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Past projects 10

• Stickers, Snacks and Decorations to Motivate Our Students

  Funded Dec 15, 2023

  I am so excited to be able to motivate my students with stickers. They need to know they are valued. One treat can make all the difference in the workd to motivate a student. All students should feel someone cares for them at school.

  Thank you so much for your support.”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. P.

• AP Spanish Success

  Funded Dec 7, 2023

  Thank you so much for your donations. With these donations, I will be able to give each student a book to use. It is very hard for them to share because they all read at a different pace. I am so grateful for your generosity. Your generosity will help us be successful.”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. P.

  This classroom project was brought to life by Townsend Press and 6 other donors.

• Crochet for Calmness and Stop Anxiety Crochet for the Community

  Funded Nov 29, 2022

  We are so grateful for your generous donations so that our crochet club can continue and be successful. Students are so excited to make projects to donate to sick children in the Texas Medical Center and also they are excited to donate to the elderly who live in nursing homes.”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. P.

  This classroom project was brought to life by an Anonymous Classroom Supporter and 6 other donors.

• Sounds and Comfort on Wellness Wednesdays

  Funded Mar 16, 2022

  We are so grateful for the individuals who donated to this project. The sounds of water is so calming when they hear loud noises from the hallways. It reminds them that they can find peace and a time to reflect even during a busy and noisy day. They can imagine nature scenes even in the classroom with the waterfall sound. When we do not have it running, they remind me to put it on. It has become part of our classroom environment and part of our classroom community. It reminds them to stop in the day to rest and regroup before they go to their next class.”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. P.

• Coloring for Calmness

  Funded Feb 20, 2022

  Thank you so much for the coloring books. They have helped so much to keep the children calm and focused. Coming back from COVID has been hard but these coloring books act as a coping skill. The students know that they are always available to them. They like sharing there works of art with other teachers and their parents. They use them as thank you notes or gratitude notes. They realize that there are ways to calm down and at the same time share their art work with people who support them on a daily basis.”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. P.

• Help Students Connect Immigrants From the Past to the Present

  Funded Nov 30, 2021

  What an amazing surprise to have my project funded.!!!I am so grateful and my students will be so excited once they find out we have received more new materials. We would like to thank each and everyone who donated to this project and can't wait to update you when we receive the books in this project.”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. P.

  This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose Community and 2 other donors.

• Racial Justice and Representation Sonia Sotomayor is Our Hero

  Funded Sep 6, 2021

  When I wrote this project, I didn't know that Sonia Sotomayor would be so much in the current news. WOW. Living in Texas with the vote/law on abortion, Sonia Sotomayor has been very important.

  My students are 99 % Hispanic and many are female. They need to know that they can achieve great things/greatness and that it is possible. Hard work and dedication is all you need to find great success. Nothing is impossible. Sonia Sotomayor illustrates that.

  We also got a book called Latinitas. How great is it to learn about so many Hispanic women that I did not know before. Even as a Spanish teacher of many years, I learned about so many amazing Hispanic women. I can't wait to share this book with my students.

  Thank you again so so much for these wonderful books.”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. P.

  This classroom project was brought to life by The Allstate Foundation and 8 other donors.

• Collaborative Murals

  Funded Aug 12, 2021

  Thank you so so much for supporting this project. Students get to work together as a team to produce a product. They don't know what the mural will be until the end. Students took pride in the coloring and then when they figured out who the mural was. They wanted to do research on the artist. We cannot assume that students know famous artists and the time period they lived in and how that affected their art. Interdisciplinary projects are the best. The art teacher was so impressed and came in to give a class on the artists and talked about their techniques.

  I can't thank you enough for supporting my class.”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. P.

  This classroom project was brought to life by Bill Gates and one other donor.

• Improving Literacy Growth in Your First Language

  Funded Aug 13, 2021

  Thank you so much for the books. My students needed individual copies to be able to read at home and study at home.

  The school was not able to buy individual copies so this was a great gift. The students are low income and they could not buy them either. With the help of all the donors, we can now have individual reading and independent reading at home.

  We also were able to buy new books to determine if that will be our next book to read as a class.

  Students are able to leave Houston in their imagination and are able to travel to the Amazons. They can learn about other countries and cultures without getting on an airplane.

  Thank you again for this great gift.”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. P.

  This classroom project was brought to life by Bill Gates and 5 other donors.

• Make the Classroom Comfortable

  Funded Jun 8, 2021

  The students were so excited to see the pretty pink chairs. The students immediately wanted to sit on them. Students have really had anxiety returning to the classroom and it was diminished when they bounce on a chair.

  Students get the treat of sitting on the chairs during oral presentations. Normally, students do not want to participate but if they get to sit on a pink chair they suddenly want to participate. In a class of 30, no one complained or said they did not want to present. All students wanted to present and wanted to make their presentations longer. What a change in attitude!! All were positive and ready to present.

  Thank you so much for these chairs. We are so grateful.”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. P.

  This classroom project was brought to life by Panda Cares.