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Thanks to your donation, the paper cutter has cut my preparation time in half, allowing me to spend less time preparing materials and more time developing meaningful lessons for my students. One of our recent projects involved creating colorful rainbow collages using strips and pieces of construction paper. Students practiced color recognition, arranging colors in rainbow order, composition, and fine motor skills as they carefully assembled their artwork. They absolutely love working with paper, and seeing their excitement as they proudly hold up their finished creations is incredibly rewarding!\r\n\r\nYour support has helped make our classroom more efficient, organized, and full of creative possibilities. Having materials prepared and ready allows my students to spend more of their limited art class time exploring, creating, and developing their artistic skills. As we continue throughout the school year, we look forward to incorporating more paper-based projects, collages, and mixed-media activities into our curriculum. Thank you for investing in our young artists and helping me create an environment where every child has the opportunity to express themselves through art!","fullyFundedDate":1783826001807,"projectUrl":"project/building-our-art-studio-materials-for-y/10372399/","projectTitle":"Building Our Art Studio: Materials for Young Artists","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Mosley","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10547543_orig.jpg?crop=1753,1753,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1783635681242","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10547543"},{"teacherId":6840930,"projectId":9972402,"letterContent":"Thank you for the outdoor puzzles. We used them for our parent/family picnic at the end of the school year.\r\n\r\nAll the families enjoyed them. We need to teach the games before the picnic from now on. Many families did not know how to play the games. I moved around telling them how to play.\r\n\r\nI will re-use these every year. I have the smaller ones so I can teach the kids.\r\n\r\nI have more projects that need to be funded before school starts in August. I will be teaching Kindergarten. This is my first year doing kindergarten.\r\n\r\nThank you for all your support. Supporting teachers is always a challenge. Thank you for stepping up.","fullyFundedDate":1772633511106,"projectUrl":"project/outdoor-puzzles/9972402/","projectTitle":"Outdoor Puzzles","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Mac","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6840930_orig.png?crop=286,286,x95,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1626003536126","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6840930"},{"teacherId":6840930,"projectId":9971897,"letterContent":"Thank you for the outdoor games. We used them for our parent/family picnic at the end of the school year.\r\n\r\nAll the families enjoyed them. We need to teach the games before the picnic from now on. Many families did not know how to play the games. I moved around telling them how to play.\r\n\r\nI will re-use these every year. I have the smaller ones so I can teach the kids.\r\n\r\nI have more projects that need to be funded before school starts in August. I will be teaching Kindergarten. This is my first year doing kindergarten.\r\n\r\nThank you for all your support. Supporting teachers is always a challenge. Thank you for stepping up.","fullyFundedDate":1772633518044,"projectUrl":"project/outdoor-fun/9971897/","projectTitle":"Outdoor Fun","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Mac","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6840930_orig.png?crop=286,286,x95,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1626003536126","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6840930"},{"teacherId":6840930,"projectId":9970416,"letterContent":"Oh my gosh! Thank you. My kids have been begging for the sand and toys for a year. They use it during recess. I had a little bit of sand before getting this funded. They said they wanted enough for the whole class which sent me to set up the page.\r\n\r\nI will take pictures and share how much fun they are having. My kids saw it come in yesterday and their eyes instantly lit up and asked \"When do we get to play with it?\". My answer was \"yes\" and they are all ready to use it. I cannot tell you much they will love it.","fullyFundedDate":1769178294788,"projectUrl":"project/sensory-sand-stem-bin/9970416/","projectTitle":"Sensory Sand STEM Bin","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Mac","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6840930_orig.png?crop=286,286,x95,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1626003536126","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6840930"},{"teacherId":6840930,"projectId":9883477,"letterContent":"Thank you for helping us stay healthy. The fans keep the air moving around so germs do not stick around.\r\n\r\nWe need the kids and teachers here every day. We leave the door open so germs can leave our room and fresh air comes in. We point the fans toward the air and move the warm air down as well so we do not get too cold. \r\n\r\nThe fans are working great to keep us healthy. It is that time of year where we are spending more time indoors and moving air is super important to keep us safe and healthy. \r\n\r\nThe kids have learned to leave them alone and have learned how the air moves to keep it moving.\r\n\r\nThank you so much for thinking and supporting us to keep us here in school every day.","fullyFundedDate":1765308377741,"projectUrl":"project/fans-to-keep-us-healthy/9883477/","projectTitle":"Fans to Keep us Healthy","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Mac","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6840930_orig.png?crop=286,286,x95,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1626003536126","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6840930"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_31040","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":518,"numTeachers":57,"percentFrplEligible":91,"percentAsian":12,"percentBlack":28,"percentWhite":25,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":23,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":0,"percentMultiracialImputed":9,"gradesServed":"K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"9.1:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"SUBURBAN","ncesMetroType":"SUBURB_MIDSIZE"},"inStateSupporters":72.4,"schoolId":31040,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Lafayette Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Lafayette Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/virginia/fredericksburg-public-school-district/lafayette-upper-elementary-school/31040"}