{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Dr Charles Drew Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":60.4,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":8907541,"projectId":10284588,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting this project for our school's community of readers! As they arrived, I immediately put the books out for display. Readers have enjoyed these books so much already and I know they'll continue to enjoy them when we return to school after our summer break.\r\n\r\nReaders have been especially interested in the books about American wildlife and our national parks. Browsable nonfiction books like these are really popular with readers since they can flip through the pages of the books and easily engage with bits of information that interest them. Several teachers have mentioned how excited they are about the book America's Founding Myths...and What Really Happened. This book will be a useful resource for many of our social studies topics.\r\n\r\nThank you so much for helping us to bring new books about America in time for our country's 250th birthday! They will help to make this a memorable event for our school community.","fullyFundedDate":1779341539980,"projectUrl":"project/america-is-amazing/10284588/","projectTitle":"America is Amazing!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Tecler","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-1_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-tecler"},{"teacherId":8907541,"projectId":10225547,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting this project for our school's community of readers! Every year our readers look forward to diving in to the books selected as nominees for our state's student book award program, the Black-Eyed Susan Awards. They read, discuss, and respond to the books, then vote for their favorite in the spring.\r\n\r\nReaders were so excited to get a chance to get an early look at the selection of titles for the upcoming school year. From student reactions so far, it looks like Story Spinners will be one of the most popular graphic novels and Pocket Bear might be the front runner for favorite chapter book. \r\n\r\nWe're all looking forward to seeing which books are eventually named the award winners. Thank you again for helping our readers to participate in this annual tradition that builds community along with encouraging a love of reading.","fullyFundedDate":1777757250439,"projectUrl":"project/black-eyed-susan-books-build-a-community/10225547/","projectTitle":"Black-Eyed Susan Books Build a Community of Readers, Part 2","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Tecler","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-1_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-tecler"},{"teacherId":8907541,"projectId":10180221,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting this project for our school's community of learners and creators! The ChompSaw has generated so much excitement and creativity in our makerspace. Students can't wait to use it to bring their ideas to life. \r\n\r\nSo far we've focused on making cardboard creations, but will also be using fun foam and fabric with the tool. Students are mastering how to cut straight lines and are moving on to curves and more complex designs. We've had students create three dimensional boxes using pieces cut on the ChompSaw. Others are making intricate cut pieces. No matter what they are creating, students are building engineering and problem solving skills as they design, cut and assemble.\r\n\r\nThank you again for helping us to bring this tool to our school to encourage our students to build, create, engineer, and dream!","fullyFundedDate":1776483048041,"projectUrl":"project/chompsaw-creativity-loading/10180221/","projectTitle":"ChompSaw Creativity Loading!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Tecler","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-1_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-tecler"},{"teacherId":8907541,"projectId":10225426,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting this project for our school's community of readers. The Black-Eyed Susan book awards are a much anticipated event every school year, so we are happy to have copies of this year's picture book nominees already available for readers. \r\n\r\nThere are already a few front runners among this year's choices. Don't Trust Fish has been checked out constantly and has a long hold list of readers anxiously awaiting their turn to borrow the book. Our school's staff is excited about Hope in a Jar, which follows up other books by the author and supports social emotional learning.\r\n\r\nWe're looking forward to reading, discussing, and enjoying the books throughout the upcoming school year. Thank you again for helping us to engage and grow a community of readers beginning in the earliest years in elementary school. It makes an impact!","fullyFundedDate":1777324099199,"projectUrl":"project/black-eyed-susan-books-build-a-community/10225426/","projectTitle":"Black-Eyed Susan Books Build a Community of Readers, Part 1","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Tecler","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-1_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-tecler"},{"teacherId":8907541,"projectId":10261639,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting this project for our school's community of readers and learners! Our students are so excited about these new how-to books.\r\n\r\nThe LEGO books have been borrowed so quickly that they haven't made their way to the makerspace yet. As soon as they went out on the shelves, readers snatched them up so they could take them to use when building with their own LEGO sets at home.\r\n\r\nThe drawing books have been a huge hit, too. Our students love watching the YouTube videos that Art for Kids Hub shares, so they were thrilled to see books that have similar style directions for making their own drawings. \r\n\r\nThese books will help our students grow as readers as they build their creativity and problem solving skills. Thank you so much for helping us to provide our readers with books that will build these important life skills!","fullyFundedDate":1778019118518,"projectUrl":"project/how-to-books-to-send-our-steam-skills-so/10261639/","projectTitle":"How-To Books to Send our STEAM Skills Soaring!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Tecler","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-1_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-tecler"},{"teacherId":8907541,"projectId":10252491,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting this project for our school's community of readers! They are so excited about these new books about animals. Our primary grade readers love reading books about animals. Books about cute baby animals are always hits, so those have already made their way into reader hands. Readers are also very interested in listening to the Tonie audiobook about whales. \r\n\r\nOne reader has been asking for a book about lions, so she was thrilled to be able to read the new lion book once it arrived. Readers are always looking for new animal battle series books, so those have had lots of interested readers, too.\r\n\r\nThank you again for helping us to bring high interest books to our school's readers to help them practice their reading skills and build their knowledge about the animal kingdom.","fullyFundedDate":1777919076684,"projectUrl":"project/animal-action/10252491/","projectTitle":"Animal Action","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Tecler","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-1_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-tecler"},{"teacherId":10346108,"projectId":10237987,"letterContent":"The Jory John books bring social-emotional learning to life in a way kindergarten students truly understand and enjoy. Through engaging stories, humor, and relatable characters, students learn about kindness, friendship, empathy, emotions, and problem-solving skills. These books help create meaningful classroom conversations while supporting emotional growth and positive behavior. They make SEL lessons fun, memorable, and accessible for young learners building confidence and strong relationships every day.","fullyFundedDate":1778360965218,"projectUrl":"project/growing-minds-with-food-themed-fun/10237987/","projectTitle":"Growing Minds with Food-Themed Fun!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Moradel","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10346108_orig.png?crop=1024,1024,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1762571322324","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/missmoradel"},{"teacherId":8907541,"projectId":10241011,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting this project for our schools' community of readers! Since these books were all specifically requested by our readers, they've been flying off of our bookshelves. Readers were thrilled to see that the books they asked for have arrived at our school and they've been sharing the news with each other about the latest books in their favorite series. \r\n\r\nThe Spy School graphic novel already has a long list of readers waiting to read it. The latest book in the Jurassic Jeff series has created interest in reading the first two books. Our youngest readers are squealing in delight over Dog Vs. Strawberry and the latest Mo Willems pigeon book, It's My Bird-Day.\r\n\r\nThank you so much for helping us to show our readers that their voice matters and is heard when selecting reading materials. This makes such a difference in student attitudes about reading and helps to grow lifelong readers.","fullyFundedDate":1777847056690,"projectUrl":"project/i-put-it-on-the-we-need-this-book-list/10241011/","projectTitle":"I Put It on the \"We Need This Book\" List!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Tecler","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-1_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-tecler"},{"teacherId":8907541,"projectId":10233078,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your support for this project for our school's community of readers! These books have already generated tremendous excitement about reading in so many students.\r\n\r\nThe Babysitters Club and Hooky graphic novels are already making their way through our fourth and fifth grade graphic novel fans. Seeing the distinctive cover art of Ape Escape on the shelf brought cheers from a group of fifth grade boys who can't get enough of the FunJungle book series. Of course, the manga version of Captain Underpants has lots of fans, too! My personal favorite might be the picture book The Whale's Tale and the Otter's Side of the Story. This one's so clever! \r\n\r\nThere's definitely something for just about every reader at our school in this collection of books. I know our readers will continue to enjoy these books for a long time. Thank you again for helping us to spread book joy throughout our school community.","fullyFundedDate":1777730299354,"projectUrl":"project/our-we-need-this-book-list-is-growing/10233078/","projectTitle":"Our \"We Need This Book\" List is Growing!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Tecler","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-1_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-tecler"},{"teacherId":10346108,"projectId":10231692,"letterContent":"Summer buckets filled with STEM toys give kids hands-on opportunities to explore, create, and problem-solve while staying engaged during break. These activities build critical thinking, teamwork, creativity, and confidence through play. STEM buckets help prevent summer learning loss by encouraging curiosity in science, technology, engineering, and math in a fun and exciting way. Students develop fine motor, communication, and social skills while discovering that learning can be interactive and enjoyable.","fullyFundedDate":1778521251355,"projectUrl":"project/sunshine-steam-buckets-for-bright-minds/10231692/","projectTitle":"Sunshine STEAM Buckets for Bright Minds","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Moradel","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10346108_orig.png?crop=1024,1024,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1762571322324","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/missmoradel"},{"teacherId":8907541,"projectId":10203998,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting this project for our school's crochet club. The materials will help our students serve our school community by making crochet fidget toys using hair clips, marbles, and beads within their creations. We've already gotten started on creating! Students are learning how to make simple crochet pieces that they're filling with polyfill, then adding a hairclip that will bend back and forth as the \"fidget\" element. They are so excited about this endeavor!\r\n\r\nThis project is helping club members to learn life skills like how to crochet and sew as they are offering a tool for self regulation for the larger school community. We are greatly appreciative of your support for this initiative to serve and enhance our school community at multiple levels.","fullyFundedDate":1777400997397,"projectUrl":"project/crocheting-for-kindness-and-calm/10203998/","projectTitle":"Crocheting for Kindness and Calm","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Tecler","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-1_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-tecler"},{"teacherId":9622223,"projectId":9906985,"letterContent":"Thank you so, so much for your generosity in helping to fund my project! My students had the time of their life making bracelets as a STEAM activity in our music class. Students learned about the Rondo form in music, ABACA, which teaches students how they can create three different sections of music and combine it. Students practiced as a class to perform, create, and share their rondo creations using rhythms, instruments, and body percussion. \r\n\r\n As a creative way to end our Rondo unit, students then got to create their own rondo friendship bracelet using supplies from this donors choose project. Students got to pick three different bead colors to symbolize the three sections of rondo music, as well as the letter beads A B A C A and then got to create their own bracelet. \r\n\r\nStudents LOVED the opportunity to create this project and I cannot thank you enough for funding this project. They still proudly wear their bracelets when they come to \r\nmusic. Thank you so much for making a positive impact on my classroom, learners, and community.","fullyFundedDate":1770818459131,"projectUrl":"project/weaving-musical-wonders-a-makerspace-ex/9906985/","projectTitle":"Weaving Musical Wonders: A Makerspace Experience to Teach Music","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Virginia Davis","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9622223_orig.jpg?crop=1008,1008,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1748975227229","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9622223"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_56201","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":485,"numTeachers":38,"percentFrplEligible":65,"percentAsian":10,"percentBlack":46,"percentWhite":8,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":29,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":0,"percentMultiracialImputed":3,"gradesServed":"Pre-K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"12.8:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"SUBURBAN","ncesMetroType":"SUBURB_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":39.6,"schoolId":56201,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Dr Charles Drew Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Dr Charles Drew Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/maryland/montgomery-county-public-schools/dr-charles-drew-elementary-school/56201"}