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Ms. McMaster's Classroom

  • Kensington International School
  • Springfield, MA
  • Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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  • Let Our Imaginations Run Wild!

    Funded Aug 1, 2024

    We in room 5 can not thank you enough for the donation to our classroom project. Our prize box is a huge success, and the students love earning chances to visit it. Our new carpet makes our classroom feel clean, warm, and inviting. Our students love spreading out and enjoying stories together. The crayons are beautiful and the children love using them to let their imaginations run wild! We use the playdough to help our minds work together to be creative. All of these new wonderful materials have been put to use, and we are forever grateful!”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. McMaster

  • New Resources for a Great Class!

    Funded Jan 21, 2024

    Thank you from the bottom of my heart for supporting our classroom. These new items have impacted our students in the classroom in a positive way! We use the magnetic tens frames daily, and they are especially helpful for our MLL learners. The students really love the ice cream alphabet game, and they use it often in the reading center. The puzzles are another favorite. In a classroom with so many students who are learning English these resources are so important.

    Without your support we would not have all the materials we need to run a successful classroom, and our students and I thank you!”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. McMaster

  • Help Fill Our Treasure Chest!

    Funded Aug 2, 2023

    Thank you so much for funding my treasure chest project. The students are able to earn prizes when they receive enough points. I could not run my classroom without them! Prizes are earned daily and really help to motivate student success. Students want to learn and want to do what is expected of them because they understand a reward is waiting for them. I would never be able to purchase all of these prizes without your support. It takes a lot of wonderful people to educate and care for these students.

    Thank you again!”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. McMaster

    This classroom project was brought to life by The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and one other donor.
  • This Is Our Happy Place!

    Funded Aug 31, 2022

    Thank you so much for your donations to our classroom. Our classroom is cozy and welcoming because of your donation. The walls are decorated with beautiful colorful bulletin boards.

    We were able to cover old bookshelves with the new contact paper making them look clean and new. The black and white polka dot labels are perfect for labeling our books bins in the classroom library.

    The birthday bulletin board set is interactive and fun to display the children's birthdays.

    We are so grateful for your donation to our classroom!”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. McMaster

  • New Year, New Ideas!

    Funded Aug 31, 2022

    Our classroom is filled with new fresh ideas! The walls are filled with new clean paper, and beautiful colors! My students have a clean rug to read on that they love to spread out and get comfortable while they read and play.

    In the afternoons the children enjoy playing with our new playdough. We use it to write our names, make letters, and numbers! What a great calming sensory activity to end our days with.

    Our classroom would not be the same without your donations! We appreciate you very much!”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. McMaster

  • New Social Emotional Learning Games!

    Funded Mar 4, 2022

    Thank you for your generosity with funding our project. We are so lucky to have these new learning games in our classroom. The students enjoy working together to play these games. We love working collaboratively with one another in the classroom, and these games make that possible. The students are able to work in small groups with a teacher to play with these new materials. At times children may go all day without playing with one another. They so many times use tablets or watch TV, and school may be the only place where they use hands on learning materials.”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. McMaster

    This classroom project was brought to life by American Federation of Teachers.
  • New Building Blocks for My Kinders!

    Funded Mar 5, 2022

    I can not tell you how happy my kindergarten students are with these new blocks. They are so helpful when it comes to my students social emotional skills. The students in my classroom work together in groups to be creative with these materials. They use pretend play with one another, and build their social skills! Each child is engaged and having fun with one another while playing and using their imaginations. These materials are such an asset to our classroom, and we are so grateful for your support!”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. McMaster

  • New Technology for My Kinders!

    Funded Jan 17, 2022

    Thank you so much for your support in our classroom project. The students have been enjoying their tablets, and new head phones.

    The children can now hear their lessons on the computer without disruption from noise. The headphones came in beautiful colors that the children enjoy.

    The children use the tablets in small groups as a way to read digitally, as well as engage in learning games. Both of these items have encouraged learning, and helped the students in room 5 improve their technology skills.

    Thank you again for your help and support for our kindergarten room!”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. McMaster

  • New Rugs for my Kinders!

    Funded Sep 23, 2021

    Thank you so much for giving my students a cozy spot on the floor! During these times we have not been able to use a big rug in our classroom due to Covid. These small individual rugs gave each of my students a cozy spot to listen to stories and have class discussions. Being at their desks all day is hard for kindergarteners these rugs give them a chance to come to the font of the classroom while still being in their own individual spots. These rugs would have never been able to be purchased if it was not for your generous donation. We can not thank you enough!”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. McMaster

    This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose Community and one other donor.
  • New Magazines for Young Eager Learners!

    Funded Sep 9, 2021

    Thank you so much for supporting our classroom project. The Let's Find Out magazines have been delivered to our school. The students are able to interact with the physical magazines as well as use and interact with the digital tools! The material the magazines cover are always relevant and informative for these young learners. The digital tools are so wonderful at portraying the information in a fun way. When we are finished with them the students are then able to bring these magazines home to share with their families.”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. McMaster

Having good quality headphones for using with the laptops in our classroom would greatly benefit my students learning. I love to encourage learning and building community though music, and interactive technology. We use the laptops to reinforce topics we are learning about in the classroom. Right now all of the headphones I purchased at the beginning of the year are broken and the children can not hear anything on the computers. Technology in the classroom is essential to student growth and learning. I know that new headphones that work would be a great addition to our kindergarten classroom and the diverse students who enjoy coming to school each day.

About my class

Having good quality headphones for using with the laptops in our classroom would greatly benefit my students learning. I love to encourage learning and building community though music, and interactive technology. We use the laptops to reinforce topics we are learning about in the classroom. Right now all of the headphones I purchased at the beginning of the year are broken and the children can not hear anything on the computers. Technology in the classroom is essential to student growth and learning. I know that new headphones that work would be a great addition to our kindergarten classroom and the diverse students who enjoy coming to school each day.

About my class

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