{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Gardner Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":26.6,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":4627569,"projectId":9408376,"letterContent":"Students of all ages love to draw and mine are no different. My students were so excited to discover all the new books made possible by your donation.\r\n\r\nI loved being able to use all our new drawing resources to engage students based on their interests. A student was recently having a difficult time focusing during class, but was thrilled when I showed them our new architecture book. He has returned to the book multiple times over the course of the month and I do not doubt that it will influence his upcoming works.\r\n\r\nYour donation allowed me to purchase some of my favorite types of resources—those that will live on and have an impact on students for years to come!","fullyFundedDate":1758831955809,"projectUrl":"project/drawing-materials-to-inspire-future-desi/9408376/","projectTitle":"Drawing Materials to Inspire Future Designers, Architects, Illustrators, and More!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Rebecca","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4627569_orig.png?crop=312,312,x27,y19&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1722118136992","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/rebecca-arce"},{"teacherId":4627569,"projectId":9394505,"letterContent":"With our studio Paint Center fully stocked, my students were excited to start experimenting and begin work on their original artworks. They really liked being able to use some of the primary mixing colors to expand their knowledge of color theory.\r\n\r\nOne student in particular loved being able to make \"painted paper.\" She used layers of paint and tools to create vivid textures; giving her a perfect background to build a multi-media artwork that connected her identity to a love of the ocean.\r\n\r\nThank you so much for supporting the arts - your donation will continue to have an impact all year long!","fullyFundedDate":1758831955511,"projectUrl":"project/rainbows-of-color-to-inspire-young-paint/9394505/","projectTitle":"Rainbows of Color to Inspire Young Painters","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Rebecca","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4627569_orig.png?crop=312,312,x27,y19&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1722118136992","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/rebecca-arce"},{"teacherId":7412689,"projectId":9097792,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your support in funding our classroom table! We are so excited to have an incredible work space in our room. It has made all the difference in our small group instruction and allowed us to provide individualized support to each learner in our room. The students are thrilled to be able to write directly on our whiteboard table- there are shrieks of excitement every day for literacy small groups all because we get to use our special table. Thank you for facilitating this level of engagement and enthusiasm in our day. We are so thankful!","fullyFundedDate":1747435593319,"projectUrl":"project/table-tada/9097792/","projectTitle":"Table Tada!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Miller","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7412689_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1597096712895","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/chloe-miller"},{"teacherId":30339,"projectId":9439616,"letterContent":"This project is huge! It feels like our classroom had a big birthday party and received so many gifts. The resources in this project have added high-interest activities to our soft start morning bins and our afternoon choice time. The students have been so excited to use the new materials. \r\n\r\nThe rug with the map and toy wooden cars is a huge hit, as well as all of the various wooden blocks and stacking toys. I'm trying to get away from plastic where I can, so although the brain flakes are plastic, many of the materials in this project are not.\r\n\r\nThank you so much for your generosity!","fullyFundedDate":1757522079820,"projectUrl":"project/unlocking-imagination-through-play/9439616/","projectTitle":"Unlocking Imagination Through Play!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Janet","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp30339_orig.jpg?crop=1012,1012,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1754838534889","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-glazer"},{"teacherId":30339,"projectId":9318632,"letterContent":"As expected, filling the sand table with some of our new sand has been very well received by the students. I've had students ask me during other parts of the day when we could go back outside to play with sand again. The table has been a pretty crowded area for the past few days.\r\n\r\nPlaying with sand is great for 4-year-olds-- it fosters sensory development by introducing different textures, physical development through fine motor skills like sifting and scooping, and cognitive development by encouraging creativity, imagination, problem-solving, and language skills as they describe their creations and coordinate with others. \r\n\r\nThank you very much!","fullyFundedDate":1756174872478,"projectUrl":"project/sensory-sand/9318632/","projectTitle":"Sensory Sand","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Janet","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp30339_orig.jpg?crop=1012,1012,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1754838534889","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-glazer"},{"teacherId":30339,"projectId":9293919,"letterContent":"These new resources have been so much fun for us during this last month of school! We created sun catchers for Mother's Day-- the students were excited to choose which of the three (fish, butterfly, or bird) would be their mothers' favorite. We used the tissue paper squares to make colorful butterflies as decoration for the Spring Concert. And finally, the students have been using the snap robot sets daily during Choice Time. All of the resources have been a wonderful gift and we really appreciate your generosity.","fullyFundedDate":1745965012339,"projectUrl":"project/end-of-year-tk-fun/9293919/","projectTitle":"End of Year TK Fun","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Janet","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp30339_orig.jpg?crop=1012,1012,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1754838534889","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-glazer"},{"teacherId":1249957,"projectId":8847307,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generosity in helping my classroom get a gift card from Teachers Pay Teachers. This is an excellent site for finding new and different ways to teach students and supplement the curriculum with fun activities that might not be in our adopted textbooks. We used the Teachers Pay Teachers gift cards to help purchase science resources and activities for differentiate lessons for all of my students. \r\nWe were able to buy decodable readers that are at the students' level so that they could learn more about plant pollination and the structure of flowers. They are loving their extra materials. Thank you so much!","fullyFundedDate":1732227554494,"projectUrl":"project/work-smarter/8847307/","projectTitle":"Work Smarter","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Jill Iger","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-9_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/jill-iger"},{"teacherId":1249957,"projectId":8334997,"letterContent":"Thank you for making our classroom a little more exciting! When our M.A.T.H. supplies arrived, our students were so excited to do a classroom \"unboxing\" of the fun, hands-on math materials. Of course they wanted to use everything right away. They have been busy using all these materials to help further their exploration of math concepts using tangible, hands-on objects like the inch/cm rulers, math symbol magnets for a fun way to create equations and compare numbers and the set of play money. All of which helps in building conceptual understanding. \r\n\r\nCurrently, in addition to studying measurement in math, we are learning about how plants grow and the interdependence of plants and animals. The students have been measuring how much our plant is growing using their new rulers. They've also been having the best time measuring objects in the classroom, including their classmates! We are using the place value class set of whiteboards to play games and build numbers into the 1000s and beyond!\r\n\r\nThank you so much for making math fun in our classroom!","fullyFundedDate":1724805272385,"projectUrl":"project/math-manipulatives-allow-thinking-t/8334997/","projectTitle":"M.A.T.H.- Manipulatives Allow Thinking to Happen!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Jill Iger","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-9_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/jill-iger"},{"teacherId":30339,"projectId":8950012,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for the rocks, the sand, and the Playdoh! The students have been having so much fun working with these resources. Then, the wipes help us clean up after they leave. \r\n\r\nToday, we did the painted rock project. The students have been seeing several painted rocks we already had in the classroom. We use these rocks as talking pieces during council circles, as decoration, and as paper weights. The students were so excited to get to paint their own rocks that they'll be taking home with them.\r\n\r\nThank you!","fullyFundedDate":1733273000397,"projectUrl":"project/paint-a-rock-tk-restock/8950012/","projectTitle":"Paint a Rock & TK Restock!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Janet","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp30339_orig.jpg?crop=1012,1012,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1754838534889","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-glazer"},{"teacherId":4627569,"projectId":8526692,"letterContent":"These supplies brought squeals of delight from my students. Even my youngest students (TK-5 years old!) were excited to use the paper punches to punch out circles, flowers, hearts, and more. They excitedly began creating collages using their cut-out shapes. When I showed my older students some of the unique collage papers, they began planning how to use them in upcoming artworks.\r\n\r\nWhat surprised me the most was how students used the materials in their artmaking beyond collage. Some students punched out shapes to use as \"masks\" to create negative space in a printmaking project. I loved to see how they overlapped the circle punch to create crescent shapes so they could represent the moon in their prints.\r\n\r\nThank you so much for contributing to my student's ability to choose from an ever-expanding array of art-making supplies to create original works of art. By having so much choice my students are better able to create works that are meaningful and personal.","fullyFundedDate":1733258013818,"projectUrl":"project/papers-plus-punches-equals-compelling-co/8526692/","projectTitle":"Papers Plus Punches Equals Compelling Collages!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Rebecca","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4627569_orig.png?crop=312,312,x27,y19&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1722118136992","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/rebecca-arce"},{"teacherId":7412689,"projectId":8724687,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your kind support of our classroom! We deeply appreciate your donations as they allowed us to purchase relevant, culturally responsive curriculum for our social studies unit in first grade. Your contributions allowed us to buy an entire year of learning here in Room 12! With your help, we have been exploring everything from our diverse family units to mapping our communities! We have loved getting to see the importance of our cultures represented in our curriculum and we truly couldn't do this important work without you!","fullyFundedDate":1729541096291,"projectUrl":"project/socially-conscious-social-studies/8724687/","projectTitle":"Socially Conscious Social Studies!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Miller","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7412689_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1597096712895","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/chloe-miller"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_7337","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":408,"numTeachers":16,"percentFrplEligible":71,"percentAsian":1,"percentBlack":9,"percentWhite":40,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":30,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Pre-K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"25.5:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":73.4,"schoolId":7337,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Gardner Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Gardner Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/california/los-angeles-unified-school-district/gardner-elementary-school/7337"}