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The book sparked meaningful conversations about bullying, acceptance, and choosing kindness—both in and out of the classroom.\r\n\r\nYour donation helped create a shared reading experience that strengthened our classroom community. Students not only improved their reading comprehension and discussion skills, but they also grew socially and emotionally. Several students have already asked for similar books because Wonder inspired them to read more and think more deeply.\r\n\r\nThank you for making this learning experience possible. 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It was awesome to see how excited they would get to earn a cute little plush, keychain, or pick a charm to express themselves on their shoes. These incentives were so successful that hundreds of our students were earning prizes and our attendance has improved from the year previous. \r\nThank you for sparking joy in my students and providing some truly awesome incentives for them.","fullyFundedDate":1755713047922,"projectUrl":"project/showing-up-pays-off/9605596/","projectTitle":"Showing Up Pays Off!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Miranda","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6118058_orig.jpg?crop=834,834,x0,y158&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1564950991993","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-trobiani"},{"teacherId":6118058,"projectId":9604911,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous donation to my project and helping me support the students at my school. Everyday I see students that are in need of a variety of \"random\" items and your donation has helped me fill the gap for my students. In the last several months I have given out all the belts that this project has funded. Each day I have given out at least 1 belt and this project being funded has enabled me to do so. \r\nMy students often play outside at lunch and they come in wanting a refresh so they are not the \"stinky\" kid. Having deodorant has given me the opportunity to help these students. They can now play as hard as they want without worrying about how much they sweat. \r\nMany students ride bikes or scooters to school and the bike locks have helped them secure their transportation so they do not go missing throughout the day. \r\nAll these items may seem random, but they each fill a need that my students have daily at school.","fullyFundedDate":1755712663109,"projectUrl":"project/first-things-first-some-essentials/9604911/","projectTitle":"First Things First: Some Essentials","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Miranda","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6118058_orig.jpg?crop=834,834,x0,y158&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1564950991993","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-trobiani"},{"teacherId":6118058,"projectId":9621026,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for funding my project and helping me support the students on my campus. Your generous donation helped me re-stock my personal care corner. This is a station in my office where any student on campus can come use these products to help them feel ready and confident to take on their day. \r\nWith the cold weather upon us many of my students have had super chapped lips. Having the lip balm and Aquafor for them to use has been a huge life saver so they are not in pain or discomfort while they are trying to learn. \r\nEach of the items purchased may seem small or strange, but they have a huge impact on my students and they are very thankful to have those small comforts to use when needed.","fullyFundedDate":1755712662869,"projectUrl":"project/helping-students-stay-clean-confident/9621026/","projectTitle":"Helping Students Stay Clean & Confident","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Miranda","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6118058_orig.jpg?crop=834,834,x0,y158&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1564950991993","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-trobiani"},{"teacherId":414202,"projectId":9315329,"letterContent":"After receiving our DSLR camera, our music program experienced an incredible transformation. 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