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Students eagerly participate in earning classroom currency by completing math challenges and demonstrating effort, and the excitement of spending their earnings on appealing rewards has resulted in several positive outcomes:\r\n\r\n• Enhanced Focus and Participation: With the introduction of fresh store items, students now show greater persistence in completing math tasks, which leads to higher quality work and improved focus during lessons.\r\n\r\n• Reinforced Positive Behaviors: The system continues to motivate students to strive for excellence and maintain positive classroom behaviors, as the rewards offer both tangible incentives and a sense of accomplishment.\r\n\r\n• Improved Financial Literacy: By managing classroom currency and making spending decisions, students are gaining early insights into budgeting and responsible financial practices, which are vital life skills.\r\n\r\nOverall, the grant has successfully sustained and amplified the benefits of our mini-economy system. The new items have not only kept the system fresh and motivating but have also provided an innovative way for students to connect math learning to real-life money concepts—supporting their academic growth and personal development simultaneously.","fullyFundedDate":1759265417823,"projectUrl":"project/for-sale/9720013/","projectTitle":"For Sale","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Reel","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp126429_orig.jpg?crop=600,601,x0,y6&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1576076656632","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/reel"},{"teacherId":5592555,"projectId":9560552,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for funding our project! The notebooks are working out wonderfully. The students love being able to keep everything in one place and it makes it super easy for them to find their papers quickly. They will come in handy at the end of the semester as they study for their finals because they will have everything right where they need it. \r\n\r\nThe students were so surprised that strangers would give towards items that help them. They were so excited and appreciative. Your generosity does not go unnoticed and our supplies will be put to good use.\r\n\r\nAgain, thank you from myself and my students. We are forever grateful and appreciative!","fullyFundedDate":1755800901172,"projectUrl":"project/notebooks-for-success-empowering-studen/9560552/","projectTitle":"Notebooks for Success: Empowering Students Through Organization","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Campbell","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5592555_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1534191859087","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/smcampbell"},{"teacherId":5592555,"projectId":9482615,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for funding our project! The notebooks are working out wonderfully. The students love being able to keep everything in one place and it makes it super easy for them to find their papers quickly. They will come in handy at the end of the semester as they study for their finals because they will have everything right where they need it. \r\nThe students were so surprised that strangers would give towards items that help them. They were so excited and appreciative. Your generosity does not go unnoticed and our supplies will be put to good use.\r\n\r\nAgain, thank you from myself and my students. We are forever grateful and appreciative!","fullyFundedDate":1754020811474,"projectUrl":"project/notebooks-for-success-empowering-studen/9482615/","projectTitle":"Notebooks for Success: Empowering Students Through Organization","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Campbell","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5592555_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1534191859087","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/smcampbell"},{"teacherId":10234654,"projectId":9667995,"letterContent":"Thanks to your incredible generosity, we have successfully launched the Roar Store, a place where students can redeem their \"Roar Bucks,\" earned through their hard work. Before this, students had few options to spend their Roar Bucks, but now they're excitedly talking about the store and eagerly anticipating our Roar Store events, held twice a month.\r\nAn additional benefit of the Roar Store is that parents have come in to help run it, which the students really enjoy. This also allows parents to see how things are going at school. \r\nMy next step for the Roar Store is to set up a suggestion box, allowing students to share ideas for items they would like to see offered. We also have some high-value items, such as basketballs, footballs, and soccer balls, encouraging students to save their Roar Bucks for items they genuinely want and giving them something to work toward. In the future, we hope to acquire donated movie tickets or similar rewards, allowing us to continue offering great incentives for our students to stay motivated, make positive choices, and move forward.","fullyFundedDate":1757022180996,"projectUrl":"project/lets-celebrate-our-successes-one-roar/9667995/","projectTitle":"Let's Celebrate Our Successes, One Roar Buck at a Time!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Morris","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10234654"},{"teacherId":126429,"projectId":9543257,"letterContent":"Fulfilling this grant has had a transformative impact on my classroom. The funding allowed me to implement a structured mini-economy that has significantly enhanced student focus, motivation, and engagement during math lessons. Providing fidgets as tools for concentration and meaningful incentives through a classroom store has created a dynamic learning environment where students are excited to participate and persist in their math activities.\r\n\r\nThis system has not only boosted students' academic effort but also cultivated essential life skills such as financial literacy, responsibility, and goal-setting. Through earning, saving, and spending classroom currency, students practice key math concepts like counting, addition, subtraction, and budgeting in a practical, hands-on way. The experience of delayed gratification and decision-making within the mini-economy fosters fairness, respect, and a positive classroom culture.","fullyFundedDate":1755521805259,"projectUrl":"project/mini-economy-math/9543257/","projectTitle":"Mini-Economy Math","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Reel","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp126429_orig.jpg?crop=600,601,x0,y6&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1576076656632","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/reel"},{"teacherId":8116408,"projectId":9345760,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support in funding my classroom supply project for the 2025-26 school year. Your generosity makes a meaningful difference by providing essential tools like pencils, tissues, hand sanitizer, and even small rewards like candy to motivate my students.\r\n\r\nBecause of you, I can create a clean, organized, and engaging learning environment where every student has what they need to succeed. The Teachers Pay Teachers gift card will also allow me to tailor educational resources to meet their unique needs.\r\n\r\nYour kindness inspires and empowers both me and my students. I am deeply grateful for your partnership in nurturing creativity, health, and success in our classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1752170220354,"projectUrl":"project/supplies-for-success-2025/9345760/","projectTitle":"Supplies for Success 2025","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Jeggle","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8116408_orig.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1633460838991","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8116408"},{"teacherId":6969917,"projectId":9353860,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to support my 7th grade social studies classroom. This was a difficult start to the year, but Donors Choose, the College Football Playoff Organization, and your help made it all the better. \r\nModel United Nations can be a great project for students, staff, families, and our community at large to create something incredible. I am hopeful that in the future we will be able to be the future we wish to see, and change the world for the better. This starts with our students! Thank you again to the Washington Township Schools foundation for doubling all donations, and have a great year.","fullyFundedDate":1747482378099,"projectUrl":"project/washington-township-creates-a-model-unit/9353860/","projectTitle":"Washington Township Creates a Model United Nations!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Melrose","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6969917_orig.jpg?crop=1411,1411,x856,y110&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1574775529128","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6969917"},{"teacherId":8526340,"projectId":8557187,"letterContent":"Your appreciation for public education and your desire to support teachers and students mean so much to me and it has such a large impact on the world. \r\n\r\nThank you so much for your compassion and support. Students last year were able to take detailed notes, analyze theme and find text evidence, and explore new concepts with space to brainstorm and create diagrams and graphic organizers on their own to encourage their thinking. They were also able to keep all these ideas in one place to hold them not only accountable for bringing this notebook to class everyday, but to also understand the importance of connections between what we've already learned and new skills and concepts introduced as to activate prior knowledge and bridge meaning across texts.","fullyFundedDate":1733454358192,"projectUrl":"project/notebooks-for-novel-ideas/8557187/","projectTitle":"Notebooks for Novel Ideas","teacherDisplayName":"Mx. 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Your donations have enabled them to succeed and grow, focus, and dedicate themselves to their learning. \r\n\r\nThank you so much for your compassion and support you offered to my students' education and their ability to engage with content and practice skills through visual and auditory methods as well as enabling them to hone in on their independent assignments and meaning making alongside instrumental or lyrical music that inspires and motivates them and as the students say, \"lock in.\"","fullyFundedDate":1735589651852,"projectUrl":"project/headphones-for-holistic-learning/8999328/","projectTitle":"Headphones for Holistic Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Mx. 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By offering constructive and enjoyable activities for students who finish early, the project supports positive social interactions and artistic development, contributing to well-rounded academic and personal growth.","fullyFundedDate":1750256199372,"projectUrl":"project/im-done-now-what/9373991/","projectTitle":"I'm Done. Now What?","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Reel","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp126429_orig.jpg?crop=600,601,x0,y6&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1576076656632","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/reel"},{"teacherId":126429,"projectId":9188371,"letterContent":"I am writing to express my sincere gratitude for the generous grant that provided sports equipment, chips, candy, and additional store items for our classroom mini-economy. These resources significantly enhanced our end-of-year activities and supported student engagement in a meaningful way.\r\n\r\nThe variety of balls, chips, candy, and store items created an exciting and tangible marketplace where students could spend their earned classroom currency. This hands-on experience helped them practice important financial literacy skills such as budgeting, decision-making, and saving, all within a fun and motivating environment.\r\n\r\nThanks to your support, our mini-economy became a highlight of the school year, fostering responsibility, independence, and social skills among students. Your contribution truly made a lasting impact on their learning and enjoyment.\r\n\r\nThank you again for helping us create a dynamic and rewarding classroom experience.","fullyFundedDate":1744032920483,"projectUrl":"project/end-of-year-mini-economy-blow-out/9188371/","projectTitle":"End of Year Mini-Economy Blow Out!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Reel","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp126429_orig.jpg?crop=600,601,x0,y6&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1576076656632","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/reel"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_19380","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":754,"numTeachers":59,"percentFrplEligible":66,"percentAsian":4,"percentBlack":43,"percentWhite":17,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":28,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"6 - 8","studentTeacherRatio":"12.8:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":66.0,"schoolId":19380,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Westlane Middle School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Westlane Middle School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/indiana/washington-township-school-district/westlane-middle-school/19380"}