{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Cherokee Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":56.9,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":2548455,"projectId":10388364,"letterContent":"My students and I will use these resources to better our learning environment. A great example would be with their writing journals they will be able to write on the lines correctly while writing stories and draw pictures with the space provided. Another example would be to use the science viewers to learn more about animals, insects, sea life, solar system, birds, etc.\r\n\r\nThe students love to see all the boxes when they come in. The first thing ask \"is that for us\"? They want me start opening the boxes right away to see what's inside. \r\n\r\nOur next steps would be to enlarge our classroom library with books on the students grade level. Also to provide storage book shelves to put the books in. Again thank you in advance for the help you have given me and my students.","fullyFundedDate":1787583116616,"projectUrl":"project/a-new-start-for-a-new-beginning/10388364/","projectTitle":"A New Start for a New Beginning","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Lee","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2548455_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1761908074688","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2548455"},{"teacherId":4511162,"projectId":10184176,"letterContent":"Each year, I always try to replace and/or repair resources from the previous year so that my incoming students have what they need. This year, I was able to receive all new resources thanks to your generous donations.\r\n\r\nI requested tablets for my students to complete their online assignments, as well as any other virtual activities they enjoy. Unfortunately, those items were not available for purchase. But, I was able to get various other resources my classroom and students desperately need to start the new year off right.\r\n\r\nI am so thankful for all that you have donated to help replenish my class with resources to help each of my students have a successful school year.","fullyFundedDate":1784486094566,"projectUrl":"project/virtual-adventures/10184176/","projectTitle":"Virtual Adventures","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Newton","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4511162_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1622982959938","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4511162"},{"teacherId":6606596,"projectId":10553454,"letterContent":"We are off to a wonderful start in Second grade and we are so excited about it! We will start our literature study this week. Everything has arrived and I am ready to put the items to use. The students were so excited to see the new books for our novel student and wanted to know if we will get more books for a winter novel study. Like I have mentioned before my students are hard workers and go getters. Studies show that book studies can play a huge role in students reading scores and that is my number one goal is to get them reading and to see gains in their reading scores as well. Once again thank you for your generosity and do know you have made an huge impact in my life and my students lives as well.","fullyFundedDate":1788053135887,"projectUrl":"project/a-fall-book-study-readers-are-leaders/10553454/","projectTitle":"A Fall Book Study: Readers are Leaders!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Davison","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6606596_orig.jpg?crop=3024,3024,x0,y504&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1642981934328","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6606596"},{"teacherId":4105240,"projectId":10390570,"letterContent":"If you've ever practiced yoga, you know that you can get a little sweaty! That's exactly what happens when my elementary students practice yoga during our after school program! We have been using disinfecting wipes to clean our yoga mats in between sessions, but regular disinfecting wipes can cause damage to yoga mats over time. By funding this project, you have provided safe wipes for my students to use when cleaning our mats after practicing. This will extend the lives of our yoga mats, allowing more students to participate for years to come! Thank you for your generosity!","fullyFundedDate":1787583647791,"projectUrl":"project/yoga-mat-refresh/10390570/","projectTitle":"Yoga Mat Refresh!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Gina (Teacher-Librarian)","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4105240_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1692147673137","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/msginaslibrary"},{"teacherId":4105240,"projectId":10388392,"letterContent":"My upper elementary students were ecstatic when we received our Rubik's cubes! Due to regular wear and tear, we were down to just one Rubik's cube to begin our school year. This station is a favorite among my upper elementary students, and they had requested that I get more Rubik's cubes at the end of last year. Of course, I had to write a DonorsChoose project for them! As soon as our package was delivered, my students were ready to open it and begin trying to solve the puzzles! Your generosity is very much appreciated!","fullyFundedDate":1787583119059,"projectUrl":"project/rubiks-cubes/10388392/","projectTitle":"Rubik’s Cubes","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Gina (Teacher-Librarian)","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4105240_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1692147673137","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/msginaslibrary"},{"teacherId":4105240,"projectId":10539347,"letterContent":"Our second round table with locking casters has arrived and we absolutely love it! It has made it so much easier to make my library accessible to all readers! We can move this table quickly to change our layout, allowing us to utilize our learning space in a more accessible way. I wanted to create a more flexible, accessible, and functional learning environment for my readers with this project. Now, we are able to quickly adapt our learning spaces for different activities, including classes, lessons, meetings, after-school activities (such as yoga), and collaborative learning. Our overall goal is to replace all of our older, stationary tables with new, mobile tables. Thanks to your generosity, we are a second step closer to our goal!","fullyFundedDate":1787806844281,"projectUrl":"project/they-see-me-rolling-mobile-learning-in/10539347/","projectTitle":"They See Me Rolling! Mobile Learning in Our Library (2/8)","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Gina (Teacher-Librarian)","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4105240_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1692147673137","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/msginaslibrary"},{"teacherId":4105240,"projectId":10405738,"letterContent":"Our first round table with locking casters has arrived and we absolutely love it! It has made it so much easier to make my library accessible to all readers! We can move this table quickly to change our layout, allowing us to utilize our learning space in a more accessible way. I wanted to create a more flexible, accessible, and functional learning environment for my readers with this project. Now, we are able to quickly adapt our learning spaces for different activities, including classes, lessons, meetings, after-school activities (such as yoga), and collaborative learning. Our overall goal is to replace all of our older, stationary tables with new, mobile tables. Thanks to your generosity, we are one step closer to our goal!","fullyFundedDate":1787583646838,"projectUrl":"project/they-see-me-rolling-mobile-learning-in/10405738/","projectTitle":"They See Me Rolling! Mobile Learning in Our Library (1/8)","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Gina (Teacher-Librarian)","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4105240_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1692147673137","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/msginaslibrary"},{"teacherId":4105240,"projectId":10388414,"letterContent":"We celebrate Crayola Creativity Week every January. During this week-long celebration, I gift every student either a box of crayons, colored pencils, or markers. I work all year long to get donations of these items for our readers because I don't have the money in my library budget to fund this event. Thanks to your generous donations, I was able to purchase the \"Colors of the World\" version of crayons, colored pencils, and markers for this event. This January, my readers will have even more options from which to choose. Thank you for making my library a better place!","fullyFundedDate":1787583118531,"projectUrl":"project/colors-of-the-world/10388414/","projectTitle":"Colors of the World!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Gina (Teacher-Librarian)","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4105240_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1692147673137","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/msginaslibrary"},{"teacherId":6606596,"projectId":10393948,"letterContent":"Thank you from the bottom of my heart for supporting and funding my project. We are in full swing and my students are doing such a grand job as second graders. Selecting my star student weekly has been a huge success and giving them all the goods is so rewarding. I love the look on their face when they come in on Monday morning to see who has been chosen. They absolutely love it! My steps with the students is to start building their birthday surprise cups with some of the goodies. We are now moving on to our fall crafts and projects. The most exciting time the year! Thanks again for bringing my project to life.","fullyFundedDate":1787583119671,"projectUrl":"project/celebrating-glows-and-grows-in-second-g/10393948/","projectTitle":"Celebrating Glows and Grows in Second Grade!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Davison","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6606596_orig.jpg?crop=3024,3024,x0,y504&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1642981934328","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6606596"},{"teacherId":6606596,"projectId":10188839,"letterContent":"The new stand paper and markers is a big hit in my classroom since we returned to school. I have made several anchor charts with my students displaying them all around the room. The stand saves so my space in my classroom compare to the big out dated stand I had previously. The students reaction to the new ,materials for our classroom was so fun to watch. they love to come to the new board and write spelling words vocabulary words etc. September has arrive and now we will start our apples unit. I will make KWL charts and words banks with them so they can refer back to them in the writing station. Thank you so much for your generous donation and bring my project to life. You are very much appreciated!","fullyFundedDate":1784486094845,"projectUrl":"project/standing-on-learning-with-a-chart-stand/10188839/","projectTitle":"Standing on \"Learning With a Chart Stand and Paper\"","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Davison","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6606596_orig.jpg?crop=3024,3024,x0,y504&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1642981934328","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6606596"},{"teacherId":10011424,"projectId":9313723,"letterContent":"I wanted to tell you that the cool down area in my classroom is an area in my classroom where my students can remove themselves from a situation that can potentially become negative and choose to write their feelings, read a book in that area or sit and think about their choices.\r\nMy students come from very challenging home lives. The baggage they bring to school can sometimes be overwhelming and hard for them to keep their minds on learning while they are learning new and difficult information. \r\nThank you for allowing me to create a space for my students to work through their feelings.","fullyFundedDate":1746786232243,"projectUrl":"project/creating-a-cool-down-area-for-troubled-s/9313723/","projectTitle":"Creating a Cool Down Area for Troubled students.","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Pruett","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10011424_orig.jpg?crop=480,480,x0,y142&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1746232111634","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10011424"},{"teacherId":4105240,"projectId":10207604,"letterContent":"Every year in January, we celebrate Crayola Creativity Week and get enough donations so that every student gets to choose either a box of crayons, colored pencils, or markers to keep. This year, you've made sure we have so many boxes of markers to give to our students! Every year, markers are the very first item we run out of because that's the one almost all students choose! With the funding of this project, I don't think I'll run out of markers and that means my students will be so happy! Thank you for helping to make my library a more colorful space!","fullyFundedDate":1784486094297,"projectUrl":"project/markers-for-crayola-creativity-week/10207604/","projectTitle":"Markers for Crayola Creativity Week!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Gina (Teacher-Librarian)","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4105240_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1692147673137","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/msginaslibrary"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_86890","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":345,"numTeachers":17,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":40,"percentWhite":17,"percentIndigenous":4,"percentLatinx":12,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":0,"percentMultiracialImputed":25,"gradesServed":"K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"20.3:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"TOWN","ncesMetroType":"TOWN_DISTANT"},"inStateSupporters":43.1,"schoolId":86890,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Cherokee Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Cherokee Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/oklahoma/muskogee-public-schools/cherokee-elementary-school/86890"}