Past projects 37
Epson, Will You Help Me Publish My Writing?
Funded Mar 27, 2013Your support has played a key role in our success in getting my students the tools necessary to publish their writing. There is no way to fully express our gratitude. My students and I are continually inspired by the dedication and generosity of donors like yourself who answer the call to give again and again.
My students are so excited to finally use the Epson printer to publish their stories as well as the communication center to keep their stories for other students or parents to read.
From the bottom of our hearts thank you again for all your generosity!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Martinez
We Are All Human Living in a Small World
Funded Feb 27, 2013On behalf of my student thank you so much for your donations. We were able to receive our Disneyland Park tickets and our Disneyland gift cards. As you know most of my students come from under-privilege homes and often don't get the opportunity to venture out of their community.
With your donation we were able to take our students to Disneyland and meet people from all over the world firsthand. They were able to hear announcements in English, Spanish, and Japanese. As well as listen to people speaking in Chinese and French. And interact with people with different accents and looks. They were able to see that there is more out there than their neighborhood. Most importantly learn about diversity.
When we received the Disneyland tickets 90% of my students told me they had never been to Disneyland. They were so excited they could hardly wait to go. It was an eye-opener to them to see that only an hour away from their homes they would encounter so many people with different cultures, beliefs, and customs.
Thank you again for the wonderful opportunity you gave my 22 first graders.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Martinez
Becoming a Fluent Speaker with Skype
Funded May 6, 2012Please accept my heartfelt thanks for your donations. Our class project to communicate with other classes in other parts of the world was a success, in part due to your help. Thanks to your generosity my students can now learn from other students, connect with other cultures, and expand their knowledge. They were also able to practice another language and acquire more vocabulary in a more interactive way.
Your assistance means so much to me, but even more to my first grade students. Thank you from all of us.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Martinez
This classroom project was brought to life by Skype and 8 other donors.Finance 101: Do You Need It or Want It?
Funded Apr 22, 2012On behalf of all my students thank you for your generous donation. Your commitment to helping schools in our community is sincerely appreciated.
Our children will face many monetary issues in the future that we did not have to face, for example, sky-high collage costs. Thanks to your generosity, 24 students and many more in the future will receive the foundations of financial literacy. With the ipads that we received I was able make learning finance cool for my students.
Thanks again for your generous support of our efforts to teach financial literacy in our community.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Martinez
This classroom project was brought to life by Tony and Nanar Yoseloff and 9 other donors."Make The Grade, Join The Anti-Bully Crusade!"
Funded Mar 9, 2012Thank you all for your very kind donations, which we have received in the form of two kindle fires and a Bullying in Schools book. Your generosity has made an immediate impact in the lives of 22 first grade students and many more in the future. With the aid of the two kindle fires these 22 students have had the opportunity to research and learn different strategies to effectively respond to bullying behavior and situations. The book Bullying in Schools have helped my students better understand the extent and seriousness of bullying, and to recognize the behaviors that can lead to bullying and how all of them can make a difference.
On behalf of my students thank you again for being so generous and thoughtful.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Martinez
This classroom project was brought to life by Townsend Press and 6 other donors.Learning To Live In A Diverse World
Funded Mar 30, 2012On behalf of all my students, I would like to thank you for your generous donations. People like you make it possible for us to continue enriching the lives of so many children. Your contribution has made it possible for my students to continue learning about diversity. The itouch devices has made it possible for my students to research about important people who have made an impact in the world, such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks. The book A Color of Us help my students understand diversity and how it applies to them. With the help of the itouch devices my students continue every week researching different cultures and how the kids of those cultures go to school, have fun, and spend weekends with their families. The work of teachers would not be possible with out the generous support of people like you. Your support enables teachers like me to shape the lives of so many students. I am extremely grateful for your support.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Martinez
This classroom project was brought to life by PricewaterhouseCoopers and 9 other donors.Preparing Students To Live In A Diverse World
Funded Mar 16, 2012On behalf of my students I would like to thank you for your generous donations to our project on diversity. Your commitment to helping students in our community learn about diversity is sincerely appreciated. The books that you donated have helped open up many discussions about diversity and how everyone is special and unique. The kindle tablet has been used by my students every single day to go into Todd Parr's website and making their own diversity books. As an extension to our project my students are writing a biography on one of their peers, giving them an opportunity to learn about each others similarities and differences. They have been able to record each others interviews, to show their parents, using the Sony Bloggie that was funded thanks to your generosity.
Thanks again for your generous support in helping my students understand what diversity means and how it applies to them.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Martinez
This classroom project was brought to life by PricewaterhouseCoopers and 7 other donors.Team Up and Fight Back Against Bullying!
Funded Feb 17, 2012Please accept my heartfelt thanks for your donations. Researching and learning about bullying has been a huge success in my class, due in part to your help. The book Bullying in Schools has been really helpful in explaining to my students how to combat bullying in our school. The kindles have helped my students look through different scenarios on bullying and decide what is the best way to deal with the bullying situation. Therefore applying what they have learned.
We can't thank you enough for your donations to our project. A lot of people don't take bullying seriously until they see themselves or their children in a bullying situation. Please know how much you've helped my students and how much my students and I appreciate it.
Thank you again for making a difference in the lives of 22 students and many more in the near future.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Martinez
This classroom project was brought to life by Townsend Press and 5 other donors.Bullying? Be Smart, Don't Start!
Funded Feb 6, 2012On behalf of my students, I would like to take this opportunity to express our sincerest appreciation for your contribution to our project on preventing bullying in our school. My students and I are deeply grateful for your support and generosity. It is through the support of people like you that we are able to continue to strengthen our students education.
Your contributions have made it possible for my student to learn about bullying and strategies they can use to prevent or deal with a bullying situation. The literature that was funded thanks to your generous donations served as a way to start class discussions about what is bullying, what they know about bullying, and strategies they might had already learned on how to deal with bullying situations. The kindle tablet opened the door for my students to research new strategies on how to deal with bullies and bullying situations.
Thank you again for all your contributions and ensuring that more kids get educated in topics like bullying, giving them the opportunity to learn in a safer environment and therefore, having a brighter future.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Martinez
Assisting English Language Learners Develop Language Skills
Funded Jan 31, 2012On behalf of my students I would like to thank you for your generous donations. Your commitment to helping children in our community is sincerely appreciated. Your generosity is making an immediate difference in the lives of my students.
In an extremely competitive world, we want the best technology tools in our classrooms; technology that will offer great advantages for our students. That is exactly what you all brought to my classroom. The overhead projector and document camera are being used during story time to engage my students in the reading and have the opportunity to see and hear the words being read to them. It has also provided a great opportunity for my students to share their "publish" stories, while gaining confidence and fluency in their oral English Language. My students love to come up to the document camera and see their work display for the class. Also learning new vocabulary has become a fun activity for my students. They enjoy looking at images on the document camera and having class discussions about these.
Vocabulary is a useful and essential tool for communication and acquiring knowledge. Acquiring an extensive vocabulary is one of the biggest challenges for English Language Learners but thanks to your generosity you have made learning a second language easier and engaging for my students. ”
With gratitude,
Ms. Martinez