Past projects 3
Inspiring Life-long Readers!
Funded Dec 19, 2014The carnival was a huge success! Thanks to you, we had plenty of prizes for the boys and girls at our school and they had the time of their lives! We had a few kids who didn't read very much, and thus didn't get as many tickets to the carnival. These kids moaned that they wished they had read more! That was exactly the reaction we were hoping for. We anticipate doing this again next year to capitalize on the motivation from this year. The reading level of our students in previous years was around 1 million minutes at the end of the year. This year it was over 1.5 million minutes by April 17th. I am excited to see how the continuity of having the same program next year will effect the students' reading level. Thanks again for your dedication to children and their education. You are awesome!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Paradis
Exceptional Writers Need Exceptional Words
Funded Jan 6, 2012Thank you so much for helping bring 20 dictionaries and 20 thesauruses to our classroom! Your generosity means that we now have current and comprehensive materials to help students learn new words, write essays, detailed stories and narratives, poems and spell unknown words correctly. We have been using these materials on a weekly basis since we received them and the students are thrilled!
Without your help, we would still be using the basic (and outdated) children's dictionaries and thesauruses that do not provide a complete listing of words that students see on a daily basis (especially my more advanced students). Your thoughtfulness is appreciated. Thank you!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Paradis
Creating Mathematical Thinkers and Problem Solvers
Funded Oct 25, 2011I cannot thank you enough for your generous donation. My students have been working diligently on some very challenging math problems and the manipulatives that you helped purchase for our class are so helpful.
While these several students are working on enriching their math skills, my time and availability is freed up to focus my students who are struggling in math. The manipulatives have also been a great asset in their learning as well. We're thrilled!
Due to current budget crises, my students go without some very basic materials. Without your help, my students would never have had access to these materials that are so vital to their learning process.
Thank you so much for your generosity.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Paradis