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I know they will soar with this much needed support.","fullyFundedDate":1759265218038,"projectUrl":"project/ipad-for-translations-for-multilingual-l/9716181/","projectTitle":"iPad for Translations for Multilingual Learners","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Zelinski","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2069188_orig.jpg?crop=871,871,x869,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1627587829663","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2069188"},{"teacherId":217120,"projectId":9889875,"letterContent":"Our school's pantry has become an essential resource that supports students' well-being throughout the day. With the donated food items, we are now able to discreetly provide snacks and meal support to students who arrive hungry or experience food insecurity at home.\r\n\r\nStudents were immediately relieved and grateful. For many, seeing shelves stocked with food created a sense of comfort—knowing that if they needed something, it was available without judgment.\r\n\r\nAs we continue our academic projects, having the pantry fully stocked allows students to stay focused and engaged. Our student council will continue working on student-led service learning activities where students help organize, inventory, and maintain the pantry as part of lessons on community support and responsibility. These steps will help students build leadership skills while continuing to ensure that no one in our school community goes without the essentials they need to thrive.","fullyFundedDate":1763498181565,"projectUrl":"project/look-in-the-pantry/9889875/","projectTitle":"Look in the Pantry","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Rader","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp217120_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1534895820381","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-jrader"},{"teacherId":217120,"projectId":9906031,"letterContent":"Our school's pantry has become an essential resource that supports students' well-being throughout the day. With the donated food items, we are now able to discreetly provide snacks and meal support to students who arrive hungry or experience food insecurity at home. \r\n\r\n\r\nStudents were immediately relieved and grateful. For many, seeing shelves stocked with food created a sense of comfort—knowing that if they needed something, it was available without judgment. \r\n\r\nAs we continue our academic projects, having the pantry fully stocked allows students to stay focused and engaged. Our student council will continue working on student-led service learning activities where students help organize, inventory, and maintain the pantry as part of lessons on community support and responsibility. These steps will help students build leadership skills while continuing to ensure that no one in our school community goes without the essentials they need to thrive.","fullyFundedDate":1763597172565,"projectUrl":"project/dinners-on-the-table/9906031/","projectTitle":"Dinners on the Table","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Rader","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp217120_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1534895820381","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-jrader"},{"teacherId":2069188,"projectId":9710733,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for the generous donation to the students in my classroom. My students have been able to use this daily to support learning in the English language arts classroom. They are able to take a picture of any given text or task and immediately translate it into Arabic or Spanish. This has allowed my newcomer English learners to be able to participate more and more in their class. \r\n\r\n Again, thank you so much for this much needed technology. All students deserve the supports and scaffolds that they need, and this iPad provides it!","fullyFundedDate":1757950895210,"projectUrl":"project/ipad-for-reading/9710733/","projectTitle":"iPad for Reading","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Zelinski","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2069188_orig.jpg?crop=871,871,x869,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1627587829663","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2069188"},{"teacherId":217120,"projectId":9686115,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for funding my fluency project. I am working with my ESL students to become fluent readers. With the materials, I can create binders to house the fluency passages and create a way for the students to track their progress. This will make our fluency station the best stations.\r\n\r\nOften ESL students are reluctant to speak out using the binder materials helps them gain confidence. It also gives them practice on speaking and fluency.\r\n\r\nMy students are excited to have the binders to use during class.","fullyFundedDate":1759265217795,"projectUrl":"project/smooth-talking-students-with-fluency/9686115/","projectTitle":"Smooth Talking Students with Fluency","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Rader","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp217120_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1534895820381","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-jrader"},{"teacherId":2069188,"projectId":9317733,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for the donation of school supplies to my classroom! My students are so glad to have many choices for writing utensils, markers, and paint pens. They have enjoyed using these items daily!\r\nOne project my students involved creating a small poster with information about their country of birth. They were able to use the paint markers to color their flags beautifully for their project presentation. \r\nAgain, thank you for the gift to my students. We look forward to using these items as the school year progresses.","fullyFundedDate":1746787033711,"projectUrl":"project/writing-for-english-learning/9317733/","projectTitle":"Writing for English Learning!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Zelinski","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2069188_orig.jpg?crop=871,871,x869,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1627587829663","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2069188"},{"teacherId":217120,"projectId":9615122,"letterContent":"You have made it the best week for my student council. I log into my Donors Choose account and see that the project has been fully funded.\r\n\r\nThe students will be excited. They will be hosting an event in November with a western theme. They plan to give each participant a small token of an ornament and a bracelet. They will be wearing the sheriff's badges and bandanas. They did not want to leave the teachers out. The teachers will have a refreshment room and will have western themed plates and napkins. \r\n\r\nI told the students today that the materials are on the way and they can't wait to unveil the materials.","fullyFundedDate":1756176352896,"projectUrl":"project/lassoing-leadership/9615122/","projectTitle":"Lassoing Leadership","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Rader","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp217120_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1534895820381","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-jrader"},{"teacherId":217120,"projectId":9437376,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to our student council project \"Just a Little Pick Me Up\". Our state project focuses on childhood hunger. This project will help us a little in our own school.\r\n\r\nWe can have snacks if needed during our meetings but we can also help students that need a snack for afterschool or just need something to get through the day.\r\n\r\nThe look on the faces of my student council when they entered the class today was priceless. They are already trying to find a way to set up the pantry.","fullyFundedDate":1755724707599,"projectUrl":"project/just-a-little-pick-me-up/9437376/","projectTitle":"Just a Little Pick Me Up","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Rader","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp217120_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1534895820381","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-jrader"},{"teacherId":217120,"projectId":9333111,"letterContent":"Thank you for the generous donation of headphones. In an ESL program, students have to take the ELPA21 test for ESL and the state test. On the ElPa21 test, students are tested on speaking, listening, reading, and writing.\r\n\r\nOften ESL students are reluctant to speak out using the headphones helps them gain confidence. It also gives them practice on headphones for use during testing.\r\n\r\nMy students are excited to have headphones to use during class. I am able to give each student personal headphones.","fullyFundedDate":1750948018029,"projectUrl":"project/can-you-hear-me-now/9333111/","projectTitle":"Can You Hear Me Now?","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Rader","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp217120_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1534895820381","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-jrader"},{"teacherId":2069188,"projectId":9043850,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for the generous donation to my classroom! I have been able to print documents to support learning in my ESL classroom. For example, I am now able to print out copies of classroom notes for all subjects for my newcomer ESL students who may struggle with taking notes in English. \r\n\r\nI am also able to print the students' plans to send home copies for the family. I am so grateful to have access to a new laser printer to support teaching and learning in my classroom. My students are also thankful!","fullyFundedDate":1746551197719,"projectUrl":"project/printer-for-projects/9043850/","projectTitle":"Printer for Projects","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Zelinski","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2069188_orig.jpg?crop=871,871,x869,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1627587829663","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2069188"},{"teacherId":217120,"projectId":9248691,"letterContent":"Thank you for your donation to my student council project. When we were attending our state convention, my council members came to me and said they wanted to be more inclusive. I asked how this would look. The council said our council is diverse but we want to be more inclusive with our projects. We want to include our functional skills students and the elementary next door. \r\n\r\nReading Buddies is an idea they came up with during our discussion. The council said during our leadership class, they would like to go to the functional skills class and read and do activities with the students. \r\n\r\nThe donation to this project gives us a book a month for the first semester. Thank you for helping my students to give back to our school community.","fullyFundedDate":1746573262429,"projectUrl":"project/reading-buddies/9248691/","projectTitle":"Reading Buddies","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Rader","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp217120_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1534895820381","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-jrader"},{"teacherId":2069188,"projectId":9043623,"letterContent":"We are so thankful for this new technology for the classroom. My students are able to log on easily to online learning platforms for reading. Having the right technology is very important for students today! They are able to log into fun English programs like Duolingo and Iready daily. These programs really help to improve their English speaking and reading. \r\n\r\nAgain, thank you for your generous donation to my students. We will be certain to use this computer for years to come. It is due to donors like you that we are able to accomplish so much in my English learning class.","fullyFundedDate":1736965913605,"projectUrl":"project/computer-for-language-learning/9043623/","projectTitle":"Computer for Language Learning!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Zelinski","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2069188_orig.jpg?crop=871,871,x869,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1627587829663","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2069188"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_101986","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":1009,"numTeachers":71,"percentFrplEligible":64,"percentAsian":1,"percentBlack":50,"percentWhite":7,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":33,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"6 - 8","studentTeacherRatio":"14.2:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"UNCLASSIFIED","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":38.6,"schoolId":101986,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Kate Bond Middle School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Kate Bond Middle School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/tennessee/memphis-shelby-county-schools/kate-bond-middle-school/101986"}