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Past projects 4

• A Place to Sit

  Funded Sep 25, 2024

  My students are enjoying the use of these lovely wood stools. They get moved around the library and used at several standing computer stations, in the classroom area, and in the Maker Space of our library. The height is just right for making the kids feel grand when seated yet can still be stored under the card table. The color is perfect, too!

  We even use them behind the puppet stage to help our shorter students be up at the height needed to keep their arms from getting too tired.

  We really like them. Thanks so much!!”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Klein

• The Green Team Upcycles Scrap Wood

  Funded Feb 8, 2023

  My Green Team students were excited to receive the tools and supplies funded by you, and we have been happily creating useful items out of scrap wood. My students learned to use a measuring tape, a cordless drill, a hammer and nails, and a level. They also learned to work together! They also learned the reasons why measuring is important before one cuts or drills or hammers a nail. They learned about sanding wood with the grain.

  The group built 3 wood chests with hinged lids. They sanded, painted, and took turns learning to use the drill, first to drill holes then change out the drill bit and use the screwdriver tip to insert the screws. Rope was used for handles.

  Our second project was a "Flower Weaving Frame", a wood frame with cord attached that plants can be woven into for a living wall-hanging. Each student who completed one got to take it home. A third project rescued a couple of cable spools and turned them into padded stools that we use in the school library.

  We look forward to many more projects!”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Klein

  This classroom project was brought to life by Black History Month Partners and 4 other donors.

• The Green Team

  Funded Oct 17, 2022

  My students were excited to see the bright yellow security vests, leather gloves and tools for construction when they opened the boxes that arrived last October. They proudly wear the vests every Wednesday afternoon when they work in pairs to pick up trash on the school grounds. They are the envy of other students, several of whom have asked to be on the Green Team.

  Everyone wants to use the hammers, so they are learning to assist each other and take turns using the tools. Again, working in pairs, one measures wood boards while another holds the end of the tape and records the measurements. To assemble the compost bin, one holds the board, another hammers the nails. Then they swap places. It was truly a team project, each one making a contribution. We discovered the boards from the wood pallets are extremely dense and difficult to nail through. We had to borrow a drill to make holes for the nails, then hammer in the nails.

  We can't wait to get started on our next project, and hope to have a few more tools, soon. We want to build a storage bin for the garden tools, to house them outside in the garden. They are currently kept in a classroom.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Klein

  This classroom project was brought to life by Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies and 2 other donors.

• Child Can NOW READ Through Rose Colored Glasses!

  Funded Aug 16, 2021

  I am excited to say that a photo of the resources received is all I have because teachers are using the items in their classrooms. (I am the school librarian.) However, I worked in one of the 3rd grade classrooms at the beginning of this year as a substitute one day, and the students were excited to try on the different colored glasses and observe the difference it made when reading. One of the boys in that class (I had taught in summer school) was using purple to help him read. He has now completed several books this past semester, and that excites me because he had told me back in June that he hated reading (and had refused to read the assigned book). NO MORE!! Now he is an avid reader. I have been reading the reference books to learn more about the syndrome, and have share the picture book with several classes. The students are gaining an understanding about vision challenges, and they are learning how to explain to an adult what they are "seeing" when words aren't clear or seem to be moving on the page. Teachers are telling me stories about the improved reading scores and positive changes in several students who had been struggling with assignments. Many of our families cannot afford to take their children to a vision specialist, so these colored sheets and glasses are making a world of difference. Thank you so much for helping me to help them!”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Klein

  This classroom project was brought to life by Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies and 3 other donors.