{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Bayview Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":22.0,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":9552847,"projectId":9322065,"letterContent":"You made such a difference to our Bayview Dolphins in the last few weeks of school. We have a pretty rough outdoor play area with concrete. Kids are hot and tired and they fall! Our main office is always overrun with parent and student needs as this is a community school. A student helped me deliver care packages to each classroom with cute gel ice packs and band aids in the rainbow baskets your donated. It honestly felt like a loving way to show them that no child and no adult is alone. We appreciate you and shaping school climate is challenging without tangible gifts to give.\r\n\r\nThank you and hope your year is going well!","fullyFundedDate":1746499678524,"projectUrl":"project/tumbles-tears/9322065/","projectTitle":"Tumbles & Tears","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Molly","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9552847_orig.jpg?crop=2316,2316,x0,y571&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1746470112116","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9552847"},{"teacherId":6235749,"projectId":9575727,"letterContent":"I am so honored and excited to tell you that we have received these incredible gifts and put them to use right away! \r\n\r\nJust today, one boy, who is a bit on the challenging side, saw \"The Allowance Game\" and exclaimed, \"You got The Allowance Game? I love that game! Let's play it!\" He then proceeded to rip open the packaging and set up the game- a small miracle in and of itself, as I've never known him to participate in an activity set up. I sat in my seat, stunned! \r\n\r\nThen, completely independently and unprompted, he actually shared some of the money he earned in the game with his peer! This is a highly competitive student who has even gotten into physical fights with students over winning and losing and being first. I couldn't wait to tell his teacher what happened and she was so happy and later told me she had never seen that from him. \r\n\r\nThis beautiful and astonishing example is all because of you! If we had never received your generous support, we would never have played the game, and never been privy to see this giving and caring side of the student. He may never have had the chance to show it to others. \r\n\r\nIt is hard to take pictures that demonstrate what really happens with these great materials but hopefully you can see a little bit. Two of the students were so proud and happy to go to the office with me to pick the boxes up and insisted on helping carry them! Even just the ability to help carry the boxes provided them with a sense of duty and responsibility that they usually don't necessarily have. I thought they might complain but they actually wanted to help! \r\n\r\nI think that these gifts help me just as much as them because it allows me to see sides of the students I really don't, if ever, get to see. It makes me feel happy and grateful and so, so thankful. \r\n\r\nThank you! I'll never know you but I'll always be so curious about who would actually care enough to do this??? A beautiful mystery! You made a wonderful and amazing difference for all of us!","fullyFundedDate":1757099507405,"projectUrl":"project/colorful-games-practice-materials-help/9575727/","projectTitle":"Colorful Games & Practice Materials Helps My Students Learn","teacherDisplayName":"Dr. M","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6235749"},{"teacherId":6235749,"projectId":9276484,"letterContent":"Wow! These incredible gifts you have provided for us have made the world of difference. I would like to let you know that there were many \"ooohhs\" and \"aahhhhs\" when I showed them the huge boxes of markers, string with beads, craft trays, lighted wax warmer with scents for our room, and the sun catchers art projects. \r\n\r\nEverything has been put to immediate use and been so functional and helpful. I think that the sun catchers have been the most popular. There are 3 shapes to choose from (fish, butterfly, and bird) and just watching each student as their eyes lit up trying to choose an animal was thrilling! \r\n\r\nSome of the students that are most challenging in terms of focus and attention were transformed before my eyes. They slowed down, demonstrated great determination and skill with applying the paint to the animals, and even were happy to place them on the craft tray out of the way to dry over the next few days. \r\n\r\nThe students always love coloring, and were just simply happy to have ample markers with a steady flow of ink to use- they have created a lot of pictures, already proudly displayed on the wall (and some sent home to their mothers!). \r\n\r\nThe beads and strings have also proven to be a huge hit! Many already made bracelets and necklaces for their friends even before making one for themselves, which surprised me. Some wanted to take some home to work on outside of school, to which I gladly said yes. \r\n\r\nJust before writing this note to you, I was walking down the hallway to use the restroom. A student saw me, ran up to me, and immediately asked if she could come with me to work on her sun catcher and that she \"couldn't wait\" and wanted to \"skip the weekend\" so that next week would come faster- unheard of compliment! \r\n\r\nThese items have shown me that there it is important to try new things in order to reach people and that in doing so, we can help more people than we realize. I have done a lot of reflection around this and I cannot thank you all enough for giving me this gift. Without these items, none of these connections would have been made. \r\n\r\nWe all thank you with the most heartfelt sincerity! I don't know who you all are, but you are so special and have helped us. We won't forget you.","fullyFundedDate":1746808710653,"projectUrl":"project/help-give-creative-art-outlet-to-student/9276484/","projectTitle":"Help Give Creative Art Outlet to Students That Need It","teacherDisplayName":"Dr. M","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6235749"},{"teacherId":9552847,"projectId":9055908,"letterContent":"You having lifted up our Bayview Dolphins!! We are so happy to have the new gel pens and trampoline. Our kids are using it to work out frustration, find joy at school, practice taking turns, and taking risks. One child pictured here had not stepped on one and was timid; now he asks to go on it weekly. \r\n\r\nThank you so very much. Your gifts improved school morale too, everyone was excited as the boxes arrived in the main office. More teachers are curious about making requests to Donors C and those of us who have found success with it are guiding them to submit requests (we need gel ice packs for our security team to carry around so kids are not always rushing to the main office).\r\n\r\nWishing you all a wonderful summer.","fullyFundedDate":1740690791072,"projectUrl":"project/give-our-angry-kids-and-their-classmate/9055908/","projectTitle":"Give Our Angry Kids (and Their Classmates) Tools!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Molly","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9552847_orig.jpg?crop=2316,2316,x0,y571&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1746470112116","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9552847"},{"teacherId":6235749,"projectId":9166254,"letterContent":"I am so happy and appreciative to have received your support. It means everything, especially now. \r\n\r\nI was walking through the main office and happened to see a box with my name on it- the Donors Choose materials! I immediately rushed to my room and opened it with excitement! \r\n\r\nI put the cards to use right away and have used them every single day since receiving them. The students immediately recognized the new cards and made many exclamations such as, \"Wow! New cards? Can I use the orange ones?\" and, \"Are these different than the other ones? We have new ones now? Cool!\"\r\n\r\nJust today I had a group I used them with and all 5 of the students in the group wanted to use the cards and when I accidently skipped a student I was promptly reminded, \"Hey! I want to use the cards. You forgot me.\" The images made us laugh and prompted a lot of conversation, which is just amazing. \r\n\r\nThank you, thank you, thank you! I wish that the pictures were better because it is hard to capture how wonderful they are on camera without student faces, but please know that there are many smiles accompanied with the new materials, and a lot of hard work going on. \r\n\r\nI am forever grateful and look forward to years and years of daily use of these speech cards.","fullyFundedDate":1742923920273,"projectUrl":"project/speak-clearly-and-confidently-with-visua/9166254/","projectTitle":"Speak Clearly and Confidently With Visually Appealing Materials","teacherDisplayName":"Dr. M","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6235749"},{"teacherId":6235749,"projectId":8777963,"letterContent":"We have received the new materials and had a chance to put them to use and let me tell you- they are a hit! I decided to open the boxes with the students and there was a lot of fist pumping, exclamations like \"Yes!\" and \"This is so cool!\" and even, \"Something new? Whoo hoo!\". Now that I have had a chance to use them, I can notice improvement in all of the students because the materials are appropriate and just what was needed! \r\n\r\nAs you know, due to privacy laws, I cannot take pictures of any students, so the images I have may seem a little bit plain, but I want you to know that they really do not capture the immense happiness that the children experience when we play the bingo games or when they are actually saying their sounds properly with the articulation cards. It is priceless! \r\n\r\nThank you all again with so much sincerity. I am thrilled to have these new materials and I will value and treasure them for years to come. They will go to very good use. So far, I have used them every single day since receiving them and I expect to continue that throughout my career. They are stellar!","fullyFundedDate":1736987555301,"projectUrl":"project/bingo-games-and-practice-cards-help-chil/8777963/","projectTitle":"Bingo Games and Practice Cards Help Children Speak Clearly","teacherDisplayName":"Dr. M","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6235749"},{"teacherId":9551258,"projectId":8592837,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to my project! You have helped fill my classroom with joy, excitement and creativity. I have been using these toys and board games for morning work (when students are done with their daily spelling) and for Fun Fridays (students earn 30 minutes of free time by completing their work all week).\r\n\r\nWhen they first saw the materials, my students were very excited! They were so eager to try out the items. I have slowly been rolling them out, and teaching students how to use them respectfully. Not only are these materials allowing my students to showcase their creativity, but they are also helping us build a positive and collaborative classroom community. \r\n\r\nThank you once again for your generosity.","fullyFundedDate":1726159063163,"projectUrl":"project/community-building-through-soft-start-mo/8592837/","projectTitle":"Community Building Through Soft Start Morning Bins","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Peduru","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9551258_orig.jpg?crop=404,404,x316,y8&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1723094973430","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9551258"},{"teacherId":9552847,"projectId":8823140,"letterContent":"Teachers and students love these!! We have used \"A Day Without Words\" and \"Hey Black Child\" the most. Teachers borrow to read to classes (TK-6), parents have asked about them, and they have opened discussions in our admin hall with our teams. We appreciate you and your donation so much. This nonverbal prompting to consider our awareness is a gift to our Bayview community.\r\n\r\nWe have used \"A Day Without Words\" and \"Hey Black Child\" the most. Teachers borrow to read to classes (TK-6), parents have asked about them, and they have opened discussions in our admin hall with our teams. We appreciate you and your donation so much. This nonverbal prompting to consider our awareness is a gift to our Bayview community.\r\n\r\nAs a therapist, I have used these with neurodivergent students to start chats about what they relate to or what seems strange to them about classmates.","fullyFundedDate":1727985116043,"projectUrl":"project/steph-curry-amanda-gorman-will-lift-ou/8823140/","projectTitle":"Steph Curry & Amanda Gorman Will Lift Our Children Up!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Molly","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9552847_orig.jpg?crop=2316,2316,x0,y571&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1746470112116","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9552847"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_4200","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":332,"numTeachers":19,"percentFrplEligible":92,"percentAsian":10,"percentBlack":21,"percentWhite":3,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":59,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Pre-K - 6","studentTeacherRatio":"17.5:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"SUBURBAN","ncesMetroType":"SUBURB_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":78.0,"schoolId":4200,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Bayview Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Bayview Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/california/west-contra-costa-unified-school-district/bayview-elementary-school/4200"}