{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Bryant Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":42.8,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":9257428,"projectId":9665849,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your kindness and generosity! My students and I appreciate your donation. I utilize these materials each day. throughout the day, I use this stand desk to teach my students. I implement my daily lesson plans by using a document camera that projects off of this standing desk. This desk makes it easier for me to walk around the room to assist my students when it is needed. It is also big enough to have a clean and organized area for all of my lesson plan materials. Thank you again for helping me educate my students!","fullyFundedDate":1757546544210,"projectUrl":"project/standing-desk-and-bulletin-board-materia/9665849/","projectTitle":"Standing Desk and Bulletin Board Materials!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Magno","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9257428_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1747426234305","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9257428"},{"teacherId":10219511,"projectId":9664278,"letterContent":"Thanks to your generosity, our classroom has been filled with new opportunities for learning and discovery. Your support helped us bring engaging Scholastic resources into my kindergarteners' hands which has sparked curiosity, built confidence, and inspired a love of reading that will last a lifetime. My students and I are deeply grateful for your kindness and belief in the students' potential. You've made a real difference and we can't wait to share the amazing things they'll accomplish because of you.","fullyFundedDate":1758223718905,"projectUrl":"project/super-fun-kindergarten-scholastic-news/9664278/","projectTitle":"Super Fun Kindergarten Scholastic News!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Monteiro","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-6_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10219511"},{"teacherId":1770853,"projectId":9599933,"letterContent":"Thank you for the bookshelves! It comes as no surprise that an organized classroom provides for an efficient teacher. With this bookshelf I am able to organize my hands-on ESL games and make them readily available to the children. I am also able to display our monthly read alouds which bring me such JOY! This donors choose also allowed me to purchase two new books! The first is Vlad the Vampire which is the third book in a series I have. The children were SO excited to meet Gustavo & Leila's friend Vlad!! The second book is You're Finally Here!! which is all about being excited to welcome students back to school after summer break. Such a cute story. Thank you again for your kindness and generosity!","fullyFundedDate":1755530848794,"projectUrl":"project/bountiful-bookshelves/9599933/","projectTitle":"Bountiful Bookshelves!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Nicolari","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1770853_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1617132719045","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1770853"},{"teacherId":1770853,"projectId":9426399,"letterContent":"A picture speaks a thousand words!! Or should I say carpet!! Everyone stops by my door to look in because the rug has caught their eye! This composition notebook rainbow rug has brought such WHIMSICAL JOY to my tiny classroom! It makes me smile every day, as well as my students who get to sit on it! It makes all passerby's in the hallway smile too! My students love gathering on the rug to play an ESL game or listen to a fun book with sound effects of course! The children have said they love the colors of the rug and where can they get one so they can have it in their house!! One student even said, \" Aww it feels like a little house in your room.\" I LOVE that I was able to create such a warm, cozy environment for my ESL students. Thank you for making this happen!! I am so so grateful!!","fullyFundedDate":1751317060911,"projectUrl":"project/c-is-for-cozy-classroom-and-r-is-for-rug/9426399/","projectTitle":"C Is for Cozy Classroom and R Is for Rug!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Nicolari","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1770853_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1617132719045","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1770853"},{"teacherId":1770853,"projectId":9440306,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your kindness and generosity!! These sensory boards have been such a LIGHT in our school!! They brighten up the hallway and bring JOY to the children. The interactive components are such a game changer for our friends with sensory sensitivities. They find comfort and excitement spinning the wheels and flipping the boards! The caterpillar, hippo, eagle, and alligator are such cute depictions that they bring a smile to everyone's face. Some of the boards are being placed in our self-contained special education classrooms as a fun element to a hands-on classroom. Thank you again for making this happen!","fullyFundedDate":1754048300276,"projectUrl":"project/sensory-boards-for-savvy-students/9440306/","projectTitle":"Sensory Boards for Savvy Students!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Nicolari","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1770853_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1617132719045","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1770853"},{"teacherId":9257428,"projectId":9443584,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your very generous donation! You have helped me create fun and engaging lessons! Each year, I teach a Fairytale Unit during our literacy time. This year, when I taught the lessons, I saw so much more engagement and excitement! As I read the story, I gave a puppet show using these characters! My students were engaged, happy, laughing, and I saw huge thrill for Fairytales. Durning center time, later that day, I noticed so many students pulling out fairytales to read from our classroom library! Thank you for helping me inspire young readers!","fullyFundedDate":1755716361227,"projectUrl":"project/1st-grade-fairy-tale-characters/9443584/","projectTitle":"1st Grade Fairy Tale Characters!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Magno","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9257428_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1747426234305","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9257428"},{"teacherId":9257428,"projectId":9440355,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to my classroom! This project has helped me keep my classroom clean and smelling wonderfully! In addition, I have had a very small number of students who have been absent due to sickness so far! Each day, after the students pack up to go home, we clean up! The students wipe down their desk, and I walk around the room and sweep to make less of a cleanup for our custodial staff! Thank you so much for your generosity and effort to keep germs out of the classroom!","fullyFundedDate":1755716361006,"projectUrl":"project/lets-keep-the-germs-away-in-1st-grade/9440355/","projectTitle":"Let's Keep the Germs Away in 1st Grade!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Magno","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9257428_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1747426234305","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9257428"},{"teacherId":9257428,"projectId":9443503,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to my classroom! My students and I were so excited to meet our new book buddy friends! Each morning, I read a story to the students. It is always very eventful! I try to make it as fun and engaging as I can in hopes to inspire young readers to love reading! I have an App on my phone that I pair to our classroom speaker. As I read the story, the App matches the books and plays sound effects to add a new layer of excitement. This morning, as I was reading these new stories to the class, I took of the book buddy character as well. The look on my students' faces was incredible. They were smiling ear to ear and filled with excitement. Thank you for helping my students create a love for reading each day! Your donation means so much to me!","fullyFundedDate":1753282429655,"projectUrl":"project/new-morning-meeting-read-aloud-books/9443503/","projectTitle":"New Morning Meeting Read Aloud Books!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Magno","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9257428_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1747426234305","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9257428"},{"teacherId":9257428,"projectId":9440300,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to my classroom! This charging station has helped SO much! Each day, the students use their iPad to work on academic district programs. With limited outlets in my classroom, it was extremely difficult to keep all of the tablets charged. Now, with this charging station, I am able to keep all iPad's charged at all times. At the end of the day, I call students up individually to hand in their iPad. If it needs to be charged, I plug them in. This system has helped my students by making sure they have their iPad to do their academic programs throughout the day. Thank you again for your donation!","fullyFundedDate":1751392359681,"projectUrl":"project/organized-1st-grade-ipad-charging-statio/9440300/","projectTitle":"Organized 1st Grade iPad Charging Station!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Magno","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9257428_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1747426234305","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9257428"},{"teacherId":9257428,"projectId":9366565,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping me organize my classroom library. My students have been enjoying utilizing our classroom library during reading time. They now have an organized system to explore new books each day. Your donation means so much to me and my students. \r\nEach Morning, students come into the classroom and unpack. They are then able to go sit in our classroom library and read books before we start our morning meeting. I am in the process of incorporating fun labels that are easy to read for each of these bins. Thank you so much for helping me inspire my students to develop a love for reading each day.","fullyFundedDate":1749747555137,"projectUrl":"project/book-bin-organization/9366565/","projectTitle":"Book Bin Organization!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Magno","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9257428_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1747426234305","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9257428"},{"teacherId":9476609,"projectId":9376782,"letterContent":"The first chairs I ordered were too small, but I returned them and replaced them for bigger and better chairs! My 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students and I love the new chairs! They are a nice size for my growing students, and they fit perfectly under our desks and small group table. My students are now sitting at the correct height to write, see the board, and use manipulates at their desks. The chairs are sturdy, and light weight so they can be easily moved from different parts of my classroom. I love that I no longer have old falling apart chairs and that they are all the same height and type. The chairs are extremely comfortable that cushions are no longer needed. My students now can focus for longer periods of time on their learning and not what size or type of chair they are sitting at for their sessions. \r\nMy students came in and were amazed at the chairs. One student went right to the chair and leaned back, and said this is a really nice chair! Other students were so surprised that they got new chairs! My students are extremely grateful to have these chairs which makes the classroom a positive learning environment.\r\nThank you again for contributing to my project C is for chairs! It warms my heart that with your generosity I was able to give my students chairs that makes them excited to learn and be in my classroom! I can't thank you enough for donating to my project. I am excited for my students to use them this school year and beyond!","fullyFundedDate":1748553853370,"projectUrl":"project/c-is-for-chairs/9376782/","projectTitle":"C is for Chairs!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Wallace","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9476609_orig.jpg?crop=240,240,x0,y12&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1748285583424","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9476609"},{"teacherId":9257428,"projectId":9440797,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to my classroom! Each year, there is always so much to do during classroom set up! Thank you so much for providing me with tools to use throughout the year! We have utilized these tools to make crafts on the first day as well as we will throughout the school year! My students and I appreciate your generosity and kindness! My students were so excited when they saw all of the different materials that you sent us! Thank you again for your donation! We will use these tools all year!","fullyFundedDate":1753282431309,"projectUrl":"project/1st-grade-daily-materials/9440797/","projectTitle":"1st Grade Daily Materials!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Magno","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9257428_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1747426234305","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9257428"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_43413","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":317,"numTeachers":27,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":26,"percentWhite":7,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":60,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Pre-K - 6","studentTeacherRatio":"11.7:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_MIDSIZE"},"inStateSupporters":57.2,"schoolId":43413,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Bryant Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Bryant Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/connecticut/bridgeport-public-schools/bryant-elementary-school/43413"}