Building Classroom Community!

Funded Nov 20, 2015

Thank you all so much for your generous donations! My students and I love the colorful rug you have provided to us. The rug is used several times throughout the school day to help us build classroom community. My students love this rug and tell me so at least a few times a week. This is truly a special place for us to spend time interacting, reading, doing math, and so much more!

On the day the rug arrived, my students were coming back from a special that they had to leave our classroom for. When they were gone, I set up our new rug in the front of the classroom. Before walking down to get my students from their special, I shut my door and turned off the lights. When we returned, I opened up the door for my students and quickly turned on the lights. When they spotted the rug, they were beyond thrilled and their high-pitched shrieks of happiness brought so much joy to our classroom that day. This was such a special moment I got to share with my students. Being a first-year teacher, a lot of "firsts" take place for me. I can honestly say that this new rug was one of the best "firsts" of the school year.

I couldn't imagine my classroom without this rug. It makes our classroom a much brighter place. In fact, it might be the brightest physical object in the classroom! From the bottom of my heart, thank you for bringing so much excitement to our classroom, so much joy to the hearts of my students, and for helping us to build classroom community. My students and I are so lucky to have people like you who care so much!”

With gratitude,

Ms. Pytka