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I want to thank you for your generosity that provided the needed specialty tools and materials to create our ceramic tile mural. Very soon, we will complete the installation of our "Wall of Love", which will use the mosaic tiles, tile nippers, scoring tool and wall adhesive we received through you. The glaze and applicators were used by my students in the tile design stage, which they really enjoyed, as you see in our pictures! I will continue to use your camera in my classroom for years to come.

Your assistance enabled me to include every student and adult in our school to participate by decorating a tile of their own design! They are very excited. We are also designing tiles for you as donors to include into our mural wall.”

With gratitude,

Mrs. Gardner

Dear Donors,

Thank you so very much for the Science magazines I am using in my classroom this year. They have been a wonderful blessing!

My students are always excited to see a new issue available to read and discuss with the class. These magazines are packed with new information on various topics in the physical, earth, life sciences.

Through your generous donations it has been possible to expose my students to the new, current happenings in the science world. Things are always changing and it's great to keep them on top of of the new discoveries and research.

Thank you again for supporting my students!”

With gratitude,

Mrs. Albert

I would like to express my gratitude to the donors for helping me obtain the toaster ovens. The toaster ovens will allow our nutrition classes to have the ability to resume food labs. Since the tornado we have not had the opportunity to be in their kitchen groups. The students' have really missed working together and eating their wonderful creations. We are so excited to be able to get things back to a semi-normal state.

The students will be able to continue to study diverse cultures and culinary arts. They make at least one meal from each country that they experience. They learn about spices and ingredients that they might not be exposed to at home. The literary, planning, demonstration, and tasting experience opens windows to new worlds for each student. The students enjoy experimenting with foods, presenting to their family at home, helping out their mothers, and feeding their athletic teams.

The students build self-confidence and independence within my foods class. They learn how to utilize an electric stove and oven as well as toaster ovens. They learn various temperatures, heating, and cooling. They work within time constraints and learning steps on how to cook a quick meal or a more lengthy homemade meal. They love to take the experience home with them to help their families as well as be prepared when they leave home. It's wonderful to see their self-confidence build and their faces light up when it's all said and done.

Every year we have an end of the year foods cook-off which entails recipe search, planning, setting the tables with a theme, and serving the faculty members. The end result is a competition against each other. Students become collaboratively involved in a secret menu of food, fun, and fantastic frivolity. During menu preparation the students learn about food preparations, texture, color, and nutritional factors. Every student enhances their ability by the end of the school year by these versatile experiences.

The students will be able to collaboratively work in smaller groups and individually as needed. The toaster ovens will give them back the continuity of the foods lab that we have lost. Hands on experiences are an important part of the overall learning process.

I hope to provide healthy, family friendly, time-saving menus they will enjoy preparing/serving. Students will learn that healthy food choices can be served at home and will not have to come from fast food service. Because of your kindness and thoughtfulness, our students will be able to say, "What are we cooking today Miss Waller?" ”

With gratitude,

Mrs. Waller

The replacement of our Speech and Language laptop computer and color printer has provided more benefit to the students than we imagined. Our students have printed new cards, board games, and picture supports for every grade level and age group we service. That means activities from preschool (age 3) through High School have been created, designed, and organized because of these generous donations.

The returning students have advised that they are now ready to return to their computerized skill practice sessions presented on DVD. They have already labeled their headphones and are requesting the schedule! Their response has been amazing.”

With gratitude,

Mrs. Watson

Please accept this letter as my thanks for purchasing the Tablet computers for my class. They have been used by my students last school year and have already been used by this years students. They are used both as incentives and as instructional aids.

We are now back in our reconstructed building with little signs or our devastation remaining. My students are doing learning activities and research for current classroom projects. The Tablets are an every day part of our classroom tools, the students can't wait to use them.

Without your assistance this would not be possible.

With all my thanks,

Mr. N”

With gratitude,

Mr. Norrington

Thank you so much for your generous donations to get our classroom rolling in creative technology. The students will absolutely love working with the new technology of Lego Mindstorm, their computers designing and programing the robots in their new temporary classroom.I am so excited about this project being funded because the students can all enjoy, heal, create, design, and have fun!Most of the students have never even heard of the Mindstorm and it is with special thanks to each of you that has made this project be fully funded.

Since the creation of the posting of my project, I have found out that our classroom will have ample space for their group work.Also, since there is such an array of talent among students, they will have collaborative group work with different jobs for each to shine within their projects. This will help each of them show off their talents and maybe even learn from others as experience grows. They will also take turns completing individual work having a set skill of responsibility since their class time will be daily and shorter instead of every other day block scheduling. The students will express themselves with innovative skills and building on them by learning from each other. They will be in small spaces most of the day and I know this can give them some room to breathe and create with the computers, printer, and now the Lego Mindstorms!

Thank you so much for helping our children expand their creativity in technology.Our goal is to continue to help students heal; learn a new technology and basic robotics; take ownership and pride of their work and in their new temporary classroom; and improve knowledge about careers that utilize robotics.Students will think outside the box of just computer software and gain hands on designing, programming, and building skills.I hope that both junior high and high school students enjoy this opportunity and open their minds to the vast world of technology with all the thanks to you because of your thoughtfulness.

The students have thoroughly enjoyed building the Mindstorms and learn how to remotely run them from my cellphone! It was such a surprise to see the capability of both the robots and youth! The blessing keeps coming with more students want to sign up for technology classes and experience real world life skills that can save time. Students enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere while designing something the way they wanted it designed to express group individuality and show off what they can do and learn from other groups. We are greatly appreciative for your donations. It has been an adventure for these youth and their love for each other, life, and learning seems to grow stronger day by day. Thank you for making so much possible and better for others. ”

With gratitude,

Mrs. Hester

Thank you so much for your generous donations to get our classroom rolling in creativity. The students have absolutely loved working with the Cricut, Cricut Cartridges, and their computers designing and decorating their classroom walls. I am so excited about this project being funded because the students can all enjoy, heal, create, decorate, and more! It is with special thanks to each of you that has made this project be fully funded.

Since the creation of the posting of my project, I have found out that our classroom will have ample space for their decorations and we can shine some color onto the plain painted walls.So, since there is an array of talent among students they will have collaborative and individual assignments. This will help each of them show off their talents and maybe even learn from others as experience grows. They will also take turns completing their work since their class time will be daily and shorter instead of every other day block scheduling.The students will express themselves about their favorite part of the school year and to reflect on the positive. They will be in small spaces most of the day and I hope this can give them some room to breathe and create with the computers, printer, and now the Cricut accessories!

Thank you so much for helping our children expand their creativity in technology.Our goal is to continue to help students heal; learn a new technology and art form; take ownership and pride of their work and in their new temporary classroom; and improve creatively with projects they create with publisher and word.Students will mix the Medias and work with thinking outside the box.I hope that both junior high and high school students will learn to overlay brochures with the cutouts to help them shine and give it a pop! I am also hoping that they can express their dreams of a positive future on the walls. This will give them another avenue to explore when promoting themselves, their teams, and their products.

When we start, I look forward to teaching the basics so the students will be able to design their classroom wall space. Hopefully from the students' beginner experiences, they will have an idea about how to create awesome thank you notes to send to you, the donors, and anyone else they feel they need to send a special thanks to as well. It has been an adventure for these youth and their love for each other, life, and learning seems to grow stronger day by day. Thank you for making so much possible and better for others.

We have truly enjoyed and continue to express our creativity throughout my classroom and other teachers rooms within our new facility. DonorsChoose has been a wonderful way to help all educators to assist children in experiencing more life skills. Thank You so much! ”

With gratitude,

Mrs. Hester

Thank you so much for your generous donations to get our classroom rolling in creativity.The students will absolutely love working with the Cricut and their computers designing and decorating their classroom walls.I am so excited about this project being funded because the students can all enjoy, heal, create, decorate, and more! It is with special thanks to each of you that has made this project be fully funded.

Since the creation of the posting of my project, I have found out that our classroom will have ample space for their decorations and we can shine some color onto the plain painted walls. So, since there is an array of talent among students they will have collaborative and individual assignments. This will help each of them show off their talents and maybe even learn from others as experience grows. They will also take turns completing their work since their class time will be daily and shorter instead of every other day block scheduling.The students will express themselves about their favorite part of the school year and to reflect on the positive. They will be in small spaces most of the day and I hope this can give them some room to breathe and create with the computers, printer, and now the Cricut!

Thank you so much for helping our children expand their creativity in technology.Our goal is to continue to help students heal; learn a new technology and art form; take ownership and pride of their work and in their new temporary classroom; and improve creatively with projects they create with publisher and word.Students will mix the Medias and work with thinking outside the box.I hope that both junior high and high school students will learn to overlay brochures with the cutouts to help them shine and give it a pop! I am also hoping that they can express their dreams of a positive future on the walls.

Since we started working with the cricket, the students have been engaged with creating classroom decorations and working as a team to teach one another how to use the machine. As each student enjoyed the machine I found out that many of the boys enjoyed it as much as the girls and realized it wasn't just a girl technology. Thank you so much for your support, the students truly enjoyed this project and continued to enjoy it in our new rebuilt building. Thank you for making so much possible and better for others. ”

With gratitude,

Mrs. Hester