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We are truly grateful for your investment in their education and for believing in the work we do each day.\r\n\r\nThank you again for your generosity and for helping our students feel prepared and empowered!","fullyFundedDate":1746718613019,"projectUrl":"project/targeting-success-staar-test-preparatio/9045423/","projectTitle":"Targeting Success: STAAR Test Preparation Workbooks","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Townsend","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5604183_orig.jpg?crop=480,480,x0,y96&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1660746458157","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5604183"},{"teacherId":5604183,"projectId":9250280,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donations to our classroom! The new storage bins and anchor chart paper are already making a huge difference. The bins are helping us stay organized and making our learning materials more accessible for the students. The anchor chart paper is allowing us to create bright, interactive visuals that support our lessons every day.\r\n\r\nYour kindness is truly appreciated. Because of you, my students have a more engaging and efficient learning environment. Thank you for investing in their success and for believing in our classroom community!","fullyFundedDate":1746698842404,"projectUrl":"project/storage-bins-resource-paper/9250280/","projectTitle":"Storage Bins & Resource Paper","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Townsend","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5604183_orig.jpg?crop=480,480,x0,y96&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1660746458157","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5604183"},{"teacherId":10058309,"projectId":9744866,"letterContent":"This project equips students with essential social and emotional tools that foster resilience, self-awareness, and healthy coping strategies. Through a blend of mindfulness practices, behavior management strategies, conflict resolution techniques, anxiety reduction methods, sensory supports, and emotion regulation tools, students learn practical ways to navigate challenges, manage stress, and build positive relationships.\r\n\r\nTo enhance emotional expression, school counseling techniques were incorporated as creative outlets that help students process feelings and experiences in supportive, age-appropriate ways. 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They are also beginning to record their ideas and observations in their science notebooks as they test and improve their designs.\r\nThese resources have transformed our STEM time and made learning exciting and meaningful. Thank you for giving my young learners the opportunity to see themselves as engineers and innovators.","fullyFundedDate":1758202847192,"projectUrl":"project/drive-into-stem-with-lego-friends/9448041/","projectTitle":"Drive Into Stem With Lego Friends","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Sparrow","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7998325_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1631974554872","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/sparrow"},{"teacherId":7998325,"projectId":9448497,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting \"Future Scientists Need Tools to Showcase Their Work!\"\r\nYour generosity provided trifold posters that my students will proudly use to display their projects during the science fair, as well as composition notebooks that we are using for our interactive science notebooks.\r\nIn class, my students often complete STEAM projects with LEGO. The new notebooks are helping them record their observations, draw their designs, and write down the data they collect during those activities.\r\nThese resources have already made science more hands on and exciting for my kindergarteners. Thank you for giving them the tools to think like scientists and showcase their amazing work.","fullyFundedDate":1758202622871,"projectUrl":"project/future-scientists-need-tools-to-showcase/9448497/","projectTitle":"Future Scientists Need Tools to Showcase Their Work!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Sparrow","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7998325_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1631974554872","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/sparrow"},{"teacherId":7998325,"projectId":9448109,"letterContent":"We are beyond grateful for your generosity in supporting \"Adventure, Imagination, and STEM with LEGO City!\"\r\nBecause of you, my kindergartners are building far more than towers and cars. They are building creativity, teamwork, and a love for problem solving.\r\nThe moment our LEGO kits arrived, the classroom was buzzing with excitement. Students immediately began imagining cities, bridges, and story scenes, using their STEM skills without even realizing they were learning. Your kindness gave them the tools to explore, create, and dream big.\r\nYour support means the world to us. Thank you for believing in our young learners and investing in their future.","fullyFundedDate":1758202709486,"projectUrl":"project/adventure-imagination-and-stem-with-le/9448109/","projectTitle":"Adventure, Imagination, and STEM with LEGO City!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Sparrow","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7998325_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1631974554872","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/sparrow"},{"teacherId":10058309,"projectId":9427376,"letterContent":"This book enhances tools like Calm Down Jars by featuring characters who navigate big emotions, providing a compassionate point for trauma-informed practices. Calm Down Jars offer a hands-on way for students to see emotional regulation in action, especially for those experiencing the effects of trauma.\r\n\r\nThe swirling glitter inside the jar mirrors the chaos of \"big feelings,\" giving students a safe, tangible way to understand that emotions like glitter, eventually settle. This sensory experience fosters mindfulness, grounding, and self-awareness. As students watch the glitter drift to the bottom, they begin to internalize that their emotions can calm with time, patience, and deep breathing, an essential lesson for children who have learned to expect instability or unpredictability in their environments.\r\n\r\nThese stories help normalize emotional expression, showing students that it is okay to feel anger, sadness, or fear and that there are healthy ways to cope. Through the metaphor of a calm-down jar filled with glitter and water, the book illustrates how shaking the jar represents the chaos of strong feelings, while watching the glitter slowly settle mirrors the process of calming down.","fullyFundedDate":1755687619377,"projectUrl":"project/settle-the-storm-calm-down-jars-for-big/9427376/","projectTitle":"Settle the Storm: Calm Down Jars for Big Feelings","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Calton","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10058309"},{"teacherId":9988707,"projectId":9220674,"letterContent":"I would like to extend my heartfelt gratitude for your generous donation of sensory mats and mental health materials. The addition of stress balls and fidgets has been such a wonderful support for our classroom. These tools have made a meaningful difference in our calming corner and are also being used during daily activities and brain breaks.\r\n\r\nMy students are truly excited and thankful for these resources. They bring comfort, focus, and joy to our learning environment, and I am deeply appreciative of your kindness in making this possible.\r\n\r\nThank you again for supporting our classroom and for helping my students feel cared for and successful.\r\nMs.Crabtree","fullyFundedDate":1746698801626,"projectUrl":"project/calm-and-play/9220674/","projectTitle":"Calm and Play","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Crabtree","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9988707_orig.jpg?crop=2316,2316,x0,y386&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1743561212977","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9988707"},{"teacherId":7993806,"projectId":7824589,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting my classroom through your kind donations. 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