{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Henry Ford Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":12.8,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":8067488,"projectId":9522209,"letterContent":"Thank you for your donations Both Becoming Naomi León and Esperanza Rising offer 5th graders powerful stories that help them understand courage, resilience, and identity in ways that feel close to their own lives. Students connect with characters who face complicated family dynamics, economic hardship, and the search for belonging. These novels push young readers to think more deeply about perseverance and the strength that comes from community, which often leads to rich classroom discussions about empathy and how people grow through challenges. As students follow Naomi and Esperanza on their journeys, they learn how determination and hope shape a person's path forward.\r\n\r\nHaving both books available in Spanish creates an even stronger impact, especially for newcomer and multilingual learners. When EL students can read in their home language, they enter the stories with confidence rather than hesitation. It becomes easier for them to talk about characters' struggles, cultural traditions, and themes because the language doesn't stand in the way of their understanding. This opens opportunities for them to take part in class conversations in a more meaningful way, and it strengthens the sense of belonging they feel in the classroom. Offering Spanish editions also signals to students that their language and identity matter, which has a lasting effect on engagement and pride in their learning.","fullyFundedDate":1754847851868,"projectUrl":"project/sparking-the-joy-of-reading/9522209/","projectTitle":"Sparking the Joy of Reading","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Holm","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8067488"},{"teacherId":3220606,"projectId":9374737,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your incredibly generous donation to our project, \"Kindergarten Keepsakes: Art Folders for Graduation Creations!\"\r\n\r\nBecause of your kindness, our kindergarten promotion ceremony was even more special. The students were so excited to create their very own personalized folders!\r\n\r\nThese folders have become so much more than a simple supply item; they are now treasured memory holders. Every student decorated their folder and then carefully packed their proudest graduation artwork and creations inside. Knowing that these precious items will make it home safely and become meaningful keepsakes for their families is truly wonderful.\r\n\r\nYou have helped us honor the hard work and creativity of our students, ensuring their first big academic milestone is celebrated and remembered beautifully.","fullyFundedDate":1754847851176,"projectUrl":"project/help-celebrate-kindergarten-promotion/9374737/","projectTitle":"Help Celebrate Kindergarten Promotion","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Figaro","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3220606_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1695245048419","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3220606"},{"teacherId":9166464,"projectId":9448808,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to our classroom project! Your support helped us bring in beautiful art supplies and classroom decor that are already making a big impact. My kindergarteners were so excited to see the new materials, and their faces lit up when they realized they would get to use the special colored pencils.\r\nThese colored pencils have quickly become a student favorite. We use them for \"special work,\" and my students take their time, add color thoughtfully, and take such pride in what they create. It has truly elevated the quality of their work and has made writing and drawing time even more engaging.\r\nI am so grateful for your kindness and belief in my students. Thank you for helping make our classroom a brighter, more creative space where young learners can express themselves and feel proud of their efforts. Your generosity is felt every day.","fullyFundedDate":1754847858130,"projectUrl":"project/creative-classroom/9448808/","projectTitle":"Creative Classroom","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Yoniles","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9166464_orig.jpg?crop=3024,3024,x0,y302&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1691459582676","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9166464"},{"teacherId":8029990,"projectId":9694260,"letterContent":"I can not thank you enough for making my wish list come to fruition. With budget cuts and classroom expenses being reduced, I didn't receive any colored pencils for my students this year! We use them daily for our morning math, as well as coloring contests and artwork throughout the year. With your generous donation, every student in my class received their own brand new set of colored pencils. \r\n\r\nIn addition to the colored pencils, thank you for all the various colors and sizes of construction paper that restocked my art supply drawers. The students have been able to select their own colors when creating works of art. \r\n\r\nThe decorative pumpkins covered the front door for the month of October. The students love to see their names written as they are welcomed into the classroom each morning. \r\n\r\nThank you again for your thoughtfulness and generosity.","fullyFundedDate":1758210386153,"projectUrl":"project/help-bring-art-to-life/9694260/","projectTitle":"Help Bring Art to Life","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Steinzeig","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8029990_orig.png?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1690307666178","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8029990"},{"teacherId":16027,"projectId":9686656,"letterContent":"Our students are truly benefiting from the new resources you have graciously supporting. With the pipe builders , our students make their own sculptures, to boost their STEM skills. They also use STEM skills when they use the bridge building kit. They look at the picture of the bridge, and take the plastic colored interlocking round flakes to create their ownbridge, all the while, learning about how a bridge is created and the engineering behind it. Our students are learning valuable STEM skills and these essential skills are the building blocks for a strong foundation to prepare for them more intermediate and advanced activities in STEM.Many thanks for your support.","fullyFundedDate":1759442844748,"projectUrl":"project/building-bridges-and-brain-power-full/9686656/","projectTitle":"Building Bridges and Brain Power - Full STEAM Ahead","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Yang","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/16027"},{"teacherId":8680692,"projectId":9598542,"letterContent":"On behalf of my students and myself, I want to extend a heartfelt thank you for your generous donation to this \"Snack Hacks\" project. Your support is making a real difference already!\r\n\r\nThanks to your contribution, we're able to keep drinks in the refrigerator located in one of the counseling offices for students to enjoy as needed. We are also able to provide students with snacks to eat as needed. I am incredibly grateful. It's donations like yours that help bring hands-on, meaningful resources to life.","fullyFundedDate":1758812818563,"projectUrl":"project/snack-hacks/9598542/","projectTitle":"Snack Hacks","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Maryann","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8680692_orig.jpg?crop=1125,1125,x0,y618&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1664399892514","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8680692"},{"teacherId":12025,"projectId":9297590,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting this grant! I feel so fortunate to have received funding for this project. I received both an on demand training for the Lively Letters program as well as a reproducible workbook for individual student support. \r\n\r\nLively Letters supports letter and sound acquisition in young learners by embedding pictures and stories in each letter. The letter \"G\" for example, is a made into a girl drinking grape juice saying \"g, g, g.\" The associated hand motion is pretending to drink from a cup. Students connect to each image and story and by using multimodal materials they quickly learn the name and sound of each letter. This program includes so much more and through the on demand training I am quickly learning about the other components. \r\n\r\nI have been using Lively Letters with my small reading groups and the impact has been amazing. I have first grade students that struggled so much in kindergarten and came in with very little knowledge that now can fluently name letters and sounds! Incredible! I am so grateful for your generosity. This program and the strategies will help me meet the needs of so many struggling young readers.","fullyFundedDate":1754083172497,"projectUrl":"project/learning-about-lettersfor-the-teacher/9297590/","projectTitle":"Learning About Letters...for the Teacher!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Campbell","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp12025_orig.jpg?crop=1041,1041,x47,y179&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1565226353950","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ccampbell"},{"teacherId":61811,"projectId":9439754,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your donations to our classroom project, \"Reading Corner Upgrade.\" The students are always excited to go to our carpet areas and get their work done. The cushions add a bit more of comfort, especially for extended work time. Some students have even used the cushions to make their chairs more comfortable. Our carpet areas are a favorite for all! We sometimes have to raffle who sits to work in the carpet so that everyone gets a turn. The students are doing a wonderful job taking care of our cushions and maintaining the carpet area clean. Thank you so much for your generosity.","fullyFundedDate":1754847851943,"projectUrl":"project/reading-corner-upgrade/9439754/","projectTitle":"Reading Corner Upgrade","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Covacha","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp61811_orig.jpg?crop=1861,1861,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1632194931478","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/61811"},{"teacherId":61811,"projectId":9439275,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your contributions to our project. Your donations made for a great start to the school year. All students had the essential materials they needed to write and organizes their work. The students were excited to enter the classroom and see their new materials. They especially enjoyed the variety of colors. The erasers are a hit. These erasers, erase without leaving any \"ghost lines\". We call them the best erasers ever. Our classroom is filled with artists, and we use the permanent pens frequently to make our art stand out. Thank you for thinking of us and helping make a great start to the school year.","fullyFundedDate":1754067494152,"projectUrl":"project/back-to-school-basics/9439275/","projectTitle":"Back to School Basics","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Covacha","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp61811_orig.jpg?crop=1861,1861,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1632194931478","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/61811"},{"teacherId":8680692,"projectId":9568743,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your donation to this project! It has helped me add a comfortable reading area to the counseling office for students to sit and relax while enjoying some incredible social emotional learning books. Students are really enjoying the space and being able unwind. It has also helped students by providing a quite place and peaceful place where they can regulate their emotions.\r\n\r\nI am truly grateful to you for your generosity and kindness. My students are also very appreciative as well! Big thank you again!","fullyFundedDate":1755195590206,"projectUrl":"project/the-book-nook/9568743/","projectTitle":"The Book Nook","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Maryann","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8680692_orig.jpg?crop=1125,1125,x0,y618&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1664399892514","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8680692"},{"teacherId":8680692,"projectId":9523524,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your donation to this project! It has helped make more comfortable seating available to students who visit the counseling office. The couches are extremely comfortable and the rugs have added a more cozy feel to the office. I am so grateful to you for your support and willingness to contribute to making this project come true. \r\n\r\nStudents have been so excited to come to the counseling office space and relax while talking about their feelings. It really has been such an amazing gift!","fullyFundedDate":1755008327882,"projectUrl":"project/comfortable-couch-for-counseling/9523524/","projectTitle":"Comfortable Couch for Counseling","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Maryann","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8680692_orig.jpg?crop=1125,1125,x0,y618&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1664399892514","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8680692"},{"teacherId":16027,"projectId":9684077,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generosity and support for our Special Education classroom. Our students were joyful and excited to learn with the new baseboards and legos. They are learning valuable lessons in Stem and Math with legos. They learn about 2d and 3d shapes and they build creations for Stem that increases their creativity, problem solving skills, communication, and they learn to work together with classmates for collaborative projects. Thanks to your amazing support, our students to continue to increase their axasmic knowledge and life skills to be curious, inquisitive, problem solvers.","fullyFundedDate":1757793709264,"projectUrl":"project/using-our-imagination-with-legos-for-ste/9684077/","projectTitle":"Using Our Imagination With Legos for Stem","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Yang","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/16027"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_4583","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":458,"numTeachers":14,"percentFrplEligible":60,"percentAsian":5,"percentBlack":1,"percentWhite":22,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":66,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Pre-K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"32.7:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_SMALL"},"inStateSupporters":87.2,"schoolId":4583,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Henry Ford Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Henry Ford Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/california/redwood-city-school-district/henry-ford-elementary-school/4583"}