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Past projects 7

• Help! Our Book Boxes Need a Safe Home!

  Funded Dec 31, 2024

  Thank you so much for funding our bookshelves for our book boxes. Our old bookcases were falling apart and unsafe for small children to be using. Our new ones are sturdy and safe for young people.

  The new bookcases are taller and larger than the old one and our filled book boxes actually fit without turning them on their sides or taking the books out. There is even room in the second case for our art supplies. Talk about convenient! The children are enjoying being able to grab out their book boxes, as well as put them away.

  We appreciate your generosity in Keeping us all safe and our book boxes stored.”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. Dantoin

  This classroom project was brought to life by A Wisconsin Family Foundation and 6 other donors.

• We've Want Mail!

  Funded Aug 15, 2023

  Thank you so much for donating your hard-earned money to our classroom. With your donation, I was able to purchase Wisconsin state postcards and the postage to send them. We are sending a postcard to teachers in other states, in hopes that they will send one back to us.

  My students are excitedly awaiting their postcards from other states, now that ours are finished and being sent out. We sat down together and came up with what our Wisconsin postcards would say. I've got our message put on the postcards and the children got to see them before we sent them out. They thought the postcards were pretty cool and now they anxiously await the arrival of our first postcard, which will be another day of excitement.

  Thanks for helping us to do this project! They get so amazed by all of the cards we get.”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. Dantoin

  This classroom project was brought to life by The SONIC Foundation and 2 other donors.

• We Are Leaders!

  Funded Feb 19, 2023

  This was a large project for our whole school. We are a Leader in Me school, which means we participate in a program that helps us teach all of our students that they can be leaders at school, at home, and in the community. Part of becoming leaders involves everyone setting goals for themselves. This is where your donation came in.

  We needed a place to house our goals and achievements. With your donation, we purchased file folders, as well as file boxes for every classroom in the school. All of our file folders are becoming filled with our finished goals. Before you know it, we won't have room in the file boxes for all of the completed goals - a good problem to have!

  Thank you so much for your dedication to public schools and to our elementary school. We appreciate it!”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. Dantoin

• Time to Tune In

  Funded May 9, 2023

  Thank you so much for donating your hard-earned money to my classroom project. With your donation, we were able to purchase 20 pairs of headphones, a classroom set.

  My school is in a high-poverty area, therefore not all of my students come in with needed supplies, like headphones. Currently, seven of my students use the headphones twice daily, since they were unable to bring their own headphones. As the school year goes on, that number will increase as headphones break and families are unable to replace them.

  We need our headphones. All of our required testing is in an app on the Chromebooks and requires the children to listen to instructions in order to complete it. First graders are learning sounds and how to blend them together. They use the headphones is our learning apps that practice sounds daily, as I take small groups of children for extra instruction.

  We appreciate you!”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. Dantoin

  This classroom project was brought to life by General Motors Corporation and 4 other donors.

• Hello United States!

  Funded Oct 19, 2022

  Thank you very much for funding our library of Spanish/English books! My little Hispanic children, who spoke absolutely no English last year, are now reading these simple books to anyone who is willing to listen - the principal, special teachers, parents, family members, and even our class! They are so excited to be able to read, just like the rest of the group. Success breeds success and being able to read our simple books, in both languages, will do wonders to build up the confidence needed to read more difficult text. We appreciate your generosity and kindness.”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. Dantoin

  This classroom project was brought to life by A Wisconsin Family Foundation and 2 other donors.

• I Don't Speak English/ No Habla Ingles

  Funded Aug 8, 2022

  Thank you for the gift of English/Spanish books for my classroom. As you can see, my Hispanic students love their books that are written in both languages. These books help us to bridge the gap between Spanish and English for these students. They also help us to respect their heritage and help them to feel special. Our school has few resources for our Hispanic students and through your gift, we have more to share with them and their families. Thank you so much! We do appreciate your generous gift.”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. Dantoin

  This classroom project was brought to life by Herb Kohl Philanthropies.

• A Rug to Reunite

  Funded Aug 12, 2021

  My students received the rug after about a month if school. I rolled it out one evening and set up their spots. The next morning they were awe struck! Lots of oohs and ahs filled the air. Everyone wanted to see, sit on, dance on, play on the rug. They do love it!

  We use the rug every day, multiple times a day. It is our morning gathering place to discuss the day and review calendar skills. We gather again during both math and reading times. Almost every large group lesson is taught at the rug. It is the place the go to work with groups, to play games (both academic and for fun), and it is a place to dance our brain breaks.

  Thank you so much for your contribution to our daily gathering place. We would not have it without you!”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. Dantoin

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