{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"C Strange Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":31.5,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":4541399,"projectId":9938286,"letterContent":"Our headphones have arrived and just in time for state testing and its all thanks to you! Thank you for helping to support my students and their need for working head phones! As teachers we ask parents to purchase headphones but we can only ask and do so much! Often times headphones are purchased and they just are not durable and do not last for the students to use for testing and learning. Students who are 9 years old can tend to be pretty rough on things. These days money is tight and parents just do not have the funds to help get them new ones. \r\n\r\nThank you for always supporting and being so good to my students and to our classroom community. \r\n\r\nWe couldnt do it without you!","fullyFundedDate":1771877492081,"projectUrl":"project/headphones-help-support-learning/9938286/","projectTitle":"Headphones Help Support Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Anderson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4541399_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1516846428484","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4541399"},{"teacherId":4541399,"projectId":10091632,"letterContent":"Thank you so very much for helping to provide my students with Snacks and the basic necessities to help them get through the day . Snacks really help to keep my students motivated and energized to get through the day . When they have their basic needs met then they feel that they are loved and cared for and that can make all the difference in a day of a child. Especially for those who need that the most. Thank you for making that a reality for the students in my classroom. \r\n\r\nWe are forever thankful to you!","fullyFundedDate":1771045048303,"projectUrl":"project/food-and-basics-to-get-through-the-day/10091632/","projectTitle":"Food and Basics to Get Through the Day","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Anderson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4541399_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1516846428484","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4541399"},{"teacherId":4541399,"projectId":10070833,"letterContent":"Thank you so very much for your help and support with our special project and supporting our acts of kindness and caring in our community. With your help we were able to make 50 snack bags to deliver to the elderly in a low income housing project. Students made notes with care and inserted them into the care bags to share with the elderly. \r\n\r\nIts one thing to teach students about caring for others and another all together for them to actual do the caring for others. They learn by doing and experiencing the caring events. \r\n\r\nThank you for making this important lesson and their dreams a reality!","fullyFundedDate":1770305254925,"projectUrl":"project/students-care-for-elderly-in-their-commu/10070833/","projectTitle":"Students Care for Elderly in their Community","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Anderson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4541399_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1516846428484","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4541399"},{"teacherId":9975880,"projectId":9948818,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for the donations. The students were excited about the new books to add our little counseling library. They also were glad for the light colors. So many kids have come into the office and said \"wow it's cozy!\". They have really helped create that extra calm space that the students might need.\r\nOur students have been through so much the last few months, so these little comforts mean the world to them. I am glad to have kind people helping us get those. Every thought and donation has always been appreciated.","fullyFundedDate":1765161916750,"projectUrl":"project/lets-relax/9948818/","projectTitle":"Let's Relax!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Rules","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-1_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9975880"},{"teacherId":4541399,"projectId":9840269,"letterContent":"The books are here !!! The books have arrived and we couldnt be more excited . It is so wonderful to be able to provide this classic treasure to the students so that they can explore reading an all time classic Treasure. This book and the activities that we do with it are ones that we will not soon forget. Its the stuff that memories that last forever are made of. \r\n\r\nI have students that have read this book and years later have come to me to share the wonderful memories that come flooding back to them. \r\n\r\nThank you!","fullyFundedDate":1769882833301,"projectUrl":"project/read-along-book-to-treasure-forever/9840269/","projectTitle":"Read Along Book to Treasure Forever","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Anderson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4541399_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1516846428484","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4541399"},{"teacherId":10075066,"projectId":9870312,"letterContent":"Thank you for helping feed my classroom during snack time. So many students don't have snacks and without this incredible donation, I would've paid so much out of pocket to ensure my kids had a snack to keep them full until lunch time. We have such a late lunch and if we didn't have snack throughout the day, learning wouldn't take place. Nobody can learn or work when they are hungry and keeping so may tummy's full it's important. Many of my kids come from low income families and without food from school, they might not get much at home. 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It was so amazing when a few students remembered the differences between a telescope and a microscope.\r\nI am so fortunate to have donors like you help support classrooms like mine. I am so grateful there are organizations and individuals as your self to help promote a love of learning at such a young age. Thank you once again.","fullyFundedDate":1765490386868,"projectUrl":"project/stem-at-its-best/9900571/","projectTitle":"STEM! At It's Best!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Krug","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4552164_orig.png?crop=182,182,x0,y31&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1757119242655","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4552164"},{"teacherId":4541399,"projectId":9903448,"letterContent":"Thank you so very much for helping to refresh our snack supply closet. Often times students and families these days do not have the resources to pay for things such as extra snacks during the school days. I made a commitment long ago to see that students who didnt come with snacks would not go without and that is why I do this on Donors Choose each day. \r\n\r\nThanks to you students will feel fed and provided for and most of all loved! Your kindness is hugely important to the students and to the families of the children at our school.","fullyFundedDate":1766067616059,"projectUrl":"project/snacks-to-bridge-the-gaps-of-hunger/9903448/","projectTitle":"Snacks to Bridge the Gaps of Hunger","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Anderson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4541399_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1516846428484","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4541399"},{"teacherId":4541399,"projectId":9844881,"letterContent":"We are so very excited to receive our colored ink for our classroom printer! We can now print our earned reward certificates and special projects in color thanks to you! 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I have been able to accomplish so much more in my teaching, specifically by creating a dedicated creative space where students use the building materials to solve open-ended design challenges, dramatically improving their spatial reasoning and problem-solving skills. Thank you to our donors for recognizing the value of supporting creativity and innovation in the classroom! \r\nWe took our students on an art journey. The supplies were laid out, and students were allowed to create freely. After the art was displayed and we went on an art walk to observe others' work and offer feedback. 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About this school
C Strange Elementary School is
an urban public school
in Kenosha, Wisconsin that is part of Kenosha Unified School District 1.
It serves 446 students
in grades Pre-K - 5 with a student/teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
Its teachers have had 66 projects funded on DonorsChoose.
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63%
of students are Black, Latino, Native
American, or Asian
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C Strange Elementary School
$27,502
raised using DonorsChoose
66
projects
funded
18
teachers
funded
124
donors
12
projects
for
basic supplies
7
projects for
technology
10
projects for
books
4
projects
for
art supplies
C Strange Elementary School has received support from
85 individuals from Wisconsin and
39 individuals out-of-state.