{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Dawes Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":43.6,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":9048896,"projectId":10173582,"letterContent":"Our Camping Day project created such a fun and meaningful experience for my first graders during the final days of school. After a year filled with hard work, growth, and perseverance, the camping-themed materials allowed students to celebrate their accomplishments in a memorable way. Transforming our classroom into a cozy campsite created an exciting atmosphere where students could relax, laugh, read together, and enjoy spending time with their classmates. The pretend campfire materials, decorations, and themed activities immediately sparked their imagination and excitement.\r\n\r\nThis project also allowed me to create a positive and rewarding end-of-year experience that many students will remember for years to come. Many of my students may not have opportunities for experiences like camping outside of school, so bringing this experience into our classroom made it even more special. Thank you for helping create such a joyful and engaging celebration for my students as they completed an incredible year of learning and growth!","fullyFundedDate":1778205795550,"projectUrl":"project/camping-into-summer-a-fun-end-of-year-c/10173582/","projectTitle":"Camping Into Summer: a Fun End-of-Year Celebration!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Wendy","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9048896_orig.jpg?crop=1118,1118,x934,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1683942631587","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9048896"},{"teacherId":50500,"projectId":10252937,"letterContent":"Thank you very much for your generous donation that provided my kindergarten kiddos with the Lakeshore Learning Sight-Word Daily Activity Journals and Koogel Spiral Index Cards with Rings. My kindergarten students work all year long practicing and learning their sight words, which are words we see everyday in print. The amazing materials you provided will allow my students to practice and learn these sight words in a fun, meaningful way. \r\nThe spiral bound index card sets will help to keep my kiddos organized. They will write each sight word on an index card to practice in school as well as at home. \r\nThanks a million for your support and kindness!","fullyFundedDate":1778001367115,"projectUrl":"project/we-can-practice-learn-sight-words-day/10252937/","projectTitle":"We Can Practice & Learn Sight Words Day By Day!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Rowe","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp50500_orig.png?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1651362819311","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/50500"},{"teacherId":602219,"projectId":9941298,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation! My preschool students absolutely Love Mo Williams Pigeon books. They always make my students laugh. I was so excited to get this project funded because I was able to send each student home with their own copy of Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Sleigh! They were so excited to be able to share and read this book with their family at home. We did an author study featuring Mo Williams and his other Pigeon books. One of my students favorites was The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller Coaster! Without your donation my students wouldn't have access to these wonderful books. Thanks again!","fullyFundedDate":1766088586519,"projectUrl":"project/pigeon-does-what/9941298/","projectTitle":"Pigeon Does What?!?!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Berry","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/602219"},{"teacherId":50500,"projectId":10251732,"letterContent":"Thank you very much for your generous donation that provided a colorful classroom carpet for my kindergarten kiddos. This beautiful carpet has enough space for up to 30 students to sit comfortably. Each child has their own colored square with plenty of room to wiggle and squirm. I teach a variety of whole group and small group lessons with students on the carpet throughout the day. I'm so happy that my students now and in the future will be able to enjoy a wonderful new carpet to help them stay focused on their phonics, reading, math, and social science lessons. Thanks a million for your support and kindness!","fullyFundedDate":1777937915979,"projectUrl":"project/kinders-need-a-new-colorful-comfy-carp/10251732/","projectTitle":"Kinders Need a New, Colorful, Comfy Carpet!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Rowe","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp50500_orig.png?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1651362819311","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/50500"},{"teacherId":602219,"projectId":9942806,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation! I feel like I won the lottery! Having a Teachers Pay Teachers gift card is so great to have. The site is full of amazing age-appropriate resources that can use throughout the year. I purchased a Preschool Goals handout to give to parents at Parent-Teacher Conferences. It's a great resource for parents to hang up on their refrigerator or in their child's bedroom to remind them what they can practice at home. I also purchased a Gingerbread Man book comparison bundle. The students really enjoyed the activities of comparing the different gingerbread man books. Without your donation I would not have access to purchase these wonderful resources for my students. Thanks again!","fullyFundedDate":1765044068391,"projectUrl":"project/teachers-helping-teachers/9942806/","projectTitle":"Teachers Helping Teachers!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Berry","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/602219"},{"teacherId":602219,"projectId":9123596,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation! My preschool students love playing with the new pots and pans and utensil set in the dramatic play kitchen center. They are mixing and stirring up soups and baking cakes for their friends. \r\nThe Alphabet small group center material has been great for my preschool students to practice identifying the ABC letters and sounds. The students can work on this independently and it is a great resource to help them get ready for kindergarten.\r\nFinally, the farm lacing set has been wonderful to have for the students to practice their fine motor skills while naming the animals. The students really enjoy this activity! Without your donation my students would not have access to these wonderful materials. Thanks again!","fullyFundedDate":1742941458580,"projectUrl":"project/preschool-playtime/9123596/","projectTitle":"Preschool Playtime","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Berry","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/602219"},{"teacherId":602219,"projectId":9120688,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation! Mt First Learn-to-Write Workbook is so great for my preschool students. It is a great resource for them to practice letter formation and identifying the ABC letters at the same time. This workbook allows my preschool students to practice pencil control, tracing lines, and forming the letters. They get so excited when they can write the ABC letters by themselves. This workbook is developmentally appropriate for preschoolers and easy for parent to work with their child at home. Without your donation my students would not have access to this great resource. Thanks again!","fullyFundedDate":1744221843430,"projectUrl":"project/writing-in-preschool/9120688/","projectTitle":"Writing in Preschool","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Berry","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/602219"},{"teacherId":602219,"projectId":9102582,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation! Unfortunately the ABC flashcards were no longer available so I had to choose a replacement material for our classroom. I chose to order Clorox wipes because we were running low and they are very important to have in a preschool classroom. We use disinfecting wipes multiple times a day since the students eat breakfast and lunch in the classroom. We also use the Clorox wipes to clean many of the toys in the classroom to try to keep germs away and keep us all healthy. Without your donation this wouldn't be possible. Thanks again!","fullyFundedDate":1742941458809,"projectUrl":"project/preschool-abc-fun-at-home/9102582/","projectTitle":"Preschool ABC Fun at Home!!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Berry","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/602219"},{"teacherId":602219,"projectId":9012271,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation! My preschool students absolutely Love Chicka, Chicka, Boom Boom so this box set of books brought great joy to them! They were so excited to start reading and identifying the ABC letters in the book. We have magnetic letters that the students used to put in order while they were reading the book. They were having so much fun and were proud of themselves since this is an early literacy skill for preschool.\r\nWhen reading the Words book many students copied the words on paper and drew a picture for the word. This is a simple activity but the students are practicing writing and reading at the same time. \r\nMy students are so excited to bring these books home to read and share with their parents. Without your donation this wouldn't be possible. Thanks again!","fullyFundedDate":1744212452569,"projectUrl":"project/chicka-chicka-boom-boom/9012271/","projectTitle":"Chicka Chicka Boom Boom","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Berry","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/602219"},{"teacherId":2884640,"projectId":9868883,"letterContent":"We cannot express how grateful we are for your more than generous donation towards the purchasing of new flexible seating for our classroom, as you can tell from the pictures my students absolutely LOVE the new Balance Ball Seat. They each were waiting nicely to take a turn on the balancing seat. Not only has the flexible seat come in handy, but the drawer organizer has too, I cannot wait to switch it out with an older one we have in the classroom, to help store the students tracing and learning activities.\r\n\r\nWe truly cannot thank you enough for the amount of support and kindness you have shown our classroom by donating to much needed materials in our classroom.\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU SO MUCH! YOU ROCK! :)","fullyFundedDate":1771007830512,"projectUrl":"project/flexible-seating-for-preschoolers/9868883/","projectTitle":"Flexible Seating for Preschoolers!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Montera","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2884640_orig.jpg?crop=2284,2284,x0,y121&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1738266426511","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/sarah-mccarthy"},{"teacherId":195270,"projectId":10123172,"letterContent":"Wow! On behalf of my students we give you a heartfelt thanks for the new books we added to our library. Our focus this year was to create more interest in nonfiction texts to increase vocabulary knowledge and to get our students interested in history. The books that you graciously donated were well received! They became more excited to read texts that contained true events and learned that even expository text could be just as interesting as fictional texts. Thank you very much again for your generous donations. These books were a great addition to our classroom library this year.","fullyFundedDate":1772454324587,"projectUrl":"project/history-is-still-cool/10123172/","projectTitle":"History Is Still Cool","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Gaitor","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-6_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/195270"},{"teacherId":2884640,"projectId":10224205,"letterContent":"We cannot express how grateful we are for your more than kind and generous donation towards the purchasing of new books for our Lending Library! Thanks to you, my students now have a variety of new books to choose from. The best part of these books, is the variety of stories they have within the text, therefore my students are able to keep them at home with their families for longer. My students love being able to pick their book and then draw a picture of what they read with their families! You have no idea how much these new books mean to us, we truly cannot thank you enough!\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU SO MUCH! 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