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Mrs. Laura Garza's Classroom

  • Pena Elementary School
  • Brownsville, TX
  • More than three‑quarters of 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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  • Imagine and Create

    Funded Aug 8, 2023

    Thank you so much for your generosity, this will help all,students to have materials accessible and in color anytime. This printer will helps us with materials for our stem activities as well as bringing to life their individual projects and personal student's portfolios. Once again thank you for making this possible.”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Laura Garza

    This classroom project was brought to life by PNC Grow Up Great® and 2 other donors.
  • Prek Lunar New Year

    Funded Apr 3, 2023

    Thank you so much for your generosity, this will help us understand our lesson better giving my students and opportunity to be exposed to different cultures and showing them the importance of respecting them. Thank you for making this possible, thank to you this lesson will make a difference in our education. THANK YOU!”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Laura Garza

    This classroom project was brought to life by PNC Grow Up Great®.
  • Memory Shirt

    Funded Apr 3, 2023

    THANK YOU so much for your generosity, thanks to you my students will wear will pride their Pre kinder shirt, this shirt will be decorate it with their own little hands. This will be a memory they will cherish forever. Thanks to you we will model this shirt during our field trip that we work so hard to fundraise. THANK YOU from the bottom of our hearts.”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Laura Garza

    This classroom project was brought to life by PNC Grow Up Great® and 2 other donors.
  • End of the Year Memory Book

    Funded Apr 3, 2023

    Thank you so much this is something that we really need, thanks to your generosity our students will own a full color pictures memories that they will cherish for the rest of their lives. I can’t thank you enough for making this possible their little hearts will be so happy as well as mine.”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Laura Garza

    This classroom project was brought to life by PNC Grow Up Great®.
  • COLOR Fantastic!

    Funded Apr 3, 2023

    We are beyond THANKFUL with your generosity, thanks to you we will be able to have colorful materials, with these little Pre-kindergarten students colorful materials makes a huge difference, and Thanks to you this will be possible. Thank you once again for making a difference in our education, it means the world to us.”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Laura Garza

    This classroom project was brought to life by PNC Grow Up Great®.
  • Wired Up!

    Funded Sep 7, 2022

    Thank you for your donation, the new set of books have been fantastic not just even in our classroom library but also as a whole group we have enjoyed those literacy adventures. The binding machine have helped us so much making our students work more accesible for them, they have all their work organized and easy to managed, giving the students and the teachers easier access to their work. Making our student work into binding books gives them independence, this also helps us create students made books for our Classroom library. Thank you for your generous donation.”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Laura Garza

    This classroom project was brought to life by Valhalla Foundation and 2 other donors.
  • Lap Desk Stress Less

    Funded Sep 3, 2022

    My students are really enjoying using the lap desk, every morning after their breakfast they go and the grab their lap desk and complete their assignment, they love the fact that they can sit in the rug area and are able to complete their work. When they saw the lap desk most of them where clueless of how they where going to be used, once I modeled they are able to use it independently. This is used on a Daily basis in different times of the day, or whenever they feel tired of sitting on the chair-table, they can grab a lap desk and work on it. Thank you for your donations, and thank you for making a difference in my students life.”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Laura Garza

    This classroom project was brought to life by An Anonymous Funder and 31 other donors.
  • Summer Fun

    Funded Jun 30, 2022

    Thank you for providing my students with a bucket full of joy. They were so excited when they saw it. They work very hard throughout the year. This will give them an opportunity to explore outside, and take a walk in the sun wearing their new shades, playing, and building sand castles. With the bubbles, they have an opportunity to see a sphere not just on paper but in real life. We also learned how to glow in the dark works thanks to the bracelets provided. This has been a fun learning opportunity for all of my students and this is all possible thanks to your donations. THANK YOU!”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Laura Garza

    This classroom project was brought to life by General Motors and 6 other donors.
  • Reading Adventures

    Funded May 17, 2022

    Thanks to you, my students are having a wide variety of reading books one of their favorite times of the day is Read Aloud and they are loving our need addition of books.

    I am able to combine some of these books with the App NOVEL EFFECT which adds a special effect to the stories the students are loving it.

    In addition to all these wonderful features, the students have an opportunity to reread the books at the Library Center, and seeing them enjoy them is such a delight.

    Thank you once again this would not have been possible without YOU.”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Laura Garza

  • Learning Through Creativity!

    Funded Sep 23, 2021

    My students are taking great advantage of your donations, we use them to create cutouts depending on the theme, we create patterns, for counting, tracing, and fun.

    They love and are anxious to see what will be the next cutout we will be using they say this is so fun, without realizing they are doing work while having fun. Thank you for your donations in these difficult times this project has helped us have our own manipulatives and have fun as we are working.

    We also use the letters and numbers pop it to learn letter formation. The water paint was a total hit, they love using it and combining colors to create new ones.

    Your generosity has made a big impact on these kids learning”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Laura Garza

    This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose Community and 9 other donors.
These new picture books will continue to enhance the print-rich classroom that I strive to create. All of these books have been chosen with my students in mind; they will be able to enjoy these books as a class, which will help them get excited for reading and eager to explore the books independently as well. With these new books, my students will be able to experience new worlds apart from their own, and become immersed in the stories they tell. The best way to increase reading ability is to read more, and these books will continue to help my students grow stronger in reading. My students love reading books as a class and would be so grateful to add these to our growing collection!

About my class

These new picture books will continue to enhance the print-rich classroom that I strive to create. All of these books have been chosen with my students in mind; they will be able to enjoy these books as a class, which will help them get excited for reading and eager to explore the books independently as well. With these new books, my students will be able to experience new worlds apart from their own, and become immersed in the stories they tell. The best way to increase reading ability is to read more, and these books will continue to help my students grow stronger in reading. My students love reading books as a class and would be so grateful to add these to our growing collection!

About my class

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