Mr. Pecora's Classroom Edit display name

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Past projects 16

• Pre-K Playground

  Funded Dec 26, 2024

  Once again, thank you so much for your contribution to my "Pre-K Playground" project, the materials that you helped us to secure will be used by my students to learn, have fun, and play safely in Physical Education classes. I believe that being able to get students involved and enjoying physical activity at an early age, Pre-K, will help them to live a healthy lifestyle where they enjoy sport and exercise.

  Our playground will be better equipped for the hotter weather with the addition of the "sun shades," that will allow students to be able to play with the tunnels, movement dice, and stilt bucket cups in cooler spaces while hidden from the hot sun.”

  With gratitude,

  Mr. Pecora

• A Clean Gym is a Healthy Gym

  Funded May 8, 2024

  Thank you so much for helping supply the materials to help me keep a clean and safe environment for physical education learning. These materials will help me to clean the gym after each class uses it and to help stop spreading germs throughout our school. It is important that our students are in school daily to learn and participate in physical education activities to foster best practices and exercise.

  As a physical education teacher, I know how important it is to keep the gym, free of germs to help students participate daily and fitness activities, movement, activities, and find motor activities. Our classroom uses many types of equipment and my goal is to keep it as clean as possible, and your donation will help me to do that”

  With gratitude,

  Mr. Pecora

  This classroom project was brought to life by Valhalla Foundation.

• Pre-K Fitness

  Funded Feb 21, 2023

  Thank you so much for your donation to my Pre-K Fitness project. Your donation is greatly appreciated.

  My students have been benefiting daily by using the exercise bike and pogo jumpers. They were so excited when I introduced the new equipment to the class, they are so eager to learn and to use new things. The excitement on their faces when they first rode the bike and jumped on the pogo sticks was unbelievable. My Pre-K students have been using the exercise bikes in our fitness center, where they are being introduced to fitness principles; and using the pogo sticks in our outdoor playground working on balance and coordination.

  Thank you again.”

  With gratitude,

  Mr. Pecora

  This classroom project was brought to life by Steven and Alexandra Cohen Foundation and 3 other donors.

• Pre-K Fitness

  Funded Sep 29, 2022

  Thank you again for you donation to my Fitness project, the dumbbells and kettlebells will be used by my Pre-K students to learn about simple fitness concepts and ideas. I like to introduce my young students to fitness to try to create lifelong learners of fitness, and these materials will help to introduce simple weight lifting exercises.

  Students will learn how to use the dumbbells and kettlebells with simple movements together as a class, where each student will have a chance to try with the materials. After the lesson, the dumbbells and kettlebells will become a class "station" in the gym where students will be able to look at posters and try to mimic the exercises and use the information that they have learned to workout in the gym.

  I cannot thank you enough for your contribution to my classroom, my students will greatly benefit from using these materials and learning about fitness.”

  With gratitude,

  Mr. Pecora

  This classroom project was brought to life by Valhalla Foundation and one other donor.

• 3K/Pre-K Outdoor Play

  Funded Nov 15, 2021

  Thank you again for your donation to my Physical Education program, the project that you helped fund is going to go a long way with my students. The materials will impact both 3K and Pre-K students in my school.

  The materials will be used indoors and outdoors (weather permitting) to help students to use their imagination, play together, and differentiate their instruction through play. The Connect 4 set will help students with fine motor development and hand-eye coordination skills while learning to play together using gameplay where they will also learn about being a good winner or loser.

  The playhouse will encourage students to use their imagination and play together using social skills.

  Your donation to this project will help students beyond physical education, it will aid in social development, introductory math, and fair-play.”

  With gratitude,

  Mr. Pecora

  This classroom project was brought to life by Valhalla Foundation.

• Scooters for 3K/PRE-K

  Funded Oct 14, 2021

  Thank you so much for your contribution to my Physical Education classroom. My students will benefit greatly from your donation. Your donation will help many students develop through play and learning healthy living concepts as we play, explore and learn using scooters.

  Your donation will help Pre-K students during our Scooter unit of learning to use travel skills, learn control and coordination of muscles during play and game, use sensory information to plan out & carry out movement, and to engage in various physical education activities.

  I cannot thank you enough as your donation will go a long way with my students. They will gain access to the necessary materials needed to learn and play during our Scooter unit.”

  With gratitude,

  Mr. Pecora

  This classroom project was brought to life by #TeachHealthy with Nature Made and one other donor.

• Pre-K Fitness

  Funded Sep 19, 2021

  The equipment that we received on behalf of your donation has allowed me to open a "fitness center" in our school gymnasium. The exercise equipment along with the trampoline will be utilized by 3K and Pre-K students to learn about exercise and fitness.

  From the moment that I put each piece of equipment out for student use, the rower, walker, and trampoline have all seen non-stop action. These areas are by far the most popular of seven different gym "centers' that we use.

  The ability to introduce traditional fitness center equipment to young students will go a long way in their lives, as they learn to love and enjoy exercise and staying healthy.

  I cannot thank you enough for your donation to my project, students will be enjoying this equipment for a long time and learning to be healthy individuals.”

  With gratitude,

  Mr. Pecora

• 3K/Pre-K Building Imagination

  Funded Oct 9, 2020

  Thank you for your generous donation to the Richmond Pre-K Center at Richmond Avenue. We are absolutely thrilled to have your support for our 3K and Pre-K students.

  Through your donation we have been able to accomplish the ability to help our students use their physical abilities and enhance their well-being. Students can improve their fine motor skills through building and using their imagination. We continue working towards helping our 3K & Pre-K students in all aspects of school.

  You truly made a difference for us, and we are extremely grateful!”

  With gratitude,

  Mr. Pecora

• 3K/Pre-K Exercise Video Time

  Funded Oct 23, 2020

  Thank you for your generous gift to the Richmond Pre-K Center. We are thrilled to have your support. Through your donation we will be able to accomplish meeting our gross motor skill content and objectives. We continue working towards meeting our goals and objectives for all of our students through the "COVID" time period.

  The video materials that you helped provide our school with will help our students to get moving in their classrooms as they cannot currently go outdoors or use the gym.

  You truly made a difference for our 3K & Pre-K students, and we are extremely grateful!”

  With gratitude,

  Mr. Pecora

  This classroom project was brought to life by OshKosh B'gosh.