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• Puzzled Minds

  Funded Jun 18, 2025

  Thank you so VERY much for your kindness in bringing “Puzzled Minds” to life for our fifth graders. I am extremely appreciative, and I look forward to having puzzles as part of our STEM station choices! 🧩 I can’t wait to share photos with you of these resources in action with our new class. 📸 Thank you, again! 💕”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Douglas

  This classroom project was brought to life by General Motors and 37 other donors.

• Just the Basics, Please

  Funded May 10, 2025

  What a wonderful way to end the school year and begin the summer, knowing your generosity has provided our classroom with basic essentials to begin the new year in August well prepared!

  My students will be thrilled to discover the special flower highlighters in their supply boxes, and we now have enough Carl pencil sharpeners for each group to have one available. This truly cuts down on lost instructional time, when students are provided ample tools to ensure their success. We are so grateful for everything!

  A special thank you to Ripple, Young Sheldon, and General Motors for matching donations, Sandy Y. for recommending our project to be featured on DCA, and to Katie Coleman for taking our project across the finish line. I am so appreciative to each of you for providing these basics for a successful start to the new year! 💕”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Douglas

  This classroom project was brought to life by General Motors and 19 other donors.

• Word Detective Training Academy

  Funded May 9, 2025

  I am incredibly grateful for your support! Thanks to YOU, my students now have many games to use at our literacy stations to reinforce concepts such as figurative language, context clues, making inferences, and text structure. My fifth graders were thrilled to open these games during our last week of school, and they will be used frequently for many years!

  Unfortunately, one of the reading comprehension games libraries for this project was out of stock. However, I was able to use the remaining funds to purchase items to create our Peace of Mind Place, an area of our room where students may spend time to reflect and regroup before returning to the rigors of our fifth grade curriculum. I am so excited to have this area available when my new students arrive in August!

  Thank you, again, for bringing our project to life! A special thank you to Ripple for matching donations, as well as taking our project across the finish line. I appreciate each of you so VERY much! 💕”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Douglas

  This classroom project was brought to life by Ripple and 16 other donors.

• Spinning Into Fitness

  Funded May 9, 2025

  My students were absolutely thrilled when our resources arrived, and they couldn't wait to put the under-desk ellipticals and mini bikes together and give them a try! I assigned a small team of students to assemble each piece, and it made me so proud to witness my students collaborating effectively to build our equipment!

  We now have four under-desk machines, and time using the machines is highly coveted. I am pleased to see students sharing them, and everyone gets at least one turn with them each day.

  This is the perfect way to improve cardiovascular health, build endurance, and enhance motor skills to prepare for physical fitness testing, and I look forward to sharing these fabulous resources for many years. Thank you so VERY much for bringing this dream to life! I am so appreciative! A special thank you to Fulfilling Simple Wishes for featuring our project, to The DonorsChoose Community and ripple for matching donations, and to Ripple for taking our project across the finish line. 🚴🏻‍♀️💕”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Douglas

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

• Teaming with Class Spirit 2025

  Funded Feb 14, 2025

  State testing was completed a few weeks ago, and we were able to schedule a time to tie-dye shirts with our class. I was able to pull small groups of students and guide them through, and for many, this was their first tie-dying experience!

  To prepare for this day, I showed my students how to do the "spaghetti method" for their shirts. Each table group was given a fork, which, in turn, they each placed on the middle of their shirt, then twirled the fork, like one would do if you were trying to get long spaghetti onto your fork. After each shirt was twirled, students secured them with rubber bands, and we placed them in the Ziploc bags you provided.

  Thanks to YOU, we had enough dye for our entire class, and we are so excited that we now have these fabulous shirts to wear during our year-end activities, including Field Day and our Fifth Grade Picnic to create a sense of unity as our school year draws to a close. A special thank you to Ruth Dalton for taking our project across the finish line. Thank you, again, to each of you for making this dream possible for our children—we are extremely grateful! 💕”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Douglas

• Basically Seeking 2025

  Funded Jun 5, 2025

  ☀️Thank you VERY much, Mo & Cher Willems Foundation from New York, for your kindness in moving us to our goal today! 📍🗺️ These art supplies and classroom basics will help us begin the school year well stocked, and I am so grateful for your support! 🎨 I look forward to sharing photos with you. 📸 Banana! 🍌”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Douglas

  This classroom project was brought to life by Mo & Cher Willems Foundation.

• Cheers for Our Peers 2025

  Funded Dec 14, 2024

  ☀️ It was a beautiful day for our LEUSD Games, and our fifth graders had a marvelous time cheering for their peers yesterday!

  Last week, students from each of our four, fifth grade classes gathered, and each student chose one of our athletes to create a poster for with the new paint you provided. 🎨

  Many thanks to you for making this event even more special with your generosity! Because of YOU, each fifth grade fan was able to have a visor and pom pom in school colors, and one of our SPED teachers told me it brought tears to her eyes when she looked up in the stands and saw us cheering for her kids. I was so proud of my students, and their enthusiasm and cheers for their peers!

  Thanks to you, I was also able to provide my kids with water and snacks throughout the day, and as the temperature soared above 80 degrees, everyone was able to stay hydrated and fueled. A special thank you to Kindness Rocks for featuring our project, and to Teresa Morris for making the final donation that took our project across the finish line. I am so grateful for each of you who made this event extra special and memorable for our children. 📣💕”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Douglas

• Diamonds Art Forever

  Funded Feb 12, 2025

  This Mother's Day was extra special, thanks to YOU! My students have been diligently working on their state tests during the mornings of these past few weeks, and it was a welcome relief to have these exciting projects to look forward to in the afternoons!

  If you have done diamond art painting, then you know it takes awhile to organize the diamonds. Thanks to the fabulous cases you helped to provide, I was able to get everything in order and ready for my students. Each student completed a flower keychain or bookmark, then we made gift bags and cards, wrapped them in tissue paper, and they were ready to go.

  Many of my students were so excited about their project that they couldn't wait until Mother's Day to give their gifts, and everyone has loved them. I asked them if this is something I should do with future fifth graders, and it was a resounding "YES!"

  Thank you, again, for your generosity in bringing "Diamonds Art Forever" to life! A special shout out to Panda Cares for completing our project. I am so grateful to each of you for your support! 💎💕”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Douglas

  This classroom project was brought to life by Panda Cares and 9 other donors.