{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"East Side Community School","outOfStateSupporters":36.4,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":10374612,"projectId":9945148,"letterContent":"On behalf of the entire East Side Community School family, I want to express our deepest gratitude for your incredible generosity in bringing our \"West Indies Journey\" project to life. This trip marks a monumental milestone in our school's history, and your support ensures that our students are not just traveling, but are arriving fully prepared and supported. By providing the snacks and materials needed for our after-school planning and fundraising sessions, you've created a space where our students feel fueled and valued as they work toward this life-changing goal.\r\n\r\nThe addition of the instant camera and film is a particularly special gift that has sparked so much excitement. For many of our students, this journey represents their first time stepping outside their immediate community, and having a tangible way to capture the landscapes and faces of the West Indies is invaluable. These photos will be more than just keepsakes; they will be the primary tools for our students to share their growth and newfound perspectives with their peers and families once they return home.\r\n\r\nYour investment in our students goes far beyond the physical supplies. You are sending a powerful message to our young travelers that their dreams are worth supporting and that the world is open to them. This experience will undoubtedly shape their academic paths and career aspirations for years to come. Thank you for believing in our students and for helping us turn this historic opportunity into a reality.","fullyFundedDate":1765089424069,"projectUrl":"project/capturing-our-first-journey-to-the-west/9945148/","projectTitle":"Capturing Our First Journey to the West Indies!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Sancia","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-7_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10374612"},{"teacherId":10374612,"projectId":10040672,"letterContent":"On behalf of the entire East Side Community School family, I want to express our deepest gratitude for your incredible generosity in bringing our \"West Indies Journey\" project to life. This trip marks a monumental milestone in our school's history, and your support ensures that our students are not just traveling, but are arriving fully prepared and supported. By providing the snacks and materials needed for our after-school planning and fundraising sessions, you've created a space where our students feel fueled and valued as they work toward this life-changing goal.\r\n\r\nThe addition of the instant camera and film is a particularly special gift that has sparked so much excitement. For many of our students, this journey represents their first time stepping outside their immediate community, and having a tangible way to capture the landscapes and faces of the West Indies is invaluable. These photos will be more than just keepsakes; they will be the primary tools for our students to share their growth and newfound perspectives with their peers and families once they return home.\r\n\r\nYour investment in our students goes far beyond the physical supplies. You are sending a powerful message to our young travelers that their dreams are worth supporting and that the world is open to them. This experience will undoubtedly shape their academic paths and career aspirations for years to come. Thank you for believing in our students and for helping us turn this historic opportunity into a reality.","fullyFundedDate":1768935090439,"projectUrl":"project/capturing-our-first-journey-to-the-west/10040672/","projectTitle":"Capturing Our First Journey to the West Indies! Part II","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Sancia","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-7_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10374612"},{"teacherId":6641915,"projectId":9765068,"letterContent":"I am so grateful to you for your generous support. My students' photographic experience will be much richer with this new camera. Often, our young photographers must use their phones or older, lower quality cameras. When they have access to higher quality DSLR cameras like these Canon Rebels, it makes a huge difference in their understanding of photographic principles like exposure, and their understanding of the nature they are documenting. The quality of their images increases as well as their experience closely observing, documenting and understanding the nature they encounter everyday in their community garden and neighborhood.\r\n\r\nI couldn't do this without community support. We just don't get the funds we need to provide the kind of learning experience our young people deserve. Thank you so much for making up the difference.","fullyFundedDate":1768668672832,"projectUrl":"project/support-the-vision-of-young-photographer/9765068/","projectTitle":"Support the Vision of Young Photographers","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Klonsky","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6641915_orig.jpg?crop=2862,2862,x120,y10&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1695746546674","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6641915"},{"teacherId":9570832,"projectId":9996844,"letterContent":"We are so grateful for your generous support of our project! Thanks to your contributions, our iPads will stay protected and fully charged for daily use. The screen protectors and charging station are already making a difference—our devices are safer, more organized, and always ready for learning.\r\n\r\nYour donation ensures that students can dive into reading, research, and collaboration without interruption. These tools not only extend the life of our technology but also help students build responsibility as they care for shared classroom resources.\r\n\r\nThank you for believing in our students and for helping create a classroom where technology enhances discovery, creativity, and growth every single day.","fullyFundedDate":1769279446018,"projectUrl":"project/keeping-our-classroom-ipads-safe-charge/9996844/","projectTitle":"Keeping Our Classroom iPads Safe, Charged, and Ready to Learn","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Jose Perez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9570832_orig.jpg?crop=2593,2593,x1384,y147&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1731268512344","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9570832"},{"teacherId":9570832,"projectId":9868153,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support of our project! Because of you, our classroom now has the iPad screen protectors and charging station needed to keep our donated devices safe, organized, and ready for learning each day.\r\n\r\nYour kindness is already making a difference. Our students are positively benefiting from using iPads for reading, research, collaboration, and hearing fluent reading modeled. Listening to fluent reading helps build their confidence, strengthen comprehension, and develop important literacy skills while keeping our devices SAFE! . Thanks to you, they can continue accessing these meaningful learning opportunities without interruption.\r\n\r\nThe screen protectors will help safeguard our devices from damage, ensuring they last for years to come. The charging station keeps everything organized and fully powered, saving valuable instructional time and teaching students responsibility for shared classroom resources. Most importantly, your generosity ensures that both current and future students will have the opportunity to use these devices safely and successfully.\r\n\r\nWe are truly grateful for your investment in our students' education. Your support goes beyond materials — it shows our students that people believe in them and care about their success.","fullyFundedDate":1767637995935,"projectUrl":"project/listen-learn-and-read-building-fluent/9868153/","projectTitle":"Listen, Learn, and Read: Building Fluent Readers","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Jose Perez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9570832_orig.jpg?crop=2593,2593,x1384,y147&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1731268512344","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9570832"},{"teacherId":9570832,"projectId":9854756,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our classroom! We truly appreciate it!\r\n\r\nThe speaker and iPad cases allow students to actively engage with reading in a way that supports fluency and confidence. Students can clearly hear modeled reading, phonics practice, and fluency passages, which helps them improve pronunciation, pacing, and expression. The iPad cases make the devices easy and safe for students to handle independently, allowing them to practice reading skills more frequently and with greater focus.","fullyFundedDate":1764605304112,"projectUrl":"project/level-up-literacy-building-reading-skil/9854756/","projectTitle":"Level Up Literacy: Building Reading Skills Through Game Creation","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Jose Perez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9570832_orig.jpg?crop=2593,2593,x1384,y147&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1731268512344","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9570832"},{"teacherId":6169668,"projectId":9796310,"letterContent":"I am writing to express my deepest gratitude for your generous donation towards our new reading space. This incredible gift is already making a profound difference in the lives of the students, and I want to share the tremendous impact it is having on their academic and personal growth.\r\nThe new reading space has become a sanctuary for my students—a place where they can engage in the quiet reflection and focused reading that is so vital to their development. Your donation has transformed what was once an underutilized area into a vibrant, welcoming environment. The calming atmosphere, comfortable seating and decor have created a space that fosters a love for reading and learning. This space serves as a quiet retreat away from the hustle of daily school life, offering them an opportunity to unwind, reflect, and escape into the world of literature. Even the classroom staff enjoys using the space, and building staff who enter our classroom always comment on it with excitement and appreciation. One of my students really struggles with staying focused while reading, was overjoyed when he first saw the space. \r\nThank you again for making this possible. Your commitment to supporting education and empowering students is truly inspiring. By cultivating a love of reading, you are laying the foundation for academic success, critical thinking, and personal growth that will stay with them for years to come. The skills they develop here will serve them in their future academic endeavors, professional careers, and personal lives. I am deeply grateful for your generosity, and I am excited to continue seeing the positive effects of the reading space on students' lives.","fullyFundedDate":1760449956677,"projectUrl":"project/fall-ing-in-love-with-reading/9796310/","projectTitle":"Fall-ing in Love With Reading","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Matulock","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6169668_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1759806857649","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6169668"},{"teacherId":9570832,"projectId":9841398,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your support! With the Polaroid camera and film you helped provide, students will capture candid moments of collaboration, cultural exchange, and friendship. These photos will become lasting keepsakes that help tell the story of empathy, leadership, and global citizenship.\r\n\r\nIt empowers our students to lead with kindness, develop cultural awareness, and build relationships beyond their own community. These are lessons they will carry with them for years to come and proudly share with others. Thank you for believing in our students and in the power of service, connection, and compassion. We are deeply grateful for your support.","fullyFundedDate":1763999985780,"projectUrl":"project/students-lead-kindness-initiative-from-b/9841398/","projectTitle":"Students Lead Kindness Initiative From Barbados Back To NYC","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Jose Perez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9570832_orig.jpg?crop=2593,2593,x1384,y147&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1731268512344","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9570832"},{"teacherId":9576707,"projectId":9783962,"letterContent":"Thank you so much once again for helping me get some extra Chromebooks for my classroom. More and more computers are falling apart every day since the school got them in the pandemic and we can't fix many of those anymore. It's been incredibly helpful having these Chromebooks to ensure that everyone who needs one to work on a longer writing assignment, a research project, or a more creative project is able to have one. \r\nKids have been feeling really grateful for these new Chromebooks as not having enough working Chromebooks had often led them to feel frustrated.","fullyFundedDate":1760267962643,"projectUrl":"project/chromebooks-for-students-with-ieps/9783962/","projectTitle":"Chromebooks for Students With IEPs","teacherDisplayName":"Mx. Mayu","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9576707_orig.jpg?crop=547,547,x120,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1759342410989","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9576707"},{"teacherId":6641915,"projectId":9727429,"letterContent":"I am so grateful to you for your generous support. My students' photographic experience will be much richer with these new SD cards. Our old cards or missing cards have made it so hard to reliably photograph and store their images. It's heartbreaking when a student has made an incredible image just to have it lost to a corrupted card. Now that we can confidently store their images, my students' own confidence and motivation has increased. \r\n\r\nFor many of my students coming from under-resourced middle schools, it's their first time creating a meaningful photograph image with a piece of professional photographic equipment. It is a transformative experience for all of us! From the classroom to the street to their homes, my photography students see their world in a new way, and we are so lucky they share their images with us! The new SD cards are a vital piece to this magic!\r\n\r\nI couldn't do this without community support. We just don't get the funds we need to provide the kind of learning experience our young people deserve. Thank you so much for making up the difference.","fullyFundedDate":1758898894243,"projectUrl":"project/support-the-vision-of-our-young-photogra/9727429/","projectTitle":"Support the Vision of our Young Photographers!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Klonsky","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6641915_orig.jpg?crop=2862,2862,x120,y10&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1695746546674","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6641915"},{"teacherId":6641915,"projectId":9687659,"letterContent":"I am so grateful to you for your generous support. My students were so excited to hear that they had a new Canon Rebel DSLR cameras coming to our classroom. My students used the new equipment to closely observe, document and understand the nature they encounter in our community garden, with our street trees and on the science bird watching field trip. Their storytelling and observational skills became more dynamic and powerful with the new higher quality equipment. There is nothing better than seeing a young person looking through a camera's viewfinder, knowing that people care about what they see.\r\n\r\nFor many of my students coming from under-resourced middle schools, it's their first time creating a meaningful photograph with a piece of professional photographic equipment. It is a transformative experience for all of us! From the classroom to the street to their homes, my photography students see their world in a new way.\r\n\r\nI couldn't do this without community support. We just don't get the funds we need to provide the kind of learning experience our young people deserve. Thank you so much for making up the difference.","fullyFundedDate":1757539538964,"projectUrl":"project/grow-young-wildlife-photographers/9687659/","projectTitle":"Grow Young Wildlife Photographers!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Klonsky","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6641915_orig.jpg?crop=2862,2862,x120,y10&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1695746546674","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6641915"},{"teacherId":1164279,"projectId":9311256,"letterContent":"It is such a special opportunity to provide people with new, \"exactly-what-they-want\" materials for projects. When we unveiled the new yarn and needles to the Community Knitting participants, it was so fun to see smiles and excitement about the new projects that they could make!\r\nWe are enjoying working with students, families & siblings of our students on knitting. They are helping one another, inspiring each others' projects, and encouraging more students and families to knit.\r\nHaving a creative outlet is so important, and your donation has made this program possible. 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