Past projects 5
Warm Hats and Gloves for Chilly Kids!
Funded Dec 5, 2024I am so grateful to report that our project is fully funded! I can't wait to get thse gloves on the hands and hats on the heads of kids who need them! This holiday season, you truly showed the spirit of giving. The students at MS 226 and I thank you for your generosity!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Reed
Books for 7th Graders
Funded Mar 27, 2023On behalf of my students, I thank you for helping to fund our project! Thanks to you, my students will have their own copies of the novel to read, annotate, and to make part of their personal libraries at home. Your generosity means so much to us. Thank you for supporting public education and literacy!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Reed
Keep Us Dry During Check-In!
Funded Jan 21, 2021Thank you so much for helping our school purchase a canopy to protect our students and staff from the weather as they check in during their health screening! Your contributions will help keep students and staff dry once we are allowed back in person! Your generosity means so much to us and our school community.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Reed
Yoga for Middle School
Funded Sep 16, 2020Thanks to your generous contributions, I have secured full funding for yoga mats for this coming school year. I know my students will be so excited to learn that their yoga mats came from this incredible community of people who care about them and their physical and mental well-being.
Just as yoga will help my students develop their physical flexibility, this school year requires flexibility on our part, too. I have never taught a Physical Education class before, and to do so while respecting social distancing definitely gives an extra level of difficulty! However, I know that guiding my students in the practice of yoga will help them exercise safely and help them develop practices of self-care they can take with them into adulthood.
I am just overwhelmed with gratitude for my friends, family members, and even strangers who contributed to this project! Namaste!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Reed
This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose 20th Anniversary Fund and 31 other donors.Good Books in Our Hands!
Funded Nov 19, 2017I couldn't believe how quickly my project was funded. Thank you so much for your generosity. So far, my students have been reading the books in voluntary and invitational book clubs, allowing us to stay true to our curriculum while still engaging in the kind of fun, meaningful, social reading that I know will really hook them to be lifelong readers. My students come up at lunch to talk about their books. In their school lives so far, they have had very limited experience with reading chapter books for pleasure, and they are learning so much about teenagers whose experiences are different from their own.
I started these book clubs through invitation for students who were ready for extra reading, but it quickly morphed into a volunteer situation when students started asking if they could be included, too. The books we started with, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian for the boys and Flipped for the girls, are two of my absolute favorites, and I love watching my students respond to their humor and heart.
I told them that these books are available to us through your generosity, and they are incredibly grateful. The life lesson of charity and giving, I believe, is just as meaningful to them as the lessons they are learning about character development and plot structure!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Reed
This classroom project was brought to life by Anonymous Donor and 4 other donors.