Notes from Teachers

Dear Jack Lindley & I.P.P.,

Miss Roberton’s class at South Graham Elementary would like to that you so much for being a donor to the Classroom Closet. Our teacher was able to get some really cool stuff to use for all kinds of things. You would not believe all the neat stuff we have made. Its donors like you that help classes like ours. Thanks again from all our hearts.

Miss Robertson
Mrs. Long
Miss Wade
EC Teachers at South Graham

Hi Terri-

The Classroom Closet has made a huge impact on my classroom in several ways this year. Most recently, a student’s family was unable to purchase her a presentation board for her math fair project. This young lady had been very resourceful in designing a project that required nothing but peers to volunteer and equipment from the PE department at school, except, she needed a board on which to display her work to be entered in the school fair. On my next scheduled trip the Classroom Closet, the same day the student shared her family’s difficulty, there was a display board in stock! Not only was this just what I needed, but it saved me $7-10 dollars out of pocket, plus time running around town to find a display board available. My student was very appreciative and relieved to have all the materials needed to complete her project on time and in the same fashion as her classmates. Her project was entered in the school math fair, and although not a first place project, it received honourable mention. THANK YOU- Classroom Closet from making a difference in the education of the young people in Alamance County!

Please let me know if you need anything else!
LeAnne Hilderbran
Turrentine Middle School

Hello Mrs. Stevens,

As a first year teacher, the Classroom Closet has been so beneficial! I have truly been able to give my students all the materials they need to do some very fun and interesting projects. After I leave the Classroom Closet, I always come back to my room and spread out what I was able to get. The smiles and grins I get from all of my students when they walk into the door, says it all. They are SO happy and SO excited to see all the amazing products we get to use to enhance our learning experience. For everyone that is able to contribute to the Classroom Closet, I appreciate it so much. Thanks!

Ashley Brandt
Kindergarten Teacher
EM Holt Elementary

Using the CHART PAPER, I have teams collaborate after reading the Scarlet Letter to identify an assigned chapter’s symbols and themes. Visually, the teams represent any of the novel’s symbols on their paper and then write the theme the symbol support including references to the text. To be able to do this on large CHART paper with markers, colored pencils, and rulers, is a huge bonus! Each team then shares their visual analysis with the class. AS students take notes from these collaborative shared lessons, they all have relevant visual and textual information which they can use later in their first Literary Analysis essay. This all began with their book, their reading journals, and the Classroom Closet CHART PAPER, markers, rulers, and pencils donated and used in the lesson.

Thanks and blessings,
Carolyn Gibbs
Teacher Western Alamance High School