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I can't even begin to express in words how much easier your donations have made this school year for my students. Being in a position to have their most basic needs met, they are really succeeding beyond my wildest imagination.

With the ability to use the resources to keep up with their work, interact with materials by personalizing, they were successful in passing their first set of benchmark tests at the end of last nine weeks. I'm confident that they will be equally successful with the next round of testing.

I've seen an increase in their classroom grades and also a improvement in their behavior as the activities I've been able to provide them have offered a more hands on approach as well as an opportunity to work in groups more often and personalize their work.

Some of the activities that I have been able to complete that otherwise would have been impossible are foldables, games, flash cards, posters and more!

Thank you again for everything you have done. I just know this is going to be our most successful year yet. Your donation gave my kids the confidence they needed to be the best they can be. ”

With gratitude,

Ms. Cole

How can I thank you for your generous gift? I hope you can begin to see how amazing you are by seeing how much my students are enjoying the rocks and books you have provided.

Our district asks us to teach about rocks, but provides few extra rocks for our students to discover. Children love to learn about rock since they see them all around their world. When they can see rocks that are amazing or unusual, they begin to understand that there is a bigger world with amazing things to see and do.

They are already enjoying the six rock sets you a have provided. Their eyes light up as they wonder where they came from, and what they are used for. They see themselves as geologists, which is the goal of teaching a rock unit. They also love the wonderful books full of pictures and ideas about rocks.

You have made a difference in lives and learning of children for years to come!”

With gratitude,

Mrs. Robb

Thank you for your generous donation!

Your investment has created an indoor plant growth lab where our elementary-aged children are experiencing the behavior of all types of plants. Growing plants within our science classroom is enhancing child awareness and understanding of the role that plants play in our environment. Students are learning about physical changes that plants undergo from seeds to plants. All learners are gaining insight and developing investigative skills, as they research the world of plants. Our children are involved in collecting, identifying, classifying, graphing, and organizing information about their plant observations.

Thanks to your help, our students are growing seeds in poly-crystal medium which allows observation of the root system development. The Carnivorous and Tickle Me seeds are growing into interesting plants for our observation. Our models are reinforcing every student's scientific understanding about a plant's life cycle and growth. Students are learning interesting facts as they play and grow with our new Garden-opoly game. Thanks to your donations, our happy and challenging Grow with Plants project helps our students gain real-life plant development experiences. Our plant lab is offering an opportunity where students can learn real-life experiences within our happy, challenging planting project. ”

With gratitude,

Ms. Karman

This is just a small token of my gratitude for your generous donation to my classroom. The art supplies have enabled students to creatively express themselves and explore areas beyond the standard curriculum. One student even remarked while working with the modeling clay, "This is the best project ever!" Students have been able to make their own globes by using the paints to determine the relative size and location of the continents and major oceans. Additionally, students were able to utilize the scamper technique to spark their creativity by creating a new gift to help Perseus with Medusa adapted from the Greek myth, Perseus and Medusa. In the future the supplies will be used to complete an independent, student-selected research project that requires the completion of a research paper accompanied with a final product using any materials from the classroom. Past products were paintings, constructions with the craft sticks and modeling clay, mini-museums, student created lessons, and skits to name a few. Both the students are I are very much looking forward to using the materials in future projects. As many students have remarked, "School is so much fun!" Thank you once again for your kind generosity. ”

With gratitude,

Ms. Murawski

I would like to thank all of you for helping recharging my students interest in science. Without your donations my students would not have had some of the learning experiences they had with the equipment your donations helped to obtain. The materials will also be available to numerous students in the upcoming years.

I introduced the unit on electricity by demonstrating how the Van de Graff generator works. All of my students enjoyed being able to see the spark of electricity travel from the generator to the discharge wand. A few brave students even tried it themselves with my supervision. My students were better able to understand how electric charge builds up and to be able to experience what a small electric shock feels like. The students also got a kick out of watching some of their fellow peers have their hair raised.

As my students learned about how to measure voltage it was nice to have actual voltmeters that the students could actually use. They enjoyed testing whether various sizes of batteries were good (working) or bad (dead). I had several students comment that it helped them understand voltage and resistance better than just reading about them in the textbook and doing calculations.

Again, my students really appreciated that these materials were available to them. Your donations made it possible for me to really engage my students in learning about electricity. The materials allowed my students to have fun learning and better retain what they learned. ”

With gratitude,

Mrs. Selby

Thank you for your generous donations in funding my Kindergarten writing project.  The supplies in our writing center have helped make my students grow into the great beginner writers that make our ideas flourish daily.

We have already written several different types of writing, such as Personal Narratives, Small Moments and "How To" Stories and it's only the middle of the year!

 You have helped make Writing Workshop a creative, colorful, fun experience for my young students.

Thanks again for your support! ”

With gratitude,

Ms. Winderman

Thank you all so much for supporting hands-on science activities for my students. I remember the thrill of science demonstrations and experiments as a child. That excitement led me to a career in clinical laboratory science. In my second career, as a teacher in a large urban school district, I see the same curiosity and excitement, but far too few students interested in careers in science. The technological jobs of the present and future will truly demand that they be prepared with high tech skills and deep scientific knowledge.

The materials you have provided are very appealing and motivate my students to learn more. They provide so many options, from whole class demonstrations to partner experimentation and individual center activities. Each kit contains cross-curricular connections, with activities in science, math, social studies and language arts. So, for example, while learning about plants, students can observe and record growth after planting seeds. They can use the vocabulary cards and posters to help them utilize key vocabulary as they write about their plants in their journals. They can compare and measure growth, and locate on a map the zones where different types of plants grow, all the while becoming plant "experts." As students gain expertise with science skills, it is my hope that they will begin to envision themselves in scientific careers, thus ensuring they will prepare themselves to be successful.

And amazingly, by replenishing a few simple items like seeds, I can continue using these kits for years and years. Thank you so much for helping me educate scientists of the future. Perhaps one of them will solve a medical mystery, or find a sustainable energy source, or. . .

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With gratitude,

Mrs. Karcz