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We appreciate all that you have done for our classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1764689495069,"projectUrl":"project/a-clean-space-for-bright-minds/9694604/","projectTitle":"A Clean Space for Bright Minds","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Burns","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3666548_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1467904803694","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-kburns"},{"teacherId":2147519,"projectId":9224272,"letterContent":"Thank you for donating to this class project. My students come from a low socioeconomic area. Books are vital in a classroom because they enhance academic performance, expand vocabulary, and cultivate critical thinking and creativity in students. Most of my students do not have books at home. I encourage them to read and enjoy the various genres. When they are at school, I want them be surrounded with books. \r\nStudents are more likely to read when books are easily accessible and visible. Many times, I give them books at Christmas and at the end of the school year to make sure they have at least a few books of their own. Without your support, this wouldn't be possible.\r\n Thank you so much for your support. The students are always excited to see items delivered to the room. They were very happy to see me take out the headphones.","fullyFundedDate":1744210091677,"projectUrl":"project/we-love-reading/9224272/","projectTitle":"We Love Reading!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Hensley","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2147519_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1490841973587","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/linda-hensley"},{"teacherId":2147519,"projectId":9448434,"letterContent":"Thank you for donating to this class project. My students come from a low socioeconomic area. Most come to school unable to bring the needed supplies for the classroom. Headphones are needed throughout the day for various activities such as center work and assessments. Having the headphones in class is such an asset to our room. \r\nWe use dry erase markers for various activities such as whole group lessons and they use them in centers for reading and math. \r\nThank you so much for your support. The students are always excited to see items delivered to the room.","fullyFundedDate":1757423411596,"projectUrl":"project/listen-up-and-write-it-down/9448434/","projectTitle":"Listen Up and Write It Down!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Hensley","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2147519_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1490841973587","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/linda-hensley"},{"teacherId":2147519,"projectId":9220885,"letterContent":"Thank you for donating to this class project. My students come from a low socioeconomic area. Most come to school unable to bring the needed supplies for the classroom. Headphones are needed throughout the day for various activities such as center work and assessments. The students who cannot afford to purchase the items should not feel bad for not having it. I try to make sure I do as much as I can to see that they have what they need and never feel bad. Having the headphones in class is such an asset to our room. Thank you so much for your support. The students are always excited to see items delivered to the room. They were very happy to see me take out the headphones.","fullyFundedDate":1746711136292,"projectUrl":"project/listen-up/9220885/","projectTitle":"Listen Up!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Hensley","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2147519_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1490841973587","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/linda-hensley"},{"teacherId":1001243,"projectId":8972889,"letterContent":"There are few things in life as satisfying as that moment when you help a kid find THAT book. The one that they fall in love with. The one they want to check out again and again! Thanks to your kindness and generosity, this project helped me bring dozens of those kinds of books into my library! They have been wildly popular and are constantly checked out. \r\n\r\nEvery reader requires something different and it sometimes takes trying lots of new things to find that perfect winning book. We found lots of those in this project! Thank you for supporting a love of reading!","fullyFundedDate":1734117207774,"projectUrl":"project/fuel-the-shelves-feed-the-minds-part-2/8972889/","projectTitle":"Fuel the Shelves, Feed the Minds: Part 2","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Clark","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1001243_orig.jpg?crop=1212,1212,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1679950565759","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/jenni-clark"},{"teacherId":1001243,"projectId":8972789,"letterContent":"There are few things in life as satisfying as that moment when you help a kid find THAT book. The one that they fall in love with. The one they want to check out again and again! Thanks to your kindness and generosity, this project helped me bring dozens of those kinds of books into my library! They have been wildly popular and are constantly checked out. \r\n\r\nEvery reader requires something different and it sometimes takes trying lots of new things to find that perfect winning book. We found lots of those in this project! Thank you for supporting a love of reading!","fullyFundedDate":1733806798751,"projectUrl":"project/fuel-the-shelves-feed-the-minds-part-1/8972789/","projectTitle":"Fuel the Shelves, Feed the Minds: Part 1","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Clark","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1001243_orig.jpg?crop=1212,1212,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1679950565759","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/jenni-clark"},{"teacherId":3666548,"projectId":8793973,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous support in enhancing our outdoor space! Your donation has made a huge impact on our students. The bouncy balls are helping kids stay active while they learn, providing a fun way to burn energy and focus better. The chalk has turned our pavement into a canvas for creative expression, where students draw, write, and create outdoors. The musical instruments have brought a new level of excitement, allowing students to explore rhythm, collaborate, and enjoy music together.\r\n\r\nThanks to you, our outdoor space has become a dynamic learning environment where kids are more engaged, creative, and energized. We're incredibly grateful for your support!","fullyFundedDate":1733333925310,"projectUrl":"project/adventure-awaits-enhancing-outdoor-play/8793973/","projectTitle":"Adventure Awaits: Enhancing Outdoor Play with Exciting New Toys","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Burns","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3666548_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1467904803694","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-kburns"},{"teacherId":2440066,"projectId":8656020,"letterContent":"We have received your generous gifts of the Art Journals. We began using them as soon as they were in the students hands. The students have been using the new journals to express their creativity during journal time. They are given a prompt much like a writing prompt in ELA class but instead of writing the students draw pictures according to how they interpret the prompt. With their new journals in hand not only did they work of being creative I saw an increase in care in their skills as they began to practice their coloring techniques and shading skills along with drawing. With the nice drawing paper in the journals the students found themselves not only drawing the main subject of their image but adding to their work with backgrounds and foregrounds. The students took their self expression to a whole new level thanks to your generosity. \r\nThe day The students received their Journals they had their falling apart, quickly made journals of stapled together copy paper and construction paper for their drawing prompts. When I passed out the nicer sewn drawing journals of actual drawing paper I wish you could have seen their reactions. There were smiles of excitement, looks of amazement, shouts of \"Yeah!\" and questions of \"These are really for us?\"\r\nI look forward to all my students will be able to do as they develop their own skills in the future. thank you for your generosity in contributing to these children's education and self esteemed as you just told them through your kindness that they too are important.","fullyFundedDate":1734099948462,"projectUrl":"project/journaling-through-art/8656020/","projectTitle":"Journaling Through Art","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Gray","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2440066"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_1403","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":485,"numTeachers":42,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":2,"percentBlack":59,"percentWhite":11,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":15,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"11.5:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_MIDSIZE"},"inStateSupporters":33.5,"schoolId":1403,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Benjamin Martin Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Benjamin Martin Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/north-carolina/cumberland-county-schools/benjamin-martin-elementary-school/1403"}