{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Carl Sandburg Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":16.2,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":3660726,"projectId":9588100,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generosity and support for our Amazing Reading Challenge! I had 60 4th and 5th grade students join the competition this year, so the books will be put to good use! Students recently received the books and are starting to read them -- they are excited about the books and already making plans for the ones they will read next. \r\n\r\nAs they read the books (sometimes multiple times), students become experts on the characters, settings and stories. When we begin the competitions in February, students will rely on their close reading and acquired knowledge of these books to answer detailed questions -- it's quite remarkable what they can recall!\r\n\r\nIn a world where kids' attention is being pulled in various directions, it makes my librarian heart happy to see so much excitement around books and reading. Thank you for being a part of this and helping to get books into kids' hands.","fullyFundedDate":1755742091242,"projectUrl":"project/books-for-school-reading-challenge/9588100/","projectTitle":"Books for School Reading Challenge","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Glassburn","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3660726_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1543350405648","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3660726"},{"teacherId":2605133,"projectId":9404554,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for funding the Sasquatch Books for our fifth-grade library. We have a very special bookcase just for past year's Sasquatch books. This bookcase is always a favorite spot for our fifth graders, and we routinely see big gaps on the shelves as the books quickly disappear into the hands of eager readers. \r\n\r\nLast week when the students saw me putting out the new books for this year, they ran over wanting to be the first to have the new books. Nothing warms the heart of a teacher as to see student fighting over books so they can be the first to read a new one! After a few rounds of rock, paper, scissors and promises to read quickly the happy readers went on their way.\r\n\r\nThank you so much for your support so that we can bring books into our classrooms that ignite so much excitement!","fullyFundedDate":1755711647142,"projectUrl":"project/books-to-expand-horizons-empowering-stu/9404554/","projectTitle":"Books to Expand Horizons: Empowering Students to Explore and Grow","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Roy","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2605133_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1471019572855","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2605133"},{"teacherId":3660726,"projectId":9238194,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping me put award-nominated books into my student's hands. As a librarian, I am always looking for ways to get kids excited about books are reading. Promoting the state award nominees is a great way to do this! These books are selected by committees of public and school librarians, based on what they think kids will want to read. The books are high quality and high interest, and are always a hit with my students. During the school year, I promote the books and provide incentives along the way for reading them. In the spring, students get to vote on their favorites along with kids from across the state to select the winning book for the year. My students enjoy participating in this reading event and with your support, I will have the books available for them again this year. Thank you!","fullyFundedDate":1744211660479,"projectUrl":"project/readers-choice-award-nominated-books/9238194/","projectTitle":"Reader's Choice Award Nominated Books","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Glassburn","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3660726_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1543350405648","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3660726"},{"teacherId":2474598,"projectId":9302394,"letterContent":"My students were so excited to get some new pens for art. They love the choices they have now. The minute they saw the supplies, they were begging to use them.\r\nMy students took the old, dried up pens and immediately replaced them. So far we have used the pens for a math project involving art. They have also used the pens in a summer art guided drawing. \r\nI am excited to use the Astro paper. This will be an nice addition to add some color to the newsletters I send home. We will be using that in the future. My students and I am so thankful!\r\nKarla","fullyFundedDate":1746786964153,"projectUrl":"project/writing-with-a-flair/9302394/","projectTitle":"Writing With a Flair","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Nelson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2474598_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1450150148760","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/nelson03"},{"teacherId":2599005,"projectId":8324163,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for funding this project! The floor seats in blue and green have added a fun, comfy, colorful seating option for my students when working around the room independently or with a partner. My kids have loved creating art with the dot markers! The plastic trays have been so versatile- creating a workspace for messy work, distributing science materials to table groups, and more. The Earth Day books have been super inspirational to our nature loving kids. I have enjoyed reading the books and improved my teaching practices.","fullyFundedDate":1713802982974,"projectUrl":"project/earth-day/8324163/","projectTitle":"Earth Day","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Payette","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2599005_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1490791002760","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/payette"},{"teacherId":2599005,"projectId":8390443,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to our classroom STEM math project! My kids love all these materials, find them engaging, and love math time! My students have become much more proficient comparing fractions by playing fraction war with a classmate. Do you love pizza? My students do! They especially love playing pizza fractions and practicing what they've learned about equivalent fractions. There's a variety of different levels and games students can play all with this one game! Finally, the magnatiles have been a huge hit! They are fun, calming, and open ended. Students have made buildings, cars, vacuum cleaners and more!","fullyFundedDate":1715378918940,"projectUrl":"project/stem-with-a-math-focus/8390443/","projectTitle":"STEM with a Math Focus","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Payette","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2599005_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1490791002760","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/payette"},{"teacherId":1897456,"projectId":8864638,"letterContent":"Thank you for supporting our reading intervention classroom. By purchasing the Lakeshore Learning Sound Tubs for our students, you are supporting numerous students in increasing their phonemic awareness proficiency which leads to stronger reading skills.\r\nWith kindergarten students, I use the sorting tubs for first sound distinction and matching. In addition, we use them in our phonemic awareness and phonics routine. My student's abilities have increased and they have had fun practicing, too. \r\nI also use these tubs with first and second graders for things like generating rhyming words, segmenting, and matching, particularly with medial vowel sounds. \r\nThis hands-on approach has been invaluable for students in need of additional support. \r\nThank you again for supporting our students. This donation is supporting and will continue to support students learning to read.","fullyFundedDate":1733238650604,"projectUrl":"project/lettersound-sorts-in-reading-interventi/8864638/","projectTitle":"Letter/Sound Sorts in Reading Intervention","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Eggert","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1897456_orig.png?crop=1150,1150,x188,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1652300812872","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/readingwithmse"},{"teacherId":2474598,"projectId":9043898,"letterContent":"What a treat to receive some new stools and books for the classroom! My students were overjoyed to sit in the stools. The other stools were so unstable. My students wanted to be the first one sitting on them. \r\nWhen my students got the new non-fiction and History books they grabbed them and started reading right away. Some students were already familiar with the National Geographic books but were excited to see the other ones. The history books were a hit! The students wanted the challenge of reading all of them. \r\nWe appreciate your kindness and I know all will be put to good use.","fullyFundedDate":1739585387427,"projectUrl":"project/non-fiction-books-and-stools/9043898/","projectTitle":"Non-fiction Books and Stools","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Nelson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2474598_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1450150148760","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/nelson03"},{"teacherId":3660726,"projectId":8830920,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your contribution toward buying books for our school's reading challenge. This year I had 3 more teams of students than previous years, which is fantastic! Reading for pleasure begins to wane in the upper elementary grades, so finding a way to encourage students to continue to read for fun and try books that maybe they wouldn't have picked up on their own is so important. Your support of our reading challenge allowed all the interested students an opportunity to participate -- I didn't have to turn anyone away! \r\n\r\nSo far, students are enjoying reading the books and swapping with teammates in preparation for the competitions coming up in February and March. This is when we will test their knowledge of the books by asking questions the team will have to answer. The winning team from our school will go on to compete against other schools in the district. It's a very exciting time and students definitely look forward to it. Once the competition is over, students can choose to keep a book; any extras are donated to teachers' classroom libraries, so the books will continue to have a life after the competition.\r\n\r\nThank you again for your support of our readers!","fullyFundedDate":1727976771225,"projectUrl":"project/books-for-our-schools-amazing-reading-c/8830920/","projectTitle":"Books for Our School's Amazing Reading Challenge","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Glassburn","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3660726_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1543350405648","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3660726"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_35868","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":391,"numTeachers":25,"percentFrplEligible":9,"percentAsian":17,"percentBlack":1,"percentWhite":56,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":8,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Pre-K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"15.6:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":false,"titleOne":false,"metroType":"SUBURBAN","ncesMetroType":"SUBURB_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":83.8,"schoolId":35868,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Carl Sandburg Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Carl Sandburg Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/washington/lake-washington-school-district-414/carl-sandburg-elementary-school/35868"}