More than half of students from low‑income households
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I am so excited to get some new art supplies and STEM activities in my kindergarten classroom! My young students love our Art Center and enjoy hands-on learning experiences. These items will be used for many years to come and provide amazing learning opportunities for my students! Thank you so much for your kindness and generosity towards my project! :)”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Kastigar
This classroom project was brought to life by General Motors and 22 other donors.
Oh my goodness! What an amazing surprise to get on this Friday evening! I am so excited to tell my kiddos that we are getting some amazing new STEM activities! I appreciate your generosity and kindness! You have truly made a difference in my classroom for many years to come!
Thank you for your support!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Kastigar
This classroom project was brought to life by General Motors and 7 other donors.
Oh my goodness, what an amazing surprise to get today! I am so excited to get these Scholastic News magazines all ready for the new school year! My young kiddos love these magazines and really enjoy our weekly article. They are real world topics and age appropriate for my young students. They are perfect! The folders will be nice to have them ready to go as well to keep are magazines to share with our families at home! I appreciate your generosity and kindness! 😊”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Kastigar
This classroom project was brought to life by General Motors and 4 other donors.
Oh my goodness what an amazing email to receive on this beautiful Saturday! I am so excited to get the last part of our Summer Learning Bags funded! I know that my young kiddos are going to love all the goodies and have some fun things to keep them engaged in activities and learning over the summer months. Thank you for your kindness and generosity in making this a reality! 💗”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Kastigar
This classroom project was brought to life by General Motors and 6 other donors.
Thank you so much for your generosity towards our Book Project! The Book Binder has been a blessing in helping us bind our classroom books! The kids were so excited to get it!
We have been able to make several different classroom books and even made a few that the kids could take home and share with their families!! The were loved the idea of making their own books!
The book binder and binders will be used for many years to come and benefit so many students! I am so thankful for your kindness and help in making this a reality in my classroom!
I am very thankful for your support!! Thank you for making a difference in my classroom!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Kastigar
This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose Community and 15 other donors.
Oh my goodness! What an amazing surprise email to get today. I am so excited to get these amazing activities to help my kiddos stay motivated to keep learning during the summer months with fun activities. They are going to love the fun items and their families will be grateful to have everything at their fingertips. :)”
Thank you so much for your generosity to make this project possible. These Reading Tote Bags from Lakeshore are really nice and durable. They truly last the entire school year and help us with organizing all of our practice activities to go home and then come back to school each day.
I love the fact that I can assign a certain color that is given to each reading group, so I can grab the corresponding color. I can pull them easily and meet with my groups quickly. The kids and families appreciate that fact that I have all the items they need to practice at home organized in one safe spot. All of this is possible thanks to your kindness and support!
Thank you for making a difference in our classroom!”
Thank you so much for your kindness and generosity towards our project. I am so excited to get these activities to help us countdown to the end of the school year with some fun adventures. These will help my young students stay active and engaged in those tricky days leading up to summer break!
I was so excited to get some great resources into the homes of my young students to encourage learning at home with UNO and Skip-Bo card games. My students were excited as well to get some fun games that were age appropriate to share with their families! The Plus Plus Builders were an added bonus for them. They love those sets and were happy to select a fun one to make at home. it is my hope that they build over and over again and create many fun things.
We also added the juice packets to their little bag and I added some popcorn! They were super excited at the thought of having a little Family Fun Night with their families and were thrilled they got to keep the activities forever as well. I am hoping those fun number games will be used for many years to come and possibly cycle down to younger siblings or family members. This is a fun opportunity for the whole family to have many memory making evenings!
Thank you for your kindness and generosity and for making a difference in my classroom! 😊”
I am a kindergarten teacher in a rural elementary school in Indiana! The boys and girls in my class all enter kindergarten so eager to learn. I want kindergarten to set the tone for the rest of their school career. Several students come to me with preschool backgrounds and are very prepared for school and others arrive with little or no academic background.
Kindergarten should be a place students look forward to coming to each day! My classroom is filled with lots of great activities that not only make learning fun, but help each student to continually build on their knowledge at whatever level they are at. My students come to me with a wide range of knowledge and it is my job to keep expanding their minds each day!
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I am a kindergarten teacher in a rural elementary school in Indiana! The boys and girls in my class all enter kindergarten so eager to learn. I want kindergarten to set the tone for the rest of their school career. Several students come to me with preschool backgrounds and are very prepared for school and others arrive with little or no academic background.
Kindergarten should be a place students look forward to coming to each day! My classroom is filled with lots of great activities that not only make learning fun, but help each student to continually build on their knowledge at whatever level they are at. My students come to me with a wide range of knowledge and it is my job to keep expanding their minds each day!