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Their Community Service project focuses on providing classmates with stories they want to read—books that spark excitement, build confidence, and encourage daily reading.\r\n\r\nThe graphic novels you helped fund were chosen entirely by students, ensuring the library reflects their interests and motivates even the most reluctant readers. It is such a joy to watch students rush in to see the new books, share recommendations, and strategize how to be first in line for their favorites.\r\n\r\nYour support is helping create a reading culture where every student feels seen, capable, and excited about books. Thank you for investing in their growth and fueling a love of reading that will last far beyond this school year.","fullyFundedDate":1761836988222,"projectUrl":"project/graphic-novels-are-our-fav/9540604/","projectTitle":"Graphic Novels Are Our Fav!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Curzon","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3832465_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1507059627162","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-curzon"},{"teacherId":3832465,"projectId":9735285,"letterContent":"Thank you for supporting a project that strengthens both the skills and the service mindset of our students. Because of your generosity, our classroom now has a LEGO® Education SPIKEâ„¢ Prime Set—an essential tool that allows students to design creative, coding-based solutions to real challenges in our community.\r\n\r\nThis resource is already helping students build a strong foundation in programming through hands-on, project-based learning. Its intuitive design and versatile components give them the freedom to prototype, test, and refine ideas as they work with local partners to address meaningful issues.\r\n\r\nYour support is not only expanding their technical abilities, but also empowering them to use those skills with purpose. By giving students access to tools that spark innovation and problem-solving, you are helping them create solutions that truly make a difference. Thank you for investing in their growth and in the positive impact they will have in our community.","fullyFundedDate":1762265313260,"projectUrl":"project/coding-solutions-to-everyday-problems-ha/9735285/","projectTitle":"Coding Solutions to Everyday Problems Have to Begin Somewhere!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Curzon","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3832465_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1507059627162","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-curzon"},{"teacherId":3832465,"projectId":9735317,"letterContent":"Thank you for supporting a project that empowers students to combine creativity, service, and financial literacy. Because of your generosity, our students can now build a classroom-based business that funds future service projects—expanding their ability to help children and families in our community.\r\n\r\nWith subscriptions to Glowforge Premium, Polar Cloud +, Cricut Design Space, and Makerize3D, students now have access to advanced design tools, templates, and cloud storage that allow them to create ornaments, keychains, personalized gifts, and other products for their student-run store. These resources enable them to design marketable items of professional quality.\r\n\r\nBy managing production costs, setting prices, budgeting revenue, and reinvesting profits, students develop essential financial literacy skills. 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Each fidget will be paired with a handwritten note of encouragement and delivered anonymously to students across the school, creating small moments of joy and unexpected reminders that they are valued.\r\n\r\nThe PLA filament and mechanisms you funded allow students to independently design, prototype, and produce these meaningful items. More importantly, your support empowers them to use their technical skills for a purpose—promoting wellness, positivity, and a stronger sense of community.\r\n\r\nThank you for helping our students see how leadership, kindness, and technology can come together to make a lasting impact. 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Because of your generosity, my students are bringing the \"Tie It Up Station\" to life—a tool designed to help a young entrepreneur with cerebral palsy tie the final knot on her beaded bracelets independently.\r\n\r\nWith the PLA filament, draftboard, and acrylic you funded, students are designing and fabricating each component using Adobe Illustrator, Tinkercad, Glowforge technology, and our 3D printers. They are learning how prototyping, iteration, and creativity can come together to solve real problems for real people.\r\n\r\nYour support has given students the opportunity to use their skills with purpose. They are discovering that innovation is not just technical—it can restore independence, dignity, and joy. 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Through these projects, they not only build technical skills but also develop collaboration, innovation, perseverance, and real-world problem-solving—skills that will shape their futures long after they leave my classroom.\r\n\r\nOne challenge we've faced is that students often need to wait for me to guide them through each step of using new equipment. This slows their progress and limits their independence. That is why this project has had such a meaningful impact.\r\n\r\nWith the Learning in HD video brochures you funded, students now have on-demand, step-by-step tutorials right at their workstations. These portable screens allow them to learn at their own pace, troubleshoot independently, and operate equipment safely and confidently—even when I am assisting other groups.\r\n\r\nYour generosity has directly empowered students to take ownership of their learning. These tools give them the freedom to explore, create, and lead in ways that prepare them for future careers and real-world challenges. Your support truly makes a difference by helping them build not only essential skills, but also a deep belief in their own abilities.\r\n\r\nThank you for investing in their potential and for helping us create opportunities that will last far beyond this school year.","fullyFundedDate":1757612303600,"projectUrl":"project/learning-in-hd/9595409/","projectTitle":"Learning in Hd!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Curzon","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3832465_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1507059627162","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-curzon"},{"teacherId":3787200,"projectId":9574859,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support of our school library! Because of your donations, our students now have exciting new card games and books to enjoy. These additions are already bringing more laughter, learning, and connection to our library time. Your gift helps us create a place where every student can explore, imagine, and grow through play and reading. Our school library has become a place where students enjoy hanging out and relaxing with their friends because of donors like you. This space will be used for students to feel safe and welcome for years to come!","fullyFundedDate":1758843223029,"projectUrl":"project/read-shuffle-repeat/9574859/","projectTitle":"Read, Shuffle, Repeat!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Scantlin","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3787200_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1471990889665","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-scantlin"},{"teacherId":3787200,"projectId":9507763,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support of our classroom! Because of you, my students now have reusable STEM materials like a marble run, magnetic blocks, and building sets that make hands-on learning possible every day. \r\n\r\nWe've been using the materials during STEM stations in the library, where students design marble run challenges, build tall magnetic towers, and work together to solve engineering problems.\r\n\r\nThank you for making STEM learning come alive in our classroom. Your generosity is inspiring curiosity and confidence in my students every day! Our kiddos at Westwood are so lucky to have the support of donors like you all!","fullyFundedDate":1757548879028,"projectUrl":"project/sparking-steam-curiosity-in-young-minds/9507763/","projectTitle":"Sparking STEAM Curiosity in Young Minds","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Scantlin","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3787200_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1471990889665","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-scantlin"},{"teacherId":3832465,"projectId":9390228,"letterContent":"We are so grateful for the funding that provided our classroom with a LEGO® Education SPIKEâ„¢ Prime Set! Since receiving this resource, our students have been able to dive into hands-on, project-based learning that connects STEM with real-world challenges.\r\n\r\nAlready, students are using the set to design prototypes for community service projects, applying coding and engineering to create solutions that make a difference. The intuitive platform has sparked excitement, creativity, and confidence—even students who were hesitant about coding are now eager to take part. By working in teams, they are also strengthening collaboration and communication skills while discovering that innovation can be both fun and impactful.\r\n\r\nThe SPIKEâ„¢ Prime Set has transformed our classroom into a hub of problem-solving and imagination. Thank you for investing in our students' potential—your generosity has given them not just tools, but the opportunity to see themselves as future innovators who can use technology to improve their community.","fullyFundedDate":1754366790276,"projectUrl":"project/coding-solutions-to-everyday-problems-ha/9390228/","projectTitle":"Coding Solutions to Everyday Problems Have to Begin Somewhere!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Curzon","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3832465_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1507059627162","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-curzon"},{"teacherId":3832465,"projectId":9374982,"letterContent":"At our school, where most students qualify for free or reduced lunch, representation matters deeply. Our diverse student body—Hispanic, Marshallese, Black, and White—rarely sees their cultures reflected in learning materials. Through this project, students will design apparel and drinkware that highlight cultural pride, unity, and inclusion. With your support, new heat presses will bring their digital artwork to life, giving students a voice, celebrating diversity, and building leaders of equity and community.","fullyFundedDate":1748807782147,"projectUrl":"project/wear-your-voice-empowering-representati/9374982/","projectTitle":"Wear Your Voice: Empowering Representation Through Student-Designed Apparel","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Curzon","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3832465_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1507059627162","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-curzon"},{"teacherId":3832465,"projectId":9327242,"letterContent":"My students are passionate about helping children with disabilities overcome challenges through creative design. 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