{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Henry L Marsh III Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":26.4,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":152544,"projectId":10246731,"letterContent":"The ice cream social celebrated our students who demonstrated significant growth in decoding, encoding, and reading fluency throughout the school year. We had the celebration on the same day as our end-of-the-year awards program. It was important to recognize their hard work, perseverance, and academic achievements in a fun and positive setting.\r\n\r\nThis celebration helped motivate students to continue striving for success while reinforcing the value of effort and progress. Recognizing their accomplishments boosted confidence, fostered a positive attitude toward reading, and encouraged continued engagement in literacy development. The students had the best time choosing their favorite toppings to place over vanilla frozen yogurt or rainbow sherbet. It was a big hit, and everyone had a big smile on their faces. Thank you so much because this would not have been possible without you.","fullyFundedDate":1778224347323,"projectUrl":"project/scoop-there-it-is/10246731/","projectTitle":"Scoop There It Is!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Richardson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp152544_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1492571662397","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/drichardson"},{"teacherId":152544,"projectId":10241442,"letterContent":"Thank you for providing summer workbooks for our students. Your generosity and commitment to education help ensure that students can continue learning and practicing important skills throughout the summer break. Students need to practice math skills like problem-solving and computation in order to stay sharp and continue to move forward.\r\n\r\nThese resources will not only help prevent learning loss but also support students in building confidence and staying prepared for the upcoming school year. We truly appreciate your investment in their academic success and growth. Thank you for making a positive difference in the lives of our students. Your support is greatly valued.","fullyFundedDate":1778304303355,"projectUrl":"project/summer-slide-survival/10241442/","projectTitle":"Summer Slide Survival","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Richardson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp152544_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1492571662397","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/drichardson"},{"teacherId":152544,"projectId":10162006,"letterContent":"Thank you for providing summer workbooks for our students. Your generosity and commitment to education help ensure that students can continue learning and practicing important skills throughout the summer break. Students need to practice math skills like problem-solving and computation in order to stay sharp and continue to move forward.\r\n\r\nThese resources will not only help prevent learning loss but also support students in building confidence and staying prepared for the upcoming school year. We truly appreciate your investment in their academic success and growth. Thank you for making a positive difference in the lives of our students. Your support is greatly valued.","fullyFundedDate":1773894853505,"projectUrl":"project/a-book-for-every-child/10162006/","projectTitle":"A Book for Every Child","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Richardson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp152544_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1492571662397","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/drichardson"},{"teacherId":152544,"projectId":10124724,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation of snacks for my students. Your kindness and support make a meaningful difference in the lives of our students each day. Many of them rely on healthy snacks to help them stay focused, energized, and ready to learn. Because of your generosity, my students spent more time concentrating on their lessons and less time worrying about hunger.\r\n\r\nYour thoughtful contribution showed them that their community cares about their success and well-being. We are truly grateful for your partnership and commitment to supporting education. Thank you for helping create a nurturing and supportive learning environment. Your generosity is deeply appreciated.","fullyFundedDate":1778224346228,"projectUrl":"project/pick-a-snack/10124724/","projectTitle":"Pick a Snack","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Richardson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp152544_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1492571662397","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/drichardson"},{"teacherId":152544,"projectId":9990983,"letterContent":"Restocking a classroom happens year-round. Everything that we use daily disappears quickly, especially when you are trying to keep a healthy and safe environment. Thank you for understanding that daily, we need to have resources like room sanitizer, a broom, and a mop to keep our learning spaces clean. My students eat breakfast in the classroom every morning. Sometimes students come in late, and they need to eat while the rest of the class is having instruction. Students can clean up after they are finished, and they join their classmates.\r\n\r\nThe chart paper and markers were used to make instructional anchor charts in color. My students are visual learners, and the markers add color to our anchor charts for better retention. Thank you for providing us with the materials and resources that continue to create a safe, healthy, and productive learning space.","fullyFundedDate":1772221028217,"projectUrl":"project/2026-restock-please/9990983/","projectTitle":"2026 Restock, Please!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Richardson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp152544_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1492571662397","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/drichardson"},{"teacherId":152544,"projectId":9817547,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation of snacks for my students. Your kindness and support make a meaningful difference in the lives of our students each day. Many of them rely on healthy snacks to help them stay focused, energized, and ready to learn. Because of your generosity, my students spent more time concentrating on their lessons and less time worrying about hunger.\r\n\r\nYour thoughtful contribution showed them that their community cares about their success and well-being. We are truly grateful for your partnership and commitment to supporting education. Thank you for helping create a nurturing and supportive learning environment. Your generosity is deeply appreciated.","fullyFundedDate":1778224355329,"projectUrl":"project/its-snack-time/9817547/","projectTitle":"It's Snack Time","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Richardson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp152544_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1492571662397","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/drichardson"},{"teacherId":6702097,"projectId":10140595,"letterContent":"Because of your generosity, our DonorsChoose \"Snack to Success!\" project has become a reality—and I cannot thank you enough. Your donation was more than just a contribution to a classroom; it was an investment in my scholars' confidence, curiosity, and future.\r\n\r\nWith your support, we were able to bring healthy snacks into my classroom, which immediately made an impact. Students are more attentive and focused. The snacks you helped provide created opportunities for nutritious motivation.\r\n\r\nBeyond the academic benefits, your kindness sent a powerful message to my scholars: that there are people in the world who believe in them and care about their success. That encouragement matters more than you may realize. It builds confidence, fosters motivation, and helps students see that their education is valued by a community beyond our school walls.\r\n\r\nEvery time my scholars eat a snack, they are reminded that someone believed in them enough to help make it happen. Your generosity has created lasting impact, and we are incredibly grateful.\r\n\r\nThank you for supporting our classroom and for making a difference in the lives of my scholars.","fullyFundedDate":1778224354411,"projectUrl":"project/snack-to-success/10140595/","projectTitle":"Snack to Success!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Simmons","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6702097_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1565934025553","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6702097"},{"teacherId":6702097,"projectId":10160339,"letterContent":"The titles that you contributed to purchase helped stock our classroom library. Scholars' are no longer complaining about books being boring. They are eager for 'Silent Reading' where they have independent choice to what they will read. These readers are excited about the visuals are. Scholars tend to not want to return these books because the actual context is interesting. Helping scholars' feed their eagerness to read has been the perfect way in building lifetime readers.\r\n\r\nTo ensure success in my classroom and beyond, you have helped to contributes books which are engaging and developmentally appropriate. Feeding eager readers with intriguing books has helped to build scholars' confidence while increasing comprehension and fluency. We are so very appreciative of your help in getting everything through our door! These collections of books have begun the spark that our classroom library needed to support all of the life-long readers that we are creating. Thank you for donating!","fullyFundedDate":1775236949983,"projectUrl":"project/superhero-reader/10160339/","projectTitle":"Superhero Reader!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Simmons","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6702097_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1565934025553","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6702097"},{"teacherId":6702097,"projectId":10142219,"letterContent":"Mr. & Mrs. Stark, you guys are \"Thee best!\" Scholars' are excited about our science based approach to teaching reading. Books at an appropriate age level showing members of minority groups in professional careers certainly meet this objective. \r\n\r\nWe use the books to connect more personally with the sciences. We agree that scholars learn better when they can relate to the background of the characters in the books they read. Education is the great equalizer! \r\n\r\nThank you for choosing to donate towards improving the lives of children, bolstering communities, and setting the foundation for these scholars to get a fair starting point in life. I greatly admire you!","fullyFundedDate":1773836191106,"projectUrl":"project/careers-for-me/10142219/","projectTitle":"Careers for Me!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Simmons","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6702097_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1565934025553","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6702097"},{"teacherId":152544,"projectId":9735750,"letterContent":"Our \"treasure chest\" has been a tremendous success. Thank you for bringing this to my classroom. We have a schoolwide PBIS in which our students earn \"Marsh Dollars\" to use once a month. But we have learned that our students need something between visits to keep certain behaviors down and to reward their successes. The fun, novelty items are a big hit, especially the desk pets. I can say that I was a little skeptical, but they love them. Taking such good care of them and earning additional food and play items for their pets. Some students have earned 3 or 4 pets this year. Thank you for adding these new incentive ideas to our class.","fullyFundedDate":1762630269747,"projectUrl":"project/learning-with-grace/9735750/","projectTitle":"Learning With Grace","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Richardson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp152544_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1492571662397","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/drichardson"},{"teacherId":6702097,"projectId":10123070,"letterContent":"Because of your generosity, our DonorsChoose \"LEGOs to Careers\" project has become a reality—and I cannot thank you enough. Your donation was more than just a contribution to a classroom; it was an investment in our scholars' confidence, curiosity, and future.\r\n\r\nWith your support, we were able to bring meaningful resources into our classroom that immediately made an impact. Scholars are more engaged, more excited to participate, and more willing to challenge themselves. The materials you helped provide created opportunities for hands-on learning, deeper discussions, and moments of discovery that simply would not have been possible otherwise.\r\n\r\nBeyond the academic benefits, your kindness sent a powerful message to our scholars: that there are people in the world who believe in them and care about their success. That encouragement matters more than you may realize. It builds confidence, fosters motivation, and helps students see that their education is valued by a community beyond our school walls.\r\n\r\nEvery time our scholars use these resources, they are reminded that someone believed in them enough to help make it happen. Your generosity has created lasting impact, and we are incredibly grateful.\r\n\r\nThank you for supporting our classroom and for making a difference in the lives of our scholars.","fullyFundedDate":1773101934851,"projectUrl":"project/legos-to-careers/10123070/","projectTitle":"LEGOs to Careers","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Simmons","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6702097_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1565934025553","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6702097"},{"teacherId":9808186,"projectId":9644749,"letterContent":"To the generous donors who supported my therapy room project,\r\n\r\nThank you truly and deeply.\r\n\r\nBecause of your generosity, my therapy room has transformed into a safe, welcoming, and healing-centered environment for the children and families I serve. As a mental health clinician, I know that healing does not begin with words alone — especially for children. It begins with safety. It begins with connection. And often, it begins with play.\r\n\r\nThe materials and furnishings you funded have already made a powerful impact. My kiddos now look forward to coming to sessions because play therapy has become an intentional and engaging part of their healing process. Through play, they are learning to regulate their emotions, express difficult experiences, build coping skills, and strengthen their sense of self in ways that feel natural and safe to them.\r\n\r\nWhile I am unable to share photos due to confidentiality, please know that the room is alive with creativity, laughter, and meaningful therapeutic moments. What you helped create is not just a physical space — it is a sanctuary where children feel seen, heard, and supported.\r\n\r\nI understand that ESPN and CFP Foundation were among the contributors, and I am especially grateful for your investment in community mental health and in the emotional well-being of young people. Your generosity extends far beyond this room — it supports resilience, confidence, and healthier futures.\r\n\r\nThank you for believing in this work.\r\nThank you for supporting children's healing.\r\nAnd thank you for helping create a space where hope grows — one session at a time.\r\n\r\nWith my sincerest and deepest gratitude,","fullyFundedDate":1766155880226,"projectUrl":"project/from-trauma-to-trust-empowering-student/9644749/","projectTitle":"From Trauma to Trust: Empowering Students Through Therapy","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Brock's Therapy Room","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9808186"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_34942","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":512,"numTeachers":30,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":88,"percentWhite":2,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":4,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":0,"percentMultiracialImputed":3,"gradesServed":"K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"17.1:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"UNCLASSIFIED","ncesMetroType":"CITY_MIDSIZE"},"inStateSupporters":73.6,"schoolId":34942,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Henry L Marsh III Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Henry L Marsh III Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/virginia/richmond-public-school-dist/george-mason-elementary-school/34942"}