Past projects 13
Cut a Rug
Funded Feb 12, 2023Thank you so much for your wonderful donations to help supply my kindergarten students with a new classroom rug. This rug is such a wonderful addition to my classroom as it has added a spot to read, play, practice sharing, do our calendar time in the mornings and allow for my students to work on build a family and community in the classroom. My students were ecstatic when the rug arrived. They knew it was coming in the mail and when our office manager dropped it off they were jumping up and down so excited to see it finally here. It is by far their new favorite spot in our classroom. They have told their families about it and their friends. Never would I have thought that a rug could make such an impact on my students. Once again, I want to thank you for your generous donations and support for me and my students. It is much appreciated, more than you know!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Carolus
This classroom project was brought to life by Panda Cares and 9 other donors.Rug Time
Funded Oct 5, 2022Thank you so much for your wonderful donations to help supply my kindergarten students with a new classroom rug. This rug is such a wonderful addition to my classroom as it has added a spot to read, play, practice sharing, do our calendar time in the mornings and allow for my students to work on build a family and community in the classroom. My students were ecstatic when the rug arrived. They knew it was coming in the mail and when our office manager dropped it off they were jumping up and down so excited to see it finally here. It is by far their new favorite spot in our classroom. They have told their families about it and their friends. Never would I have thought that a rug could make such an impact on my students. Once again, I want to thank you for your generous donations and support for me and my students. It is much appreciated, more than you know!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Carolus
Lit Me Up
Funded May 31, 2022Thank you so much for the generous donations you gave to support my students and their growth towards growing in literacy skills. The centers that I was able to purchase have allowed my incoming kindergarteners this year have hands on opportunities to play with letters and words. The experience to them doesn't feel like learning, but rather play and that is how school should feel at five years old. They enjoy going to center time and are proud to come and show me their hard work at their activities. Thank you again!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Carolus
Charging Our Way Through Kindergarten
Funded Aug 11, 2021Thank you so much for your generous donations to support my kindergarten classroom in receiving a computer charging station. This addition to our classroom has allowed my students to be able to access their laptops easily and efficiently. They have learned to become more organized with their laptops which has also been helpful in keeping them in a better condition. Students have loved becoming independent as they pull out their laptops and put them back in to charge all by themselves. Again, I thank you for your continual support of my little learners.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Carolus
Kinder Cares
Funded Sep 24, 2021Thank you so much for your generous donations to support my kindergarten classroom in receiving a computer charging station. This addition to our classroom has allowed my students to be able to access their laptops easily and efficiently. They have learned to become more organized with their laptops which has also been helpful in keeping them in a better condition. Students have loved becoming independent as they pull out their laptops and put them back in to charge all by themselves. Again, I thank you so much for your continual support of my little learners!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Carolus
This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose Community and 4 other donors.Rolling Into Fall
Funded Aug 11, 2020Thank you so much for your generous donations to support my student's learning. With the addition of the rolling cart in the classroom my students have been able to be visited by me daily for individualized reading groups and instruction. The rolling cart hosts my small groups books, magnetic letters, whiteboards, sentence strips and so much more! The students look forward to this learning time and I love how it has allowed me to abided CDC guidelines. This opportunity to provided the needed instruction but yet stay my safe distance has helped tremendously. Thank you again!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Carolus
This classroom project was brought to life by A Generous Donor and one other donor.A Social Distancing World
Funded Jul 17, 2020Thank you so much for your generosity and support this school year! With uncertain times approaching, it is such a relief to know I will have a classroom ready to welcome little kindergartners full of the supplies they will need. Your donations supported the ability for me to receive enough lap-desks for each child in the classroom to maintain social distancing. Unfortunately, we will not be using these at the beginning of the year due to the decision to be online in the fall but when the time finally comes to meet in person again, we will be set!
Your donation also allowed me to be able to provide individual crayons and pencils for each student. Many students will not be able to have supply access at their homes. Your support has allowed every student to receive individual supplies for at home distance learning as well as individual supplies once we return back in person. Thank you again for all your love and support!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Carolus
This classroom project was brought to life by Kleenex® Brand and 7 other donors.Ears to Hear
Funded Nov 22, 2019Your generous donations allowed my students to have wonderful access to headphones for their iPads this year. Allowing my kindergarten students to have cordless headphones allowed 6 students at a time to hear phonics material, stories read aloud, and other apps in full attention.
This addition of the headphones allowed my students to have access to individualized technology lessons and activities during our workshop times in our classroom. Not only did it help my students access technology, but it also kept our classroom quieter without having 6 iPads playing at once for the other remaining students learning around the room. Instruction was able to be improved and learning was enhanced in our room due to these new headphones.
When my student received the headphones and were first able to use them, their excitement was bubbling out of them. They loved trying out the new headphones and singing along to their favorite alphabet songs through their learning apps. Thank you again for your help in providing headphones to my students!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Carolus
Bare Necessities
Funded Aug 10, 2019A few weeks into the school year and my kindergartners are feeling right at home. The addition of the wood stump pillows in our classroom has helped create a sense of community in our classroom. The joy on their faces the first morning they saw them gave me such a rush of energy and excitement for the year to come with my new friends. They all look forward to sitting around the reading tee-pee on their pillows reading picture books at the end of the day to unwind and relax in a homey classroom.
Not only were your donations providing reading spot pillows, but also a large sensory fidget pack for my little learners. The sensory box came with multiple tools for my students to use at our "Chill Out" table in the back of the room where they can take a chill break at their own discretion to reset and regulate for the rest of the day. Teaching at a school with multiple students in trauma, these regulation sensor tools are used frequently and are cherished by all.
As we progress on throughout the year, I look forward to students reading more challenging books and learning to love reading in their woodland classroom that you helped me create. With your help my students come to school every day to a homey, calm and safe environment where they can be who they want to be and grow into amazing little human. All I can say is thank you to the generous donors and Donors Choose for allowing me to reach these children and take them to new places through the love of learning.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Carolus
This classroom project was brought to life by An Anonymous Funder and 11 other donors.Digitize Our Learning
Funded Mar 27, 2018There are not enough words to describe how thankful my students and I are for the amazing opportunity to bring more technology resources into our classroom with these three new iPads! Most of my students have no access to technology at home and with only three outdated desktops in our classroom, the experiences I was able to offer my students were very limited. I now have a 2:1 student to technology ratio with in my classroom, which is the highest in my building. The impact this can my on my students is limitless.
Not only did you support my little learners but so many other students and teacher across our nation. We are so thankful we got to be a part of your generous gift and are excited to bring our learning to the 21st century. I wish you could have seen the look on my students faces when I opened the Amazon boxes to three new iPads! Priceless!
Your generosity and encouragement of teachers and education is extraordinary and we cannot thank you enough!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Carolus
This classroom project was brought to life by Verizon and 2 other donors.