Past projects 3
iPads: A STEM-tastic Way to Enrich Learning
Funded Dec 12, 2022Many thanks for supporting our initiative financially! When the new iPads arrived in our classroom, the students were beyond thrilled! We have had the opportunity to go more deeply into the realm of research and STEM (computer science).
The students used information and data they gathered from several subject areas, including reading, writing, social studies, and science, to produce stunning projects and posters on Scratch Jr.
For the students, especially the bilingual students in our classroom, this has been such a tremendous tool. The availability of technology and digital CS platforms has expanded thanks to the iPads, but so has our drive and excitement for studying and coding. The media teacher is super excited as well that the students can further enhance what she is teaching them in the computer lab, when they come to our classroom, due to the accessibility of the iPads.
Thank you again for funding our project!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Machuca Nunez
This classroom project was brought to life by Cognizant Foundation and 4 other donors.Christmas Stockings for Second Graders
Funded Dec 9, 2022I would like to express my sincere gratitude for your contributions. For my students it was very important to receive these stockings full of goodies, seeing their smiles with their stockings made every donation even more special. Each of my students was happy to receive these gifts. When their stockings arrived, they were overjoyed. Candy, play-doh, lollipops, novels, stickers, stampers, and pencils were all stuffed inside each stocking. I sincerely appreciate your assistance in securing funding for this project. The parents were also quite appreciative.
My students are amazing and intelligent, my second family. They were able to see from the Christmas stocking gifts that kind individuals like you think about them. Teachers are able to have a significant impact on the lives of our students because of kind and compassionate people like you.
Once more, words cannot express how grateful I am for your contributions to this initiative. Support for public education is crucial. I appreciate your support in my classroom.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Machuca Nunez
Laptop for Better Learning
Funded Nov 30, 2022First of all, I would like to express how grateful my students and I are for your thoughtful donations. Your interest in and dedication in helping my students receive better resources is commendable especially after the difficult times we have all gone through, and now trying to adjust to a new normal. Your generous donations have created a new way of learning that doesn't just have to happen with a pencil and paper, but with a device (laptop) that has made learning more interactive and engaging for my students.
In my classroom, the laptop has become such a useful tool and resource. I have invested the effort to find and download apps that will interest and challenge my students as they learn SEL strategies. I have been able to successfully capture and engage my students interests in acquiring essential reading and math skills through the usage of various apps, due to all the different levels of learning and distinct preferences that my students have, having the laptop and being able to use it along with the promethean board has made their learning fun and interactive.
I am now able to project my google slides for the students to work off, I have virtual meetings with parents, since there are parents that prefer virtual as oppose to in-person conferences, showing videos, and having students listen to read-aloud from the apps downloaded is so much easier and there aren't anymore glitches due to working off an old, refurbished laptop.
The laptop you donated will not only be used this year, but for many years to come! I will always be grateful to you for giving us such a useful and enriching tool that will improve the learning of my present and future students.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Machuca Nunez
This classroom project was brought to life by an Anonymous Classroom Supporter and 13 other donors.