{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Edward R Taylor Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":17.7,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":10543186,"projectId":10362206,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support of our classroom self-regulation project! The new social-emotional learning books have been a wonderful addition to our 3rd–5th grade special education classroom. These books introduce important skills such as recognizing and naming emotions, practicing empathy, understanding different perspectives, and learning healthy ways to manage big feelings. Through relatable characters and everyday situations, my students are learning about kindness, friendship, problem-solving, and calming strategies they can use when feeling frustrated, overwhelmed, or upset.\r\n\r\nReading in our classroom is interactive, visual, and adapted to meet the diverse learning needs of my students. During our read-alouds and community circle time, we use pictures, guided questions, and real-life examples to help students connect the stories to their own experiences. Some students participate by answering questions or sharing personal connections, while others communicate by pointing to pictures, identifying emotions, or using gestures. We also practice the lessons from our books through role-playing, modeling, and daily classroom interactions.\r\n\r\nThanks to your generosity, these books are helping us build a classroom community where students feel safe, included, and understood. They provide meaningful opportunities for my students to develop emotional awareness, strengthen relationships, and become more confident in expressing their needs. We are so grateful for your kindness and for helping our Room #31 students grow both socially and emotionally! 💛\r\n\r\nWith heartfelt gratitude,\r\nMs. Ana and Room #311","fullyFundedDate":1783624365500,"projectUrl":"project/try-to-self-regulate-and-youll-feel-gr/10362206/","projectTitle":"Try to Self-Regulate, and You'll Feel Great!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Rodriguez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10543186_orig.png?crop=1062,1062,x0,y10&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1783225441613","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10543186"},{"teacherId":10109755,"projectId":10558743,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our project, Creating, Connecting, and Growing Through Crafts! Our little learners had so much fun painting, coloring, cutting, and creating their own masterpieces. These activities help develop fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, creativity, and imagination while giving children a chance to express themselves and feel proud of their work. Your generosity brings fun, creativity, and meaningful learning experiences to our Pre-K classroom. Thank you for helping our little learners grow through art and play! ❤️","fullyFundedDate":1793195210665,"projectUrl":"project/creating-connecting-and-growing-throug/10558743/","projectTitle":"Creating, Connecting, and Growing Through Halloween Crafts","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Tiffany","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10109755"},{"teacherId":10109755,"projectId":10667517,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generosity in providing our classroom with the Heavy-Duty Easy-Stack Cots and cot clips! These new cots replace our old, worn-out, and broken cots, helping us create a cleaner, safer, and more comfortable resting environment for our Pre-K students.\r\n\r\nHaving sturdy, easy-to-clean cots helps us maintain better hygiene and safety during nap time while ensuring our children have a comfortable place to rest and recharge for the rest of their school day. We truly appreciate your kindness and support in helping us provide a healthier and more welcoming classroom for our little learners.","fullyFundedDate":1793195226113,"projectUrl":"project/replacement-of-old-worn-and-broken-pre/10667517/","projectTitle":"Replacement of Old, Worn, and Broken PreK Nap Cots","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Tiffany","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10109755"},{"teacherId":10109755,"projectId":10406962,"letterContent":"A Big Thank You from Our Little Learners! ❤️\r\n\r\nThank you from the bottom of our hearts for your kindness and generosity in providing our Pre-K classroom with new Heavy-Duty Easy-Stack Cots and a cot carrier! Your donation means so much to us and, most importantly, to our little learners.\r\n\r\nOur old cots were worn out, and some were broken, so these new cots are truly a wonderful blessing for our classroom. They will give our children a clean, safe, and comfortable place to rest during nap time. Having sturdy, easy-to-clean cots also helps us maintain better hygiene and keep our little ones safe and healthy.\r\n\r\nNap time is an important part of our young children's day. A comfortable place to rest helps them recharge, so they can wake up refreshed and ready to learn, play, and explore!\r\n\r\nThank you for thinking of our little learners and helping us create a healthier, safer, and more comfortable classroom. Your generosity makes a difference in their everyday lives, and we are truly grateful for your support! ❤️","fullyFundedDate":1793195160505,"projectUrl":"project/rest-easy-learn-better-new-hygienic-co/10406962/","projectTitle":"Rest Easy, Learn Better: New Hygienic Cots for Rest Time","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Tiffany","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10109755"},{"teacherId":10109755,"projectId":10486493,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generosity and for supporting the creativity of our little artists! Your kindness will help replenish our classroom art center with exciting materials that our Pre-K students can use to paint, create, explore, and bring their imaginations to life.\r\n\r\nFor our young learners, art is about so much more than making a picture. It is about building confidence, making choices, trying new things, and discovering the joy of creating something all their own.\r\n\r\nThank you for believing in our little learners and helping them shine, one masterpiece at a time!","fullyFundedDate":1793195224390,"projectUrl":"project/help-our-pre-k-artists-create-explore/10486493/","projectTitle":"Help Our Pre-K Artists Create, Explore, and Shine!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Tiffany","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10109755"},{"teacherId":10109755,"projectId":10677546,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support in providing pogo sticks and a basketball hoop for our Pre-K classroom! My students have so much energy, and they have been absolutely loving these new opportunities to move, play, and explore their gross motor skills.\r\n\r\nThe pogo sticks help children practice balance, coordination, and body control, while the basketball hoop encourages them to practice throwing, aiming, and hand-eye coordination. These activities also help build confidence, perseverance, and social skills as the children take turns, encourage one another, and celebrate their successes.\r\n\r\nYour generosity has made physical activity even more exciting and engaging for our young learners. Thank you for helping us create a fun, active learning environment where our children can grow, learn, and develop through play. We are so grateful for your kindness and support!","fullyFundedDate":1790363986278,"projectUrl":"project/wiggles-to-wisdom-active-pre-k-learners/10677546/","projectTitle":"Wiggles to Wisdom: Active Pre-K Learners","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Tiffany","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10109755"},{"teacherId":5368613,"projectId":10462005,"letterContent":"We are incredibly grateful to our generous donors for providing building toys for our students. The addition of Magna-Tiles has been fantastic and has opened up so many new possibilities for creative play and learning in our classroom. Our students can now build much larger, more imaginative structures, including cities, tall skyscrapers, homes, bridges, and other exciting creations. Using the whiteboard as a building surface has made the experience even more engaging. The children are excited to come together, share their ideas, and see their imagination come to life through hands-on building.\r\n\r\nWhat makes these materials especially meaningful is the way they encourage our students to work together. Instead of building alone, the children naturally gather around the Magna-Tiles, discussing what they want to create, sharing pieces, solving problems, and helping one another. One child may begin a building while another adds a new section, and soon they are creating an entire city together. Through this process, they are developing important skills such as communication, cooperation, problem-solving, planning, and perseverance. They are also learning that everyone's ideas have value. Watching the children negotiate, encourage one another, and celebrate their finished creations has been a wonderful reminder that play is a powerful way to build relationships and a strong classroom community.\r\n\r\nMost importantly, these building toys have helped create a special feeling of community and family within our classroom. Our students are learning that they can accomplish more when they work together, just as a family supports one another. Their shared buildings have become more than just structures—they have become opportunities to connect, laugh, communicate, and learn from each other. Thank you for giving our students materials that inspire creativity while also bringing them closer together. Your generosity has made a meaningful difference in our classroom and has given our children a wonderful space to imagine, create, collaborate, and feel that they truly belong. We are so thankful for the role you have played in making these joyful learning experiences possible.","fullyFundedDate":1787283390094,"projectUrl":"project/bob-the-builder/10462005/","projectTitle":"Bob the Builder","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Lyons","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5368613_orig.jpg?crop=960,960,x0,y160&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1745517915738","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lyonslu"},{"teacherId":5368613,"projectId":10133891,"letterContent":"We are so grateful to our generous donors for providing the wonderful materials and toys that helped transform our PK kitchen area into something truly special! What was once a simple kitchen play space has become a cozy, inviting place where children can gather, pretend, talk, and enjoy being together. The addition of materials for our pretend coffee and tea shops has brought a whole new level of excitement and imagination into our classroom. Our children love pretending to be customers, baristas, servers, and shop owners while creating their own little café experiences. It has been amazing to watch their ideas grow as they decide what to \"serve,\" take orders, make drinks, and welcome their friends into their shop. These materials have helped turn our dramatic play area into a space that feels a little more \"grown up\" while still being perfectly suited for young children.\r\n\r\nOne of the most wonderful things about this transformation is that the kitchen area has become a place for children to sit and talk with one another. At this age, children are learning so much more than academics. They are learning how to communicate, listen, take turns, cooperate, solve problems, and build friendships. Our pretend coffee and tea shop naturally encourages these important social skills. Children have conversations about what they would like to order, practice using new vocabulary, and work together to create their own pretend menus and experiences. For our young learners, especially those who are developing their language skills, having a meaningful reason to talk makes such a difference. The café gives them opportunities to use language naturally while they are engaged in play. Sometimes the sweetest moments happen when several children simply sit together, sip their pretend tea, enjoy a pretend snack, and have a conversation just like the adults they see every day.\r\n\r\nThank you for helping us create a classroom environment where imagination, friendship, language, and learning come together so naturally. Your generosity has given our children materials that are not only fun, but also meaningful tools for learning and growing. The coffee and tea shop has quickly become a favorite gathering place in our classroom, and it has brought new life to our kitchen area. Instead of simply pretending to cook, our children can now create a whole experience—welcoming friends, serving drinks, sharing conversations, and building their own little community. We are incredibly thankful for your support and for believing that young children deserve beautiful, engaging materials that encourage them to explore the world around them. Your donations have helped make our classroom feel more welcoming, social, and imaginative, and we are so excited to see where our little café adventures take us next!","fullyFundedDate":1773687914510,"projectUrl":"project/glow-up/10133891/","projectTitle":"Glow Up","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Lyons","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5368613_orig.jpg?crop=960,960,x0,y160&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1745517915738","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lyonslu"},{"teacherId":10109755,"projectId":10204939,"letterContent":"The new cots have already made a wonderful difference in our Pre-K classroom! My students now have a comfortable, clean, and consistent place to rest during our daily rest time. Having individual cots helps create a calmer environment and gives each child their own special space to relax and recharge.\r\n\r\nWe are so grateful to our donors for helping provide these new cots. Your generosity has created a more comfortable and supportive classroom environment for our young learners. Thank you for investing in our students and helping them feel safe, cared for, and ready to learn each day!","fullyFundedDate":1789651093415,"projectUrl":"project/rest-easy-learn-better-new-hygienic-co/10204939/","projectTitle":"Rest Easy, Learn Better: New Hygienic Cots for Rest Time","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Tiffany","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10109755"},{"teacherId":5368613,"projectId":10076894,"letterContent":"On behalf of our entire early childhood classroom, I want to express our most sincere gratitude for your generous donations of all our wonderful kitchen essentials. Because of your kindness, our dramatic play and sensory spaces are fully equipped with real-world tools that invite our four-year-olds into a world of purposeful, hands-on learning. Your support has transformed our classroom into an engaging environment where every child feels welcomed, excited, and ready to dive into daily discovery.\r\n\r\nFor our four-year-olds, mastering fine motor skills is an absolute essential part of early development, and your kitchen essentials provide the perfect medium for this growth. Whether they are carefully gripping small spatulas, turning knobs, snapping lids into place, or pinching tiny \"ingredients\" to stir into pots, the children are constantly building critical hand strength, dexterity, and hand-eye coordination. Furthermore, the conversations happening around the kitchen are simply amazing. As the children bustle about cooking and serving pretend meals, they negotiate roles, share ideas, and engage in rich, collaborative storytelling that dramatically expands their expressive vocabulary and social confidence.\r\n\r\nThis vibrant, interactive space is especially vital for our second language learners. To help them thrive, it is essential that we offer a wide variety of low-pressure, highly visual areas where they can explore, connect, and learn naturally alongside their peers. The concrete actions of cooking, mixing, and role-playing bridge language gaps effortlessly, allowing children of all linguistic backgrounds to communicate through gestures, shared play, and joyful interaction. Thank you so much for investing in our students' growth, communication, and fine motor development—your generosity has truly made all the difference!","fullyFundedDate":1774963596931,"projectUrl":"project/hands-on-kitchen-fun/10076894/","projectTitle":"Hands-On Kitchen Fun","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Lyons","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5368613_orig.jpg?crop=960,960,x0,y160&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1745517915738","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lyonslu"},{"teacherId":5368613,"projectId":10205796,"letterContent":"On behalf of all the children and educators in our learning community, I want to express our deepest and most sincere gratitude for your generous support in funding our new indoor mud kitchen. Bringing the wonder, exploration, and hands-on discovery of the outdoors into our indoor learning space has completely transformed our daily curriculum. Thanks to your kindness, our classroom now features a permanent, accessible station where imagination knows no bounds, and rainy days or chilly weather can never stop our students from engaging in rich, sensory-driven play.\r\n\r\nThis magnificent addition is utilized in countless ways every single day, serving as the bustling heart of our classroom where fundamental social, emotional, and cognitive skills are built. Most notably, our students love to play chef, utilizing the space as an interactive kitchen where they whip up elaborate pretend feasts, measure out imaginary ingredients, and practice vital cooperation and communication skills by working together. Beyond cooking, the mud kitchen has become a dynamic laboratory for scientific inquiry and creative expression. The children actively mix, sift, and experiment with a wide variety of textures, blending earth, water, and loose parts to observe consistency, cause and effect, and viscosity. They also incorporate vibrant natural elements and safe pigments, turning their concoctions into colorful masterpieces and exploring color theory in the most hands-on, tactile way imaginable.\r\n\r\nYour generosity has provided much more than just a piece of classroom furniture; you have invested in joyful, meaningful experiences that foster curiosity, problem-solving, and a lifelong love of learning. Watching the children's faces light up as they discover the satisfying squish of mud, collaborate on a recipe, or marvel at a newly mixed shade of color is a constant reminder of the profound impact you have made. We are profoundly thankful for your partnership in our mission to provide the best possible environment for our students to grow, thrive, and explore. Thank you once again for making this incredible dream a reality for our young learners.","fullyFundedDate":1778060246018,"projectUrl":"project/the-great-indoor-mud-kitchen/10205796/","projectTitle":"The Great Indoor Mud Kitchen","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Lyons","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5368613_orig.jpg?crop=960,960,x0,y160&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1745517915738","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lyonslu"},{"teacherId":5368613,"projectId":10203181,"letterContent":"On behalf of all our students, I want to send a heartfelt thank you for your generous contribution of the new lap tables. These tables have made an immediate, wonderful difference during our large group lessons. Having a sturdy, dedicated workspace has transformed how our classroom functions, giving every student a comfortable and reliable surface no matter where they are seated in the room.\r\n\r\nThe impact on student focus and organization has been remarkable. During our instructional time, learners now have the personal space they need to keep their materials neatly arranged and easily accessible. Whether we are diving into hands-on activities, writing, or working through detailed skill-building exercises, having this dedicated space minimizes distractions and allows students to fully immerse themselves in the lesson being taught.\r\n\r\nYour kindness has created a more inclusive, productive, and welcoming learning environment for everyone. Because of your support, our students feel equipped and empowered to tackle new challenges every day. 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