{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Gregory Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":38.5,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":1505730,"projectId":10085305,"letterContent":"I love the opportunities that you provide for students to perform a community service act. The students in my class worked hard to assemble 300 kindness kits. They then did research on how students could use these tools to regulate themselves. They wrote a script and created an iMovie. This movie was shared with multiple community partners such as our local community school organizations Mercer St Friends, and on the daily morning meeting videos. Students also placed a QR code of this video in the kindness kits so that children could use them at home!","fullyFundedDate":1771341806528,"projectUrl":"project/calm-kits-for-kindness/10085305/","projectTitle":"Calm Kits for Kindness","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Bernstein","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1505730_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1657580793791","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-lbernstein"},{"teacherId":1505198,"projectId":10046015,"letterContent":"This project has greatly impacted my classroom throughout the winter months and continues to benefit my class and families. With your help I was able to provide a breakfast to students who arrive late. A daily snack helped my students to learn and stay motivated in the afternoons. Every student recieved a cozy blanket for the freezing months and a water bottle to hydrate throughout the day.\r\n\r\nWith these comforts my classroom was jolly and prepared to learn and that is through your generosity. They were so excited as I unpacked the materials and even more happy as I passed them out. Some of our families are displaced and crockpots helped them cook while they needed to.\r\n\r\nMy next project will consist of headphones and a storage solution.","fullyFundedDate":1769126674835,"projectUrl":"project/essential-needs-providing-comfort-this-w/10046015/","projectTitle":"Essential Needs Providing Comfort this Winter Season","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Lopreato","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1505198_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1473904427200","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/misslopreatok"},{"teacherId":8670779,"projectId":10071344,"letterContent":"I can't thank you enough for your generous donations to our project \"Snacks To Share\". The snacks provided by the donations were used for our after school \"Book Club\", hats, gloves and scarves were used to provide children with warmth. We also provided our school food pantry with items to help families in our community. These opportunities give our children life lessons on caring, sharing and providing. The after school book club gives the children the opportunities to express their opinions, gain friendships and provide academic excellence. Again thank you so much for caring.","fullyFundedDate":1770307904279,"projectUrl":"project/snack-to-share/10071344/","projectTitle":"Snack to Share","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Johnson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8670779_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1662140322249","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8670779"},{"teacherId":1537794,"projectId":10020426,"letterContent":"My students and their families were so grateful for all the donated supplies we received thanks to your generous donations. \r\n\r\nThe students were so excited to have new hats, gloves, scarves and blankets. They received them before we had a snow day so they were ready to play in the snow. I also sent home hot chocolate for them to enjoy when they were done playing. \r\n\r\nMany of the supplies were given to our school pantry for the parents. They were able to get much needed things such as soap, deodorant, toothpaste and toothbrushes.","fullyFundedDate":1768599851786,"projectUrl":"project/basic-needs-for-school-and-home/10020426/","projectTitle":"Basic Needs for School and Home","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Dennis","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1537794_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1662686762692","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1537794"},{"teacherId":5021043,"projectId":10059060,"letterContent":"I want to extend my heartfelt gratitude for helping my students and classroom with so many exciting and fun items. My students were able to set aside time to decorate and create wonderful gifts to give to our community. They were so happy to make keepsakes and spread joy, love and kindness to individuals who may otherwise not receive these gestures in their lives.\r\n\r\nMy students took the time to write personal messages and place kindness stickers on those messages, to present to both adults and children who enter our community pantry and participants of our Community Saturday events.\r\n\r\nI can't thank you enough, for your generosity and commitment to support classrooms like mine and others.","fullyFundedDate":1770926247560,"projectUrl":"project/love-and-kindness-is-the-key-to-our-hear/10059060/","projectTitle":"Love and Kindness is the key to our HEARTS!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Smith","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5021043_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1512438244746","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/irsmith"},{"teacherId":10228004,"projectId":9657502,"letterContent":"I would like to express a huge, heartfelt thank you. Because of your kindness and generosity, I have been able to create something I am truly proud of: a warm, welcoming space where children can come exactly as they are, feel completely safe, and start to heal. So many of the children I work with carry a lot — big feelings, hard experiences, and the kind of weight that kids shouldn't have to carry alone. Because of you, they now have a place where that weight feels a little lighter. You didn't just fund a project. You changed the way children experience support at school, and that means more than I can put into words.\r\n\r\nEvery session begins with a feelings check-in, and using the Solobo emotion balls has provided students with an engaging way to express themselves. Children come in, look over the colorful plush balls, and choose the ones that match what's going on inside them. Sometimes they grab two or three at once — and that opens up conversations about how it's completely okay to feel more than one thing at a time. For children who struggle to name their emotions, having something soft and physical to hold makes all the difference. It gives them permission to be honest. Beyond check-ins, we use the balls for movement activities like a ball toss, where kids name and identify feelings while staying active, turning emotional learning into something joyful and fun. We also do emotion role play, where children act out different feelings with their whole bodies — stomping around as \"frustrated,\" melting into a puddle as \"exhausted\" — and the giggles that follow are some of the best sounds I've heard all year. In those silly, playful moments, real emotional identification skills are being built. It's the magic of play-based learning, and I am so grateful to have the tools to make it happen.\r\n\r\nAt the end of every session, children choose their own calm-down activity, and almost every time they choose the Harkla Sensory Swing. I love watching a child climb in and just exhale. The soft, cocooning pressure does something wonderful for their nervous systems, and I've found they are much more open to breathing exercises and grounding activities when their body already feels held and safe. On harder days, the Hugimals weighted stuffed animals are there to offer extra comfort — there is something so sweet and powerful about watching a child pull a weighted sloth into their lap and visibly start to settle. The Crazy Aaron's Thinking Putty has also been a beloved staple; kids ask for it the moment they walk in, stretching it, bouncing it, sculpting little animals out of it, keeping their hands busy so their minds can slow down. And the Play Therapy Sandtray might be the most powerful tool in the room — children use it to build whole miniature worlds, process life events, and express things they don't yet have words for. It has opened doors that conversation alone simply could not.\r\n\r\nWhat I want you to know most of all is this: I am seeing real, meaningful progress. Children who once came in shut down and guarded are now running to grab their favorite putty or eagerly picking out their emotion balls. Children who struggled to name a single feeling are now holding up two or three balls and saying, \"I feel this AND this today.\" Children who used to leave sessions still wound up and anxious are now walking back to class calm, grounded, and ready to learn. They have made this space their own — and that sense of ownership is everything. It is where trust is built, where walls come down, and where healing quietly begins. None of it would have been possible without you. You invested in children you have never met, and I hope you know how profoundly that investment is paying off. On behalf of every child who has laughed in this room, cried in this room, and found a little more of themselves in this room: thank you, from the bottom of my heart.","fullyFundedDate":1757348560169,"projectUrl":"project/tools-for-healing-building-emotional-re/9657502/","projectTitle":"Tools for Healing: Building Emotional Resilience in Students","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Serena","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10228004_orig.png?crop=665,665,x71,y44&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1756328940734","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10228004"},{"teacherId":8919637,"projectId":9841261,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for giving fidget spinners to our classroom! The students love them! In our class, they are an incentive for the students to use the last 3 minutes of our classes. The students love trying to spin their fidgets on their nose, on the tip of their fingers and even on their shoes. They are a creative bunch! \r\n \r\n The students were thrilled to first see the spinners. They enjoy working hard during our music class, having a break with the spinners, and then having a chance to reset themselves for the next activity or the transition to line up for their next class. They are always eager to share with their friends their accomplishments and successes. It is exciting to celebrate! \r\n\r\nThank you for helping our students to work on staying focused during our classes!","fullyFundedDate":1770818435642,"projectUrl":"project/fidget-spinners/9841261/","projectTitle":"Fidget Spinners","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Bryan","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-9_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8919637"},{"teacherId":1573499,"projectId":10059454,"letterContent":"Thank you very much for your generous donation to our community garden beautification project.\r\nWhile the weather in New Jersey has been snowy all winter, we are excited that spring is here. We cannot wait to get out into the garden and begin to plant.\r\nWe are currently discussing the life cycle of plants and animals, so the children will know the steps the butterflies and flowers will take to evolve.\r\nOur community garden has been neglected for a few years. The children are excited to clean it up and then plant flowers. The children love to be outside and I cannot wait to see them thrive while working on the garden.\r\nThank you again for your support of this project.","fullyFundedDate":1770311445446,"projectUrl":"project/community-garden-beautification/10059454/","projectTitle":"Community Garden Beautification","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Karen Abrams","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1573499_orig.jpg?crop=480,480,x0,y80&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1650896711719","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1573499"},{"teacherId":9789267,"projectId":10022506,"letterContent":"My dearest friends and family and the donors of the Tepper Foundation who I don't personally know but want the best for all children and go above and beyond to help educators. \r\nEvery day I have students that come to school hungry. So to be able to provide them with a snack or two everyday has meant a lot to me. \r\nNo one wants to see a child hungry or begging for food. In the world we live in food we have an abundance of food but the power to get that food isn't always available.That is why you giving me the opportunity to provide fun snacks and a breakfast option is such a selfless act but worth that smiling face that says \"I'm so glad we have snack at 2.","fullyFundedDate":1768622062565,"projectUrl":"project/warmth-and-hunger/10022506/","projectTitle":"Warmth and Hunger","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Porter","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9789267"},{"teacherId":8886400,"projectId":10038387,"letterContent":"As a 3rd grade teacher, my students use these supplies and snacks every single day across all subject areas, especially during reading and writing. One moment that really stood out to me was during a writing lesson where students were responding to a text using our RACE strategy. In the past, I've had students lose focus because they didn't have the materials they needed or were worried about something as simple as not having a pencil. This time, every student had their own supplies ready to go, and the difference was incredible. The snacks have also become an important part of our routine, especially in the afternoon when energy tends to drop. After a quick snack break, I see a noticeable difference in their ability to refocus and participate.","fullyFundedDate":1768765280457,"projectUrl":"project/school-supplies-and-snacks-to-keep-us-re/10038387/","projectTitle":"School Supplies and Snacks to Keep Us Ready to Learn!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Watson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8886400_orig.png?crop=883,883,x76,y48&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1670550727173","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8886400"},{"teacherId":5021043,"projectId":10021381,"letterContent":"I would like to let you know that your support of my project had a great impact on the lives of my students. The way their faces lit up when they helped unpack all of the wonderful goodies and items made my heart just smile!\r\nIt is always a wonderful experience when donors like yourselves help to make life even a \"little\" less stressful for teachers like me. I strive to teach and encourage my students, but I always appreciate the help and support of others, such as Donors Choose.\r\nYour generosity over the years has been nothing short of amazing and will never go unnoticed.","fullyFundedDate":1768616872725,"projectUrl":"project/warm-bodies-and-bellies-yields-brillian/10021381/","projectTitle":"Warm Bodies and Bellies, Yields Brilliant Brains!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Smith","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5021043_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1512438244746","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/irsmith"},{"teacherId":9782912,"projectId":9279708,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our 'wear and tear' project. In our special education classroom, materials are used daily for hands on learning, sensory activities, math practice, reading instruction, and life skills development. Your investing in our classroom helps us maintain essential materials. Your generosity helps us replace and replenish classroom materials that are used every single day. Because of you our students will continue to access to safe, engaging, and high quality resources that support their learning and growth. We are truly grateful for your kindness and commitment to education.","fullyFundedDate":1753891112183,"projectUrl":"project/wear-and-tear/9279708/","projectTitle":"Wear and Tear","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Arora","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9782912_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1731527315323","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9782912"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_81467","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":312,"numTeachers":36,"percentFrplEligible":74,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":75,"percentWhite":0,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":20,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"8.7:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_SMALL"},"inStateSupporters":61.5,"schoolId":81467,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Gregory Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Gregory Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/new-jersey/trenton-public-schools/gregory-elementary-school/81467"}