati"},{"teacherId":3239448,"projectId":9850141,"letterContent":"Thanks to your generosity, my students were able to head into winter break with fun, meaningful activities that encouraged creativity, family time, and hands-on learning. Students used tic-tac-toe games, coloring pages, and sticker activities to strengthen fine-motor skills and use their imaginations—giving them engaging, screen-free ways to stay busy at home.\r\n\r\nWhen students first received their materials, they were excited and proud to have something special to take with them for break. Many immediately talked about playing games with their families and sharing their activities with siblings. The hats and gloves were especially meaningful, helping students stay warm and enjoy time outside safely.\r\n\r\nThese resources helped support learning beyond the classroom by promoting creativity, connection, and healthy play during a long break from routine. 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The joy on their faces when they first saw the materials—smiles, cheers, and eager sharing of ideas—was unforgettable.\r\n\r\nThese resources allowed students to create meaningful keepsakes to take home while building confidence, collaboration skills, and holiday memories they will cherish. Thank you for bringing magic, engagement, and creativity into our classroom and helping make this season truly special for every child.","fullyFundedDate":1764690183234,"projectUrl":"project/bringing-holiday-joy-through-hands-on-cr/9907620/","projectTitle":"Bringing Holiday Joy Through Hands-On Crafts and Creativity!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Campati","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3239448_orig.jpg?crop=2208,2208,x372,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1615818030409","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-campati"},{"teacherId":3066718,"projectId":9930113,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping to provide a classroom where reading is not stressful, but fun and engaging! With a classroom library that is updated with high interest books and characters that look like them, students are eager to pick up a book and read. Having multiple books of the same series has created some enthusiasm to keep reading. Students need to be able to try books and find what interest them, but also at a level where they can feel successful and grow.\r\n\r\nBy adding prizes for actually finishing books, my students would rather read than work on their iPads which is a huge win.","fullyFundedDate":1764679243788,"projectUrl":"project/reading-is-what-we-do/9930113/","projectTitle":"Reading is what we do!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Cozart","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3066718_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1751222367235","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-cozart"},{"teacherId":3066718,"projectId":9648045,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for making our students 3d artistic designs come to life! Students are eager to create items that can be turned in to 3d real life art. They are enjoying the ability to start building and designing new items through a kids cad program. \r\n\r\nThis has been a great opportunity to see what might be available to them in their future! The students have been working hard alone and with groups to really try and create new designs that are art and that can be used in every day life to help make routines easier. Some of those items have been fidgets to stay on task, pencil holders, and crayon boxes.","fullyFundedDate":1764679243549,"projectUrl":"project/3d-printer-bringing-our-future-to-life/9648045/","projectTitle":"3D Printer: Bringing Our Future to Life","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Cozart","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3066718_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1751222367235","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-cozart"},{"teacherId":3099465,"projectId":9417924,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your donation of Scholastic News and Science Spin Magazines for our 3rd grade students. Since their arrival, the magazines have been used by more than 100 students! Most recently, we sent some we had not had a chance to use in the classroom home over winter break. We encouraged families to read them together and use the comprehension questions to continue preparing our kids for IREAD3 and ILEARN.\r\n As we start the 3rd quarter, these non-fiction texts will be necessary to prepare our kids to for the non-fiction parts of state testing!","fullyFundedDate":1760447420086,"projectUrl":"project/non-fiction-news-for-3rd-grade/9417924/","projectTitle":"Non-Fiction News for 3rd Grade","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Helfrich","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3099465_orig.jpg?crop=1536,1536,x20,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1750117128707","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3099465"},{"teacherId":213130,"projectId":9821824,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to my project \"Winter Wonderland!\"\r\nMy students were beyond EXCITED for all of the wonderful items they received as their \"Winter Break\" gifts. Many of my students do not get a lot of extras for Christmas, so the items they received were perfect to fill that void.\r\nThe kids loved opening a board game of Candy Land or Chutes and Ladders. They do not have board games at home. They couldn't wait to go home and play with their families. They loved the scratch and sniff Christmas book. They had never seen a book like that. It was so cute when they said, \"It really does smell like an orange!\"\r\nTheir stockings were full of lots of surprises!\r\nMany of the kids did not have a hat or gloves. It was so fun to see their smiles when they received them. Now they will be nice and warm during our Indiana winter!\r\n\r\nThank you again for helping my kids have an extra special winter break!\r\nI truly appreciate your generosity!","fullyFundedDate":1760404699386,"projectUrl":"project/winter-wonderland/9821824/","projectTitle":"\"Winter Wonderland!\"","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Henkel","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp213130_orig.jpg?crop=1242,1242,x0,y343&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1556760473655","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/213130"},{"teacherId":213130,"projectId":9822181,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation towards my project \"Write Stuff!\"\r\nMy students were so excited to help me open the boxes and see all of the wonderful items that they were going to get to use!\r\n\r\nThey love using the different markers and crayons. It's been fun seeing how they are using their creative minds to make different art projects with play dough as well.\r\n\r\nWe have a BIG whiteboard in our room and we love to display art work, name tags and items for our reading series on the whiteboard with the magnets that were ordered. The extra special part of that is then the kids get to take their items home and display them on their refrigerators! The parents LOVE it too!\r\n\r\nWe could not do all of the extra fun things in our classroom without your help!","fullyFundedDate":1760404565283,"projectUrl":"project/write-stuff/9822181/","projectTitle":"Write Stuff!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Henkel","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp213130_orig.jpg?crop=1242,1242,x0,y343&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1556760473655","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/213130"},{"teacherId":3239448,"projectId":9657175,"letterContent":"Because this project was funded, my students now have access to even more meaningful and engaging learning experiences. Throughout the year, they work hard as we explore stories, informational texts, and essential literacy skills. Thanks to your generosity, our culminating celebrations at the end of each unit have been enriched with creative, hands-on activities that allow students to apply their learning in memorable and exciting ways.\r\n\r\nThese celebrations have helped keep students motivated and enthusiastic about reading. They've encouraged collaboration, sparked creativity, and provided opportunities for students to demonstrate their knowledge in unique formats—far beyond a traditional test. These experiences have created lasting memories tied to their growth as confident readers.\r\n\r\nWith the high-quality resources purchased from Teachers Pay Teachers (TPT), students have participated in interactive games, project-based activities, and collaborative challenges that align perfectly with our curriculum. These materials have elevated our unit celebrations and made learning even more joyful and rigorous.\r\n\r\nThank you for making such an incredible impact on our classroom. Your support has truly made our learning celebrations something students look forward to and remember!","fullyFundedDate":1760538824992,"projectUrl":"project/engaging-culminating-activities-for-grow/9657175/","projectTitle":"Engaging Culminating Activities for Growing Readers","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Campati","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3239448_orig.jpg?crop=2208,2208,x372,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1615818030409","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-campati"},{"teacherId":3066718,"projectId":9422954,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping to make our learning more hands on! Students were so surprised and excited to see the math manipulatives, wobble stools, dry erase supplies and more! They are excited to have an organized space to help them keep their supplies handy. 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