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Past projects 7

• Verona's Next Top Model!

  Funded Aug 2, 2024

  Thank you so much for your generous donations. My students and I are so grateful for the multitude of resources and materials we were able to purchase because of your generosity and kindness. We are excited to begin a new school year with the Shakespearean fashion show to look forward to now that we have what we'll need to make it happen.

  The Shakespearean fashion show is truly one of the school's favorite annual tradition. Students are not only able to showcase their beautiful creations, but they have the opportunity to work together to show the community how impactful and relatable Shakespeare's works still are today!

  Thank you again for helping to make this happen. We appreciate you!”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. Patruno

  This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose Community and 11 other donors.

• We've Got Spirit! How About You?!

  Funded Nov 30, 2021

  My students and I are so very thankful for your generous donation. As I'm sure you can imagine, students have been both excited and hesitant to return to in-person learning after being virtual since early 2020. Your donations have brought life back into our classroom. Students are able to work collaboratively and independently on various creative projects because of the different art supplies purchased. Student work can also be displayed and preserved for years to come through the use of the laminator. We thank you so much for aiding us in cultivating a love for learning in our classroom.”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. Patruno

  This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose Community and one other donor.

• A New School Year, New School Supplies!

  Funded Nov 2, 2018

  Your generous donation was well received by all students in my freshmen Language Arts class. Because of your donations, students now have access to resources needed for them to be successful in creating hands-on projects and assignments. Students are especially excited about the class set of dry erase boards that were a part of your donation package. With these boards students are able to participate in class discussions and activities in a way that steps outside of the traditional expectations.

  As a whole, we are all truly thankful for your consideration and dedication to the education of our students.”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. Patruno

• A Place to Store Our Thoughts

  Funded Nov 17, 2017

  I cannot begin to thank you enough for your generation donations. Because of your generosity, my students now have an adequate and organized means for storing their personal journals.

  In my class, students are encouraged to write within their journals on a daily basis. Their journals are kept in our classroom so that students can access them while in Language Arts without having to worry about their notebooks being misplaced, taken, ruined, etc. Thanks to your donations, students can now keep their journals on a bookshelf that keeps them organized while also contributing to the aesthetic of our classroom environment.

  Once again, thank you so very much for donating to my students.”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. Patruno

• Help the Pep Club Spread School Spirit

  Funded Aug 13, 2016

  Thanks to your generous donations, the students who make up the Pep Club Committee had access to the resources needed to effectively host numerous school-wide events. Upon receiving the resources, my students were not only surprised and thrilled, but also humbled by the reality that there are other people, even strangers, who truly care about their success. It was such a joy to see the smiles on their faces as they opened the boxes to reveal all of the supplies they were going to be able to use.

  The major event my students host are the seasonal pep rallies. Thankfully the supplies were received just in time to begin decorations for the Fall Rally. Students were able to use the paper, paints, and other supplies to design banners and posters celebrating different athletic teams and overall school spirit. Since receiving the supplies, my Pep Club students have also collaborated with other groups of students and committees to help advertise events that were taking place in our school.

  My students have be given the chance to reach their full potential through this club thanks to your generous donations. We could not be more appreciative!”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. Patruno

• Books: A Little Piece of Paradise Pt. 2

  Funded May 25, 2016

  Dear Donors.

  I cannot begin to thank you enough for all of your generous donations. Thanks to your generosity, my students will be able to return in September to a beautiful in class library. My students love to read contemporary, Young Adult Lit., and now they will have access to reading some of the latest and most interesting novels of that genre. My students will also be able to use the selected novels to participate in activities such as the Independent Reading Unit and the Novel Contest, among many others.

  I am so appreciative for the wonderful gift you have given to the students of my classroom.”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. Patruno

• Books: A Little Piece of Paradise

  Funded Apr 19, 2016

  The look on my students' faces when I surprised them with the new novels is one that I will remember for a lifetime. My students were so thankful and humbled by the fact that strangers, who they will likely never meet, were generous enough to donate books to our library. For some, this will be the first time that they are the first students to read a brand new novel. My students immediately began signing books out of the classroom library to take home with them as part of their Independent Reading Unit.

  My students are thrilled to be reading novels that are not only current and contemporary but explore powerful themes and reach valuable lessons. Students will be using these novels to analyze how characters develop, grow and change given their individual circumstance, similarly to the way adolescents change and adapt as they become young adults. They will also focus on literary elements such as plot and setting and how they contribute to the overall story; relating this to how their environment and circumstances shape their own lives. With the new additions to our classroom, students will be able to feed their love of literature while reading novels that push their intellectual boundaries and stimulate their growing minds.

  In my classroom, students are given the first ten minutes of class to silently read their novels. This gives students a chance to wind down from their previous class period and zone in to the world presented in their books. I immediately notice that students are now more excited to come to class and read now that they have access to novels that were on their personal wish lists. Even students who are part of classes that are not completing the Independent Reading Unit are ecstatic about our new additions and have requested to "check out" one of the new books!

  We are so grateful to all those who supported and donated to our library. You have brought a piece of paradise to our classroom!”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. Patruno