{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Durant Road Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":23.7,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":6906018,"projectId":10233700,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to my Donors Choose project \"Reading and Music, A Perfect Combo\". My students have already enjoyed reading many of the books and will enjoy them even more in the coming years.\r\n\r\nI use books in my music class as lessons or to accompany lessons. Many of the stories we turn into soundscapes with the addition of instrument sounds. We learn about history through the biographies of musicians and dancers. I also love that so many of the books are inspirational stories about real people who have overcome oppression to fulfill their musical dreams! These are stories that my students who live in difficult situations need to hear!\r\n\r\nAgain, your generosity is deeply appreciated by my students and me!","fullyFundedDate":1778277132465,"projectUrl":"project/reading-and-music-a-perfect-combo/10233700/","projectTitle":"Reading and Music! A Perfect Combo!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Toelly","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6906018_orig.jpg?crop=716,716,x281,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1623947322600","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6906018"},{"teacherId":9160416,"projectId":10123091,"letterContent":"The phonics games are helping students strengthen foundational reading skills such as letter recognition, identifying letter sounds, decoding simple words, and blending sounds together to read with confidence. They are also encouraging students to work together, take turns, problem solve, and support one another during learning activities. I have already seen growth in both their reading abilities and their confidence as learners. Many students who were previously hesitant to participate are now excited to engage and practice their skills.\r\n\r\nYour kindness and generosity are making a meaningful difference in our kindergarten classroom and helping create a positive, supportive learning environment where students can grow academically and socially. Thank you again for supporting our students and investing in their success. We are so grateful for your thoughtful donation and the impact it is having on our classroom each and every day!","fullyFundedDate":1772378464032,"projectUrl":"project/small-group-play/10123091/","projectTitle":"Small Group & Play","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Johnston","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-9_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9160416"},{"teacherId":4548095,"projectId":10208507,"letterContent":"When I first had the idea for \"Unlikely Friends in Children's Literature,\" I had no idea how many pairs of unlikely friends I was about to meet in children's books! I knew, of course, about Elephant and Piggie as well as Frog and Toad. But now I know there are so many more! Waffles and Pancake, Pizza and Taco, Monkey and Cake, to name just a few. \r\nMy students love reading about these friendships. Hopefully, reading about what friends go through will help some of them become better friends.\r\nThank you for building into the literary lives of my young readers! Thank you for helping me for helping me make my library collection a little more up to date, and a little more fun for our readers.\r\nYour generosity is greatly appreciated!","fullyFundedDate":1778156894021,"projectUrl":"project/unlikely-friends-in-childrens-literatur/10208507/","projectTitle":"Unlikely Friends In Children's Literature","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. McKey","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4548095_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1771243029782","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/dan-mckey"},{"teacherId":5097876,"projectId":10216745,"letterContent":"Thank you again for funding this project. All of these resources will be put to use during the upcoming school year and possibly before for some items. For example, my current 5 minute sand timer has been damaged so the new one will be put to use straight away. \r\n\r\nNext school year, the Pete the cat buttons will be used to write the children's name and birthdate on which will then be put on the birthday display. The shoes will have a child's name written on them and then attached to the door used to enter our classroom. \r\n\r\nThe birthday hats, certificate, and pencil will be given to each child on their birthday to make it a memorable one in kindergarten. \r\n\r\nThanks again","fullyFundedDate":1778516208430,"projectUrl":"project/classroom-supplies/10216745/","projectTitle":"Classroom Supplies","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Santelli","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5097876_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1657576255958","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-rogers1"},{"teacherId":4548095,"projectId":10017802,"letterContent":"The National Geographic books have been a hit in our library! National Geographic does such a wonderful job creating quality informational books for kids. We are very blessed to be able to add all of these to our library collection.\r\nAs a librarian, I am constantly looking for ways to upgrade the collection, and this project really helped me update some of our nonfiction areas of need. \r\nI like that the books provide information that can be read and understood by 4th and 5th graders, but the pictures are so intriguing, that even Kindergarten students want to check them out.\r\nThank you for helping me improve my library. Thank you for supporting the reading of my students. Thank you for being so generous.","fullyFundedDate":1772683289290,"projectUrl":"project/national-geographic-books-for-our-younge/10017802/","projectTitle":"National Geographic Books for Our Youngest Readers","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. McKey","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4548095_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1771243029782","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/dan-mckey"},{"teacherId":5097876,"projectId":10118142,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generosity and support in funding our classroom project. Because of your kindness, our kindergarten students now have access to much-needed underwear and socks. At this age, accidents and unexpected situations happen, and having these essential items readily available helps preserve each child's dignity, comfort, and confidence throughout the school day.\r\n\r\nYour donation does more than provide clothing—it creates a safe and caring environment where children can focus on learning, playing, and growing without embarrassment or worry. It also allows us, as educators, to respond quickly and compassionately to our students' needs.","fullyFundedDate":1772550289277,"projectUrl":"project/kindergarten-essentials-underwear-and-s/10118142/","projectTitle":"Kindergarten Essentials: Underwear and Socks!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Santelli","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5097876_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1657576255958","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-rogers1"},{"teacherId":5097876,"projectId":10087553,"letterContent":"Thank you once again for funding this project. Already the Letterland decodable books have been put to use. We have read many of the books from the set. The children are enjoying reading the books and seeing the letterland characters appear in the books also. Their reading fluency is improving as we progress through the school year. The children enjoy reading decodable books that are of an appropriate level for them. We are now learning about word families and it is great that there are books specifically made to ensure the children have a rich text for supplement their whole group instruction. Once again, thank you","fullyFundedDate":1773073187680,"projectUrl":"project/project-4-letterland-decodable-books/10087553/","projectTitle":"Project #4: Letterland Decodable Books","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Santelli","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5097876_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1657576255958","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-rogers1"},{"teacherId":5097876,"projectId":10037907,"letterContent":"Thank you once again for funding this project. Already the Letterland decodable books have been put to use. We have read many of the books from the set. The children are enjoying reading the books and seeing the letterland characters appear in the books also. Their reading fluency is improving as we progress through the school year. The children enjoy reading decodable books that are of an appropriate level for them. We are now learning about word families and it is great that there are books specifically made to ensure the children have a rich text for supplement their whole group instruction. Once again, thank you","fullyFundedDate":1770393726941,"projectUrl":"project/project-2-letterland-decodable-books/10037907/","projectTitle":"Project #2: Letterland Decodable Books","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Santelli","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5097876_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1657576255958","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-rogers1"},{"teacherId":4548095,"projectId":10137010,"letterContent":"Thank you for your support of this project! Because of you, we were able to purchase dozens of excellent new books for our library. As a fairly new librarian, I am doing all I can to find ways to improve our library collection, since so many of our books are outdated. DonorsChoose has really helped!\r\nMany of my older students are caught up in the series called \"Wings of Fire.\" This series was recently released in a graphic novel format. It is my hope that many students will be drawn to the graphic novels first, but will then graduate to read the original novels. We were also able to purchase an art book that teaches how to draw Wings of Fire pictures.\r\nWe were also able to build up areas of nonfiction with several new Science Comics books. These books are graphic novel books that teach about various topics such as cars, frogs, or rocks and minerals. Because kids love graphic novels, they are drawn to these books. But they can learn so much information from them. I love it!\r\nThank you for helping me make my library a more exciting place of reading!","fullyFundedDate":1773843290346,"projectUrl":"project/we-love-books/10137010/","projectTitle":"We Love Books!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. McKey","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4548095_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1771243029782","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/dan-mckey"},{"teacherId":4548095,"projectId":10157402,"letterContent":"Wow! These nonfiction books are amazing! I have started showing them to students as their classes come to the library, and the students are really excited to start reading them.\r\nThank you so much for allowing me to build up some weak sections of our library collection. \r\nI think I am most excited about a series called \"Medical School for Kids.\" Our future doctors and nurses are going love reading Cardiology for Kids, Anesthesiology for Kids, and even Gastroenterology for Kids. I have had a former nurse take a look at the books and she was impressed. They are written on a 3rd grade level, but there was plenty of information that was new to me. At my age, I need to make sure we have plenty of good doctors and nurses ready to go in the future. These books may get some of our students inspired to head to medical school.\r\nI also love a series of physical science books including Matter and Energy. \r\nAnother series that children are going to love if they can stop giggling is from Picture Book Science. It is all about animal adaptations, and includes titles like Spit Nests, Puke Power, and other Brilliant Bird Adaptations. \r\nMany of my students would read only graphic novels if we let them. But these exciting new nonfiction books are catching their attention. Thank you so much!","fullyFundedDate":1773858971507,"projectUrl":"project/non-fiction-addiction/10157402/","projectTitle":"Non-fiction Addiction!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. McKey","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4548095_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1771243029782","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/dan-mckey"},{"teacherId":4548095,"projectId":10035624,"letterContent":"My students were very excited when I showed them all these new soccer books. Now it is hard to keep these books on the shelves! I like that we were able to get a variety of soccer books at a variety of reading levels. So I can have Kindergarten students and 5th graders enjoying some of these books. Plus, some of the books are informational, while others are sports stories.\r\nI am hoping that some of my reluctant readers that love soccer will be drawn into reading these books and will start to develop a love of reading. \r\nThank you for helping me build up a weak spot in my library collection. Most of my soccer books before this project were pretty old, but students were still checking them out. Now we have brand new books. I like the phrase, \"Nothing but the best books for our kids.\" Thank you for helping make this happen.\r\nI will keep working at building up weak sections of our library. I don't get a lot of money allotted to purchasing new books each year. So DonorsChoose has really helped me get more books, and the students are loving them.\r\nThank you so much for giving my students these books!","fullyFundedDate":1773833115927,"projectUrl":"project/goooooooooooooal-soccer-books-for-kids/10035624/","projectTitle":"Goooooooooooooal! Soccer Books for Kids!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. McKey","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4548095_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1771243029782","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/dan-mckey"},{"teacherId":4548095,"projectId":9860461,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting this STEM and Lego project! My students love learning with Lego, and I have seen them grow in their skills.\r\nThis project involved building four new Lego sets. We have completed the Minerals Collection and it is being displayed in the library, right on my desk presently. A girl who was celebrating Ramadan came to the library over her lunch period and worked on this set. She was so excited when she got it done. I took a picture of her with the set and sent it to her mother who was also very excited.\r\nThe hibiscus flowers look amazing, and they are also being displayed in the library.\r\nThe pirate ship is over halfway done. The students working on that one hit a snag and couldn't figure out the next step. (Some of these really are pretty difficult.) I am helping them keep going.\r\nThe castle is partly finished. I am guessing we will complete this one in a few weeks. This will look really good in the library. \r\nI love watching students work, problem-solve, and collaborate together on these sets. Thank you so much!","fullyFundedDate":1771028771602,"projectUrl":"project/building-engineering-and-social-skills-t/9860461/","projectTitle":"Building Engineering and Social Skills through LEGO","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. McKey","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4548095_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1771243029782","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/dan-mckey"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_1824","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":567,"numTeachers":51,"percentFrplEligible":62,"percentAsian":2,"percentBlack":29,"percentWhite":34,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":28,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":0,"percentMultiracialImputed":3,"gradesServed":"K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"11.1:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":76.3,"schoolId":1824,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Durant Road Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Durant Road Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/north-carolina/wake-county-public-school-system/durant-road-elementary-school/1824"}