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They are so excited to be able to learn and grow every day and these will help them every single day. Thank you again for all that you have done and I cannot wait to share the news with my students. The impact you have made on these students for this year is so amazing that none of this would be possible without you.","fullyFundedDate":1764675323146,"projectUrl":"project/ready-set-learn/9641832/","projectTitle":"Ready, Set, Learn!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Simko","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4367479_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1505927895259","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/annesimko"},{"teacherId":4367479,"projectId":9936324,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating these items to my classroom and to my students. These will be used on a daily basis and will be so helpful for the students learning. Without these, our students would struggle with simple tasks and get behind on learning. 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He's really make learning a lot more fun and helpful for students not only to practice math, but also their writing skills. They really enjoy new ways to make learning fun. We use these daily and I am so excited to have clean new ones that make the children feel appreciated.","fullyFundedDate":1764598115106,"projectUrl":"project/math-magic/9866204/","projectTitle":"Math Magic","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Simko","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4367479_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1505927895259","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/annesimko"},{"teacherId":4367479,"projectId":9866199,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to my project and my student! I am so excited to be able to have these items for my students on a daily basis. I really appreciate all you have done and cannot thank you enough. We are excited to share pictures of all we do with these! 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