Late last week I received an email from DonorsChoose.org stating that my latest project "Moving On Up," was filled. DonorsChoose is a website that offers public school teachers the opportunity to write a proposal for a project that supports their public school classroom. People from all around the world visit the website and choose a project to support by making a financial contribution. If enough people pledge enough money for your project, it becomes reality.
My latest project was for $280.00 and included materials to support our first grade curriculum here at Dike Newell. As many of you know, after eleven years in kindergarten I moved classrooms and grade levels this past summer. I wrote a project to support materials that I need for first grade and some bulletin boards for my new classroom. All of these materials will be shipped the first week of 2012. In the past four years, I have written eight grants and received materials totaling over $3500.00!
On Friday morning, I used our projector to show my students the DonorsChoose website and read the actual on line project to them. They are excited for their new materials to come next month!
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