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• Keep on Creating!

  Funded Feb 14, 2025

  I cannot say thank you enough for your contribution to my classroom. As a speech pathologist, I am always looking for new ways to meet my student's individualized needs. This project will help me continue to create new materials and visuals to help my student grow in their speech sounds, language skills, and functional communication. It is incredible to watch my students be able to communicate something that they have been wanting to say for a long time. Thank you again.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Palmisano

• A Case of the Wiggles

  Funded Sep 16, 2024

  Words cannot express the gratitude that I have for your generous donation to my classroom. Often times I think that related services and support specialists can be over looked because we don't fit the mold of a typical classroom teachers. The irony is that we also work with and teach students who don't tend to fit the mold of a typical student. My students often have other needs that make their style of learning unique. But above all my students are capable of learning. Learning just looks a little different.

  The wiggle seats have made a tremendous impact in my speech room in just these few short weeks. I have noticed students who have had a hard time paying attention are more focused on tasks we are working on together. Students who have had to find sensory input through jumping up or moving around the room have been able to channel some of that need through wiggling on the chairs. I cannot say thank you enough for theses chairs. Please know that I think about your generosity each day when I walk into my room for the first time in the morning. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Palmisano

• Germ-Free Learning

  Funded Sep 19, 2024

  Thank you very much for donating to this project in my speech room. I am so very excited to have received these items to help prevent the spread of germs. A little over a week ago I was already out sick due to a cold that has been circulating the school. Unfortunately, that resulted in me missing two days of working with my students. To come back to work to find out that my germs project was funded was an amazing moment for me.

  Your donation will hopefully help us prevent the spread of germs as the school year continues. I have set up the air purifier right by my small group table. We keep an open Kleenex box nearby to readily catch any coughs and sneezes to help prevent airborne transmissions. And with our large jugs of hand sanitizer, we are constantly able to ensure clean hands, especially after coughing or sneezing. All of these items are organized neatly in the bins that were donated so they are always ready to be refilled when needed.

  Thank you again for your generous contribution to my speech room!”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Palmisano

  This classroom project was brought to life by The Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation and one other donor.

• Communicating in Color

  Funded Aug 23, 2023

  Words cannot express my gratitude for your kind donations to my classroom. I wish I could count the number of times that my teammate and I have used the color printer since it's arrival but that is by far way too many to count.

  In our district, our special education department is called Exceptional Children. I love that phrase because I really do believe they are truly exceptional students. The Exceptional Children department also has an extensions program which houses our students with more significant needs. With your donations, we have been able to create a core language board for every desk of every student in our extensions program. This means that every child in that program has access to an picture board that contains a variety of words/vocabulary that comprises more than 70-90% of the words that we use on a daily basis; words like "help", "more", "yes", "no", and "bathroom". These boards make communication accessible to EVERY student.

  In addition to functional communication materials, we've also been able to create adaptive books, interactive materials, classroom aids and decorations, and reinforcers. The world truly feels like our oyster when we have access to this color printer, laminator and paper and we cannot say thank you enough.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Palmisano