{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Chimney Lakes Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":49.8,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":9788799,"projectId":9828049,"letterContent":"Thank you for your support of our early literacy instruction. Because of your generosity, students have made meaningful progress in learning letter sounds, phonemes, and digraphs through the use of engaging \"eye words\" cards.\r\n\r\nThese visual tools have helped make abstract letter–sound connections more concrete for young learners. By consistently using the eye words cards during daily instruction, students are able to visually focus on letters and letter combinations while clearly hearing and practicing their corresponding sounds. As a result, all students have successfully learned their individual letter sounds and are beginning to confidently identify and use digraphs in words.\r\n\r\nThis approach has increased student engagement, strengthened phonemic awareness, and supported a range of learning styles. Most importantly, students are showing greater confidence as early readers and writers, applying their knowledge of sounds and patterns during independent and guided activities.\r\n\r\nYour support has had a direct and lasting impact on our students' literacy growth. Thank you for helping us build strong foundations for lifelong reading success.","fullyFundedDate":1760731723766,"projectUrl":"project/letters-sounds-and-movement/9828049/","projectTitle":"Letters, Sounds and Movement","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Hawkins","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9788799_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1758383938852","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9788799"},{"teacherId":9788799,"projectId":9737887,"letterContent":"WOW! By using hands-on resources—such as tactile letters, sensory trays, and fine-motor manipulatives—children can see, touch, and feel how letters are formed, making learning more accessible and developmentally appropriate. These materials support diverse learning styles, strengthen fine motor skills, and boost confidence as students practice writing in a playful, meaningful way. Ultimately, this project helps set young learners up for long-term success in literacy.\r\n\r\nSince implementing these materials, students are writing more independently and confidently. Many are now \"writing the room,\" using words they see throughout the classroom to guide their writing and make meaningful connections to print in their environment. Letter formation practice with sand trays has been especially impactful for students who were experiencing letter reversals, helping them slow down, build muscle memory, and form letters correctly. Overall, these tools have increased engagement, confidence, and early writing success for all learners.","fullyFundedDate":1760799284847,"projectUrl":"project/no-more-tears-multisensory-tools-are-he/9737887/","projectTitle":"No More Tears- Multisensory Tools Are Here!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Hawkins","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9788799_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1758383938852","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9788799"},{"teacherId":9788799,"projectId":9782837,"letterContent":"Our students have thoroughly enjoyed using the Tonie box and characters to help bring our books to life. They are avidly listening and going through the books with characters \"reading\" in the library center. These additional resources are providing students with a nice exposure to vocabulary. Our recent testing shows that students repeated exposure to print, words and books is paying off. All our students are showing growth and some students scores have moved almost 100 points.\r\n\r\nStudents that had not chosen to go to the library center and use the listening center with our classroom library and now choosing to participate in listening center with friends. Library center is now the first center to \"fill up\" and we have kiddos adding themselves to the waiting list so that they can listen to Tonies and \"read\" during our center rotation times.\r\n\r\nOf particular interest is the Gruffalo Tonie and Book, which is a favorite for our class this year. This book was introduced to the students during a previous unit. As you can see from the pictures it is very popular.","fullyFundedDate":1760473852537,"projectUrl":"project/bringing-books-to-life-listening-center/9782837/","projectTitle":"Bringing Books to Life- Listening Center","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Hawkins","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9788799_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1758383938852","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9788799"},{"teacherId":1475623,"projectId":9548184,"letterContent":"The students are loving our rolling library with placement card system. They are using their book placement markers to hold their book spots and are easily putting their books back in the correct locations. It is keeping our library organized a little better than before. They are loving that they can take ownership of switching out their books, and they love the new system. \r\n They are reading more and I have noticed they are reading a wider variety of books. They used to stay in the same box when selecting a new book, but I have noticed that they are venturing out of their section to peruse and select a book from a different genre. \r\n The more books I can get them to read, the more they fall in love with reading. Thank you for helping us to have a great book library system.","fullyFundedDate":1762104597718,"projectUrl":"project/rolling-library/9548184/","projectTitle":"Rolling Library","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Norman","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1475623_orig.jpg?crop=720,720,x124,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1587254132487","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/norman"},{"teacherId":7196555,"projectId":9472231,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your awesome generosity. My students and I were thrilled when we found out our project had been funded. \r\nThe chips we received with our project will help the students that achieve their goal of the blended learning computer platforms. \r\nThe students love incentives and this is a good one. Food usually always gets kids working towards a goal. \r\nThis impacts my students learning by achieving their computer goals. I was able to accomplish knowing their computer work was achieved and I know this because of their love for chips.","fullyFundedDate":1758844685795,"projectUrl":"project/computer-work-earns-you-chips/9472231/","projectTitle":"Computer Work Earns You Chips","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Durant","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7196555_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1719982857963","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/michelle-durant"},{"teacherId":1648597,"projectId":9446226,"letterContent":"Thank you for the donations to my student journals. The students love getting to make their journals their own! They look back on past work/ journal entries and smile at what they've done. \r\nThe different colors allow me to quickly figure out who the journals belong to, not to mention the students LOVED getting to pick their color. \r\nPlease continue to support me and helping my students know they are supported in their learning. I have huge hopes for my students academics to soar this year and I couldn't do it without all of you!","fullyFundedDate":1760026347113,"projectUrl":"project/journals-help-students-learn/9446226/","projectTitle":"Journals Help Students Learn","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Finocchiaro","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1648597_orig.jpg?crop=1844,1844,x766,y1380&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1755972476179","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/jessica-finocchiaro"},{"teacherId":1648597,"projectId":9888580,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your kindness and generosity to this project. My students were so excited when they heard our STEAM items were being delivered and when the knock on the classroom door came~ they cheered!! Opening up the box and viewing the colorful popsicle sticks and pipe cleaners made them squeal! \r\nThese items are the very existence of STEAM projects in my classroom... well them and the tooth picks. They allow my students to experiment and not be scared if they fail. Not to mention the colors allow me to have easy clean up because groups are all assigned a color. \r\nPlease continue to support teachers on Donors Choose and help our students learn independence in class!!","fullyFundedDate":1764362805522,"projectUrl":"project/full-steam-ahead/9888580/","projectTitle":"Full STEAM Ahead","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Finocchiaro","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1648597_orig.jpg?crop=1844,1844,x766,y1380&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1755972476179","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/jessica-finocchiaro"},{"teacherId":1648597,"projectId":9446214,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your kindness and generosity! My students have worked so hard getting their Lexia usage in and meeting their goals. I don't believe all of my students enjoy the program, but I know they all enjoy earning the yummy chips. Not to mention on the date the boxes arrived in our classroom made the kids feel like it was Christmas. They squealed watching the boxes open up and reveal the different chips. \r\nPlease continue to support my projects and the projects of other teachers. Without your support, our teacher dreams would not come true. My students work hard because they know people around the world care about them and they're learning.","fullyFundedDate":1760555565892,"projectUrl":"project/computer-work-earns-you-chips/9446214/","projectTitle":"Computer Work Earns You Chips","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Finocchiaro","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1648597_orig.jpg?crop=1844,1844,x766,y1380&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1755972476179","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/jessica-finocchiaro"},{"teacherId":747393,"projectId":9902789,"letterContent":"Thank you so very much for your generous donation to our kindergarten creation STEM project. My kindergarteners are so happy to be able to create our snowmen during our Christmas rotations. It is so fun to watch the creativity flow through the lens of a kindergartener. The snowmen are absolutely adorable. My students look like professional snowmen makers! They had so much fun making them and did a great job too! I love making my classroom hands on and because of your donation it was possible! Thank you!","fullyFundedDate":1763666407395,"projectUrl":"project/kindergarten-creators/9902789/","projectTitle":"Kindergarten Creators","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Pope","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp747393_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1721395944530","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/pope-friends"},{"teacherId":747393,"projectId":9890836,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to our classroom food pantry project. What a blessing it is to be able to give my kindergarten students the food and snacks that they need each day to fill their empty bellies to get their minds focused on learning and not on their empty bellies. Our food pantry is filled to the brim with snacks and cereals and my students could not be more excited when the boxes came rolling in. We had an unboxing! I also thankful that we have a community behind us that is really a village! Thank you for being our village!","fullyFundedDate":1763405111432,"projectUrl":"project/just-say-no-to-hunger/9890836/","projectTitle":"Just Say No to Hunger!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Pope","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp747393_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1721395944530","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/pope-friends"},{"teacherId":747393,"projectId":9854776,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to our classroom food pantry project. What a blessing it is to be able to give my kindergarten students the food and snacks that they need each day to fill their empty bellies to get their minds focused on learning and not on their empty bellies. Our food pantry is filled to the brim with snacks and cereals and my students could not be more excited when the boxes came rolling in. We had an unboxing! I also thankful that we have a community behind us that is really a village! Thank you for being our village!","fullyFundedDate":1763494113426,"projectUrl":"project/just-say-no-to-hunger/9854776/","projectTitle":"Just Say No to Hunger","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Pope","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp747393_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1721395944530","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/pope-friends"},{"teacherId":747393,"projectId":9746007,"letterContent":"Thank you so much of the generous donation to our classroom literacy project. I am so thankful to be able to support learning in my school with this project. My students were able to use the materials provided to teach parents in my school key foundational skills that they are learning each day. It was a fun time for parents and students. You should have seen the kids teach others how to chop up words and blend them together and make words. How to jump on the boxes together and make words. There was so much learning to go around!","fullyFundedDate":1761322157868,"projectUrl":"project/literacy-nighta-family-affair/9746007/","projectTitle":"Literacy Night....A Family Affair","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Pope","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp747393_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1721395944530","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/pope-friends"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_55353","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":871,"numTeachers":71,"percentFrplEligible":85,"percentAsian":2,"percentBlack":40,"percentWhite":28,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":18,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Pre-K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"12.3:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":50.2,"schoolId":55353,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Chimney Lakes Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Chimney Lakes Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/florida/duval-county-public-schools/chimney-lakes-elementary-school/55353"}