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We're proud to announce the 40 classroom projects that you helped select during SXSWi through DonorsChoose.org. Thanks to your votes, we helped replace broken pencil sharpeners and piano benches, provided for books, paper and pencils, and contributed to science kits, iPods, musical instruments and more.

To see the list of projects we helped fund, click a link below. But there are thousands of worthy classroom projects that remain. Please visit DonorsChoose.org, read teachers' stories and see how you can make a difference.



South

20 classrooms from North Carolina, Virginia, Texas, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, South Carolina, Florida, Arkansas, Louisinana, Oklahoma and Mississippi.

MUSIC & PERFORMING ARTS

Shoulder Rests!!! (North Carolina): Mr. S. now has 15 violin/viola shoulder rests so his students (grades 6-8) can play more comfortably (and practice more often).

Tickling the Wee Ivories (North Carolina): Mr. H. asked for a piano bench to replace the broken one in the choral rehearsal room.

Learning to Play the Guitar! (Virginia): The guitars Mrs. J.’s students use are getting shabby and she asked for a new nylon string, classical guitar and a chipboard case.

We Want to Write Music (Texas): The musical notation software Mrs. M. asked for will help her students become kiddo composers.

Don’t Drop the Ball in String Class (Texas): The 30 shoulder and neck supports for violins and violas will help Mrs. P.'s students play in tune.

Guitars, Dulcimers and Making Music (Georgia): Ms. H. now has 20 sets of replacement strings for guitars and dulcimers for her 2nd-5th graders.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

We Need Outdoor Fun! (Tennessee): Mrs. C.’s class needed 2 footballs, 2 basketballs, 2 soccer balls, 3 playground balls, 2 hand pumps and a storage shed to help improve their physical education activities.

Dodge Dodgeball and No One Gets Hurt!!! (Kentucky): Mrs. W. wants to use the Skillastics Basketball Game to teach her students the fundamentals of basketball – as well as how to play as a team.

HISTORY & SOCIAL STUDIES

Hey Mom, We are Reading a Novel in History (South Carolina): Mrs. B. uses historical fiction to teach history and needed 25 copies of the novel The Boy in the Striped Pajamas.

Making Time for Kids (Florida): Mrs. D.’s students will be able to keep up with current events – and sharpen their reading skills – with 22 annual subscriptions to Time For Kids magazine.

iRead with an iPod (Florida): Four Sansa Blue 2GB MP3 players are heading to Mr. S.'s students so they can download audio books and get excited about reading.

MATH, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Life In The 21st Century Classroom (Arkansas): Mr. M.'s students will use a digital scale and an oxygen sensor for hands-on science activities.

Science Should Be Fun in Kindergarten (Alabama): Mrs. B.'s classroom plan includes a Sink or Float Exploration Kit, a Science Folder Game Library and a set of Explore & Discover Science Centers.

Wow! I can hear myself think! (Lousiana): Ms. F.'s fourth-graders will use five new whisper phones and other resources to help them better understand what they read.

Visual Projector So All Kids Can See! (Texas): An ELMO Visual Projector will get everyone in Mrs. B.'s classroom involved in seeing documents the teacher goes over in class.

A Matter of Physics (Tennessee): Mrs. H.’s classroom requested 3 energy and matter resources, including a Physics Solar Workshop to encourage a strong foundation in physics.

LANGUAGE ARTS

Help Level the Playing Field Part 4 of 4 (Yeah!!!!) (Oklahoma): Mrs. S.’s classroom will receive five graphing calculators to complete a classroom set for Algebra II and AP Statistics.

Lunch Bunch Book Club (Georgia): Mrs. D.’s book club now has 15 copies of each of 4 books, such as The Tale of Despereaux.

Instant Literacy Center (Mississippi): Ms. S. will receive a literacy center that includes games and activities that introduce and reinforce critical grammar skills and vocabulary.

Practice Makes Perfect (North Carolina): Ms. R.’s classroom is getting 8 sets of language arts practice materials, including Daily Reading Warm-Ups and a Learning Literary Elements Activity Program.

Midwest

5 classrooms from Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Illinois.

MATH, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Can I Sharpen My Pencil, Please? (Wisconsin): This is Ms. F.’s 6th grade classroom that needs basic supplies – glue, graph paper, pencils, a functioning pencil sharpener – so that they can work on math and science goals.

Math+Kindergarten=Smart Kids! (Illinois): Math kits for kindergarteners. Adds up to good times, minus the boringness for Mrs. K.’s students.

MUSIC & PERFORMING ARTS

Rockin' Out with Rock Poetry (Indiana): A 7th grade teacher (Ms. G.) requested an MP3 player so students can listen to audio and see video of the rock poetry they're studying.

Hear The Music! (Ohio): Music books and CDs are on the way to middle school music teacher Mr. W.

LANGUAGE ARTS

Let's Bag Some Books! (Michigan): Mrs. M. wants to send her students home with 2-3 books and small rewards for nightly reading.

Pacific States

7 classrooms from Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington.

MATH, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Math Games Sharpen Basic Skills (California): Mrs. C. asked for a set of eight math games to make the subject more fun for her 4th graders.

Alive! Discovery Center: Part 1 (Oregon): A variety of insects, crustaceans, and amphibians, as well as 30 simple magnifiers and 40 petri dishes to study these creatures, is headed to Mr. K's classroom.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Bump, Set, Spike: Volleyball For All! (California): With 12 volleyballs and a net on their way to Mr. D.’s classroom, his students will be set for fun.

LANGUAGE ARTS

Marvel and More: Great Stories for Reluctant Readers (Hawaii): Ms. M.’s classroom is getting more than 75 paperback novels, including multiple works by Louis Sachar, Roald Dahl, Judy Blume and Mary Pope Osbourne.

MUSIC & PERFORMING ARTS

Building Pubic Speaking/ Performing Confidence in Students (Hawaii): Mrs. H. asked for two sets of wireless microphones to help her first- and second-graders with public speaking.

Drum Fun In The Sun! (Alaska): Mrs. O.'s music students requested money for bongos and drums to encourage learning of the African drumming lessons in music class.

HISTORY & SOCIAL STUDIES

Planet Earth: To Know Me Is To Love Me (Washington): Mrs. F. is trying to supply 30 kids with a copy of the TIME for Kids World Atlas.

Northeast

5 projects from Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania.

MATH, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Schoolyard Detectives (Massachusetts): Ms. M.’s students will be able to take a schoolyard natural inventory with the field guides, microscopes, binoculars, test tubes, contact paper and science notebooks headed their way.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Pre-K Loves to Work Their Gross Motor Skills (New York): Ms. M.’s preschoolers will improve their motor skills with outdoor equipment such as balls, parachutes and bowling pins.

MUSIC & PERFORMING ARTS

Piano Playing Please! (Pennsylvania): A portable keyboard is on its way to Ms. C.’s 6th, 7th, and 8th grade music classes.

LANGUAGE ARTS

Easel and Magnetic Writing Board (Connecticut): Ms. S. will receive a Magnetic Write & Wipe Adjustable Easel to help her 4th graders.

HISTORY & SOCIAL STUDIES

Where Did All the Classroom Supplies Go? (Maryland): Ms. A.'s 3rd graders needed pencils, an electric pencil sharpener, a pack of crayons (to share), a pack of markers (to share) and a case of assorted color construction paper. How could we say no?

Mountain West

3 projects in Arizona, Colorado and Utah

LANGUAGE ARTS

Hot Off the Press! Printing Press for High school Artists (Colorado): For the fledgling printmakers in Ms. M.’s high school, a new printing press is on its way.

MATH, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Encourage Mathematical And Technological Literacy (Arizona): With 20 scientific calculators on their way, Mr. V.’s classroom will be able to take their math skills to a higher level.

MUSIC & PERFORMING ARTS

Do You Hear That? (Utah): Mrs. A. plans to use the power of music to help her students keep their focus.

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