{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Alessandro Volta Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":28.4,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":10346834,"projectId":10024074,"letterContent":"As school budgets get tighter and tighter, your generosity helps the school , the students and of course myself with out of pocket expenses; the students finally have the tools to make learning more meaningful. \r\n\r\nGetting through the winter season was tough. We had round after round of colds, coughs and the flu visiting our classroom. The cleaning supplies were so appreciated. They were used if not on a hourly basis, at least several times a day. And as I expected, EVERYONE wanted to use the vacuum. I had to create a rotating schedule to make everyone happy. But I am proud to say we have a very clean classroom thanks again to your support and generosity!\r\n\r\nThank you!","fullyFundedDate":1771027038174,"projectUrl":"project/a-clean-classroom-is-a-learning-classroo/10024074/","projectTitle":"A Clean Classroom is a Learning Classroom!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Lehmann","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10346834_orig.jpg?crop=200,200,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1767044978030","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10346834"},{"teacherId":10346834,"projectId":9885976,"letterContent":"Again thank you so very much for your contributions to our classroom! As soon as the items began arriving they thought it was Christmas. However too make an even greater impact I waited for all of the items to arrive and we did in fact have a Christmas party!\r\n\r\nThe students all sat on the rug and one at a time began opening the boxes. I would have to say that the pencil (yes, the pencils) were the kids favorite. They realized that they would no longer have to beg to borrow or simply to have this one tool to complete their work! They each were given ten to start. \r\n\r\nThe markers crayons and other \"fun\" things for them to use made their day. And also the teacher supplies to finish setting up my classroom finally made it feel like a place where you could enjoy learning.","fullyFundedDate":1767231781570,"projectUrl":"project/school-tools-to-start-the-new-year/9885976/","projectTitle":"School Tools to Start the New Year","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Lehmann","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10346834_orig.jpg?crop=200,200,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1767044978030","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10346834"},{"teacherId":10068685,"projectId":9756091,"letterContent":"We are so grateful for do its like you. The students in our Kindergarten classroom are learning how to read thanks to you! I hearts are so happy that would take the time to give the students a chance to get books that will set them up for success. \r\nYou can see the smiles on the children's face when they read the words on the pages in front of them. Moreover, when they close the book after reading the last word their eyes beam with joy. The children read with such joy thanks to you. With all our heart we say Thank you !","fullyFundedDate":1760757344673,"projectUrl":"project/ready-set-lets-read/9756091/","projectTitle":"Ready, Set, Let's Read!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Anaguano","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10068685"},{"teacherId":443109,"projectId":9933615,"letterContent":"On behalf of my preschoolers and myself, I want to express my deepest gratitude for your generous support. Your contribution to our classroom cleaning project is already making a visible difference in our daily lives.\r\nKeeping our space sanitary is essential for my students to feel safe and ready to learn. With so many \"little hands\" sharing materials, our environment requires constant care. Your gift has provided the frontline tools we need to maintain a healthy and welcoming atmosphere, including:\r\nEssential cleaning and sanitizing Supplies: The disinfecting wipes, multipurpose cleaner, and paper towels allow us to quickly sanitize high-touch areas like tables, doors, and—most importantly—our toys throughout the day and the vacuum, the cherry on the cake that has allow us a clean meet area is amazing.\r\nYour support has created a clean and comfortable setting that every child deserves. By helping us protect our students' well-being, you have allowed them to focus on what matters most: growing, playing, and learning without the worry of germs.\r\nThank you for helping us keep our classroom healthy and bright!","fullyFundedDate":1764730531593,"projectUrl":"project/goodbye-germs-hello-clean-classroom/9933615/","projectTitle":"Goodbye Germs, Hello Clean Classroom","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Garcia","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp443109_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1474788858104","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/dsgarcia"},{"teacherId":443109,"projectId":9931108,"letterContent":"Our preschool classroom is aboard! Thanks to your generous support, our students are embarking on a journey where learning and exploration are at the heart of every day.\r\nThe new train table has already become a hub for development. It is more than just a toy; it is a platform where our little learners: build social skills, problem solve and boos their creativity.\r\nDevelop small motor skills and spatial awareness through hands-on interaction.\r\nBeyond the tracks, your contribution is opening doors to the wonders of nature. Using our new resources, students are becoming mini-scientists—observing ants, inquiring about their role in the environment, and discovering how these tiny creatures help plants thrive. They are connecting their classroom inquiry directly to the world around them. Our tie die shirts are a success and we are so grateful to have had the opportunity to create them.\r\nFor my preschoolers, learning is a never-ending fun ride that they can enjoy over and over again. Thank you for providing the fuel for this incredible journey!","fullyFundedDate":1764633379437,"projectUrl":"project/all-aboard-to-learn/9931108/","projectTitle":"All Aboard to Learn","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Garcia","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp443109_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1474788858104","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/dsgarcia"},{"teacherId":2444103,"projectId":9025797,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our poetry project. My student were able to borrow poetry books and learn from a variety of Spanish poems. Students chose a poem to memorize and recite with the class. Students proudly shared their memorized poems that they chose from published poems. Students not only memorized poems, but also practiced using facial expressions along with natural gestures to enhance and illustrate the meaning of the poem. Students were very excited to choose among a variety of Spanish poetry books. Students also enjoyed the snacks during our after school poetry class as they recited their poems.","fullyFundedDate":1741558474141,"projectUrl":"project/more-poems/9025797/","projectTitle":"More Poems","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Salgado","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2444103_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1485322137326","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/marisol"},{"teacherId":2444103,"projectId":9025786,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our poetry project. My student were able to borrow poetry books and learn from a variety of Spanish poems. Students chose a poem to memorize and recite with the class. Students proudly shared their memorized poems that they chose from published poems. Students not only memorized poems, but also practiced using facial expressions along with natural gestures to enhance and illustrate the meaning of the poem. Students were very excited to choose among a variety of Spanish poetry books.","fullyFundedDate":1737383179426,"projectUrl":"project/poems-poemas/9025786/","projectTitle":"Poems & Poemas","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Salgado","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2444103_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1485322137326","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/marisol"},{"teacherId":10279500,"projectId":9758986,"letterContent":"I am so sorry for this delay on my response. There has been a lot of movement in my classroom, especially since I am still trying to adjust to my first year, but your donations really helped out my classroom a lot.\r\n\r\nWhen my students saw me with the box of new books, a lot of them quickly smiled, and in less than 10 minutes, most of those books were already checked out by my students, hence the reason I couldn't take as many pictures as those books are now checked out by the students. Most of them were especially thrilled to see the Harry Potter books in Spanish, as they have only found them in English prior.\r\n\r\nAs previously mentioned, I teach dual language 5th ELA and SLA. Due to the limited time I have with my students, there is not always a time for us to have independent reading time; but, at least once a week students may choose to read a book if they had finished all their other work for my class. Occasionally, I would ask students to write me a summary or to find the theme of a book, which was a skill we were working on throughout our first semester. Through the summaries, I have noticed growth in my students to achieve the 5th grade standards of finding theme, using details to support their ideas, and summarizing. \r\n\r\nMost of my students are Spanish dominant, but I still want to enhance their English language proficiencies. Because I surveyed my students at the beginning of the year, I discovered that majority of them appreciated graphic novels. Thanks to your generosity, I was able to provide graphic novels for my classroom library. Those were my most popular books yet. As I walked around the classroom, I noticed students grabbing the English graphic novels as well. Many told me they used the images to help them read, which is a skill I have thought them to use when reading an English book, or any complex book that may have images as a support. Because of this skill, many of my students actually improved on their middle of the year tests. \r\n\r\nLastly, the stools. Originally I wanted these stools for small group time, or during interventions. However, a lot of my students actually ended up liking them, and ask me to use it as flexible seating options. They also used the stools during group work, and they like going together to the library to work on a given assignment. \r\n\r\nOnce again, my class and I really appreciate all you have done for our classroom this year. They enjoy the books and the seats, and I am proud of the improvements that they are making. Thank you for all your donations!","fullyFundedDate":1758809361038,"projectUrl":"project/help-build-my-classroom-library/9758986/","projectTitle":"Help Build My Classroom Library","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Garcia","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-1_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10279500"},{"teacherId":2444103,"projectId":8396549,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generosity in being able to add career day outfits for Kindergarten student to role play different scenarios. This addition supports their ability to enhance social skills as well as language development. Students are able to practice turn taking as they engage in playful learning scenes. This also creates opportunities to explore future career goals as they explore and learn about different community helpers. These outfits will support students year after year and make learning fun as they embrace community helpers and continue learning about different jobs.","fullyFundedDate":1716559513753,"projectUrl":"project/career-day-every-day/8396549/","projectTitle":"Career Day Every Day","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Salgado","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2444103_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1485322137326","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/marisol"},{"teacherId":200494,"projectId":9677554,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generosity in supporting the learning of our students. Technology today in our school is used to support students in a variety of ways: visually by bringing the learning to life through the use of videos, images, annotating text. Students are able to listen to text to help support language development and comprehension. Students use technology to demonstrate learning through the creation of videos, slide presentations, an essay and images. Learning is monitored through the use of technology with online assessments and digital programs that support the learning such as Freckle, Lexia and Skyline curriculum. \r\n\r\nThe new earbuds were received with great enthusiasm from the students. The variety of colors were captivating and when they had choice it created great interest in using them immediately. The earbuds are compact and students love to control the volume. Students spent more time on their digital tools since each student had their own to use. This minimized movement, distractions and preparation to dive into their learning. It was also a safer alternative when each student had their own pair and didn't need to share with another student. \r\n\r\nAll students in grades third to eighth are benefitting from the use of the earbuds. Students stay focused and engaged in their learning. The earbuds are comfortable, colorful, compact and essential to students digital learning throughout their school day.","fullyFundedDate":1761086761601,"projectUrl":"project/building-a-world-of-skillful-minds/9677554/","projectTitle":"Building a World of Skillful Minds","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Wanda Reyes","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/200494"},{"teacherId":10181385,"projectId":9779778,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for funding our classroom's supply of games for this winter season. After countless boring days of indoor recess and constantly having to draw or make up games on paper, my students we excited to finally see some games in the classroom. Their excitement was so great that instead of requesting a mocie day for fun Friday, they instead wanted to play these board games!\r\n\r\nWe now know that if there is ever a day that the weather conditions are not ideal outside or if we have fun Friday, we can play board games rather than simply being on our computers the whole time!","fullyFundedDate":1762266252227,"projectUrl":"project/fun-for-fourth-grade/9779778/","projectTitle":"Fun for Fourth Grade!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Mouroukos","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10181385"},{"teacherId":2053225,"projectId":9870280,"letterContent":"I kept this project a secret because I knew this would impact them in a big way. The day the boxes started arriving I placed them on the table in the back. Each day the sun was shining and the kids came in complaining they had nothing to play with outside. Finally once the last box arrived I opened it in front of my homeroom. They were so incredibly excited as volleyball is a sport they always want to talk about. I am blessed to be apart of a volleyball community having a child who has fallen in love. We immediately grabbed the electric pump from the gym teacher and took them out to recess. What I didn't realize is how jealous all the kids would be when they saw my homeroom coming out. I quickly explained to the whole middle school that this was a gift from kind people for all of them to play together. \r\n\r\nStudents from different homerooms and different backgrounds began to laugh and play together. The teachers had been trying to figure out how to make it happen all year. The simple act of a volleyball in their hands brought them together. I went out the first week to correct some passing, show some student show to set, and to show off my high school volleyball skills :). The indoor setting ball is being checked out weekly for kids to practice at home. We even have a teacher from Columbia that is going to coach our boys volleyball team this year. Thank you!!!","fullyFundedDate":1762284927379,"projectUrl":"project/volleyball-fun-fundamentals/9870280/","projectTitle":"Volleyball Fun Fundamentals","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Vancil","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2053225_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1449705433994","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-vancil"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_5467","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":738,"numTeachers":43,"percentFrplEligible":89,"percentAsian":24,"percentBlack":3,"percentWhite":6,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":64,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Pre-K - 8","studentTeacherRatio":"17.2:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":71.6,"schoolId":5467,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Alessandro Volta Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Alessandro Volta Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/illinois/chicago-public-school-district-299/alessandro-volta-elementary-school/5467"}