{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Albany School of Humanities","outOfStateSupporters":25.9,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":4195893,"projectId":10175910,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to our kindergarten classroom. Your support has provided essential supplies that will help our students learn, create, and stay organized every day.\r\n\r\nThe rolling cart with drawers will give us much-needed storage for classroom materials, making supplies easily accessible and keeping our learning space organized. The glue sticks and construction paper will support countless hands-on art projects that encourage creativity and strengthen fine motor skills. 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The frisbees will encourage active play, teamwork, and the development of gross motor skills during recess and physical education activities. Construction paper is an essential resource for creative art projects that help children express themselves and strengthen fine motor skills. The tape supplies will be used to create engaging classroom displays, learning centers, and hands-on projects that bring lessons to life.\r\n\r\nBecause of your support, our students have access to materials that enhance their educational experience and create a fun, engaging environment where they can learn and grow. 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The level of readers and skills of these books really helped the engagement and interest stay high throughout the entire year. \r\nStudents have been reading these books and are able to \"graduate\" and read books that are more at a first grade reading level. These students are so very proud of themselves and its a huge thanks to the books that were donated.\r\nWe appreciate you and your generosity. Have a wonderful summer!","fullyFundedDate":1755559236974,"projectUrl":"project/life-long-readers/9274957/","projectTitle":"Life Long Readers!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Devery","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9075363_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1713447683214","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9075363"},{"teacherId":5117749,"projectId":9896220,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation of the TonieBox and characters for my classroom. 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Thank you again for your kindness and generosity in giving our students access to literature.","fullyFundedDate":1773289542691,"projectUrl":"project/literacy-for-all/9896220/","projectTitle":"Literacy For All","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. O'Rourke","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5117749_orig.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1708091285225","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5117749"},{"teacherId":7576904,"projectId":10156545,"letterContent":"My students and I are loving our new headphones. They are helping us finish the year strong and be able to focus when using our Chromebooks. Our other headphones were no longer working ( tends to happen this late in the year) and that frustrated us because we couldn't hear out of them or some of us had headphones and others did not and the sounds from those Chromebooks could be very distracting. The headphones are also very comfortable and can be adjusted to fit any of us. We truly appreciate your kindness and generosity. \r\nThank you again and have a wonderful summer.","fullyFundedDate":1773683342265,"projectUrl":"project/new-headphones-for-our-chromebooks/10156545/","projectTitle":"New Headphones for Our Chromebooks","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Brown","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7576904"},{"teacherId":4195893,"projectId":10205423,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to our classroom! Your support provides our students with engaging, hands-on learning experiences that make math meaningful, exciting, and fun.\r\n\r\nBecause of your kindness, our students will benefit from wonderful educational materials including the Big Money Magnetic Coins and Bills, Tower of Math Games, LCD Writing Tablets, Geometry & Measurement Quickies, Money Folder Games, Fractions Practice Cards, Build & Learn Volume Kit, and Ride Along Dry Erase Numbers. These resources will help strengthen important math, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills while encouraging active participation and confidence in learning.\r\n\r\nYour generosity helps create a classroom environment where students can explore, practice, and grow through interactive learning activities. 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Your kindness and support will make a meaningful difference in our students' learning experiences each day.\r\n\r\nBecause of your generosity, our classroom will benefit from wonderful educational resources including the Post-it Self-Stick Easel Pads and Dry Erase Board, Hopscotch Carpet, tactile number materials, sandpaper number cards, math games, and ten-frame manipulatives. These hands-on tools will help our students build important math, movement, and early learning skills in fun and engaging ways.\r\n\r\nKindergarten students learn best through interactive play, movement, and tactile experiences, and your donation provides opportunities for every child to actively participate and grow in confidence. 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