{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Browning Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":27.3,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":9595339,"projectId":9294884,"letterContent":"When our new reading and calm corner materials arrived, my students were absolutely thrilled! Their faces lit up with excitement as they explored the cozy reading space, soft cushions, sensory tools, and new books. We immediately began using the calm corner as a safe space for students to self-regulate and refocus when feeling overwhelmed. During literacy time, students now eagerly rotate through the reading corner, where they practice fluency and comprehension in a calm, inviting environment. The change has been incredible; students are more engaged in reading, more focused, and better able to manage their emotions throughout the day.\r\n\r\nOur next steps are to continue nurturing students' love for reading and their ability to self-regulate independently. We're launching a \"Mindful Reading Moments\" activity that combines deep breathing techniques with brief reading reflections. This will help them not only build literacy skills but also strengthen emotional awareness and focus. The reading and calm corner has truly transformed our classroom into a space where students feel safe, supported, and excited to learn every single day.","fullyFundedDate":1748367517043,"projectUrl":"project/calming-corner/9294884/","projectTitle":"Calming Corner","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Adebayo","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9595339"},{"teacherId":9702213,"projectId":9183894,"letterContent":"We have just started the beginning of the school year and are so fortunate to have received your donations. This year in my classroom a lot of the students came in excited knowing that we would be able to have music every day in our classroom. \r\n The school that I work at was unable to give the K3 students a spot to attend music class with and official music teacher in our schedule, but honestly we have been learning so much with your donations. \r\n The students have been using the egg shakers and the rhythm sticks to learn about tempo and beat, and also about loud and soft sounds. We have been able to use our scarves and out CD player to dance creatively around out classroom. It has been so much fun watching my students involved in music daily!","fullyFundedDate":1752188276752,"projectUrl":"project/help-us-create-our-own-music/9183894/","projectTitle":"Help Us Create Our Own Music!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. McCrory","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-7_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9702213"},{"teacherId":9900171,"projectId":9311513,"letterContent":"My students are using the new resources during literacy stations. They are working in small groups and independently with the new resources to actively engage with the lesson content. My students were excited to see the new materials. They were curious and eager to explore them, which helped spark interest in the lesson right away. My ongoing goal is to strengthen my students' core literacy skills. Therefore, next steps for my students will be to tailor learning stations to my students' different levels and needs in addition to strengthening their problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.","fullyFundedDate":1747263895773,"projectUrl":"project/exploring-cvc-words/9311513/","projectTitle":"Exploring CVC Words!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Heath","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9900171_orig.jpg?crop=1039,1039,x0,y100&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1746380594465","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9900171"},{"teacherId":10047097,"projectId":9448066,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for generously funding my classroom sensory project. Because of your support, my students will have access to sensory tools, calming posters, phonics sets, social-emotional materials, and engaging book sets that will help them thrive. The foam ottoman will transform our reading area into a cozy, welcoming space where students can feel safe, focused, and inspired to develop a love for books.\r\n\r\nWith your kindness, I can create a classroom where every child feels valued, calm, and ready to learn. Your gift makes a lasting difference in their lives, and I am deeply grateful.","fullyFundedDate":1755900614691,"projectUrl":"project/one-sensory-at-a-time/9448066/","projectTitle":"One Sensory at a Time","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Burris","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10047097_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1755901374119","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10047097"},{"teacherId":2887995,"projectId":9077997,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to safety project. My young scholars enjoyed learning about safety concepts such as traffic safety, body awareness, and healthy choices. The safety box had a variety of activities that were very engaging for the children. They enjoyed using the signs to set up a classroom street using chairs to practice following traffic signs. The children used the sorting boxes to learn the difference between safe/unsafe choices and healthy/unhealthy choices.\r\nThe children are able to walk safely in our school and on the sidewalks thanks to the \"hold-a-handle\" walking ribbon. My friends with special needs are able to stay safe when they walk using the individual wristbands cords. All of the children benefit from the Safety Turtle reminding vehicles to use caution when the children are at play.","fullyFundedDate":1742935443712,"projectUrl":"project/safety-first/9077997/","projectTitle":"Safety First!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Okwor","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2887995_orig.jpg?crop=939,939,x360,y949&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1597351513146","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2887995"},{"teacherId":9900170,"projectId":9307808,"letterContent":"The mini whiteboards have become a favorite during lessons. Students love being able to quickly write their answers, show their work, and get immediate feedback. It keeps everyone involved and helps even the quietest students feel confident sharing their thinking.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe Build a Sentence game has given my students hands-on practice with grammar and writing. They enjoy moving the pieces around to create complete sentences, and it has sparked lots of conversations about word choice and sentence structure. I've already noticed them applying these skills in their independent writing.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nWith the CVC word builder, my emerging readers are strengthening their phonics skills in a fun and concrete way. They get excited when they successfully build new words, and it's helping them make the connection between sounds and letters—an important step toward becoming fluent readers.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nYour generosity has had a direct impact on my students' learning. Every day, they are growing more confident, motivated, and excited about school because of the resources you made possible. We are truly grateful for your support.","fullyFundedDate":1746787102415,"projectUrl":"project/finish-strong/9307808/","projectTitle":"Finish Strong!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Whitsell","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9900170_orig.jpg?crop=392,392,x0,y45&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1741009958373","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9900170"},{"teacherId":9900170,"projectId":9133098,"letterContent":"My students have been actively engaged with the new CVC word puzzles and handwriting materials, and it's been exciting to see how these tools are supporting their learning in fun, hands-on ways. \r\nStudents are using the puzzles to build and decode simple consonant-vowel-consonant words like cat, dog, and sun. They enjoy physically manipulating the puzzle pieces to match letters with their corresponding sounds. Many are working together in pairs or small groups, which is helping build collaboration skills as well as phonemic awareness. They're also beginning to notice word families and are experimenting with switching beginning or ending sounds to form new words.\r\nWith the dry erase sheets and markers, students are getting repeated practice with letter formation in an engaging, low-pressure way. They love that they can wipe and try again, which encourages a growth mindset and persistence. These materials are being used during independent work time, centers, and even early finisher tasks. We've seen noticeable improvements in fine motor control and confidence in handwriting across the board.","fullyFundedDate":1742923514607,"projectUrl":"project/wordplay-workshop/9133098/","projectTitle":"Wordplay Workshop","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Whitsell","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9900170_orig.jpg?crop=392,392,x0,y45&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1741009958373","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9900170"},{"teacherId":9702213,"projectId":9060017,"letterContent":"You allowed my students the opportunity to learn their letters in a fun and engaging way. \r\n\r\n When the students first saw the boxes being opened for the first time, they could not contain their excitement and tried to grab everything from the box. The kiddos are still so excited using the materials during their station times. \r\n\r\n The students are using their new resources in small group reading stations. The students are able to use these items to help understand the letters in their names, as well as draw letters they might see in their friends names or other environmental print throughout the classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1739455274429,"projectUrl":"project/lets-learn-our-letters/9060017/","projectTitle":"Let's Learn Our Letters!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. McCrory","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-7_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9702213"},{"teacherId":9702213,"projectId":9001822,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generosity in donating items to our classroom to help the students learn math in a new fun and engaging way!\r\n When the students first saw the new items in their math centers, they were so excited, they were jumping for joy. They were eager to get into their math stations so they would be able to use the materials. The students were focused and worked together to use the materials in their stations. \r\n Our classroom will continue to work with the materials you allowed us to have because of your gracious donation. The children are developing a deeper understanding of counting, numbers and how to work together in small grounps","fullyFundedDate":1734885510964,"projectUrl":"project/we-are-excited-for-math/9001822/","projectTitle":"We Are Excited for Math!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. McCrory","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-7_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9702213"},{"teacherId":2887995,"projectId":8956114,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to my storytelling project. The children have been learning about fairy tales and traditional tales. The puzzles help the children develop fine motor skills as they place the pieces into the frames. They use the pictures to retell the story. The story view finders have familiar stories. The slides sequence the stories and the children are able to use their oral vocabulary to tell what happens first, next, then, and last.\r\nThe children were very excited to use the STEM storytelling kits to retell some of the stories that they have heard. I love how each kit ties literacy, math and science together. Each kit has characters and a setting to design or use to retell a story.","fullyFundedDate":1739455229676,"projectUrl":"project/story-time-props-for-prek/8956114/","projectTitle":"Story Time Props for PreK","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Okwor","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2887995_orig.jpg?crop=939,939,x360,y949&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1597351513146","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2887995"},{"teacherId":2887995,"projectId":8917905,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to my sensory project. My young scholars are able to use the fidgets and sensory tubes to help calm their bodies. The children love to add different parts to the pineapples to make the pineapples look happy, sad, silly, mad, etc.\r\nOut of all the wonderful sensory materials that we received, the children were most excited to spin on the swivel chair. They work on taking turns and cooperate to spin each other. Spinning helps many children regulate their emotions. The chair is used as a reward for some children. They can earn spinning time when they complete a task.","fullyFundedDate":1739455238985,"projectUrl":"project/sensory-seeking-scholars/8917905/","projectTitle":"Sensory Seeking Scholars","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Okwor","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2887995_orig.jpg?crop=939,939,x360,y949&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1597351513146","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2887995"},{"teacherId":2887995,"projectId":8999926,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to my transportation project. The vehicles and signs arrived just in time for the children to use them during center time during our theme about things that go. They had so much fun exploring the different parts of each vehicle.\r\nMy young scholars learned new vocabulary words. Some of the words were new to most of the children such as: hovercraft, rover, big rig, airliner. The children have used their imaginations to take the action figures camping, to outer space, and to the ocean. They pretend that the fire engine rescues the other vehicles.\r\nI love that these materials are of such high quality. I know that they will last for years to come. Many more children will get to play and learn with these materials thanks to your generous donation.","fullyFundedDate":1739455227582,"projectUrl":"project/oh-the-places-we-can-go/8999926/","projectTitle":"Oh, The Places We Can Go!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Okwor","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2887995_orig.jpg?crop=939,939,x360,y949&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1597351513146","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2887995"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_37720","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":288,"numTeachers":15,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":90,"percentWhite":1,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":4,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Pre-K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"19.2:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":72.7,"schoolId":37720,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Browning Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Browning Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/wisconsin/milwaukee-public-schools/browning-elementary-school/37720"}