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Past projects 19

• Urgent Need: Laptop to Create Student Materials for Special Education

  Funded Jan 17, 2025

  On behalf of the students and staff at Innovation Charter High School in East Harlem, I want to extend our heartfelt gratitude for your generous support of our recent technology project. Your contribution is already making a meaningful difference in the lives of our students.

  As a Title I school, many of our scholars face systemic barriers that can limit access to essential educational resources. Thanks to you, our classrooms are now equipped with updated technology that enhances learning, sparks creativity, and supports the development of 21st-century skills. Whether it's researching for a project, collaborating on digital platforms, or engaging with interactive learning tools, your support is helping to close the digital divide and empower our students to thrive.

  Your kindness and belief in our mission do not go unnoticed. You are a part of our school community, and your impact will be felt for years to come.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Hjemvick

• iPad for Urgent Academic Support Needs

  Funded Jan 8, 2024

  Wow, I'm so excited and humbled to be writing this Thank You note!

  Your combined donations have created an opportunity to provide technology to teachers and students that will use it for academic growth and goal achievement.

  We thank you on behalf of our teachers, students and families for your thoughtfulness and generosity.

  We hope that you enjoy viewing the attached photos to see your contributions in use.

  Again,

  Thank you for supporting us and our academic endeavors. Donors like you make all the difference.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Hjemvick

  This classroom project was brought to life by LOFT and one other donor.

• Special Education Positive Behavior Interventions Supports

  Funded Sep 26, 2023

  I'd like to take a moment to express my sincere and utmost gratitude for your generous donations to my high school classroom.

  My students are extremely hardworking and very goal oriented. However, on a daily basis, some of them are faced with hardships and challenges that occasionally impact there ability to easily access their goals.

  Your donations have helped to level the playing field for them. By providing them access to Amazon giftcards you have supported our PBIS program that aims to reward positive behaviors with self choice in rewards.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Hjemvick

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

• Classroom Learning Aids and Materials

  Funded Sep 26, 2023

  I'd like to take a moment to express my sincere and utmost gratitude for your generous donations to my high school classroom.

  My students are extremely hardworking and very goal oriented. However, on a daily basis, some of them are faced with hardships and challenges that occasionally impact there ability to easily access their goals.

  Your donations have helped to level the playing field for them. By providing them access to Amazon giftcards you have supported our PBIS program that aims to reward positive behaviors with self choice in rewards.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Hjemvick

  This classroom project was brought to life by Bezos Family Foundation and one other donor.

• PBIS Rewards For Special Education Students

  Funded Sep 4, 2022

  We are so overwhelmed with gratitude for the generosity that you have extended to our students.

  Your donation has provided us with a gift cards to Amazon. Over 90 percent of our students receive free and reduced price lunches. Some come from homes that are doing their best to make ends meet. In turn, some of our students are faced with economic hardships that require them to take a more active role financially in their homes.

  Your Amazon gift cards will be used to provide students a PBIS reward. They will be able to self select items from Amazon that they may have other wise not have been able to purchase!

  In addition, we were able to offer a lunch and learn session where staff and students were able to create goal setting journals. Your donation provided us with the materials we needed to make this even possible!!”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Hjemvick

  This classroom project was brought to life by An Anonymous Funder and 4 other donors.

• Social Emotional Support Items and PBIS Rewards

  Funded Sep 12, 2022

  We are so overwhelmed with gratitude for the generosity that you have extended to our students.

  Your donation has provided us with a gift cards to Amazon. Over 90 percent of our students receive free and reduced price lunches. Some come from homes that are doing their best to make ends meet. In turn, some of our students are faced with economic hardships that require them to take a more active role financially in their homes.

  Your Amazon gift cards will be used to provide students a PBIS reward. They will be able to self select items from Amazon that they may have other wise not have been able to purchase!”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Hjemvick

  This classroom project was brought to life by Charles Schwab and 2 other donors.

• STEM Learning Materials

  Funded Aug 14, 2022

  We are so overwhelmed with gratitude for the generosity that you have extended to our students.

  Your donation has provided us with a gift card to Teachers Pay Teachers. Teachers Pay Teachers is a website that we use to purchase curriculum that is creatively designed to support the diverse learning needs of students.

  Specifically, your donation went to our Culinary Arts department and our Student Council students. They were delighted to learn that they could begin purchasing and downloading materials that will support learning in their classrooms.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Hjemvick

  This classroom project was brought to life by An Anonymous Funder and one other donor.

• Help Provide Warm Clothing & Healthy Snacks To NYC Students

  Funded Jan 10, 2022

  When I originally wrote this project it was because a few students would come to my office in between classes just looking for a quick snack. After chatting with them, I found out that they often had to leave home in the morning without eating breakfast because they ran out of food or because they were running late for their long commute to school.

  Your donations helped provide healthy options for students. This quickly turned into students having a safe space to enjoy a meal in my office before their day began- something they weren't used to.

  Your donations also provided under armor thermal shirts that provided warmth while they'd walk to the train.

  We greatly appreciate your gifts!”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Hjemvick

  This classroom project was brought to life by A New York City Parent and one other donor.

• Tablets for Students with Disabilities

  Funded Aug 16, 2021

  Firstly, thank you for taking your time and personal resources to support such a worthy platform such as Donors Choose.

  Most specifically, thank you for expressing an interest in my students and their individual learning needs.

  As we all know, the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted society in various ways. For my student population, COVID-19 has created hardships additional to those that they were already facing.

  These hardships range from academic, socio-emotional, medical, and financial. Being home for instruction for over 18 months, students that live in NYCHA housing did not have adequate access to electronic devises necessary for remote learning.

  The Fire Tablets that you provided helped alleviate pressures families were experiences to provide technology to their children.

  The tablets also provided a new interest in literacy! Many of our students are working well below grade level in literacy and as such feel discouraged to pick up a physical book. A tablet offers privacy so that their classmates can not see titles of books and derive that the student is reading significantly below grade level. This privacy gives the students a sense of being in a safe space when they read.

  So, I thank you for this, wholeheartedly!”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Hjemvick

  This classroom project was brought to life by Emerson Collective and 4 other donors.

• Tablets For Students With Disabilities to Develop Literacy Skills

  Funded Jul 20, 2021

  Firstly, thank you for taking your time and personal resources to support such a worthy platform such as Donors Choose.

  Most specifically, thank you for expressing an interest in my students and their individual learning needs.

  As we all know, the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted society in various ways. For my student population, COVID-19 has created hardships additional to those that they were already facing.

  These hardships range from academic, socio-emotional, medical, and financial. Being home for instruction for over 18 months, students that live in NYCHA housing did not have adequate access to electronic devises necessary for remote learning.

  The Fire Tablets that you provided helped alleviate pressures families were experiences to provide technology to their children.

  The tablets also provided a new interest in literacy! Many of our students are working well below grade level in literacy and as such feel discouraged to pick up a physical book. A tablet offers privacy so that their classmates can not see titles of books and derive that the student is reading significantly below grade level. This privacy gives the students a sense of being in a safe space when they read.

  So, I thank you for this, wholeheartedly!”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Hjemvick

  This classroom project was brought to life by Emerson Collective and one other donor.