{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Grahamwood Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":17.5,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":808453,"projectId":9556588,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping keep my intelligent, creative minds busy and engaged. My students absolutely love the STEM bins and LED writing boards, and have easy access through the storage shelf. These STEM materials have helped bring learning to life for my students. Instead of reading about how things work, they are now able to build, observe, and create.\r\n\r\nThe STEM bins, LED writing pads, and storage cart have encouraged my students to be active participants in their own learning journey by expanding our STEM Makerspace. I am hoping to continue to empower my students to see themselves as future engineers, scientists, programmers, and designers. They have begun to gain confidence in using new tools, solving a variety of problems, and encouraged them not give up when something doesn't work the first time.\r\n\r\nThank you for your support in helping provide these STEM materials that will help create risk takers, problem solvers, and creative leaders who are preparing to change the world for the better!","fullyFundedDate":1757423314680,"projectUrl":"project/busy-bins-for-busy-minds/9556588/","projectTitle":"Busy Bins for Busy Minds","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Wilons","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp808453_orig.jpg?crop=720,720,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1753148393570","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lalbert"},{"teacherId":2645408,"projectId":9192538,"letterContent":"My students are loving all of our new animal books! We've begun a new year with a new group of students, and the animals are still everyone's favorite books. Last year's students were able to create books for a chosen animal, learning about researching, reading and writing, and science. They were so excited! We took their new knowledge and created a class book, Animals of Earth. (Isn't that title the best?) Thank you to everyone who donated to the project and helped to make learning fun and engaging for my students!","fullyFundedDate":1742919084596,"projectUrl":"project/getting-wild-in-kindergarten/9192538/","projectTitle":"Getting Wild in Kindergarten!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Morris","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2645408_orig.jpg?crop=1998,1998,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1742502128749","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2645408"},{"teacherId":4398374,"projectId":8897442,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for all of your support in funding my project! My students loved the contents of this project! I've been able to purchase new engaging center and early finisher activities off of the TeachersPayTeachers website and the pouches have really made selecting and storing the activities so easy for my students. They get so excited for the new activities and are a big incentive to finishing class work! The Power Pen cards have also been a big hit! My students love working on these and are so engaged they don't even realize that they are practicing crucial foundational skills as they do them! The tootsies, stress balls, and sticky hands have been popular choice items in the treasure box. My students are motivated to fill their sticker charts even faster now! Thank you for all your support in helping my students stay motivated, engaged, and loving learning! We appreciate you so much!","fullyFundedDate":1731522156816,"projectUrl":"project/ready-to-learn/8897442/","projectTitle":"Ready to Learn","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Gibbons","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4398374_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1536279464834","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/rothenbach"},{"teacherId":4398374,"projectId":8914291,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your support and helping to fun this project. The TeachersPayTeachers gift card and laminating sheets allowed me to purchase and prepare new engaging center and early finisher activities. My students were so excited and motivated by these new activities. They have also loved working on the new puzzles and Pizza Making activity. The Pizza game and Number Nails activitiy have been useful while working in small groups and have allowed me to work with struggling learners on their one-to-one counting and number recognition. I have also used the Number Blocks puzzles in small groups as well-my students love the Number Blocks which makes them more motivating to use with struggling learners. These activities have given my students engaging and motivating ways to practice, build, strengthen, and enrich their math knowledge. I can't thank you enough for your support!","fullyFundedDate":1731507175976,"projectUrl":"project/solving-and-thinking-in-math/8914291/","projectTitle":"Solving and Thinking in Math","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Gibbons","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4398374_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1536279464834","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/rothenbach"},{"teacherId":3026629,"projectId":9034447,"letterContent":"I just wanted to update you on how the materials you helped us get are being used in the classroom. One of the main purposes of this project was to get charging stations for students' tablets. Before, the tablets were in a filing cabinet and cords were put in the drawers to help the charge. The chargers would come out and they would not get charged, so then students had to sit by the filing cabinet to plug in their chargers. This was an issue in our class. I also had to hand out tablets and collect them for each student. This took up precious instructional time. With the charging stations, students are able to charge their tablets on their own and get them when they need them. This has been a game changer in our classroom. What used to take up 10 minutes each time now takes 2. This also is a way to teach my students responsibility. I cannot tell you how much this one thing has helped our classroom. So many teachers who visit my classroom talk about how amazing they are and how they need them for their own classes. \r\nAdditionally, I also bought some twinkling lights that go around the front of our room's whiteboard. These have added a little touch of coziness in our classroom. Which helps to make our classroom a better learning environment. I can also change the colors for different holidays and that has been so fun for the students to come in and see. They love them! I cannot thank you enough for your generosity and helping our classroom thrive!","fullyFundedDate":1739614501198,"projectUrl":"project/super-charge-our-classroom/9034447/","projectTitle":"Super Charge Our Classroom","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Easley","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3026629_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1535239902745","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/easleye"},{"teacherId":824606,"projectId":8973495,"letterContent":"KK gifted students love asking questions, being of helpful, being kind and love creating things, too. This project with your donations was the perfect combination of all of the above! So, thank you very much for donating to my project. \r\n\r\nMy students used and continue to use the supplies from your donations to make projects for communities of elderly citizens in our city. They are learning to appreciate and enjoy helping others. Your generosity is making a big impact on these KK gifted students as they learn more about their place in this world.\r\n\r\nThank you very much!","fullyFundedDate":1733253431458,"projectUrl":"project/give-my-students-the-spirit-of-giving/8973495/","projectTitle":"Give My Students the Spirit of Giving","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Coates","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/824606"},{"teacherId":808453,"projectId":8583987,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping enhance our Lego Robotics club! Since receiving our Lego kits and storage bags, we have been enthusiastically building, learning to use motors and sensors, building robots, and coding our Lego robots. We have started Lego robotics team challenges and making connections to STEM careers. We have been able to use our robotics builds and apply them to our school community. For instance, we were able to build robotics claw grabbers and tested our different types to see which could pick up trash better. We have been able to test the laws of motion and experiment with different structures and materials.\r\n\r\nThis has truly been a gift that has inspired creativity, new problem solving methods, collaborative working skills, perseverance, and determination. Our Lego Robotics kids are thriving in their new skills and challenges. We are so grateful that you have invested in our life and in our future!","fullyFundedDate":1732633012143,"projectUrl":"project/stemsational-lego-robotics/8583987/","projectTitle":"STEMsational LEGO Robotics!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Wilons","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp808453_orig.jpg?crop=720,720,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1753148393570","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lalbert"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_93154","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":861,"numTeachers":70,"percentFrplEligible":46,"percentAsian":4,"percentBlack":30,"percentWhite":20,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":35,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Pre-K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"12.3:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":82.5,"schoolId":93154,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Grahamwood Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Grahamwood Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/tennessee/memphis-shelby-county-schools/grahamwood-elementary-school/93154"}