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You know you shine brightly in this world.","fullyFundedDate":1772048352646,"projectUrl":"project/winter-safe-support/10069487/","projectTitle":"Winter Safe Support","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Lisa Harte","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp114695_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1450532889140","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lisa-harte"},{"teacherId":114695,"projectId":10014052,"letterContent":"The excitement that occurred with the opening by my students of the packages and the anticipation of hearing and using the items to learn to self-regulate brought so much joy to our students.\r\n\r\nThe reaction of hearing the resonance tube was amazing for even the most upset students to stop and hear something exciting happening outside of themselves. It brought calm and a sense of wonder.\r\n\r\nYour gifts of having the books about the human body help explain to my students to stop and look at the self-regulation breathing, visualization and do the opposite of yelling, hurting, and harming with these self-care practices.\r\n\r\nHaving these visual and auditory items gives agency and choice to each student with special needs when they walk into the counseling room. Once they can regulate their emotions their learning and socialization can really take off in a positive direction, thank to your donations.","fullyFundedDate":1769531100081,"projectUrl":"project/self-regulation-supports/10014052/","projectTitle":"Self Regulation Supports","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Lisa Harte","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp114695_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1450532889140","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lisa-harte"},{"teacherId":114695,"projectId":9671197,"letterContent":"The new research is amazing and my students learned how part of their self-care is to include teeth brushing with tongue scraping, flossing, and gargling. They are new to using a tongue scraper and the different types of floss were fun for them.\r\n\r\nThey could not believe how clean their mouths felt after going through the full dental hygiene routine. The smiles and pride they felt by being able to do everything alone was incredible.\r\n\r\nOur next steps are to go into the details of drinking water throughout the day and staying away from soda and fruit juices that can cause cavities and pain.\r\n\r\nWe we explore foods that reduce plaque such as whole fruits and vegetables and how highly processed foods such as salty and sweet snack foods increase plaque.","fullyFundedDate":1764736137832,"projectUrl":"project/health-and-dental-hygiene-instruction/9671197/","projectTitle":"Health and Dental Hygiene Instruction","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Lisa Harte","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp114695_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1450532889140","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lisa-harte"},{"teacherId":114695,"projectId":9566137,"letterContent":"With your support of purchasing toothpaste, tools to learn flossing, and mouth wash most of the students now have a greater understanding of daily mouth hygiene and how tongue scraping, teeth brushing, flossing, and gargling contributes to healthy teeth and gums but also heart health and overall mood. \r\n\r\nSome of our students are interested in culinary careers and after using your tongue scrappers they made the connection that tongue scraping improves there sense of taste which will make them better chefs.\r\n\r\nThe excitement of peers as they saw that their mouth smelled better to the other high school friends. They also noticed whiter teeth and cleaner gums and this gave greater social confidence to many students.\r\n\r\nThe impact of your gifts not only give our students better health but a stronger feeling of independence and self esteem which will take them far in their lives after high school.","fullyFundedDate":1764706494379,"projectUrl":"project/creating-health-mind-body-books/9566137/","projectTitle":"Creating Health Mind & Body Books","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Lisa Harte","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp114695_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1450532889140","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lisa-harte"},{"teacherId":5402834,"projectId":9747271,"letterContent":"Thank you for supporting this project, which empowered our students to become true problem-solvers and designers for accessibility. Using iPads as their design hub, students explored AR tools, digital sketching, and 3D modeling to prototype adaptive cardboard furniture for individuals with mobility and accessibility needs across NYC.\r\n\r\nThey gained meaningful empathy by virtually experiencing daily challenges faced by wheelchair users and others, and they applied that understanding as they built and tested full-scale cardboard prototypes. Along the way, they discovered careers in engineering, design, and occupational therapy while developing teamwork, creativity, and real-world design skills.\r\n\r\nYour support made this hands-on, human-centered learning experience possible—thank you.","fullyFundedDate":1758919772856,"projectUrl":"project/stem-in-the-classroom/9747271/","projectTitle":"STEM in the Classroom","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Molly","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5402834"},{"teacherId":114695,"projectId":9334214,"letterContent":"Wow, thanks to your generous donations of art supplies my very talented students are expressing their emotions, hopes, and dreams and better able to cope with difficulty learning, struggles with food, housing, healthcare, and living in 2025 in New York City. Being able to come into their counseling room and have a variety of beautify colored markers by Blick with the special paper allows them to make a new world for themselves.\r\n\r\nMy students are communicating though art thanks to your efforts. Your generosity should assist my high school students for many years to come. Next they plan to create their own books to improve their health and learning.","fullyFundedDate":1752092670223,"projectUrl":"project/communication-through-art/9334214/","projectTitle":"Communication Through Art","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Lisa Harte","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp114695_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1450532889140","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lisa-harte"},{"teacherId":114695,"projectId":9206380,"letterContent":"The health resource room was in need of an up to date iPad that students could use to do research related to all thing to improve their health and wellness to help them thrive in their classrooms, neighborhoods, and at home.\r\n\r\nStudents are very excited when the new ipad arived and they had control to self direct their learning with the helkp of hweir cousnelor to learn about building healthy habits and how to make lasting change to improve their learning.\r\n\r\nThis week when the students retrun to high school your gift will have even greater impact becasue the students will not have their own phones or iPads to do research due to the new technology ban for new York State students.","fullyFundedDate":1746753520203,"projectUrl":"project/help-our-health-resource-room-thrive/9206380/","projectTitle":"Help Our Health Resource Room Thrive","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Lisa Harte","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp114695_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1450532889140","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lisa-harte"},{"teacherId":114695,"projectId":9164825,"letterContent":"This school year was successful because of your financial and emotional support with the have encouraged my students to come to school knowing that if they came in they benefited from activities that you purchased. 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