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Thank you so much for your donation to our classroom for the purchase of headphones. Using iPads in our classroom has allowed the students to become much more engaged in their learning and to begin practicing those 21st century skills they will need to be successful in school and careers.

The headphones also allow us to provide more individualized instruction for the students. Many of them enjoy working at their own pace on different activities, which simply would not be possible without the headphones you helped provide. I am excited to see the longer-term effects of this individualized instruction.

My students and I are infinitely grateful for your generosity. We truly appreciate your donation and willingness to help our classroom.”

With gratitude,

Ms. Croft

Thank you so much for investing in my students! I love my students and I really believe that they have all the potential in the world. Due to their economic status they are not allotted a even playing field. Once given the chance and tools to succeed I know they will sore to greater heights. I truly believe that reading is the key. Through the donations you all have provided my kids I have seen my students get lost in reading. They have really gone on the adventure that a book allows you to experience. Thanks again for providing the pillows to help provide a comfortable setting setting for my students to enjoy reading.”

With gratitude,

Mrs. Griggs

It has been a great help having these materials for my choir class. The students took to reading intervals and sight reading melodies much more quickly after we began using these books in class. Having this foundation for singing is important and I know the time we had working out of these books was more productive and rewarding for my students and myself.

The ability to purchase appropriate and affordable resources for choir students in public schools is limited. Because of your generosity I could use more of my planning and instructional time focusing on making music rather than creating my own forms and sheet music to help teach concepts we use in class.

I can't thank you enough for making this experience possible for us. I look forward to helping my singers prepare and perform at their best having such wonderful resources in our classroom.”

With gratitude,

Mrs. Furtado

The LCD projector, that your generous contributions have brought to our classroom, has changed the way that my students think and learn daily! Using the projector has become an integral part of our interaction with information and has expanded our view of the curriculum. It provides the access necessary to: learn from each others writing, explore current events using the New York Times Learning Network, and interact with web sources to find illustrative examples of unfamiliar concepts. It gives my students the opportunity to expand their understanding of the world, through guided exploration, and allows me to be their thinking partner as we explore controversial topics essential to cultural literacy. It is the perfect tool! It makes thinking and language visible so that both can be scrutinized, understood and refined in ways that are collegial and productive.

The projector has also become integral to instruction that addresses communication and media standards. Used in conjunction with our flip camera, students have been developing informational talk shows on genealogy. The projector has given students timely and constructive feedback which they discuss with their production team. Together they refine speaking skills and apply the conventions of communication media to their projects. None of this would have been possible without your generous support!

Thank you for the opportunity to bring the world of ideas to my students. The LCD projector has made all the difference! ”

With gratitude,

Mrs. Markle-Bloom

Thank you both for your donations! The manikins helped students to draw people in different poses and learn proportions. They loved the multicultural crayons, construction paper and paint, and picking out their completion color. Each material was used in all of my 19 classes. :-) We created 3 different projects. Kindergarten and fourth grade created a self-portrait and used the crayons. First and second grades used the manikins to draw a picture of a 'Special Time with Family', and used the crayons and the paint. Third grade create a collage self-portrait using the construction paper. Fifth grade created a self-portrait painting using the multicultural paint.

Without your donations my students wouldn't have experienced these projects. This was their first time seeing art materials based on multicultural colors. Thank you again!”

With gratitude,

Mrs. Jahnig

Thank you so much for providing these musical instruments for my students. The bass bars that are now in my classroom are being used every single day by children from kindergarten through fourth grade. They are easy for the very youngest students to play, and a rewarding accompaniment sound for the older students as they add a bass line to their singing and performing.

During my first grade classes, we began a song by simply having the bass line played on these bars, then we added guiros, then maracas, and then voices. It was like climbing a staircase musically, and they asked to do it again and again. They were listening, playing in ensemble, and accompanying their own singing, and all because we had these bass notes!

The kindergarten students have already improved their technique when playing the bass bars, and have begun to hold the mallets correctly, strike the bars near the middle, and keep a steady beat. When we played a Valentine's Day song game, we used the bass bars to count time as we moved around in a circle step-hopping while we sang. Every student had a turn, and every student left the classroom with a smile on their face. Having these instruments as teaching tools makes such a difference in the way the students get to experience music. We are sincerely grateful for your gifts. ”

With gratitude,

Mrs. Hart