{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Benjamin Franklin Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":34.2,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":7144005,"projectId":9287041,"letterContent":"Thank you for providing our first grade class with fun online and printed resources we use daily for Science and Social Studies! The weekly newspapers are great to explore at school and then they are sent home for families to further discuss together. The interactive resources are a fun way to keep students engaged in the afternoon. \r\nThe community helpers are great to discuss what a community is and how we all need one another to work together. We will be using them more in the spring when we visit a local museum that highlights the helping professions.","fullyFundedDate":1756175072769,"projectUrl":"project/community-helpers-hands-on-learning/9287041/","projectTitle":"Community Helpers Hands-On Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Putney","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7144005_orig.jpg?crop=1080,1080,x0,y313&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1619653087474","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7144005"},{"teacherId":7273734,"projectId":8924733,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for the donations to fund my classroom project. These materials have had a great impact on my students. They absolutely love the thera-putty and ask to use it on a daily basis. The texture of the different putties is different in terms of how hard it is to squeeze and pull on. They strive to challenge themselves to work up to the harder putty. \r\n\t\r\n The dressing boards are great because many of them continue to work on these self-help skills. Skills they are going to need for the rest of their lives. Snapping and buttons are something many of my students struggled with. The fact that they are able to do it and are so proud of themselves, is amazing. They are so excited to show me when they can do it themselves. \r\n\t\r\n My students are all artists and love to draw and color. Being able to provide them with the pipsqueak markers really allowed them to have a variety of drawing and color materials. The bigger markers don't always fit in the hands the right way, while the pipsqueaks are perfect. \r\n\r\n\tReceiving the funding for the Donors Choose projects is remarkable. It has helped me provide my students with new experiences and different ways to explore and strengthen their fine motor skills at the same time. It always amazes me as I watch them do different activities, the variety of skills they are working on without even knowing it. I'm very thankful for everyone's support and encouragement to provide these materials to my students this year and years to come.","fullyFundedDate":1741224303461,"projectUrl":"project/strengthen-those-skills/8924733/","projectTitle":"Strengthen Those Skills","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Brown","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7273734"},{"teacherId":6285616,"projectId":9130497,"letterContent":"Thanks for your help in getting our classroom clean, neat, and organized! My students this year have showed initiative and have asked prior to this project about helping me clean up messes, especially after many students eat lunch with me. I love how they want to take responsibility for their space.\r\n\r\nYour donation helped me get supplies I needed to keep our space clean and neat. My students know where to go after they eat to find cleaning wipes and paper towels. The cups were also great because our kids are getting thirsty, and can go to the water fountain with them, but I added them to our shelf of supplies. \r\n\r\nThe microfiber cloths came in handy for keeping the instruments clean! My orchestra students have asked me before how to clean their instruments, so I thought it would be nice to provide something they could use. The bright fun colors are definitely an added bonus!\r\n\r\nThe mini vacuum and dustpan have been incredibly useful. Rather than having a corded vacuum, it is nicer to just have a portable, small, vacuum for quick and easy clean-ups. My kids have also learned how to empty it out and where to charge it.\r\n\r\nThank you so much, again, for your generous donations!","fullyFundedDate":1740873021013,"projectUrl":"project/clean-neat-and-organized-orchestra-cla/9130497/","projectTitle":"Clean, Neat, and Organized Orchestra Classroom","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Schmitz","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6285616_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1602297905342","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/msamandaschmitz"},{"teacherId":7273734,"projectId":8716798,"letterContent":"The day the materials arrived, my students were so excited to open the boxes and see what was inside. We sat in a circle at the rug and opened the boxes together. It was like Christmas; they were so eager to see what was inside. That first day I let them explore the materials, feeling the different textures between the playdough, sand, foam and putty. It was quite interesting to see which textures they preferred. \r\n\r\n\tThe thera-putty is great because they are able to play and stretch it while strengthening their fine motor muscles. We do an activity where they have to find different letter beads and take them out of the putty. We use the playdough to build their names and the letters we are working on for the week as well as to review letters we have already learned. \r\n\r\n\tThe foam paint was a completely new experience for them. They were so excited to use the foam paint on their own and use their fingers to spread it. The pumping of the paint took a lot of strength, but they enjoyed being able to do it on their own.\r\n\r\n\tI am incredibly grateful for the support and being able to provide my students with these different experiences. I look forward to being able to continue providing these experiences in years to come. Thank you!","fullyFundedDate":1733495201175,"projectUrl":"project/develop-those-fine-motor-skills/8716798/","projectTitle":"Develop Those Fine Motor Skills!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Brown","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7273734"},{"teacherId":9768199,"projectId":8806478,"letterContent":"These headphones have been incredible for the students. They are helping the students when they are on their chrome books on educational websites such as EPIC. On EPIC books can be read to students through their headphones. \r\n\r\nThe most exciting part of this project is having new comfortable headphones. Prior to these headphones the ones the students had were ear piece ones that were too big for their ears. These new headphones fit the students perfectly and are adjustable. They also have comfortable padding for their ears. \r\n\r\nWe are very appreciative for the donation words cannot express.","fullyFundedDate":1730379972381,"projectUrl":"project/headphones-for-students-chromebooks/8806478/","projectTitle":"Headphones for Students Chromebooks","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Fruehan","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9768199_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1726789906923","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9768199"},{"teacherId":1111297,"projectId":5699779,"letterContent":"I cannot fully express my joy, excitement, and thanks for your donation to my project. It is wonderful to see that you believe in the importance of music in children's lives. In music class, children are able to use their creativity and express themselves in new and exciting ways. Music also builds community and self-esteem.\r\n\r\nThanks to these material, my students will be able to put music theory into practice while learning a new instrument. These materials will make the theory that we learn meaningful. It will build a sense of community while we learn to work together to make music on our new instrument. My students are amazed that people care enough to donate something so \"amazing\", \"fun\" and \"helpful\" to them. These instruments will bring smiles to all of their faces.\r\n\r\nThank you so much.","fullyFundedDate":1631650897128,"projectUrl":"project/help-make-music-drumtastic/5699779/","projectTitle":"Help Make Music Drumtastic","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Johnston","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1111297_orig.jpg?crop=540,540,x76,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1734104818354","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/eugenie-johnston"},{"teacherId":2218209,"projectId":2365114,"letterContent":"Thank you all so very much for your generosity in donating to our \"Let's Hear it for Headphones\" project. Your donation has made a positive difference in the daily lives of our students. We use technology every single day. We have a class set of Chrome books that allow the students to work independently in the classroom. Before we had the headphones we had to turn the volume down on the Chromebooks and each student had to try to listen closely to his/her computer while the whole room buzzed with a low noise of computers. It was not productive to say the least! Now each student gets the instruction they need, \r\ntailored to him/her spoken directly into his/her ears with no distraction! \r\n We have many students with sensory issues so the headphones have been especially helpful for these students. They have been useful in other ways, as some students choose to wear the headphones simply to drown out distraction during loud assemblies or when trying to work quietly. Another option available is for students who actually prefer music when working can wear the headphones and listen to music to maximize their attention and ability to focus on the task. And quite honestly, my kids just enjoy the \"coolness\" factor of the headphones. \r\n We are a low income school, so my students really enjoy having something brand new. It made them feel so special! The headphones have also given us an opportunity to take care of something and practice organization skills. We had a discussion about how to best to take care of and organize the headphones. They decided to store the headphoe in the bags, number the bags, and each student has been assigned a number in order to take ownership.","fullyFundedDate":1483422786725,"projectUrl":"project/lets-hear-it-for-new-headphones/2365114/","projectTitle":"Let's HEAR it for New Headphones!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Howard","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2218209"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_21038","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":403,"numTeachers":45,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":2,"percentBlack":24,"percentWhite":39,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":22,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Pre-K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"9.0:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"UNCLASSIFIED","ncesMetroType":"CITY_SMALL"},"inStateSupporters":65.8,"schoolId":21038,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Benjamin Franklin Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Benjamin Franklin Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/new-york/binghamton-city-school-district/benjamin-franklin-elementary-school/21038"}