{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Hawthorne Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":20.8,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":1025857,"projectId":9638668,"letterContent":"Thanks to the generosity of our donors, our classroom now has wobble stools that give students flexible seating options designed to support focus, comfort, and movement while learning. These stools allow students to gently rock and move while they work, which helps many learners release energy and stay engaged during lessons.\r\n\r\nFor students who benefit from movement, traditional seating can sometimes make it difficult to maintain concentration for long periods of time. Wobble stools provide a healthy outlet for that natural need to move, allowing students to stay active while still remaining focused on their work. Since introducing these stools, students have shown improved attention, greater participation in discussions, and increased ability to stay on task during independent work.\r\n\r\nFlexible seating also helps students feel more empowered in their learning environment. By choosing a seating option that works best for them, students develop self-awareness about what helps them learn most effectively. This creates a more inclusive classroom where different learning styles and needs are supported.\r\n\r\nYour generosity has made a meaningful difference in helping create a classroom where students feel comfortable, supported, and ready to learn. These wobble stools are helping students stay engaged, build focus, and enjoy a more flexible and responsive learning environment every day.","fullyFundedDate":1767208762366,"projectUrl":"project/wobble-stools-to-focus/9638668/","projectTitle":"Wobble Stools to Focus","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Brooks","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1025857_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1489024026678","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1025857"},{"teacherId":1025857,"projectId":9919652,"letterContent":"Thanks to the generosity of our donors, our classroom now has rolling STEM carts that keep our science, technology, engineering, and math materials organized, accessible, and ready for learning. These carts have transformed the way students engage with hands-on STEM activities by allowing materials to be easily moved, stored, and shared throughout the classroom.\r\n\r\nWith these organized carts, students can quickly access the tools and supplies they need for building, experimenting, and problem-solving. Instead of spending valuable learning time searching for materials, we can focus on creativity, collaboration, and discovery. The carts also help students take greater responsibility for setting up and cleaning up materials, building important organizational and teamwork skills.\r\n\r\nMost importantly, the rolling STEM carts support a classroom environment where exploration and innovation are encouraged. Whether students are designing structures, testing engineering ideas, or working through collaborative challenges, they now have a system that makes STEM learning smoother and more engaging.\r\n\r\nYour generosity has helped create a more organized, efficient, and inspiring space for young engineers and problem-solvers. Thank you for supporting hands-on learning and helping our students explore big ideas through STEM.","fullyFundedDate":1764703740926,"projectUrl":"project/rolling-into-stem-success-organization/9919652/","projectTitle":"Rolling Into Stem Success: Organization Carts for Young Engineers","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Brooks","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1025857_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1489024026678","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1025857"},{"teacherId":1025857,"projectId":9881492,"letterContent":"Thanks to the generosity of our donors, our classroom now has a dedicated social-emotional space where students can pause, reflect, and regulate their emotions when they are feeling overwhelmed. This space provides students with tools and materials designed to help them calm their minds, refocus their thoughts, and return to learning ready to succeed.\r\n\r\nHaving a safe and supportive area in the classroom allows students to practice important social-emotional skills such as self-awareness, self-regulation, and problem-solving. The calming supplies give students a constructive way to manage frustration, anxiety, or strong emotions, helping them develop lifelong coping strategies.\r\n\r\nSince introducing this space, students have become more comfortable recognizing when they need a moment to reset. They are learning that taking a short break to breathe, reflect, or use calming tools is a healthy way to handle big feelings. This has helped create a more positive classroom environment where students feel supported, respected, and ready to learn.\r\n\r\nYour generosity has made a lasting difference in our classroom community. By supporting this project, you have helped create a learning environment that cares not only for students' academic growth but also for their emotional well-being. Thank you for helping our students feel safe, supported, and empowered every day.","fullyFundedDate":1762974403435,"projectUrl":"project/helping-hawks-soar-a-social-emotional-l/9881492/","projectTitle":"Helping Hawks Soar: A Social-Emotional Learning Nest","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Brooks","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1025857_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1489024026678","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1025857"},{"teacherId":9347482,"projectId":9842159,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating a wide selection of engaging, higher-level texts to our classroom—because of your generosity, students are reading real books independently and practicing important skills like summarizing, clarifying, asking questions, understanding new vocabulary, and analyzing character traits. Reading time in our room now looks like joyful choice: students pick books that interest them, explore new genres, and use strong comprehension strategies to deepen their understanding. With such a variety of books available, every student has found multiple titles they connect with, and the impact on their confidence and engagement has been wonderful to see.","fullyFundedDate":1763588437665,"projectUrl":"project/high-interest-books-for-voracious-reader/9842159/","projectTitle":"High Interest Books for Voracious Readers","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Blowers","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9347482"},{"teacherId":7150928,"projectId":9758835,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping first graders become more fluent readers, spellers and writers! Your help with the Hands on Spelling project has made a great influence. The students look forward to spelling practice each week. \r\n\r\nThe hands-on spelling kits you helped secure for our class allows us to use physical activities to make learning words engaging, involving kinesthetic and tactile methods like building words with letter tiles and magnetic letters boosting the students' memory and fine motor skills beyond traditional pen-and-paper.","fullyFundedDate":1760214495434,"projectUrl":"project/hands-on-spelling/9758835/","projectTitle":"Hands-on Spelling","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Paslay","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7150928_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1583328864474","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7150928"},{"teacherId":1025857,"projectId":9832906,"letterContent":"Because of your generosity, my students were able to explore our solar system in a creative and meaningful way through the Shining Science: Solar System Sun Catchers project. 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Thank you for making this enriching opportunity possible for my students.","fullyFundedDate":1760832442784,"projectUrl":"project/shining-science-solar-system-sun-catch/9832906/","projectTitle":"Shining Science: Solar System Sun Catchers!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Brooks","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1025857_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1489024026678","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1025857"},{"teacherId":10266808,"projectId":9722157,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support of our classroom! We are already using these new resources every day in meaningful ways. Students are enjoying new books that support reading instruction and social-emotional learning lessons, which have helped spark thoughtful conversations about kindness, perseverance, and empathy. Math manipulatives are being used during hands-on lessons to build number sense, practice problem-solving, and deepen understanding of new concepts. We have also begun using the art materials during creative projects, giving students an outlet to express their learning in colorful and imaginative ways.\r\n\r\nWhen the materials arrived, my students were beyond excited! They couldn't wait to explore the chapter books for our upcoming novel studies and eagerly flipped through the nonfiction animal books, already choosing topics for their animal research reports. The classroom incentives for our class store were also a huge hit—students were motivated and proud to earn rewards for showing responsibility, effort, and positive behavior. Their excitement and enthusiasm made it clear how impactful these materials would be.\r\n\r\nThanks to your generosity, our next steps are full of engaging learning experiences. Students will soon begin a chapter book novel study, using discussion and writing activities to strengthen comprehension skills. They will research animals using the nonfiction texts to create reports and presentations, and continue applying math manipulatives to model their thinking during lessons. Your support has truly given our students the tools they need to grow academically and socially, and we are incredibly thankful for your investment in our classroom learning.","fullyFundedDate":1758999032897,"projectUrl":"project/bright-minds-big-dreams-supporting-2nd/9722157/","projectTitle":"Bright Minds, Big Dreams: Supporting 2nd Grade Gifted Learners","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Lewis","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10266808_orig.png?crop=176,176,x0,y13&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1758218105039","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10266808"},{"teacherId":1025857,"projectId":9863810,"letterContent":"Thanks to your generosity, my students are now learning with Ari Ozobot—tiny robots that are making a big impact in our classroom. These interactive tools have transformed lessons into hands-on experiences where students practice coding, problem-solving, and logical thinking in an engaging and meaningful way.\r\n\r\nThis robot has been an incredible addition to our solar system unit. There are so many amazing lessons for them to explore that have increased their understanding of our solar system concepts in a hands-on, and innovative way.\r\n\r\nBecause of your support, my students are developing critical STEM skills that will prepare them for future learning and careers, while discovering that learning can be creative, fun, and empowering. Thank you for investing in my students and helping bring innovation to our classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1763588439387,"projectUrl":"project/light-years-of-learning-ozobots-in-spac/9863810/","projectTitle":"Light Years of Learning: Ozobots in Space","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Brooks","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1025857_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1489024026678","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1025857"},{"teacherId":10262604,"projectId":9715951,"letterContent":"Thank you for supporting my band students by providing them with pencils to write in their music and reads for my saxophone and clarinet players. The pencils have worked out really well because of their size and how easily they store in their cases. And my clarinet and sax players sound great with their good quality reeds. \r\nMy band students recently performed in front of the school and their parents, and they all played really well. I was very proud of them and the hard work that they put in to achieve their success. Your donation in funding this reeds and write campaign was definitely part of their success.","fullyFundedDate":1758759599463,"projectUrl":"project/reeds-and-write/9715951/","projectTitle":"Reeds and Write","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. McCrostie","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10262604"},{"teacherId":1025857,"projectId":9846956,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our \"Tiny Robots, Big Ideas: Learning with the Ari Ozobot\" project! The arrival of our Ari Ozobot brought instant smiles and sparked curiosity in students who couldn't wait to explore what this tiny robot could do.\r\n\r\nStudents are now able to explore new lessons and the Ari's content matches perfectly with our solar system unit. These activities have inspired new learning and research and have been a perfect match for my students. \r\n\r\nOur Ozobot has quickly become one of the most loved tools in our classroom. It is used during enrichment, STEM rotations, early-finisher stations, and even whole-group lessons. Students continuously ask, \"Can we code today?\"—a testament to how motivating and meaningful this experience has been for them.\r\n\r\nYour generosity didn't just give us a robot—it gave students opportunities to think like engineers, persevere through challenges, and believe in themselves as creators and innovators. Thank you for bringing this exciting technology into their hands and for helping our tiny robot inspire such big ideas.","fullyFundedDate":1763607420217,"projectUrl":"project/tiny-robots-big-ideas-learning-with-th/9846956/","projectTitle":"Tiny Robots, Big Ideas: Learning with the Ari Ozobot","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Brooks","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1025857_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1489024026678","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1025857"},{"teacherId":1025857,"projectId":9846095,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our Beads, Planets, and Stars: A Space Art Adventure project! Because of your generosity, our classroom was transformed into a creative space laboratory where students could explore the wonders of the solar system through hands-on art. These materials brought science and imagination together in a way that helped every learner feel inspired, engaged, and proud of their work.\r\n\r\nFrom the moment the beads, wires, and colorful art supplies arrived, students were buzzing with excitement. They eagerly dove into creating models of planets, constellations, star patterns, and solar system designs. What made this project truly special was the way art allowed students to understand space concepts on a deeper level. As they selected colors, counted beads, arranged patterns, and visualized distances, they were also asking questions, making observations, and sharing discoveries about the universe.\r\n\r\nThank you for believing in our young scientists and artists. Your support gave them the opportunity to experience space in a way that was memorable, hands-on, and filled with wonder. We are truly grateful for the lasting impact you've made on our classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1762267513086,"projectUrl":"project/beads-planets-and-stars-a-space-art-a/9846095/","projectTitle":"Beads, Planets, and Stars: A Space Art Adventure","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Brooks","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1025857_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1489024026678","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1025857"},{"teacherId":1025857,"projectId":9807681,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support of our Bridge & Bloom: Strengthening Foundations, Inspiring Growth project. Because of you, our students now have access to high-quality tools that help them grow at their own pace—whether they need extra support to build foundational skills or enrichment opportunities to stretch their thinking. Your gift has made an immediate and meaningful difference in our classroom.\r\n\r\nAs soon as the materials arrived, students were eager to dive in. The hands-on games, targeted practice tools, and engaging challenge activities have transformed our small-group learning time. Students feel proud when they master new skills, and those who crave challenge are excited to explore deeper, more complex tasks. These resources allow every learner to feel seen, supported, and successful.\r\n\r\nIn enrichment groups, students are collaborating, problem-solving, and taking ownership of their learning in ways that show true curiosity and confidence. 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