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Thank you for believing in our students and for investing in their growth, well-being and happiness.","fullyFundedDate":1768939272990,"projectUrl":"project/celebrating-efforts-incentives-for-posi/10029383/","projectTitle":"Celebrating Efforts: Incentives for Positive Choices","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Kendo","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-9_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8169116"},{"teacherId":9348032,"projectId":9990062,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our classroom through the Helping Hands for a Healthy Classroom project. Your generosity has made a meaningful difference for my students, and we are incredibly grateful for your kindness. Because of your support, our classroom is becoming an even more organized, welcoming, and supportive place where students feel confident and ready to learn each day.\r\n\r\nThe chair storage pockets are already helping students keep their materials organized and easily accessible right at their seats. This simple system helps them stay focused during lessons and move smoothly between activities. The folders and label maker are helping us create clear routines and organized systems for student work, making it easier for students to take responsibility for their materials and feel proud of staying organized.\r\n\r\nOur new laminator and laminating sheets are allowing me to create durable learning tools, visual supports, and routine reminders that we can use all year long. These materials help students practice independence, follow classroom expectations, and feel confident as they move through daily activities. The giant playing cards are being used during math and movement activities, making learning interactive, fun, and engaging for students.\r\n\r\nFinally, the collapsible wagon has already been incredibly helpful for transporting classroom materials and supplies, especially when setting up activities or bringing items to different learning spaces. Every item you helped provide is being used to support routines, hands-on learning, and a positive classroom environment where students can grow academically and socially.\r\n\r\nThank you again for investing in my students and believing in their success. Your generosity is helping create a classroom where students feel supported, capable, and excited to learn every day. 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They couldn't wait to start using everything, and their excitement reminded me how meaningful your generosity truly is.\r\n\r\nWe have already started using the materials during our literacy and small-group learning time. The students love having hands-on tools to practice their skills, and it has helped them stay focused and excited about learning. One of my favorite moments was watching a group of students work together to practice new reading and phonics skills using the materials. They were encouraging each other, celebrating when they figured something out, and building confidence as young learners.\r\n\r\nThanks to your support, my students will continue using these resources as we build important foundational skills throughout the year. These materials will help us strengthen our reading and learning routines, giving students more opportunities to practice, collaborate, and grow. 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Every item we were able to purchase was chosen with care, and we appreciate you getting us to our goal.\r\n\r\nThe sensory tools, fidgets, and calming resources are already making a meaningful difference. Students are learning how to manage stress, practice self-regulation, and express their feelings in healthy ways. This space allows them to build emotional skills that support both their learning and overall well-being, especially for students who experience sensory overload or anxiety during the school day.\r\n\r\nYour kindness directly impacts our students' daily lives. You've helped create a space that honors their unique personalities, creativity, and resilience, reminding them that their feelings matter and that they are supported. 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These materials are being used to help students grab materials that they need for independent and structured writing centers. \r\nMy students are able to navigate the individual drawers to look for writing materials, such as wide and highlighted writing paper, textured writing paper, and the multitude of writing prompts available for them to work on. \r\nMy students do best with consistent routines and this will help them build responsibility into their routine by being able to access their own materials.","fullyFundedDate":1768257341979,"projectUrl":"project/organized-writing-space/10009591/","projectTitle":"Organized Writing Space","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Ruder","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4777620_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1525734018250","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4777620"},{"teacherId":3242366,"projectId":10020454,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to my classroom. The refresh on classroom supplies like tape and colored pencils have been much appreciated. I have been able to share supplies with students who do not have them, as well as complete some class projects.\r\n\r\nI am so grateful for the book sets. Not only have I been using them in small group instruction, I have been sharing the books I am not currently using with students so that I can encourage reading. It has been so fun seeing kids realize that there are good books out there. \r\n\r\nAll of these supplies make my job as a teacher easier and more fun.","fullyFundedDate":1768599132452,"projectUrl":"project/a-refreshing-project/10020454/","projectTitle":"A Refreshing Project","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Horvath","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3242366_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1471756358756","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3242366"},{"teacherId":4639914,"projectId":10024619,"letterContent":"Your generous donations will be appreciated and used daily in my Fifth Grade classroom. My students now have more tools to be successful and won't have to stop to find the appropriate tools they need to complete their assignments. They will be making a fun Valentine's Day craft, and will be creating Mother's Day gifts too. You have helped to create excitement in my classroom with them receiving all these new items. My spirit feels refreshed too. I can't express in words how thankful my class and I am for all of these brand new school tools.","fullyFundedDate":1768946084059,"projectUrl":"project/a-refreshing-supply-project/10024619/","projectTitle":"A \"Refreshing\" Supply Project","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Hiler","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4639914_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1699442672078","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4639914"},{"teacherId":8129477,"projectId":10040849,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for the donations for our Tonies Box. My class is loving listening to different stories and songs and being independent in our reading center. All the different characters gives us a variety of stories and songs for the students to choose from to listen to in our Reading Center. \r\n\r\nWe also appreciate our Little People toys and are working on sharing while playing with others. The toys have allowed us to work in small groups and taking turns.\r\n\r\nWe love opening our boxes and getting to surprise the students with new items in the classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1768773976011,"projectUrl":"project/lets-read-a-story-together/10040849/","projectTitle":"Let's Read a Story Together!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Grant","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-9_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8129477"},{"teacherId":6518337,"projectId":10035118,"letterContent":"Thanks to A Fresh Chapter: Growing Readers, One Book at a Time, our classroom has been buzzing with curiosity, confidence, and a renewed love of reading. These new texts are allowing us to explicitly teach essential literacy skills such as making predictions, identifying key details, building vocabulary, and discussing character traits and themes. Students are learning how to think more deeply about what they read—asking questions, making connections, and supporting their ideas with evidence from the text. The variety of books will continue to help us meet readers where they are, offering both support and challenge so every student can grow.\r\n\r\nReading in our classroom is active and joyful. You'll see students curled up with books during independent reading, gathered in small groups for guided discussions, and eagerly sharing favorite parts with classmates. The new books have sparked meaningful conversations and have given students the confidence to take risks as readers. Several students who were once hesitant to pick up a book are now the first to ask, \"Can I read one more chapter?\" Others light up when they recognize themselves, their interests, or their experiences reflected in the stories.\r\n\r\nWe are incredibly grateful to our donors for making this possible. Your generosity has truly turned the page for our students, helping them see reading not just as a skill, but as something enjoyable and empowering. Because of you, our readers are growing—one book, one lesson, and one proud moment at a time. Thank you for investing in our students and for helping us build a classroom full of confident, enthusiastic readers.","fullyFundedDate":1768755993220,"projectUrl":"project/a-fresh-chapter-growing-readers-one-bo/10035118/","projectTitle":"A Fresh Chapter: Growing Readers, One Book at a Time","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. McCall","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-9_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6518337"},{"teacherId":6489168,"projectId":9045347,"letterContent":"Thanks to your generous support, our classroom has been filled with excitement, engagement, and a whole lot of learning! The new resources have made a meaningful difference for my students, and I wanted to share just how much they've impacted our daily work.\r\n\r\nAs soon as the materials arrived, the students lit up with curiosity and joy. I'll never forget the moment they walked in and saw the new supplies neatly organized and ready to go—it was like Christmas morning! They immediately began exploring the materials and asking questions about how we'd use them. It was clear from the start that these tools were going to spark a whole new level of motivation.\r\n\r\nOne of our favorite projects so far has been our recent literacy centers. Using the new phonemic awareness tools, students rotated through hands-on activities that strengthened their letter-sound connections, blending, and decoding skills. One student, who previously struggled with confidence during reading time, was beaming after completing a phoneme matching game—she proudly announced, \"I did it all by myself!\"\r\n\r\nRight now, we're using the resources daily as part of our Core 95 phonics lessons. The manipulatives and printed materials help make abstract concepts tangible, and students are more engaged than ever. We're beginning a writing unit next, and the foundational skills we've been building with these resources are already showing through in their early drafts.","fullyFundedDate":1736965319819,"projectUrl":"project/classroom-supplies-to-encourage-academic/9045347/","projectTitle":"Classroom Supplies to Encourage Academic Success","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Floth","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6489168_orig.jpg?crop=2247,2247,x327,y1264&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1560528677604","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6489168"},{"teacherId":4639914,"projectId":9055491,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for the amazing biography books, pencils, headphones, and watercolor paints. Our class appreciates your generosity. The items you donated will impact learning and enhance engagement of my students. The books will help with our research project on inventions, the pencils are used daily to write all of their fabulous ideas, the headphones are used daily for computer work, and the watercolor paints are used to creatively express themselves. The impact this project has will continue to help students for years to come.","fullyFundedDate":1736966785495,"projectUrl":"project/creative-readers-and-writers/9055491/","projectTitle":"Creative Readers and Writers","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Hiler","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4639914_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1699442672078","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4639914"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_94335","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":710,"numTeachers":45,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":3,"percentBlack":3,"percentWhite":64,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":19,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Pre-K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"15.8:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":false,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":78.4,"schoolId":94335,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about James E & A Rae Smalley Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"James E & A Rae Smalley Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/nevada/clark-county-school-district/james-rae-smalley-elementary-school/94335"}