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Past projects 49

• TDAs Hip Hip Hooray

  Funded Nov 29, 2022

  Thank you so much for your generous donation towards our classroom. We are grateful for the Teachers Pay Teachers Gift Card and plan on using it to purchase more TDA practice for us to use. My Learning Support students need additional practice and these additional stories and prompts will allow us to have that without repeating stories and prompts. We are excited to use this gift card to help us grow our TDA resrouces.

  Any extra money on the gift card will be used to help us purchase reading resources (such as fluency, comprehension, or phonics based activities). The gift card could also be used to purchase math activities based on my students needs (such as but not limited to money practice, time, 2 digit adding and subtracting, regrouping, multiplication, division, and word problems).

  Thank you again for supporting our classroom. We are incredibly grateful for your continued support.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Kerestes

  This classroom project was brought to life by an Anonymous Classroom Supporter and 2 other donors.

• Pause & Refresh the Room

  Funded Oct 26, 2022

  Thank you so much for helping us restock our basic classroom supplies. These resources will help us to continue with our daily routine and lessons. We are always laminating things and the new lamination pouches will help us to continue making reading games for our reading practice. In addition, the lamination pouches will help us make math activities and any other fun games that we want to continue to use in the future.

  The binders and folders will help us to keep our independent work and progress monitoring organized. If any students join our class throughout the year, they will be able to have their own folders and/or binders as well.

  The teddy bear counters are being used to help students learn to count. These math manipulatives allow us to use touch point math to help visualize the number the students are counting. The calculators will allow us to help check our work once we solve the problem out on our whiteboard table.

  The tape will be used for everyday tasks as well as helping to keep items safe and reusable.

  Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for supporting our Learning Support classroom as well as education. We are very grateful for your help.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Kerestes

  This classroom project was brought to life by Panda Cares and 3 other donors.

• Breath In, Breath Out, & Calm Yourself About

  Funded Sep 2, 2022

  Thank you so much for your generous donation to our classroom. We are incredibly grateful for our new social/emotional books. We were in need of these for our daily lessons. We will add these to the social stories creating more stories and options for our classroom during these lessons. These will help students practice calm down strategies as well as understand their emotions better.

  The headphones will be used for school assemblies, field trips, outdoor recess, or any other situation which may cause a student to go into a sensory overload. These headphones will help keep noise level down for students while allowing them to partake in the activities alongside their fellow peers.

  Thank you again for supporting Special Education and allowing my students to be authentic to who they are. We are so appreciative for your love and support.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Kerestes

• Listen Up and Hear that Learning

  Funded Jul 11, 2022

  Thank you so much for helping us to get sound in our classroom. I was recently moved to a new school within the same district but this project still helps my students out. The classroom I was moved to has no sound system just like my old two rooms. This bluetooth speaker is perfect for enhancing learning through videos. It is loud enough for the whole room to hear. The protective case it came with will help us keep this wonderful resource safe so we can use it for many years to come.

  Without your help, we would not have had this resource. It is truly appreciated from the bottom of our hearts”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Kerestes

  This classroom project was brought to life by SONIC Drive-In and 4 other donors.

• Pop It, Spin It, Fidget All Around

  Funded Apr 4, 2022

  Thank you for choosing our classroom as a Horace Mann sweepstakes winner. We are incredibly grateful and excited for these new fidget items. We have been wanting number and letter Pop Its all year. These new Pop Its will help students practice spelling and making words in a new and exciting way. My third graders were the first students to try spelling with Pop Its and loved it!

  All fidget items will be split between my two school. I am excited to add them into both classrooms. Many of our current fidget items are starting to get worn. These new items are much needed.

  Thank you again for supporting our classroom. It is greatly appreciated and we hope you have a wonderful Spring Break.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Kerestes

• Rainbow Wheels and Bins

  Funded Mar 19, 2022

  Thank you for helping our classroom. We are very grateful and appreciative for the new drawers. We were even able to get a wire storage unit to hold progress monitoring data. These drawers will be put to good use and were very much needed.

  The students love how they are the color of the rainbow. We even used them one day to go on a "field trip" to another room when we were not able to hold class in our usual space. The bins allowed us to be flexible and not miss a beat.

  We could have this wonderful resource without you. Thank you again for your kindness and generosity. We appreciate you taking the time to help our classroom out and hope you have a wonderful Spring Break & summer.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Kerestes

• Hey Look, That's Me!

  Funded Feb 20, 2022

  Thank you for helping us to get new books that focus on diversity, loving oneself, and accepting others. We are very excited to have these new materials in our classroom to help foster a welcoming environment. These books are beneficial for all students to see representation of characters who look like them. Many of these characters in the stories are experiencing similar things that my students may be.

  We are very excited to grow our library and look forward to continuing to grow our library in the future. We love books and are always looking for new stories to add to our collection. Your kindness and donations are very much appreciated. Thank you for supporting education as well as fostering a welcoming environment. We are very grateful for your support.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Kerestes

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

• Keep us Sharp!

  Funded Dec 1, 2021

  Thank you so much for the generous donation of timers and sensory items as well as the pencil sharpener. We are grateful for the new pencil sharpener The timers will help make our stations more organized. They will also help us break up tasks (if needed) and provide breaks for the class.

  The sensory items are a great addition to our classroom. The students love the stress balls and they are a new favorite. The students enjoy playing games with the frogs during their break time.

  Thank you again for supporting our classroom and for supporting Special Education. We appreciate your generosity and hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Kerestes

  This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose Community and 8 other donors.

• Keep It Private & Safe

  Funded Nov 19, 2021

  Thank you so much for your generous donation of the laminator, laminator sheets, Kleenex Tissues, folders, envelopes, and more. All of these materials will be well used. We appreciate you supporting our classroom as well as education.

  The tissues will come in handy how that we are entering cold season. The Kleenex tissues are better than the paper towels we would use if we did not have them. This resources is very much appreciated.

  The envelops and folders will be used to store student data as well as send home important documents such as IEPs.

  Thank you again for supporting our classroom. We hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Kerestes

  This classroom project was brought to life by Kleenex® Brand and 4 other donors.

• Snacking to Learn

  Funded Oct 27, 2021

  Thank you so much for your generous donation of snacks to our classroom. We are incredibly grateful for these new treats. It was perfect timing as our snack supply was getting low. The students walked in to see new fruit snacks and pretzels and were very excited.

  These will help our classroom by making sure snack time can continue. The small snack will help students be able to learn and have something to tide them over until lunch.

  Thank you again for our snacks. We appreciate you helping our classroom out!”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Kerestes