Past projects 11
Now We're Cooking
Funded Oct 12, 2023We can not thank you enough for your generosity to this project and to all the other projects I have had funded over the years. My students were jumping for joy when I told them we were funded in less than a day. They can’t wait to start looking up recipes to make.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. O'Keefe
This classroom project was brought to life by The Allstate Foundation and 12 other donors.Cougars Need Water!
Funded Nov 19, 2022We are so thankful for your donations to this project. Sorry for the delay in sending the pictures and impact statement. Our kitchen is still under construction and we are opening very slowly. The students are excited everyday when we unpack and build the items from our donations, such as the bread boxes and the chip carts. They also love the idea that they can use the water tank to make themselves hot coca and oatmeal without having to boil water. They also love showing off all of our treats and items for sale to our customers. They are very proud of their growing business. I can not wait for them to choose other items for their next project to expand their culinary class/ business.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. O'Keefe
Entrepreneurial Dream!
Funded Feb 23, 2022This project as opened up a whole new business adventure for my Special Needs students. They are now able to create one of a kind designs to be placed on mugs, bags, shirts etc.. Sky's the limit for them. They are using their creative minds and business skills to market their very own Customization business. They have already create mugs for school spirit, T-shirts for various programs within the school in addition to aprons that they use in their culinary class. They are so excited to create more unique items for everyone.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. O'Keefe
Interactive Learning Through Technology
Funded Dec 3, 2019I just want to start off again by thanking you all for your generosity. Being able to have access at the fingertips for my students have opened up a world of possibilities for them while in school.
During this recent activity depicted in the pictures, my students were researching different healthy lifestyles, for our career/transition class. With the information they gathered from the internet they will be able to teacher their classmates about making good choices in areas of healthy eating, dealing with stress and anxiety, even on heart disease.
This is just one of the many amazing topics they will be using the chrome books for.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. O'Keefe
This classroom project was brought to life by An anonymous classroom supporter and 10 other donors.Cooking With Cougars
Funded Dec 1, 2018We can not thank you all enough for your generosity. The students have been hard at work making wonderful lunches for the staff members of our building. The use of the tables have helped to create an atmosphere that simulates a real professional cooking environment. An environment that we hope many of our students will have a chance to work in upon completion of this program.
The students were so happy when they opened them, and began to put them together, they spoke about all of the wonderful things they have planned to make using our new prep stations.
Thank you so much for helping to make a difference in the lives of these amazing students.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. O'Keefe
Opening up the World Wide Web!
Funded Mar 27, 2018Thank you all so much for your generosity. Having a computer in our classroom will allow my students to instantly explore the world in ways we couldn't before. Projects will be made easier with the use of a laptop. My students love to learn, explore and read. However being in a high school with a library suited for that age level, it does not suit my wonderful students who as much as they want to learn and read from those books to help create their projects and enhance their learning, they are too difficult for them. With this hands on ready to use laptop they can easily explore the web for reading level appropriate research materials that will allow them to feel successful in their learning process. Donors like all of you make my job as a teacher easier, your gifts make it easier for me to reach my students in ways I never thought imaginable. For that reason I can not thank you enough.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. O'Keefe
This classroom project was brought to life by Ripple and 3 other donors.Recreating History
Funded Jan 26, 2018I can not thank you all enough for the amazing generosity you have shown my students by funding this project. My students can not wait to show you and the rest of the world their creativity and knowledge through theater. This project will open up a side of history they could have only dreamt of. History will come alive in my classroom. As more teachers see the beauty of acting and creativity that can come out of this project the more I can see if being used through other classrooms as well. So thank you from the bottom of my heart for allowing my students a chance to shine.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. O'Keefe
This classroom project was brought to life by The First Million Fund and 3 other donors.Crafting the Beauty of the World
Funded Sep 16, 2016I can not thank all of you enough for your generous gift. My students have been working so hard and are so thrilled to be able to create some amazing projects with our new machine. They have created different holiday items for Thanksgiving, such as banners, cards and window decorations. They went full force with the Christmas season, designing cards, ornaments, signs for wooden pieces and even window clings. They are already talking about what they can do for Valentine's Day, Mother's Day and Father's Day. I am so amazed at what they have come up with. They love watching their designs come to life and so do I.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. O'Keefe
This classroom project was brought to life by The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and 6 other donors.Going Green In the Classroom
Funded Mar 9, 2016Dear Donors,
I can not thank you enough for your support. The purchasing of the the white boards and materials has made it much easier for my students. We have used them in class in so many different ways. in order to review in my class we like to play games. One of their favorite games is trivia. They enjoying writing their answers on the boards to gain points for themselves and their teams. It is also a quick way to check for understanding of materials for my students. I currently have one student who is a selective Mute. She does not talk in class, so asking her to answer a question was nearly impossible without her writing it down. having the white boards allows her to do just that without feeling weird or different.
Having the whiteboards in the classroom leads to endless possibilities for me students and for myself. it has made the education process more hands one and interactive for my kinetic, and visual learners. Again we can not thank you enough”
With gratitude,
Mrs. O'Keefe
Printing the World
Funded Dec 2, 2015Dear Donors,
I can not thank you enough for your support. The purchasing of the printer has made it much easier for my students, who come from low economic families, create projects and see them completed. For many of the projects that we complete in class require some type of picture or artistic component. This at times is their favorite part of the project, however most of the can not draw so having a printer for them to grab the picture at their fingertips makes a world of difference.
We have used the printer to create cards for work study, printed out mazes from Harry Potter to use on our cereal box project and even printed out projects they wrote about the Presidents.
Having a printer in the classroom leads to endless possibilities for me students and for myself. Again we can not thank you enough.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. O'Keefe
This classroom project was brought to life by Google.org and 6 other donors.