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Past projects 188

• Stuck on Great Behavior!

  Funded Dec 3, 2024

  Its been simply fabulous to have these wonderful stickers for my classroom! My students just love them!

  The fact that they know if they follow all class procedures and participate that they will receive one of our room's wonderful stickers, has meant excellent behavior throughout all grade levels! Who knew a sticker could be so powerful. Overall the most popular ones have been the "scratch and sniff" fruit punch and sugar cookie!

  We are definitely started the school year off on the right foot! Thanks so much for making such a positive impact in my classroom!”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Downing

  This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose Community and 9 other donors.

• Stickers for Success!

  Funded Feb 17, 2025

  Thank you all so much! I'm so grateful to have this project funded! My students are going to be thrilled to be able to reopen the sticker store! Small incentives make a big difference in confidence and motivation! I can't wait to tell them today. We appreciate you!”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Downing

  This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose Community and 12 other donors.

• No More Fluorescent Lighting!

  Funded Aug 19, 2024

  Thank you for helping me to eliminate the negative impact of fluorescent lighting in my classroom! We all know that it been shown to be harmful, because many tubes vary in color and brightness continually, as they produced by a gas discharge (like lightning) twice with each cycle of the alternating current. The resulting of this color flicker is too rapid to be seen, but it results in an electrical signal from the back of the eye, indicating that our cells respond to the variation. Thanks to you, that's no longer an issue. We have a soft filter light that includes a view of tree canopies, bringing a bit of nature into the room as well. Thanks so much for helping improve the quality of our learning environment.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Downing

  This classroom project was brought to life by The Chuck Lorre Family Foundation and 3 other donors.

• I Need Essential Elements

  Funded Aug 14, 2024

  I'm so glad to have access to this wonderful software! Thanks to you, I have access tons of songs from kindergarten through 5th grade! Not just songs either! The virtual resources, activity pages, and method books for ukulele and recorder are fabulous!

  I love how the music includes elementary music standards, popular music, and Disney favorites. And the fact that the music is professionally arranged and professionally recorded specifically with the elementary music classroom in mind is a big help! I love the 180 sequential lessons include integrated social emotional learning competencies. The students are loving everything about it! Having this access has made our music classes even more fun!”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Downing

  This classroom project was brought to life by The Gates Foundation and 52 other donors.

• Bring Puppets into Music Class!

  Funded Jul 29, 2024

  Thank you so much for bringing this project to life! Its been fabulous having these finger puppets in our music room!

  Students have been enjoying them during vocal warmups and story time as well! They're favorite thus far has been the

  Ollie" the owl and the "Shelia" the sheep! The spider puppet has been a big hit this month, as it is featured in our "There Was a Mummy Who Swallowed a Spider" song story!

  Because of the variety, students remained focused and attentive! Plus they can't wait to meet the next puppet! Thanks again for bringing such amazing things to my music room!”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Downing

• Lights! Camera! Action!

  Funded Jun 27, 2024

  Thank you so much for bringing this project to life! Having these vital recorder materials, have been a game changer for our school. The green screen, along with the lighting, as made such a difference in the quality of our videos.

  These supplies are used by our KLTW (Kids Leading the Way) news team to recorder the daily news announcements, as well as to recorder audition videos, small group choral performances as well as special announcements from administration.

  Having the right tools, not only add to the quality, but give students a sense of pride that they are using "REAL stuff" to create their music videos and news reports. And that is a huge gift too!”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Downing

• Pre-K Stickers = Greatness!

  Funded Jun 9, 2024

  Its been simply fabulous to have these wonderful stickers for my classroom! My students just love them!

  The fact that they know if they follow all class procedures and participate that they will receive one of our room's wonderful stickers, has meant excellent behavior throughout all grade levels! Who knew a sticker could be so powerful. Overall the most popular ones have been the "scratch and sniff" fruit punch and sugar cookie!

  We are definitely started the school year off on the right foot! Thanks so much for making such a positive impact in my classroom!”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Downing

  This classroom project was brought to life by Vroom® and 29 other donors.

• Air Heads for Musical Smarties!

  Funded Sep 18, 2024

  Thanks so much for bringing this project to life! I'm thrilled that my musical smarties will be rewarded for their efforts! I know they are going to be absolutely thrilled when I tell them that these airhead rewards are coming our way soon. Thanks for making a difference in my music room!”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Downing

  This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose Community & an Anonymous Partner and 39 other donors.

• Snacks Needed for ER Lockdown!

  Funded Aug 29, 2024

  Thank you so much for bringing this project to life! I'm so grateful to have these emergency snack for a prolonged lock down or hold. Though I hope that I never have to use them, as no one wants to be in a school-wide lock down or a weather shelter in place, it will be a great comfort knowing that if that happens, my students will have a snack to tide them over.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Downing

  This classroom project was brought to life by The Gates Foundation and 4 other donors.