Past projects 36
Growing 3rd Graders Seek Live Plants to Help Us Thrive!
Funded Apr 6, 2021We love having our own special classroom space to learn and grow, but the classroom we are using is gloomy and half-filled with extra furniture and supplies. Thanks to you, our beautiful new live plants really brighten our space and help us feel hopeful and positive! We're so grateful to you for helping to support our mental and emotional health during this difficult school year.
My students are so brave, positive, and resilient in the face of all of the challenges presented by COVID-19. Your support encourages them to keep learning and growing by brightening both our classroom space and our spirits! We so appreciate you!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Reininga
Voracious Readers Seek Books, Part III
Funded Mar 16, 2021Thank you for your generous support! Our brilliant 3rd-4th grade scientists, technologists, engineers, and mathematicians love to read. Thanks to you, we now have new books to inspire and challenge all of our enthusiastic readers. These new books have really enriched our classroom library, and will go a long way to support our incredible students in reaching their big goals!
Your support ensures that our students reach their fullest potential as growing readers, while reading high-interest, engaging, relevant books. We are convinced that when given the opportunity and necessary resources, each of our amazing kids can and will be extremely successful! We thank you from the bottom of our hearts!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Reininga
This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose Community and 2 other donors.Chilly 3rd Graders Need Heat!
Funded Jan 19, 2021Thank you so much for your generous support! Last month, to maintain COVID-19 social distancing requirements after welcoming two new students, my amazing 3rd grade students and I moved into a new classroom for our math and ELA sessions together.
We love having our own special space to learn and grow, but the classroom we are using has a broken radiator- it's freezing! My students had to wear their winter coats inside to stay warm enough. Thanks to you- we're now toasty warm! No more coats in the classroom!
My students are so brave, positive, and resilient in the face of all of the challenges presented by COVID-19. Your support allows them to keep learning and growing. Thank you, from the bottom of our hearts!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Reininga
Voracious Readers Seek Books, Part II
Funded Jan 4, 2021Thank you for your generous support! Our brilliant 3rd-4th grade scientists, technologists, engineers, and mathematicians love to read. Thanks to you, we know have new books to inspire and challenge all of our enthusiastic readers. These new books have really enriched our classroom library, and will go a long way to support our incredible students in reaching their big goals!
Your support ensures that our students reach their fullest potential as growing readers, while reading high-interest, engaging, relevant books. We are convinced that when given the opportunity and necessary resources, each of our amazing kids can and will be extremely successful! We thank you from the bottom of our hearts!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Reininga
Voracious Writers Seek New Challenge!
Funded Dec 1, 2020Thank you so much for your generous support. Our fifth graders are loving this challenging writing unit! It empowers them to draw on their love of reading fiction and use it to write persuasive literary essays. They are also loving the wonderful books- using them to find inspiration for their next essays!
Our determined students are embracing this important step towards college and career readiness. We are convinced that when given the opportunity and necessary resources, each of our amazing kids can and will be extremely successful! We thank you from the bottom of our hearts!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Reininga
This classroom project was brought to life by FamilyAlbum and 2 other donors.Help Us Stay Charged!
Funded Oct 19, 2020Thank you so much for your generous support. These new iPad chargers will allow our brilliant students to participate fully in remote learning. Many of our kids are sharing a device with a sibling or other family member, and they rely on their iPads to be able to engage with their teachers and classmates every day.
Remote learning is very difficult, but our amazing students are so resilient and determined to learn. These new iPad chargers will solve a huge problem! Your support and belief in our students' ability to succeed really means a lot.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Reininga
Voracious Readers Seek Books!
Funded Mar 6, 2020Thank you so much for your generous donations in support of our project!
Because of you, our students will now have plenty of high interest books to inspire them. This will build their confidence and love of reading!
Not only does your donation provide resources to support our students' learning, it bolsters their confidence and determination!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Reininga
This classroom project was brought to life by A group of anonymous donors and 2 other donors.Help Upgrade Our Technology Lab!
Funded Sep 28, 2019Thank you so very much for your generous support of our brilliant technologists and engineers! Thanks to you, we now have enough memory so that we can run computer-assisted design programs, coding programs, etc., in our K-5 technology lab. This upgrade will benefit all of our students this year, and for many years to come!
Our students are SO excited that our outdated computers can now (try to!) keep up with the blazing speed of their minds, and satisfy their voracious appetites for learning.
Thank you so much!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Reininga
This classroom project was brought to life by Verizon and 3 other donors.Help STEM's Junior Chefs Get Cooking!
Funded May 16, 2019Thanks to you, our talented chefs have the tools and equipment necessary to achieve their culinary dreams! We so appreciate your generosity.
During Cooking Club on Friday afternoons, our budding chefs have a unique opportunity to apply their math and science skills in a real-world context. While engaged in creating culinary masterpieces, our students explore math concepts and science skills such as measurement, conversions, temperature, money, properties of matter, chemical reactions, etc. Cooking club is an important opportunity for scientific inquiry and development of communication and leadership skills.
We wish you could taste their amazing creations! Thanks from the bottom of our hearts.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Reininga
This classroom project was brought to life by Google.org and 8 other donors.Help Us Build a World of Pure Imagination!
Funded Apr 20, 2019Thanks so much for your generous donation! Because of you, our production of Willy Wonka Jr. was a HUGE success! It was by far our best yet, thanks in large part to the awesome set and props!
Our students are applied their technology, engineering and math knowledge while developing leadership skills as they designed and built the weird and wonderful Willy Wonka Chocolate Factory.
You gave them an opportunity for real world applications of the Engineering Design Process and an outlet for creative expression!
Thank you so very much.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Reininga