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Students have what they need for bell work, notes, and writing data down during experiments.\r\nThe fan has kept us cool on the hottest days and continues to be one of the most used items in the classroom. We greatly appreciate your support and the supplies we received.","fullyFundedDate":1742942995510,"projectUrl":"project/classroom-essentials-for-a-strong-finish/9184108/","projectTitle":"Classroom Essentials for a Strong Finish: Let’s Tune In!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Atlas","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7311434_orig.jpg?crop=1972,1972,x0,y108&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1762884603885","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7311434"},{"teacherId":7311434,"projectId":9479162,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donations to our classroom! We have been using the notebooks and tape every day in class.\r\nEach student has their own notebook and uses it to write their bell work, take notes, tape in foldables, draw diagrams, and more. The students have been working hard on their notebooks and are proud of them.\r\n\r\nI am excited about the possibilities of what we can achieve this year using the notebooks, and have already seen great things from the students. For example, students are referencing their notebooks during activities unprompted when they need to remember vocabulary or key information.","fullyFundedDate":1753881015857,"projectUrl":"project/notebook-magic-where-science-and-langua/9479162/","projectTitle":"Notebook Magic: Where Science and Language Stick!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Atlas","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7311434_orig.jpg?crop=1972,1972,x0,y108&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1762884603885","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7311434"},{"teacherId":7311434,"projectId":9293795,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donations to our classroom! The book displays have been such a big part of getting students to read books from the class library. One of our new class jobs is to write a recommendation for a book from the class library and display those books.\r\n\r\nThe highlighters and markers have been really helpful for note taking. 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Students designed an experiment to germinate seeds and record data every few days. \r\nAs you will see in the attached photos, we were able to keep all of the group's projects organized with the trays. As we continue to do more complex experiments throughout the year, they will be increasingly important.","fullyFundedDate":1754600776488,"projectUrl":"project/tray-it-out-hands-on-labs-made-easy/9478833/","projectTitle":"TRAY It Out: Hands-On Labs Made Easy","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Atlas","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7311434_orig.jpg?crop=1972,1972,x0,y108&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1762884603885","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7311434"},{"teacherId":7311434,"projectId":9478558,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to our classroom! We have already set up our notebook organization system using the supplies from this project.\r\n\r\nEach table has their own notebook bin with notebooks, tape, glue, and pencils in it. Students have assigned jobs of getting the bin from the shelf, keeping it organized, and putting it back. \r\n\r\nWe appreciate this important contribution to the functioning of our interactive notebook system. 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Students were challenged to build a windmill and see how much of a load it could handle and how much energy it could produce.\r\n\r\nThe students were incredibly excited to work with the materials, especially since they knew the same resources were used in the Kids Wind competition.\r\n\r\nI plan to flesh out three units for different grade levels that will help students understand wind energy at a competitive level. I hope to extend the classroom process directly into the Kids Wind Challenge competition this coming school year.","fullyFundedDate":1746020422898,"projectUrl":"project/wind-energy-101/9185178/","projectTitle":"Wind Energy 101","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Clemmons","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3699209_orig.jpg?crop=482,482,x0,y138&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1628280688631","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3699209"},{"teacherId":3699209,"projectId":9281921,"letterContent":"I am utilizing the new resources to help students understand the engineering design process, with the robotics kits serving as the medium. They are presented with an engineering design challenge that they must solve with a robotics concept, coding a bot to perform actions that simulate the solution.\r\n\r\nThe students have been incredibly excited to use the robotics kits to explore the engineering design process in a project-based learning environment. They couldn't wait to tackle the first challenge: building a sumo bot to battle against other teams, all while considering the concept of gear ratio.\r\n\r\nMy next steps are to continue nurturing student interest in STEM through robotics. I hope to encourage students to continue taking my classes as we build upon the foundational concepts to mature their understanding of the field. Ideally, they will not only continue with me at the middle school level but will also matriculate into high school robotics programs and beyond.","fullyFundedDate":1746496284276,"projectUrl":"project/robotics-building-and-coding/9281921/","projectTitle":"Robotics Building and Coding","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Clemmons","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3699209_orig.jpg?crop=482,482,x0,y138&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1628280688631","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3699209"},{"teacherId":5807088,"projectId":9244923,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our classroom and helping us build a library of Spanish-language books for our heritage speakers! Although the books arrived just a few weeks before the school year ended, they immediately made a difference. Students gravitated toward the colorful covers and relatable themes, and several took books home to continue reading over the summer. We're so excited that two grade levels of heritage speakers—and an entirely new group of incoming 6th graders—will get to use these books when school resumes this fall. Your donation is a gift that keeps giving!\r\n\r\nIn our classroom, reading is interactive and personal. Students annotate, discuss, and connect with the stories in ways that honor both their language skills and lived experiences. The new books are helping us introduce essential literacy concepts—like identifying themes, making inferences, and analyzing character development—through stories that reflect students' cultures and voices. One student, Giselle, said, \"This book feels like it was written for someone like me.\" Several students who previously hesitated to read in Spanish now feel more confident, and a few have even started writing their own stories.\r\n\r\nThanks to you, our classroom now feels more complete. These books teach more than reading—they teach pride, identity, and the beauty of being bilingual. We are deeply grateful for your generosity and belief in our students.","fullyFundedDate":1746787380461,"projectUrl":"project/from-our-roots-to-our-future-spanish-bo/9244923/","projectTitle":"From Our Roots to Our Future: Spanish Books for Growing Minds","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Gerena","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5807088_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1567721833267","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/msgerena"},{"teacherId":2673650,"projectId":9336378,"letterContent":"Thanks to your generous donation, my students have had a lot of fun. We were able to restock our prize stash which, at this point of the year, is very important for motivation. Middle schoolers will work pretty hard for a Jolly Rancher or a lollipop. Additionally, my 8th graders were able to each get a blank white t-shirt to collect signatures on. Many of them don't have the resources to get the official yearbook so this is a great way for them to remember their middle school years. We also have some great new workbooks for next year to help us build up our academic vocabulary - so important for our bilingual learners!","fullyFundedDate":1746927900632,"projectUrl":"project/home-stretch/9336378/","projectTitle":"Home Stretch!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Noble","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2673650_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1508175252334","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2673650"},{"teacherId":7311434,"projectId":9232588,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous contribution to our classroom. The books we received are an amazing addition to our classroom library. Here is an example: The first title, \"What If: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions\", has added a fun thinking component to each unit. 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