{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Ajo School","outOfStateSupporters":64.8,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":8585525,"projectId":10260202,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting my \"Little Lungs Matter: Clean Air for Our Class\" project! Your generosity is helping create a cleaner, fresher, and more comfortable learning environment for my Kindergarten students.\r\n\r\nWith 5-year-olds spending so much of their day learning, playing, creating, and exploring together, having clean air in our classroom is an important part of keeping our learning space comfortable and welcoming. Your support allows me to provide an environment where my students can focus on learning and enjoy their school day.\r\n\r\nYour kindness means so much to me and my little learners. Thank you for helping me create a classroom where my students can breathe easier, learn comfortably, and feel cared for every day! ❤️","fullyFundedDate":1778199342766,"projectUrl":"project/little-lungs-matter-clean-air-for-our-c/10260202/","projectTitle":"Little Lungs Matter: Clean Air for Our Class","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Bagares","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8585525_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1668480612062","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8585525"},{"teacherId":8585525,"projectId":10198937,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting my \"Carpet Dreams for Classroom Teams\" project! Your generosity has helped create a comfortable and welcoming space where my Kindergarten students can gather, learn, and grow together.\r\n\r\nOur classroom carpet is more than just a place to sit—it is where we come together for morning meetings, read-alouds, phonics lessons, songs, discussions, and hands-on learning activities. For my five-year-olds, having a cozy and inviting space helps them feel connected to their classmates and ready to participate.\r\n\r\nYour kindness has helped make our classroom feel more like a warm, happy learning community. Thank you for investing in a space where my students can build friendships, share ideas, develop important skills, and make wonderful Kindergarten memories! ❤️","fullyFundedDate":1778199344538,"projectUrl":"project/carpet-dreams-for-classroom-teams/10198937/","projectTitle":"Carpet Dreams for Classroom Teams","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Bagares","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8585525_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1668480612062","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8585525"},{"teacherId":8585525,"projectId":10198908,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting my \"Fueling Focus: Healthy Snacks for Hungry Minds\" project! Your generosity is helping provide my Kindergarten students with nutritious snacks to keep their little bodies energized and their minds ready to learn.\r\n\r\nAs five-year-olds, my students are constantly learning, exploring, creating, and growing. A healthy snack can make such a big difference in helping them stay focused, engaged, and ready to participate throughout the school day. Your support ensures that they have something nutritious to enjoy when those little tummies start to rumble.\r\n\r\nMore than just providing food, you are helping create a classroom where my students feel cared for, supported, and ready to succeed. Thank you for helping fuel their growing minds and making their school days a little happier and healthier! ❤️","fullyFundedDate":1778199343992,"projectUrl":"project/fueling-focus-healthy-snacks-for-hungry/10198908/","projectTitle":"Fueling Focus: Healthy Snacks for Hungry Minds","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Bagares","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8585525_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1668480612062","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8585525"},{"teacherId":8585525,"projectId":9299150,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting my \"Crafting Clean Dreams\" project! Your generosity has provided my Kindergarten classroom with a Shark robot vacuum and mop that will make a meaningful difference in keeping our learning space clean, safe, and welcoming for my students.\r\n\r\nWith five-year-olds learning, creating, playing, and exploring every day, our classroom can get messy quickly! From crumbs and dirt to art supplies and little footprints, having a reliable way to keep our floors clean allows me to spend less time worrying about cleanup and more time focusing on what matters most—teaching and caring for my students.\r\n\r\nYour support has helped create a cleaner, healthier, and more comfortable environment where my students can learn, play, and grow. Thank you for helping me care for not only my classroom, but also the little learners who call it their home away from home!","fullyFundedDate":1746786240715,"projectUrl":"project/crafting-clean-dreams/9299150/","projectTitle":"Crafting Clean Dreams","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Bagares","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8585525_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1668480612062","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8585525"},{"teacherId":8585525,"projectId":7749641,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting my \"Healthy Food for a Wealthy Mood\" project! Your generosity has helped provide my Kindergarten students with nutritious snacks and food that keep their little bodies fueled and their minds ready to learn.\r\n\r\nFor five-year-olds, having a healthy snack can make such a big difference in their day. It helps them stay focused, energized, and ready to participate in our classroom activities. More than just food, your donation reminds my students that their community cares about them and wants them to succeed.\r\n\r\nI am incredibly grateful for your kindness and support. Thank you for helping my students learn, grow, and enjoy school with happy and healthy tummies! ❤️","fullyFundedDate":1699435238423,"projectUrl":"project/healthy-food-for-a-wealthy-mood/7749641/","projectTitle":"Healthy Food For a Wealthy Mood","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Bagares","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8585525_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1668480612062","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8585525"},{"teacherId":8585525,"projectId":7554178,"letterContent":"This project has made a meaningful difference in my students' start to the school year. Having the back-to-school supplies they need has helped my Kindergarten students feel prepared, excited, and confident as they begin their learning journey.\r\n\r\nFor many of my five-year-olds, having their own supplies makes them feel proud and ready to participate in classroom activities. These materials allow us to spend more time learning, creating, exploring, and playing together instead of worrying about whether we have enough resources.\r\n\r\nMost importantly, this project has helped create a welcoming classroom where my students feel that they are cared for and supported. Seeing their excitement when they receive and use their school supplies reminds me how even a small act of generosity can make a big difference in a child's school experience. I am incredibly grateful to the donors who helped make this possible for my students!","fullyFundedDate":1699435238516,"projectUrl":"project/whos-up-for-back-to-school-stuff/7554178/","projectTitle":"Who’s Up for Back to School Stuff","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Bagares","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8585525_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1668480612062","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8585525"},{"teacherId":9883900,"projectId":10241140,"letterContent":"Thank you for helping us keep our classrooms clean and ready to learn everyday. Thank you for making it possible. Your support has given our students supplies we need to keep our classrooms clean and, comfortable, fresh everyday they get inside, and ready the next day.\r\nOne of the biggest helpers has been our vacuum. Before the end of the day, I can ask one of my student with my supervision to use it. Mostly at the end of the day, I can quickly clean our classroom for 10-15 minutes and prepare it for the next morning. Our maintenance can't cover all classrooms so this vacuum was very useful. It is for everyday use. Together with the other cleaning materials like the broom.\r\nOur disinfecting wipes and spray are used to clean our table every other day at the end of the day and I am proud to see them volunteer to clean their tables. We also use it for chrome books and big whiteboard. It is the best way to keep our areas clean and ready the next day. \r\nHand sanitizers and tissues are everyday essentials. They use it before getting inside the classroom, before lunch, after bathroom and others. Tissues are very important because they use it to themselves for their nose and others.\r\nYour donations create big impact in my class and my students. They are small things but they are essentials in our classroom everyday. Thank you for your unending support to teachers like me. You're such a big instrument.","fullyFundedDate":1778199344393,"projectUrl":"project/clean-classroom-ready-to-learn/10241140/","projectTitle":"Clean Classroom, Ready to Learn","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Silvano","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9883900_orig.jpg?crop=2316,2316,x0,y15&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1755226630487","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9883900"},{"teacherId":8024796,"projectId":10232571,"letterContent":"he funded project \"Classroom Essentials for Bright Learners\" has made a meaningful impact by providing our students with the basic tools they need to participate confidently in daily learning activities. Our students were truly delighted when they saw the composition notebooks, Elmer's washable liquid school glue, easy-read rulers, scissors, and other classroom supplies waiting for them. Their excitement was a wonderful reminder that even simple classroom materials can make students feel prepared, supported, and eager to learn.\r\n\r\nStudents are putting these materials to good use across different subjects. Composition notebooks provide a dedicated place for writing notes, recording ideas, solving problems, and reflecting on their learning. Easy-read rulers support measurement activities in Math and Science, while scissors and glue allow students to complete interactive activities, projects, models, and hands-on learning tasks. Having these supplies readily available means students can focus on the activity instead of worrying about whether they have the materials they need.\r\n\r\nThese classroom essentials also create more opportunities for learning beyond computers and digital activities. Students benefit from opportunities to write, measure, cut, build, create, and organize their thinking with their own hands. These experiences help strengthen independence, creativity, problem-solving skills, and attention to detail.\r\n\r\nWe are incredibly grateful to our generous donors for investing in our bright learners. Every notebook filled, every measurement made, and every project created represents another opportunity for our students to learn and grow. Thank you for helping ensure that our students have the essential tools they need to be prepared, engaged, and ready for success each day!","fullyFundedDate":1783375302395,"projectUrl":"project/classroom-essentials-for-bright-learners/10232571/","projectTitle":"Classroom Essentials for Bright Learners","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Rigodon","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8024796_orig.jpg?crop=696,696,x0,y37&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1647556061257","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8024796"},{"teacherId":8024796,"projectId":10368102,"letterContent":"The funded project \"Keeping Our Classroom Clean, Safe, and Ready for Learning\" has made a meaningful difference in helping us maintain a comfortable, organized, and welcoming learning environment. Our students were delighted when they saw that our classroom was well stocked with everyday essentials such as Kleenex tissues, Purell hand sanitizer, paper towels, Ziploc bags, and Air Wick Essential Mist. They were excited to see that we had the supplies needed to help keep our shared classroom space clean and ready for each school day.\r\n\r\nThese materials are being put to good use every day. Tissues and hand sanitizer encourage good hygiene habits, while paper towels help us quickly take care of spills and clean up after classroom and hands-on activities. Ziploc bags are especially useful for organizing, storing, and protecting classroom materials, including supplies used during Science activities. The Air Wick Essential Mist also helps us maintain a fresh and pleasant classroom environment.\r\n\r\nHaving these essentials readily available allows students and teachers to spend less time worrying about basic classroom needs and more time focused on teaching, learning, exploring, and growing. The project also reinforces an important lesson for our students: everyone has a role in taking care of the space we share.\r\n\r\nWe are incredibly grateful to our generous donors for providing these much-needed classroom essentials. A clean, organized, and well-prepared classroom helps create a space where students can feel comfortable, responsible, and ready to learn each day. Thank you for helping us keep our classroom clean, safe, and ready for learning!","fullyFundedDate":1784577821984,"projectUrl":"project/keeping-our-classroom-clean-safe-and-r/10368102/","projectTitle":"Keeping Our Classroom Clean, Safe, and Ready for Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Rigodon","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8024796_orig.jpg?crop=696,696,x0,y37&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1647556061257","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8024796"},{"teacherId":8024796,"projectId":10367662,"letterContent":"The funded project \"Building a Strong Start with Classroom Essentials\" has made a wonderful difference in creating a classroom that is organized, welcoming, and ready for learning. Our students were delighted when they saw the new materials in our classroom. The large, easy-to-read wall clock helps students become more aware of time, follow our daily schedule, and develop responsibility for managing their learning. The classroom borders have also helped transform our walls into a more inviting learning space where student work, educational displays, and important information can be proudly showcased.\r\n\r\nThe file organizers, clipboards, and other classroom materials have helped us keep worksheets, activities, and learning resources organized and easily accessible. Clipboards give students the flexibility to work in different areas of the classroom, while file organizers help keep materials in their proper places and ready when students need them. These simple but important resources help reduce distractions and allow us to spend more time focused on teaching and learning.\r\n\r\nSeeing our classroom become more organized and complete has brought genuine excitement to our students. These classroom essentials may seem simple, but together they help create an environment where students can feel comfortable, prepared, responsible, and ready to learn each day. We are incredibly grateful to our generous donors for helping us build a strong start and providing our students with a learning space where they can grow and succeed.","fullyFundedDate":1784577889286,"projectUrl":"project/building-a-strong-start-with-classroom-e/10367662/","projectTitle":"Building a Strong Start with Classroom Essentials","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Rigodon","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8024796_orig.jpg?crop=696,696,x0,y37&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1647556061257","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8024796"},{"teacherId":8024796,"projectId":10367761,"letterContent":"The funded project \"Fueling Bright Minds with Healthy Snacks\" has brought both nourishment and happiness to our classroom. Our students were truly delighted when they saw that we had snacks available for them. Their smiles and excitement showed just how meaningful this simple gesture was. Knowing that a snack is available when needed helps students feel cared for, welcomed, and ready to focus on their school day.\r\n\r\nThese snacks have also helped support students during busy days when they need a little extra energy to stay focused, engaged, and ready to learn. Instead of being distracted by hunger, students can refuel and return their attention to classroom activities, practice work, and learning.\r\n\r\nWe are incredibly grateful to our generous donors for making this project possible. Your kindness has provided more than just snacks—you have helped create a classroom environment where students know that their needs matter. A healthy snack can fuel the body, brighten a student's day, and help fuel a bright mind that is ready to learn. Thank you for investing in our students and supporting their success!","fullyFundedDate":1784577821792,"projectUrl":"project/fueling-bright-minds-with-healthy-snacks/10367761/","projectTitle":"Fueling Bright Minds with Healthy Snacks","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Rigodon","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8024796_orig.jpg?crop=696,696,x0,y37&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1647556061257","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8024796"},{"teacherId":8024796,"projectId":10367890,"letterContent":"The funded project \"Fueling STEM Exploration with Rechargeable Batteries\" has already made a meaningful impact on our students' hands-on Science learning. Students were able to use the materials during our \"Why Do We Have Seasons?\" experiment, where they explored how Earth's movement and tilted axis affect the amount of sunlight different parts of our planet receive. Using hands-on materials helped bring the lesson to life and allowed students to connect what they learned from their readings and classroom discussions to an actual scientific demonstration.\r\n\r\nThe rechargeable batteries are especially valuable because they allow us to use our Science materials repeatedly without constantly needing disposable batteries. This means more opportunities for students to observe, investigate, ask questions, test ideas, and learn through hands-on experiences. Students were excited to participate in the experiment and see Science concepts demonstrated beyond the pages of their textbooks and worksheets.\r\n\r\nWe cannot wait to continue using these rechargeable batteries in our upcoming Science investigations, especially as we explore electricity and simple machines. Having a reliable and reusable source of power will allow students to participate in more STEM activities while developing their problem-solving, critical-thinking, and collaboration skills.\r\n\r\nThank you to our generous donors for helping us create a classroom where Science is not only something students read about—it is something they can explore, experience, and discover for themselves. 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