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04 Dec Posted by Trisha-admin in All About Trisha | 14 comments
We funded these projects via Donors Choose! Thankyou to the MD community for coming together for this project. If you want to affect change like this, head over and donate to a classroom in the US that needs you.
~Trisha
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Dear Trisha,
Thank you again for your generous donations, helping us to get an awesome digital microscope for our classroom! The microscope is an absolutely amazing tool. We have already used it to look at many everyday objects such as feathers, tiny insects, leaves and hair, delighting my students and even inspiring a few to ask for books about microscopes from the library. I am looking forward to using the microscope to deepen our understanding of minerals and crystal structures, as the images we get from the old student microscopes (or worse, scratched-up hand lenses) are fuzzy and confusing at best. Not only is the digital microscope so much better as a tool, but it also can take and save pictures of what we find for later reference. This will make a huge difference in the quality of our learning.

Without your help, having a digital microscope would have remained a dream. You have made a positive impact in the lives of my students, not only for this year but for many years to come. Thank you!

With gratitude,
Mrs. P.

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Dear Trisha,
I wanted to thank you for your generous donation to my students. We have made good use of all the items that we received from you. My students were so excited when we received them that you would have thought it was Christmas. They were the most excited about the expo markers because they have been begging to use the whiteboards and I keep telling them that we have to wait until we get some markers. So when I opened the box and they saw all the markers they were jumping up and down.

You will never know how those markers have made a huge impact in my class. Students that normally refuse to do work, are working and therefore understanding more concepts then they would have through paper/pencil activities. I even let them use them to do classwork and then rewrite their work on paper, so they are actually doing the work twice without even realizing it. Which in turn, helps them understand the concepts better.

The pencils/erasers/pencil sharpener have come in handy as well. At the end of the 1st quarter we had to take a district wide test and I was able to provide students with the supplies they really needed to succeed on the test. Those pencils, being new and nicely sharpened made some of my students so happy because they are used to having to use short, stubby pencils that are badly in need of a sharpening. TWith gratitude,
Mrs. H.

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Dear Trisha,
Our semester long CSI unit is almost complete! I want you to know that the unit came alive by using the microscope that you so generously donated. During our lessons, the students viewed hair samples, DNA cells, blood types, fiber samples, and fingerprints. We set up a mock crime scene and the students used the microscope to look at evidence up close and determine who the criminal was. They had so much fun while learning advanced science skills at the same time. My students are now becoming interested in science careers; several of them have expressed interest in careers in criminology as well. We will be using the microscope in several more science units and it will be used in the years to come.

In preparation for the upcoming Thanksgiving holidays, my students recently created a bulletin board with a huge turkey on it. On the turkey’s construction paper feathers, the students wrote what they were thankful for. On a bright blue feather in a 3rd grade child’s squiggly handwriting is “I am thankful for Trisha who gave to us when she didn’t even know us.” As I told you before, I teach in a very low income school. My students have very little, and many come from heartbreaking home situations. They have high goals for themselves, and I believe that they will do amazing things. Thank you for giving them the tools to succeed and believing in them. My students absolutely could not believe that someone who didn’t even know them would be so kind to choose them to give to. Small things do make a big difference, especially in the life of a child. I pray that you are blessed for your decision to give. Words can not express how thankful I am for your generosity.With gratitude,
Mrs. O.

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Dear Trisha, Just a short note to let you know that my students are using the sketchbooks made possible by your generous donation are being used on a daily bases. My Advanced Placement Studio Art students have begun to sketch out some amazing images for their portfolios.

It is hard to put into words the excitement that my students demonstrated as they received their sketchbooks. Having their own sketchbooks brings their creativity and critical thinking about art to a new level. Thank you so much for your generosity. It is wonderful that you are able to provide support for students interested in the arts. Thank you for sharing my vision for preparing students for their college experience. Without actual hands-on opportunities, art is only theory but with materials, my students can apply their creativity to the theories and create their own art.

Thank you so much for your generous donation, which is enabling my Two-Dimensional Design students to use sketchbooks as part of the college level experience Advanced Placement Studio Art can provide. Preparing for and then submitting their work to the Collage Board will be a significant step towards their collage experience. Thank you so much for your donation to my project.

With gratitude,
Mrs. C.

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Dear Trisha,
Thank you so much ! These two wonderful net books just arrived the other day and already some things are changing. There are more students hanging around the technology office just waiting to go. These two net books will have a special roll in our school, because they were requested to help the learning disabled and traumatic brain injury student. These net book will be used to teach basic note taking and writing skills to these students. Often these students have a lot to say , but their organizational and writing skills need remediation. It is hope with these primary tools that they will begin to regain some of the skills that might have been lost.
In addition to this, I will begin seeking out funding for a dynamic tool such as the digital pen, to work in conjunction with the net books. In this manner students will be able to write their notes, plug their usb pen into their notebook and have their notes typed out clearly. I believe that this project will certainly improve the organizational and writing skills of these students. Ultimately with good notes these students test scores will improve in all subject ares
Once again I thank you for helping fund this worthy project
With gratitude,
Mr. D.

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Dear Trisha, Words cannot express how grateful I am for your generosity. With your thoughtfulness, my students will have more resources to allow them the opportunity to grow into successful young adults. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

English is a challenging language to master, and for a student learning English for the first time, it becomes more difficult. With these vocabulary, grammar, and comprehension games, my students will be able to apply their knowledge of the English language in an engaging way.

Thank you for helping me show my students that someone cares about them. Thank you for giving my students the opportunity to love learning. Thank you!

With gratitude,
Ms. L.

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