Past projects 5
Flexing Our Way Through Speech!
Funded Jan 31, 2019Thank you so much for donating to our project. I can't thank you enough! It mean so much to my students to have a flexible seating options. I see the excitement on their faces as soon as they see them out in the therapy room. One of my students talked to his classroom teacher and explained to her how much it helps him! She now borrows the seats to use during small group instruction multiple times weekly and is creating a project to order more seats for her whole class!! The impact is endless. I truly believe that all students should be given the opportunity to learn in their best environment, with all of the items that will benefit their learning style and needs. Because of you this is now possible for not only my speech students but for many other students in our school. Your generosity will touch the lives with many students at our school. Thank you again!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Mottola
This classroom project was brought to life by Carol Kupers Whalen Memorial Fund and 4 other donors.iPads & Speech Therapy!
Funded Sep 10, 2018Thank you so much for your generous donations to our therapy room! The greatest impact these supplies have had in our therapy room is the noticeable increase in motivation and the willingness of my students to come to therapy and work! The students love to watch videos and use the interactive games during their sessions! Learning categories with the use of paper or flash cards can be monotonous. The students love learning about how to categorize using the computer and the education programs. We also use the computer to watch education videos on animals or items we are unfamiliar with! Before our winter break we used the computer to learn about the hibernation or adaptation of certain mammals. I had two students who specifically refused to come to their mandated speech sessions, since introducing the computer programs, they have come to speech more consistently!
Thank you again for giving my students these learning opportunities! Without your help technology wouldn't be a part of our speech sessions!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Mottola
This classroom project was brought to life by Verizon and 5 other donors.Speeching with a SMART Board!
Funded Mar 27, 2018Thank you doesn't begin to explain how grateful my students and I are for your donation to our speech therapy room. The introduction of technology to our therapy room will be able to increase organization, productivity and FUN! I am so excited to begin including hands on activities with our Smart Board into our lessons next year!
Due to the time of its arrival the board will be hung up for us over the summer. However The Smart Board will invite interaction and will motivate my students to want to get up and show what they know or learned. I plan to use the board for vocabulary, warm-ups, writing revision and categorizing activities. We can print the worksheets or information we brain storm together on the board as PDF for them to keep in their folder for the next session. The students are so eager to use the Smart Board they have been asking about it daily!
Thank you again for your generosity and understanding of how important education is!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Mottola
This classroom project was brought to life by Ripple and 2 other donors.Moving Toward Success!
Funded Oct 26, 2015I can't begin to thank you enough or find the appropriate words to express my joy, excitement, and thankfulness for your massive donation to our project. It is great to see that you share my vision for not only helping my students reach their speech goals by reducing stress, anxiety and the need for sensory input.
The tools that you have funded have enable my students to work towards achieving their speech goals in a sensory adapted environment. As soon as they walk in the room they ask for their wiggle seats or a stress ball. There is a noticeable difference in the number of times I have to redirect my students or repeat directions. While discussing what to write in a thank you note, one of my students asked if I thought any of our donors used a wiggle seat during adult meetings. The idea definitely brought a smile to my face and I hope it does to yours also. Thank you again for your generosity!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Mottola
Organized, Color Coordinated, Prepared & Ready To Learn!
Funded Jan 10, 2015I can't begin to thank you enough or find the appropriate words to express my joy, excitement, and thankfulness for your massive donation to our project. It is great to see that you share my vision for not only helping my students reach their speech goals but to teach them life skills like organization. In speech, we work to not only organize my students writing and thought process but their life styles also!
The tools that you have funded have enable my students to work towards achieving their speech goals in an organized and structured manor! All of their work is placed in a color folder and placed in our hanging folder chart alphabetically. My students love highlighting nouns, adjectives, and verbs in different colors with in a sentence. They are excited to color by sight words with new colored pencils and feel special to have a pencil with an eraser still on it :). When opening a box we received in the mail and watching all the things come out of it, one of my 4th graders stated "Wendy is a cool lady Ms. M. we are lucky to have her as a friend" and I couldn't have agreed more. Thank you so much!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Mottola