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Your donation has not only provided valuable material but it also given students greater confidence in their abilities and motivation to suceed","fullyFundedDate":1756348014371,"projectUrl":"project/unlocking-potential/9529828/","projectTitle":"Unlocking Potential","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Diligente","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1882383"},{"teacherId":324910,"projectId":9790982,"letterContent":"Students were thrilled to see the ChompSaw. They are always excited by new tools and this was a big one. We have faced a bit of learning curve, learning the thickness of cardboard that works best and learning how hard to push the cardboard through the saw and how fast or slow. Students didn't get a lot of opportunities to use it, but when they did they were thrilled that it was much easier then using the other cutting tools. \r\n\r\nThank you so much for making this possible for my current students and my future students. As they practice and learn they will be able to build some pretty great things.","fullyFundedDate":1764706543589,"projectUrl":"project/chomp-chomp-done/9790982/","projectTitle":"Chomp! Chomp! Done!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Neal","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp324910_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1536344544574","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/dianna-neal"},{"teacherId":2006622,"projectId":10121212,"letterContent":"Over the past month and after a very long wait, my students have finally been able to work with clay. They created expressive face mugs using clay and definitely put the resources that were funded by you to good use. The mugs and faces on them that they created were phenomenal. \r\n\r\nTo finish out the year I have two more grades that will do this project. As long as we have access to clay my students will continue to use these resources. \r\n\r\nThank you so much for allowing my students to see how \"THE ARTS CHANGE LIVES!\"","fullyFundedDate":1776130317307,"projectUrl":"project/building-and-sculpting-from-earths-gift/10121212/","projectTitle":"Building and Sculpting from Earth’s Gift","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Troy","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2006622_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1644318741396","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2006622"},{"teacherId":2006622,"projectId":10024815,"letterContent":"My students have just recently completed Dale Chihuly style flowers that they made just in time for Mother's Day. \r\n\r\nMy students were excited to learn about Dale Chihuly and see his work and know that they could create art to look similar to his style and materials. My students created very colorful flower designs and patterns on the shrinky dinks using the permanent markers. They watched them change shape while they were in the toaster oven. It happened fast and they were excited to see the process. \r\n\r\nMy 6th graders always love making sculptures like Dale Chihuly and I will continue to do so with them.","fullyFundedDate":1776095402445,"projectUrl":"project/make-my-work-permanent/10024815/","projectTitle":"Make My Work Permanent","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Troy","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2006622_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1644318741396","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2006622"},{"teacherId":324910,"projectId":9897509,"letterContent":"This was such a fun activity for my students with special needs. They built the BristleBots and ended up with a great product to take home. The supplies in the kit were good quality and the directions were easy to follow. I had not originally planned to use the kit with the class I did, but after looking it over, I decided it was the perfect STEM topic and project for the class I used it with. It was really nice that none of the parts were tiny so that even the students who have difficulty with fine motor skills were able to participate. At the end of class they were racing their bots around the tables and they were so proud of what they had built. Thank you for making this possible.","fullyFundedDate":1766605802603,"projectUrl":"project/build-and-learn/9897509/","projectTitle":"Build and Learn","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Neal","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp324910_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1536344544574","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/dianna-neal"},{"teacherId":2006622,"projectId":9956582,"letterContent":"Thus far, my students have brainstormed their own ideas for creating inspirational words and images that will become paintings to hang in the school to help promote wellness with the student body and within student support groups. \r\n\r\nAfter creating a few rough drafts of their idea, they drew out their favorite neatly on paper. They recently painted their backgrounds and wrote out their words using the same stencils so they are unified. \r\n\r\nWhen they saw the size of the canvases they were a little surprised that they were so big but still excited. Their next step is to transfer their drawings with a projector on the large canvases and to paint their images over their background.","fullyFundedDate":1765829514656,"projectUrl":"project/inspiring-wellness/9956582/","projectTitle":"Inspiring Wellness","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Troy","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2006622_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1644318741396","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2006622"},{"teacherId":2006622,"projectId":9690538,"letterContent":"My students have literally abandoned the other brands of colored pencils that are mixed in their colored pencil containers. They notice a real difference in the quality of the different brands of colored pencils and the ease in which they can do techniques such as shading and blending.\r\n\r\nThey were excited when I told them that I was able to secure some Prismacolor colored pencil sets for each table. \r\n\r\nMy seventh graders are currently using them for their Graffiti tags and my 6th graders are using them to color drawings in their sketchbooks relating to the seven elements of art. Some of my 8th graders will be using them to color their candy theme tennis shoe drawings. 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It allows a viewer to see the whole piece and not just focus on one area with the use of things such as colors, shapes, images, etc. They are scattered around the canvas or whatever surface one happens to be working on. \r\n\r\nFor this project my 8th graders learned a variety of different acrylic painting techniques that they could use. They learned about collage and had to incorporate some of this in their guitar and had to add other materials to create a mixed media work of art. When they first learned that they were going to paint guitars instead of a flat canvas, huge smiles spread across their faces. \r\n\r\nNext week my 7th graders will be learning about Zentangle and practice drawing a variety of different Zentangle patterns. They will reflect rhythm on their guitars using a variety of Zentangle patterns, shading and color. \r\n\r\nWe thank you so much again for your generosity and allowing my students to see how \"THE ARTS CHANGE LIVES!\"","fullyFundedDate":1769177233482,"projectUrl":"project/art-inspired-by-music/9958836/","projectTitle":"Art Inspired by Music","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Troy","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2006622_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1644318741396","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2006622"},{"teacherId":2006622,"projectId":9699461,"letterContent":"The Artograph LED tracer projectors that you helped fund will give my students the opportunity to easily enlarge their drawings. They can easily turn them into large paintings and even murals. This is the plan that we will be beginning the first week of March. My students will create a variety of paintings focused on wellness and mental health that will be hung on the walls of our building outside the counselors offices and our school social worker. They will also be in areas where all students can see them. My students are eager to begin this project and are excited about making their work large scale and in such an easy way.","fullyFundedDate":1762265201893,"projectUrl":"project/larger-than-life-murals-and-more/9699461/","projectTitle":"Larger than Life, Murals and More","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Troy","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2006622_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1644318741396","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2006622"},{"teacherId":324910,"projectId":9879778,"letterContent":"What a fun project. My students loved learning how to solder and the Jitterbug Soldering kits were the perfect introduction project. It was wonderful to see students go from being afraid and worried about getting burned to being very confident in their new found skills. \r\n\r\nSoldering is a foundational skill in engineering, robotics and manufacturing careers and gives students a leg up in those areas. Even if they are not interested in a STEM career, they have a valuable skill that could turn into a hobby or relate to another job.\r\n\r\nAt the end students were really happy to take their Jitterbugs home to share what they had learned.","fullyFundedDate":1763564006664,"projectUrl":"project/soldering-skills/9879778/","projectTitle":"Soldering Skills","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Neal","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp324910_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1536344544574","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/dianna-neal"},{"teacherId":324910,"projectId":9629818,"letterContent":"After learning safety and a bit of practice, it's time to solder. None of my students have done this before and a few of them are nervous. One student said several times that he wasn't going to do it because he didn't want to get burned. I reminded him about all of the safety lessons we had and I did give him the opportunity to skip participation. After he saw everyone else doing it and being safe, he decided to join in. We will be finishing our Jitterbugs after the break and students were excited in their new found skills. Thank you for making this possible for us.","fullyFundedDate":1755726109795,"projectUrl":"project/solder-print-making-for-life/9629818/","projectTitle":"Solder & Print: Making For Life","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Neal","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp324910_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1536344544574","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/dianna-neal"},{"teacherId":2006622,"projectId":9854507,"letterContent":"My students are working hard to earn \"Luton Loot\" to make purchases from my incentive cart. The Play-Doh is always a winner but the students have a wide range of interests and everything seems to go fast. \r\n\r\nI am so glad that my students are doing so well and not only earning \"Luton Loot\" from me to use but also from many of their other teachers. I can feel the excitement when I let them know which day is next for making their art incentive purchases from my cart.\r\n\r\nI will continue to keep my art incentive cart stocked with different art and craft incentives that I have been able to secure from the wonderful donors via Donors Choose and other sources. 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