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Then the room collectively gasped, and one student whispered, \"Somebody did all this... for us?\" Their excitement was pure, genuine joy—followed by questions like, \"Why would people help kids they don't even know?\" It opened the door to a beautiful conversation about kindness, community, and the power of people who believe in them.\r\n\r\n\r\nThank you for giving my students something to look forward to, something to work for, and something that reminds them daily that they matter. Your impact is bigger than you know. 💛","fullyFundedDate":1761324744042,"projectUrl":"project/from-takis-to-triumph-the-classroom-sto/9767688/","projectTitle":"From Takis to Triumph: The Classroom Store that Changes Everything","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Kershaw","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3729310_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1532113533631","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3729310"},{"teacherId":9972529,"projectId":9715172,"letterContent":"Thanks to your generosity, my students are already using the new materials in ways that are helping them learn, regulate, and build confidence. One of the biggest highlights has been the color-changing hexagon lights I added to our sensory area. Students love going over to the wall to create their own patterns and designs, and the lights provide immediate visual feedback that reinforces cause-and-effect skills. This simple addition has quickly become a calming, motivating spot in our room where students can regulate and get ready for learning.\r\n\r\nThe dysgraphia books and handwriting paper have also made a noticeable impact. I've been using them with students who have been struggling with letter formation and visual motor integration, and the creative ideas in the book have given us fresh, engaging ways to practice handwriting. Activities that used to feel frustrating for some students are now more accessible, playful, and successful. I've already seen improvements in confidence and willingness to try tasks that were previously avoided.\r\n\r\nWe've also had fun incorporating the new scissor-skill activities, including the sensory box with scissor tongs and the dragon-themed board game. These tools have dramatically increased interest and engagement—students who typically shy away from cutting tasks were excited to try the new materials, and their enthusiasm was contagious. Seeing them so eager to practice scissor skills had all of us smiling. As we continue building on these successes, my students will keep using these materials to strengthen fine motor skills, improve regulation, and experience joyful learning. Your support has made a meaningful, daily difference—thank you for helping create these moments of growth.","fullyFundedDate":1758847005668,"projectUrl":"project/toys-that-teach-supporting-skills-and-e/9715172/","projectTitle":"Toys That Teach: Supporting Skills and Emotions","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Sara","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9972529"},{"teacherId":7243244,"projectId":9418741,"letterContent":"This horseshoe table has been a game-changer for my classroom. It has created the ability for me to be close to all of my students during breakfast, lunch, snack, and instructional time. This new ability has created more opportunities for hand-over-hand adjustments (such as helping my Deaf and Hard of Hearing students correct their hand shapes), helping with feeding (using utensils), becoming a closer model when using our AAC devices, and bringing the academic material closer to my students. Thank you for bringing such a life-changing tool to my classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1755199547754,"projectUrl":"project/horseshoe-table/9418741/","projectTitle":"Horseshoe Table","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Zoe","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7243244_orig.jpg?crop=716,716,x332,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1728591877088","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7243244"},{"teacherId":235710,"projectId":9386274,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your kind donation to get a laser cutter for my school! Everyone including the adults were so interested in what was in the big box delivered to my room! They all wanted to see what it would do and try it out. I told my students about my experience at our local college over the summer and how I loved using the laser cutter to make things for my own classroom and family. I started with my fifth graders to let them come to the laser cutter in pairs to understand how the software works and make their own design. Next they will create a gift for someone they love with a larger size of wood piece. They are very excited to design and create their own designs and use the laser cutter! Thank you so much!","fullyFundedDate":1755726969230,"projectUrl":"project/laser-cutter-for-school-makerspace/9386274/","projectTitle":"Laser Cutter for School MakerSpace","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Folz","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp235710_orig.jpg?crop=2316,2316,x0,y115&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1736528169931","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-jennifersmith"},{"teacherId":235710,"projectId":9314741,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your kind donation to my school project! I was so excited to get this organizer to make my life so much easier and the kids are so much more organized to grab and return the materials we use in our makerspace. I was able to put a class set of markers, crayons, colored pencils inside the containers so the kids can grab and go to use them. I also was able to organize all my circuit wires too! My wires were in a box all tangled up and always is such a pain for the students to find what they need. This organizer has helped us do work efficently and effectly. Thank you!","fullyFundedDate":1746487563087,"projectUrl":"project/please-help-me-organize-my-makerspace-fo/9314741/","projectTitle":"Please Help Me Organize my Makerspace for Efficiency","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Folz","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp235710_orig.jpg?crop=2316,2316,x0,y115&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1736528169931","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-jennifersmith"},{"teacherId":3729310,"projectId":9268074,"letterContent":"All I can say is how truly amazing you all are. From the bottom of my heart, thank you for being such generous givers. Your kindness has brought so much joy to our classroom.\r\n\r\nWe've been using the Icee machine as a special Friday reward, and our next goal is to grow it into a classroom store opportunity that teaches responsibility and goes beyond the classroom. When the kids first saw the Icee and cotton candy machines, their faces lit up—they were in absolute awe! They jumped up and down with excitement, shouting out their favorites and sharing smiles that said it all.\r\n\r\nBecause of you, our students are not just having fun—they are building memories, celebrating achievements, and learning the value of hard work and rewards. Thank you for making this possible!","fullyFundedDate":1746489074064,"projectUrl":"project/snowie-scholars-learning-one-scoop-at-a/9268074/","projectTitle":"Snowie Scholars: Learning One Scoop at a Time","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Kershaw","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3729310_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1532113533631","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3729310"},{"teacherId":7459470,"projectId":9127799,"letterContent":"Thank you for your donation. Most Speech Language Pathologists spend their personal funding to purchase the most recent evidence based materials. It is difficult to stay up to date with the most recent research. Teacherspayteachers is an amazing website because it is a platform for Speech Language Pathologists to publish their materials created by Speech Language Pathologists. Some of the Speech Language Pathologists that I follow on Teacherspayteachers have made a career or researching, creating and providing materials that are not only evidenced based, but practical and applicable to speech language services. A lot of the commercially produced materials are years behind current research and trends. In this day and age we should take advantage of the ease of communicating with fellow peers across the country. Teacherspayteachers provided a platform to open collaboration with fellow Speech Language Pathologists.","fullyFundedDate":1740516629230,"projectUrl":"project/tpt-to-help-out-fellow-teachers/9127799/","projectTitle":"TPT to Help Out Fellow Teachers","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Mercurio","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7459470_orig.jpg?crop=2316,2316,x0,y247&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1630152825214","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7459470"},{"teacherId":7243244,"projectId":9223267,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to my team's DonorsChoose. As Teacher of the Deaf and Educational Interpreters, we have experienced over and over again how hard it is to teach our Deaf and Hard of Hearing students to read and write. Finding the BedRock Literacy Curriculum was a game-changer for us. This curriculum is specifically built for our students. It focuses on vocabulary development, grammar, writing, and reading. The curriculum is highly visual and set up in a way that the teacher can choose where to start, depending on their students' abilities. We truly can't wait to incorporate this curriculum with our students and within our program. Thank you again!","fullyFundedDate":1748548154978,"projectUrl":"project/dhh-professional-development/9223267/","projectTitle":"DHH Professional Development","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Zoe","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7243244_orig.jpg?crop=716,716,x332,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1728591877088","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7243244"},{"teacherId":1995821,"projectId":9266912,"letterContent":"The school year began with everything I needed to make students feel excited about learning, thanks to you. Your donations have allowed small groups to begin from day one. Our calendar time is thriving and my brand new circle time rug is the star of the show. \r\n\r\nBecause of you students love coming to my class. We are several weeks into the school year and students still show excitement everyday when we do our morning routines using the products purchased thru this project. Lasting memories are being made and impacting each and every student in my room. Thanks again for your continued support!","fullyFundedDate":1746643640780,"projectUrl":"project/classroom-upgrade/9266912/","projectTitle":"Classroom Upgrade","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Alexis","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1995821_orig.jpg?crop=1440,1440,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1617211107046","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lionpride"},{"teacherId":4932303,"projectId":9033669,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donations to my autism classroom. This project is not only helping my students work on job skills, but it is also providing morale to the entire teaching staff. These materials together are creating our Wildcat Wagon, which will be a cart that my students take around the school building, selling beverages and other goodies to raise money for field trips. The students will have to take, make, and deliver the orders. These are all very difficult skills, but with starting in elementary school, the hope is that by the time they are ready to transition to the \"real world,\" they will be well-equipped with the skills they need!\r\n\r\nMy students were very excited to help me build the cart; they were reading the outside of the boxes of the other materials, just excited to open them. They didn't even care that they were not toys or things they could eat. They just wanted to open the new items!\r\n\r\nWe are so thankful for people like you who give to our little classroom and help make such an impact on me as a teacher, as well as on the students. We will be forever grateful!","fullyFundedDate":1746489212500,"projectUrl":"project/wildcat-wagon-supplies/9033669/","projectTitle":"Wildcat Wagon Supplies","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Vergara","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4932303_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1509239530645","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/vergarawoodford"},{"teacherId":1960008,"projectId":9139194,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to our students. The materials that my students are able to use because of your kind donation is create. They are able to come and shop in our PBIS store once a month. They are able to earn incentives for positive behavior and good choices. They can choose to save their bucks or spend them. The items I was able to purchase for the store range from pencils and fun fidgets, to board games. I have one student who said that being able to save up for a \"high ticket\" item, for example the game of Clue, made him feel so proud of himself. These are the moments that would not be possible without your donations.","fullyFundedDate":1742937976083,"projectUrl":"project/pbis-rewards-for-students/9139194/","projectTitle":"PBIS Rewards for Students","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Roland","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1960008_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1500470204001","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1960008"},{"teacherId":235710,"projectId":9205820,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your kind donation! Snap Circuits are a great addition to my classroom for so many of my students! I had my sixth graders use them first because I know they had experience with them and they were able to do these beginner ones easy and they had so much fun doing all the projects. \r\n\r\nI had them at a choice station where only if they were interested they could do them. There were a couple curious kids who tried them and all the other kids saw and heard what they were doing then it became the most popular choice for them! I think these kids are such a fun way to teach electricity and circuits to our students. Thank you so much!","fullyFundedDate":1742909558812,"projectUrl":"project/snap-circuits-for-exposing-my-students-t/9205820/","projectTitle":"Snap Circuits for Exposing My Students to Engineering Concepts","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Folz","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp235710_orig.jpg?crop=2316,2316,x0,y115&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1736528169931","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-jennifersmith"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_43161","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":369,"numTeachers":19,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":84,"percentWhite":4,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":4,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Pre-K - 7","studentTeacherRatio":"19.4:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":73.6,"schoolId":43161,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Woodford Academy on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Woodford Academy","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/ohio/cincinnati-public-schools/woodford-paideia-school/43161"}