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• Creating One String STEM

  Funded Feb 7, 2025

  I am so excited to have these materials available for my students. They’ve been discussing this project and waiting patiently. A few students have already built their guitars but are just waiting on these parts. I so appreciate your generosity and love for my classroom and learning! We are blessed.”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. Melissa Smith

  This classroom project was brought to life by Understood.org.

• Smith STEM Fab Lab and MakerSpace

  Funded Feb 4, 2025

  This is funded at just the right time. We are starting a new semester and my students are eager to learn, design, create and build! I can’t wait to get these supplies and work with my students. Thank you for making sure we have everything we need. We are blessed by you.”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. Melissa Smith

• STEM Students Create and Design Again

  Funded Nov 29, 2022

  This project has unlocked so many opportunities. My current 5th grade students are creating marble runs using the cardboard tubes and scissors. My 8th grade students will soon use the cardboard sheets for their Famous Cardboard designs and they always turn out great. Their creativity really shines in this project. Thank you for helping us stay organized with the extra bins and extra materials. STEM is one of their highlights and they continue to impress me with their great ideas and hard work. The best part is that this project will continue to meet the needs of students over many quarters.”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. Melissa Smith

  This classroom project was brought to life by an Anonymous Classroom Supporter and 10 other donors.

• Creatively Cut and Design in Fab Lab

  Funded Nov 13, 2024

  This is such a wonderful surprise on World Kindness Day. Thank you for caring so much about our classroom. We are blessed to have supporters like you. I can’t wait to learn how to use this with my students and all the great projects we can make. “In a world where you can be anything, be kind!””

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. Melissa Smith

  This classroom project was brought to life by Young Sheldon and one other donor.

• STEM Students Design and Create with New Ideas!

  Funded Apr 4, 2023

  Thank you so much for investing in my STEM students. The materials you donated to are some of the most used items in my classroom each day. My fifth grade students are always using whatever materials I have on hand to create the coolest inventions.

  My eighth grade students used the duct tape to create cardboard creations. It was great how different each design was.

  On top of that the STEM books are perfect for my STEM classroom and provide relevant reading my my students.

  Thank you for caring so much about my classroom and my students.”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. Melissa Smith

• Smith STEM 2024 Part 2

  Funded May 14, 2024

  This is amazing and very generous. You are ensuring everything we need to start 2024-25 STEM is in our classroom right away. Thank you for your gift and for impacting the next generation. STEM is so important and having these materials is exactly what we need. I so appreciate you!”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. Melissa Smith

• STEM Into the New Year

  Funded Jan 1, 2024

  Thank you for bringing so many of these necessary materials to my classroom to be used by all students that I teach. So far my students have created coasters using the resin and gloves. The cricut have been well used with both my enrichment students and also my eighth grade students. Each eighth grade student created a custom logo for themselves, and many of my eighth grade students created vinyl quotes for places all over school. It has definitely brightened up many spaces at our school.

  The hot glue, craft sticks, duct tape, cups, cotton balls, scissors, and rubber bands have created mini golf courses, snow shovels, rakes, zip lines, boats, rollercoasters, cardboard buildings, and so much more. Thank you for making sure we had all the necessary materials.

  Lastly, the batteries are exactly what we needed to bring our Milo robots to life. We begun building these in sixth grade STEM this week and it has been so exciting.

  You are a blessing to our classroom and we are so very thankful for your gifts.”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. Melissa Smith

  This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose Community and 26 other donors.

• STEM Students Create and Design in 2024

  Funded Feb 1, 2024

  MakerSpace and Fab Lab in all grades is some of my students most amazing class time. They create and design such unique and creative projects. The flying and floating projects created from duct tape, styrofoam and craft sticks are perfect for working through the Engineering Design Process. Pom poms, beads, paint pens and hot glue were used multiple times this week already to create cards of thanks for people chosen by my students. Each card has been unique and having choices is exactly what my students need. Hot glue has been on high demand with adding cardboard creations to my eighth grade curriculum. They built the Pentagon, pyramids, St. Louis arch, the Twin Towers, and so much more. These will all be on display at our Summer Jam next week and I can't wait for parents to see them! Most of all jewelry is one of the favorite choices in my class. Students create bracelets and necklaces for themselves and all the important people in their lives.

  Thank you for unlocking so many amazing learning opportunities for my students. You are a blessing to us!”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. Melissa Smith

• Smith STEM 2024

  Funded May 7, 2024

  This is so very exciting! Thank you for caring so much about our classroom and my students. This project will so many needs to currently have in our classroom and will also fill needs we will have right away in the fall. My students are really creating some awesome designs and projects in Fab Lab and MakerSpace so this will be exactly what we need.”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. Melissa Smith

  This classroom project was brought to life by Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation and one other donor.