{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Brennen School","outOfStateSupporters":35.8,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":10326794,"projectId":9852448,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support of our Reading Book Nook project. Because of your kindness, my students now have a warm, inviting space filled with engaging books where they can relax, explore stories, and strengthen their love of reading every single day.\r\n\r\nSince receiving these new resources, our classroom has transformed into an even more enthusiastic community of readers. Students use the book nook during independent reading time, partner reading activities, and small-group literacy lessons. One especially memorable moment happened during a reading activity. A student who had previously struggled to stay interested in reading eagerly shared a new favorite book with the class after spending time in the nook. Watching students gather around to listen and ask questions showed me how these resources are building both confidence and excitement for learning.\r\n\r\nWhen the students first saw the book nook and new materials, their reactions were priceless. They gasped with excitement, immediately started browsing through the books, and could not wait to sit in the cozy reading area. Their enthusiasm reminded me how meaningful a welcoming learning environment can be for children.\r\n\r\nAs we continue through the school year, students will use the reading nook to support our upcoming literacy projects, including reading response journals, character studies, and collaborative storytelling activities. We are also beginning a genre exploration unit where students will discover new types of books and share recommendations with one another. The nook has already become a place where curiosity and imagination thrive, and I know it will continue inspiring meaningful learning experiences.\r\n\r\nThank you again for investing in my students and helping create a classroom where reading feels joyful and accessible to everyone. Your generosity has made a lasting impact, and we are truly grateful for your support.","fullyFundedDate":1770928407812,"projectUrl":"project/reading-book-nook/9852448/","projectTitle":"Reading Book Nook","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Anna-Marie","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10326794"},{"teacherId":10315504,"projectId":9836980,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your donation towards my project! My students are engaging in play with the new resources during their choice of free time. It has allowed them to engage in pretend play and provided many opportunities for modeling vocabulary on their AAC devices. \r\n\r\nIt has also supported my students' AAC goals by asking for \"help\" and \"open\". As well as creating the ability to work on expanding their spoken sentences to include colors and items. My students have enjoyed pretending to talk on the \"phone\" (alphabet mystery box), drink (\"milk\"), and make connections from the fake items to real-life items they see every day (the student put the fake milk and his real milk jug next to each other to show that they are the same). \r\n\r\nI hope that the students I have had the pleasure of working with this year continue to use their voice, whether verbally or through their AAC device. I hope that these materials will benefit my new group of students next year and that they enjoy engaging with them as well.","fullyFundedDate":1770157508604,"projectUrl":"project/teach-speech/9836980/","projectTitle":"Teach Speech","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Becky","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10315504"},{"teacherId":10332326,"projectId":9858510,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for the donations towards our classroom project! My students haven't been absolutely loving the materials. \r\n\r\nOur new classroom materials provide a hands-on, meaningful learning experience for my students. I have been able to embed these materials across multiple activities/lessons throughout the day, such as morning table play and group time. This has provided various opportunities for my students to positively engage with the materials in different ways. \r\n\r\nThank you again for all of your support with our project! We appreciate it so much","fullyFundedDate":1770929601812,"projectUrl":"project/ms-natalies-project/9858510/","projectTitle":"Ms. Natalie’s Project","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Kirk","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10332326"},{"teacherId":7653538,"projectId":9828047,"letterContent":"Thank you for your donation to our classroom. Through the use of various manipulative, students are able to learn through different modalities and truly show an understanding of the concepts we are working on.\r\n\r\nThe sensory/weighted items purchased are helping make our calm down corner more accessible for all of our learners. Students have started sharing our sloth friend, hugging him and passing him along to friends who need him at any given time. And our weighted book is helping students identify emotions and recognize those emotions in others as well as themselves.","fullyFundedDate":1760624545807,"projectUrl":"project/foundational-reading-skills-builder/9828047/","projectTitle":"Foundational Reading Skills Builder","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Becki","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7653538_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1760542832055","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7653538"},{"teacherId":8696831,"projectId":9828104,"letterContent":"Thank You for Supporting Our Classroom\r\n\r\nThank you so much for your generous donation to our classroom. Because of your kindness, our students now have access to new literacy books and an iPad that will greatly support their learning and communication.\r\n\r\nThe literacy books provide meaningful opportunities for engagement, visual learning, and shared reading experiences, while the iPad allows us to use assistive and interactive tools that support communication, choice-making, and individualized instruction. These resources help our students access learning in ways that are developmentally appropriate and empowering.\r\n\r\nYour support has a direct and lasting impact on our students' daily experiences and growth. We are deeply grateful for your generosity and for believing in the potential of every learner.","fullyFundedDate":1764707106786,"projectUrl":"project/little-letters-big-words-literacy-in-the/9828104/","projectTitle":"Little Letters Big Words Literacy in the Classroom","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Ritter","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8696831_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1760407066659","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/cynthia-ritter"},{"teacherId":7677525,"projectId":9831599,"letterContent":"We are so grateful for the donations to our classroom this year. We really appreciate having our project funded and the students are thrilled. Many times our students are only motivated by using novel instructional materials. This grant allowed us to have so many different types of materials to practice skills either in a group or individually.\r\n\r\nWhen our materials first arrived, we teased the students and just let them look at the boxes. They could hardly wait to use them. We introduced the materials one at a time. We used the materials as the box suggested but we also used the materials for language expansion opportunities for our students. They loved learning with the materials and their language expanded greatly. \r\n\r\nNow that our students are familiar with the materials, we will use the materials additionally for social skill building and more complex language activities.\r\n\r\nThank you again for funding our project! We can't wait to learn more with the materials in 2026!","fullyFundedDate":1760685705660,"projectUrl":"project/providing-engaging-reading-intervention/9831599/","projectTitle":"Providing Engaging Reading Intervention Materials for Students With Autism","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Heidi","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7677525"},{"teacherId":10316828,"projectId":9840461,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous donation to my classroom! As a first-year teacher, these new resources have made, and continue to make, a meaningful difference in our special education classroom. We use the items every day, especially the flexible seating and sensory tools, which help to regulate students before learning. The multiple levels of literacy learning materials has also been helpful in my classroom to be able to meet each student where they are and be able to better provide individualized programing. We are so grateful for your generosity and the positive impact you've made in our classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1760849023203,"projectUrl":"project/flexible-seating/9840461/","projectTitle":"Flexible Seating","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Kristen","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10316828_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1760699086402","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10316828"},{"teacherId":7655954,"projectId":9833588,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous donations. My students are using the supplies to create, draw and color. They are thoroughly enjoying the materials.\r\n\r\nMy students are learning literacy skills like language, vocabulary, direction following, and the importance of listening to sequential instructions using their new supplies. My students are making huge strides learning art techniques and becoming more independent with their drawing all thanks to your donations. As the year goes on, my students are really learning to engage with the lessons and the materials.\r\n\r\nMy students are showing real pride in their learning and abilities! They are becoming a group of artists!\r\nThank you again!","fullyFundedDate":1760765615112,"projectUrl":"project/using-drawing-as-a-literacy-tool/9833588/","projectTitle":"Using Drawing as a Literacy Tool","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Howe","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7655954"},{"teacherId":7677288,"projectId":9822839,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous contribution to my class. You have made learning in my classroom but fun and engaging. My students greatly appreciate the new materials and were very excited to use them! We did unboxing moments in the class as items came in and the students immediately wanted to start playing the literacy games and read the novels.\r\n Through the literacy games purchased, my students have had fun learning about idioms, figuring out meaning through context clues, and making inferences. Their favorite is the pirate themed Context Clues game and them will often read the context clues in their best pirate accent while playing. The \"I Survived\" series is fantastic for reading about historical events in a way that is more approachable for students. My class voted to start with the novel about the San Franciso Earthquake of 1906. While we haven't completed the book yet they have been amazed at what people lived through, and we have talked about what they can do in cases of a natural disaster. The three other titles in this series purchased through this campaign will carry us through this school year and into the next.\r\n Our plan is to increase the students' breath of knowledge through the games and books purchased and we can't thank you enough. Your contributions are helping our students become better readers and more well-rounded learners.","fullyFundedDate":1760378369255,"projectUrl":"project/help-students-with-autism-make-literary/9822839/","projectTitle":"Help Students With Autism Make Literary Connections!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Cruz","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7677288"},{"teacherId":4777078,"projectId":9823551,"letterContent":"My students have truly enjoyed using the games provided by the donors choose project including the story cue card. The I pad has definitely been a great addition to my class for the students to play learning games and for students who are non verbal. We love using the timer to pick teams and use as a classroom timer. The flexible seating is used by many of the students to help regulate their bodies when stressed.\r\n\r\nThis money is greatly appreciated by so many teachers. Teaching is usually a thankless job and when given this money it shows that people are seeing the effort that we put in.","fullyFundedDate":1760454695996,"projectUrl":"project/learning-the-fun-way/9823551/","projectTitle":"Learning the Fun Way","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Christopher","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4777078_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1504894345991","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4777078"},{"teacherId":7656585,"projectId":9823694,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping fund my project! My students use the resources on a daily basis to develop pre-vocational skills that will benefit them in the future. With these resources, my students are learning to sort objects by various attributes, follow picture directions, and develop skills that will help them in the real world. \r\nMy students were excited to receive the new materials and use them for the first time. My students are currently playing the new games you provided us. In these games, the students have to identify different categories and look for objects on their bingo cards that match different descriptions.\r\nThank you again for these valuable learning materials!","fullyFundedDate":1760584173303,"projectUrl":"project/learning-literacy-through-life-skills/9823694/","projectTitle":"Learning Literacy Through Life Skills","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Dempsey","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7656585"},{"teacherId":8696831,"projectId":9827436,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting my classroom project. Because of your generosity, my students now have the opportunity to prepare simple meals and snacks every Wednesday. They've been learning how to mix ingredients to bake cupcakes and cookies, and they've made quesadillas by adding cheese and chicken and helping flip them on the skillet. They're reading recipes, measuring ingredients, and practicing important math and reading skills. This project has truly helped them build independence, strengthen social skills, and collaborate more confidently with their peers.","fullyFundedDate":1760551131885,"projectUrl":"project/classroom-cooking-experience/9827436/","projectTitle":"Classroom Cooking Experience","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Ritter","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8696831_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1760407066659","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/cynthia-ritter"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_59303","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":102,"numTeachers":97,"percentFrplEligible":27,"percentAsian":7,"percentBlack":44,"percentWhite":27,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":16,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":0,"percentMultiracialImputed":2,"gradesServed":"Not specified","studentTeacherRatio":"1.1:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":false,"metroType":"SUBURBAN","ncesMetroType":"SUBURB_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":64.2,"schoolId":59303,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Brennen School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Brennen School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/delaware/christina-school-district/brennen-school/59303"}