It is with great excitement that I am participating in Mustaches for Kids. That's right, for the next four weeks, I will be subjecting myself to the public humiliation and private doubt by growing what will be a ridiculous looking Mustache. In order to justify this endeavor I need your support. Please sponsor my Mustache by picking a classroom project from the list below to support. And wish me and my Mustache luck. (By the way, DonorsChoose.org is a 501(c)3 charity. See below for approvals ... more
It is with great excitement that I am participating in Mustaches for Kids. That's right, for the next four weeks, I will be subjecting myself to the public humiliation and private doubt by growing what will be a ridiculous looking Mustache. In order to justify this endeavor I need your support. Please sponsor my Mustache by picking a classroom project from the list below to support. And wish me and my Mustache luck. (By the way, DonorsChoose.org is a 501(c)3 charity. See below for approvals from Charity Navigator and the Better Business Bureau.) hide
Thank you so much for providing us with these supplies! You have truly made a difference in OUR students' lives. We now have the ability to supply every student with a textbook and this will definitely improve their musical skills. We could not be successful without your dedication and support for the arts! We are going to continue to encourage our students to excel, and now with the textbooks, they will be able to practice independently outside of our class time!”
This is just a small token of my gratitude for your generous donation to my classroom. The STEM materials that you donated have helped create a positive, colorful, and bright learning environment every single day. We've enjoyed using them as we explore kindergarten topics in science, technology, engineering, and math, utilizing the materials as we engage in team-building activities during morning meetings, playing with math centers to practice the daily lesson during independent work time, and even using the various learning labs during our Common Core Math Units!
Our school is currently facing a budget shortfall, so without your help, my students would certainly never have had these vital resources to bring a little more color and joy into their lives! For early elementary students, a love of learning and STEM are vital to developing success later in life. These classroom materials helped facilitate our passion to "grow our brains" as lifelong learners.
Without donors like you, thousands of classrooms in the United States would go without. My students are so blessed to have such generous individuals like yourself invest in THEM and their future! You are truly INCREDIBLE!
Thank you all so much for your generous donations!
As my students really get used to these resources, their enthusiasm has grown. My students really enjoy getting to make the choice of these products during their math center time. Just today, I heard multiple times, "These are so fun!". They are engaged and learning - what more can I ask for?
My students use these resources as a choice during math centers. The skills the resources enable them to practice are ones that are needed all year long. The choices provided make students feel more engaged and give them ownership over their learning, which is so powerful - especially in kindergarten!
My students, when they use these resources, get to practice their skills independently and with groups, giving them practice in math and collaboration. These resources allow me to give my students practice while still having fun - which is essential in kindergarten.
Thank you all again so much - your generosity means more to me and my students than I can express!”
I am so thankful for your generous donation to my classroom. The books and CDs that you donated have helped my students become better readers. The books are being used during small group instruction and for independent reading. The books have also increased the number of book reports my students have turned in and they have increased the student's reading fluency.
My students are so eager to read the books and listen to the CDs. They even want to take the books home to share their reading with their families. I am so proud of the progress my students are making.
Without donors like you, our classroom library would be empty.
Thank you so much for your generosity! Your donation has provided my students with a set of Tag Readers and a variety of Tag books. These Tag Readers have allowed me to reach my students through another medium aside from simply working with them in a whole class or small group setting. With the Tag Reader system, students are able to engage in the reading process independently with little to no adult input required. In fact, students are able to work by themselves or with a partner during our daily workshops – because the Tag Readers are interactive, I know the students are benefiting from these reading activities. Students love using the Tag Readers on a daily basis and are eager to read all the accompanying stories. This has proved to be especially effective for those students who are auditory, visual, and kinesthetic learners who need to hear, see, and interact with the words in a story in order to better grasp the lessons at hand.
Included with my letter is a set of thank you notes from my students as a token of their appreciation for your kindness. The accompanying pictures capture their use of the Tag Readers during our daily reading workshops. Once again, your donation allows me to continue supporting my students in the best possible manner by providing them with as many tools and resources necessary to help them excel in the urban classroom. ”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Hein
This classroom project was brought to life by LeapFrog and 6 other donors.
What a wonderful gift that you have all provided for my students and other classrooms in the school! Most of the students have little space at home to spread out and play, read, or work. The carpeted areas in the room are not clean enough for students to want to work on, so they are always at their desks. There is no working vacuum in the school, and all teachers "clean" their rugs by sweeping. Your generous donations have provided a vacuum that can be used in my room, and also throughout the school. I choose this specific model because it was bag-less and durable, and although it was expensive, I believe it will last for many years and classrooms to come! I am so grateful for your donations and understanding of the need for resources in our schools. I look forward to showing you all how beneficial your gift truly is! ”
I cannot thank you enough for funding our project "Clip And Tap". We are located in an area where our students are unable to access many supplies that would make their educational learning experience easier and more enjoyable. Your funding this project has given us the opportunity to expose them to a better way of learning.
The clipboards are not only being used in our music room, but throughout the school where students do not have the use of desks and need support for holding their papers for writing purposes. We will be presenting an instrumental music program to our school and the families and friends of our students in the next coming weeks and, of course these clipboard will come in quite handy for holding the music for our little musicians.
Again, our sincere thanks for your encouragement and support.”
Words cannot express how truly thankful I am for your support of my students. It is great to see that there are people out there who believe in the education of today's youth. My students have greatly benefited from the use of cooking in the classroom. Through our cooking we have learned about measurement, time, proportion and how to follow directions. The students are able to apply the skills we have learned in class to a real life situation which takes their learning to the next level.
I can't think of any words to describe my happiness and excitement for your support and donation to my project. Indeed the spirit of gift-giving/Christmas is always around. With these donations, my students will be extremely glad and inspire to do better because materials will no longer be a problem.
The materials that you have funded will enable my students to practice and hopefully master the skills necessary to be successful. This will also provide an opportunity for everybody to have school materials and be excited about learning!
Thank you very much and I can't wait to share these materials to my students.”
The happiness and gratitude of my students cannot be fathomed. They enjoyed looking at the videos you donated. The picture books of community resources as well as the living-on-your own activity books has been their everyday guide as they learn practical things they can use in the future and even at the moment. We have used these books everyday as they are helpful in creating lessons since we do not have Life Skills curriculum. The cooking booklets serve as their guide in learning new and easy recipes. Those assembly and sorting materials are very helpful across subject areas.
You just don't know how your donations have filled in the materials the school was never able to provide due to budget constraints. With the variety of materials you gave, it is no doubt that my students will be able to use them in their everyday lives. At the moment you made the donations and onward, you have made a difference in these students' lives which they will forever be thankful.
Life is indeed full of hope when there are people like you.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Dutosme
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