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Arch MI Donations Fulfill 25 Teachers’ Classroom Wish Lists
Through DonorsChoose, students will return to classrooms stocked with learning aids ranging from computers to musical instruments GREENSBORO, N.C.--(BUSINESS
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nThrough DonorsChoose, students will return to classrooms stocked with learning aids ranging from computers to musical instruments\n\n GREENSBORO, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nAlthough schools are closed, teachers in more than two dozen classrooms in North Carolina and California have received new learning tools they requested through the nonprofit DonorsChoose, funded in part by Arch Mortgage Insurance Company (Arch MI).\n\n\nAs part of its charitable giving mission, Arch MI donated $17,000 this spring to fulfill teachers’ requests posted on the national DonorsChoose.org website. Following Arch MI’s first major donation through DonorsChoose last year, this second donation funds another 25 projects requested by teachers in underfunded urban and rural public schools. The schools are near Arch MI’s headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina; and company offices in Raleigh, North Carolina; and Walnut Creek, California.\n\n\nThe projects funded in April will help teachers expand horizons across school campuses, covering needs in all aspects of student life — from academic subjects to music, art, gym and playground activities.\n\n\nMany of the teachers receiving DonorsChoose grants sent messages thanking Arch MI for the contributions:\n\n\n\n“A huge thank you goes out to everyone that helped fund my project fully,” said Mrs. Carter, a teacher at a rural middle school with 975 students near Greensboro. She requested basic classroom supplies including pencils, paper, notebooks and binders. “Supplies will be given to needy students when we do return to school. We are helping to get students back to some sense of normalcy once schools reopen.”\n\n\nMrs. Graves, a third-grade teacher in Walnut Creek, originally had only 11 Chromebooks™ to share among 25 students, but now has enough for all. “During this unique and trying time, I can't tell you how much it touches my heart that people are still committed to helping students in the classroom. Once we are back in the classroom, students will use the Chromebooks in all subject areas. Thank you again for supporting my amazing students!”\n\n\n“Music has always been a large part of African and African-American culture and traditions,” wrote Ms. Cannon, who received musical instruments, including a playmat piano, a ukulele, drums and wristband jingle bells to set up a music center in her pre-K class...