{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"J.O. Wilson Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":57.5,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":6860706,"projectId":10508794,"letterContent":"Facts You Can Walk On has been a major success in the classroom. My fourth and fifth graders use our multiplication carpet as a resource during class time. Scholars are counting the numbers on the carpet to find the products and even going to the carpet to walk on the numbers to find the product.\r\n\r\nThe composition books were also a hit! Each day scholars are given a practice assignment with 2-5 problems to complete and can see their progress throughout the sessions all in one book.\r\n\r\nThank you for your generous donation in providing resources for our scholars to benefit them several years to come","fullyFundedDate":1789574561551,"projectUrl":"project/facts-you-can-walk-on/10508794/","projectTitle":"Facts You Can Walk On!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Davila","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6860706_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1785086873678","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/k-davila"},{"teacherId":8115138,"projectId":10232089,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous donation and for supporting the young leaders in our girls' mentoring program, SHE SOARS!\r\n\r\nThanks to your support, our girls have the opportunity to bring their creativity and entrepreneurial ideas to life through a student-led juice initiative. The juicer is more than just a piece of equipment. It is a tool that allows our students to develop important life skills while learning what it takes to start and manage a small business.\r\n\r\nThrough this project, our girls will have the opportunity to create juice recipes, calculate costs, set prices, market their products, and interact with customers. These hands-on experiences will help strengthen their confidence, communication, teamwork, leadership, and financial literacy skills.\r\n\r\nOne of the most meaningful parts of this initiative is the opportunity for our girls to spread positivity throughout our school community. Each juice will include an inspirational message, reminding others that even small acts of kindness can make a difference.\r\n\r\nThe proceeds from juice sales will also help support future mentoring activities, allowing our girls to take an active role in creating opportunities for themselves and their peers.\r\n\r\nYour donation is helping our girls see that they are not too young to be leaders, entrepreneurs, and changemakers. You are giving them an opportunity to turn their ideas into action and discover just how much they are capable of accomplishing.\r\n\r\nThank you for investing in our girls and helping them SOAR!","fullyFundedDate":1786367010539,"projectUrl":"project/juicing-for-joy-building-health-and-wea/10232089/","projectTitle":"Juicing for Joy, Building Health and Wealth at School!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Ndenecho","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8115138_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1680835965875","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8115138"},{"teacherId":8115138,"projectId":9758309,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous donation and for helping us create a classroom where every student's voice matters!\r\n\r\nThanks to your support, our teachers have a fun and engaging way to encourage student participation during whole-group instruction. The randomized spinner helps ensure that all students have an opportunity to share their thinking, answer questions, and demonstrate what they have learned.\r\n\r\nOne of the biggest benefits of the spinner is that it encourages participation beyond the students who typically raise their hands. Students know that everyone has an opportunity to contribute, which helps them stay engaged, listen closely, and prepare to share their ideas.\r\n\r\nThe spinner also helps teachers check for understanding across the entire classroom. By hearing from a wider variety of students, teachers can identify misconceptions, provide additional support, and make adjustments to instruction based on student needs.\r\n\r\nWhat makes this tool especially exciting is that it turns classroom participation into something students can look forward to! The element of surprise adds a little fun to our lessons while reinforcing the importance of every student's contribution.\r\n\r\nYour donation is helping us build a classroom culture where every voice is valued, every student is included, and every learner has an opportunity to shine.\r\n\r\nThank you for making learning more engaging, equitable, and exciting for our students!","fullyFundedDate":1758853098572,"projectUrl":"project/spin-spin-whole-class-engagement-for-th/9758309/","projectTitle":"Spin, Spin Whole Class Engagement for the Win!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Ndenecho","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8115138_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1680835965875","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8115138"},{"teacherId":8115138,"projectId":9098149,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous support in helping us create a safe and positive space for students to take movement breaks during the school day!\r\n\r\nDuring the colder months, our students have fewer opportunities to get outside, move around, and release energy. We recognize that movement breaks are important for helping students refocus, regulate their emotions, and return to learning ready to participate.\r\n\r\nThanks to your donation, our students have access to a walking pad that allows them to take much-needed movement breaks without having to leave the classroom or spend extended periods in the hallway. This helps us provide students with a safe, structured way to move while ensuring they remain supervised and instructional time is protected.\r\n\r\nThe walking pad also gives students an opportunity to recognize when they need a break and practice making responsible choices to support their own learning. Instead of missing valuable classroom time, students can take a quick walk, reset, and return to their work.\r\n\r\nYour generosity is helping us create a classroom environment that supports students' physical, emotional, and academic needs. Sometimes, a few minutes of movement can make a big difference in a student's ability to learn.\r\n\r\nThank you for helping our students walk it out and get back to learning!","fullyFundedDate":1739562755314,"projectUrl":"project/walking-it-out-and-working-it-out/9098149/","projectTitle":"Walking It Out And Working It Out!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Ndenecho","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8115138_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1680835965875","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8115138"},{"teacherId":8115138,"projectId":9096971,"letterContent":"Thanks to your generous support, we are able to make vocabulary development exciting, engaging, and rewarding for our students!\r\n\r\nAt J.O. Wilson Elementary School, we are working to help students become stronger readers by building their vocabulary and deepening their understanding of what they read. We want our students to do more than decode words. We want them to understand new words, use them confidently in conversations, and incorporate more advanced vocabulary into their writing.\r\n\r\nYour donation helps bring our \"Words Are Lit\" Vocabulary Challenge to life! Through this schoolwide initiative, students are encouraged to learn and use Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary as they work toward becoming members of our JOWES Lit Club. Each challenge gives students an opportunity to demonstrate their growing word knowledge while building confidence and excitement around language.\r\n\r\nThe incentives and prizes you helped provide will allow us to celebrate students as they complete vocabulary challenges and recognize their hard work. These small rewards make learning fun and motivate students to continue expanding their vocabulary.\r\n\r\nOur goal is to create a school culture where students are excited to discover new words, use them in everyday conversations, and become more confident readers, writers, and thinkers.\r\n\r\nBecause when our students get \"Lit\" with Language, they build Bright Minds!\r\n\r\nThank you for helping us make vocabulary learning something our students can celebrate!","fullyFundedDate":1739538575619,"projectUrl":"project/get-lit-with-language-promoting-vocabul/9096971/","projectTitle":"Get Lit With Language, Promoting Vocabulary that is \"LIT\"","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Ndenecho","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8115138_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1680835965875","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8115138"},{"teacherId":119606,"projectId":10245707,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our project, Field Day Just Got Cooler! Your generosity helped us bring some extra excitement, fun, and memorable experiences to our students through the addition of slushie mixes, cups, cleaning wipes, and Super Smash Bros. for our Nintendo Switch gaming station. These materials helped us create opportunities for students to celebrate their hard work, enjoy time with their peers, and simply have fun being kids!\r\n\r\nOf all the items we received, Super Smash Bros. was definitely the biggest hit! Our students absolutely loved playing the game, and the excitement has continued well beyond our initial celebrations. Even now, students are still requesting to play during our Fun Fridays. It has been wonderful to see their enthusiasm as they take turns, cheer one another on, and enjoy a little friendly competition. These experiences are also opportunities for students to practice patience, sportsmanship, and positive social interactions outside of traditional academic activities.\r\n\r\nOur Ninja Slushi machine has also been a fun addition to our celebrations, and thanks to your support, we have plenty of slushie mix left to enjoy throughout the school year. We are still experimenting with different mixtures to find that perfect recipe that is refreshing without being overly sweet! The cups have made serving our frozen treats easier, while the wipes help us manage the inevitable spills that come with having a little fun.\r\n\r\nWhat makes this project especially meaningful is that its impact did not end with Field Day. The materials you provided continue to give us opportunities to celebrate student accomplishments, strengthen our classroom community, and create moments that students genuinely look forward to. Sometimes, those moments of laughter, excitement, and celebration are just as important to the school experience as the lessons we teach.\r\n\r\nWe are incredibly grateful for your generosity and for helping us make our classroom a place where hard work and joyful experiences go hand in hand. Thank you for making Field Day a little cooler and for giving us reasons to keep the celebrations going throughout the school year!","fullyFundedDate":1777989327966,"projectUrl":"project/field-day-just-got-cooler/10245707/","projectTitle":"Field Day Just Got Cooler!","teacherDisplayName":"Dr. Woods","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp119606_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1661914300244","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/119606"},{"teacherId":119606,"projectId":10229221,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping bring a little extra fun and celebration into our classroom with our Ninja Slushi machine! Toward the end of the previous school year, we were able to put it to use several times, including making frozen treats for Field Day and celebrating some of our Fun Fridays. It was such a fun way to give students something special to look forward to and to celebrate the hard work they had done throughout the year.\r\n\r\nWe are admittedly still in our experimental phase as we work on finding the perfect slushie mixture, something delicious without being too sweet! Our students certainly do not mind helping with that process, and each time we use the machine gives us another opportunity to create a fun memory together.\r\n\r\nThis school year is especially exciting because we have returned to our school building after being away during renovations. As we settle into our new spaces, we are looking forward to bringing the Ninja Slushi back out and using it for classroom celebrations, special accomplishments, and those moments when our students deserve a little something extra.\r\n\r\nThank you for giving us a resource that allows us to celebrate our students and create joyful experiences together. We are so appreciative of your generosity and cannot wait to make even more memories, and hopefully perfect our slushie recipe, this school year!","fullyFundedDate":1777861851670,"projectUrl":"project/things-just-got-cooler/10229221/","projectTitle":"Things Just Got Cooler!","teacherDisplayName":"Dr. Woods","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp119606_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1661914300244","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/119606"},{"teacherId":119606,"projectId":10181272,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our project, Don't Let Tech Limit Our Learning! This iPad has become an important part of our small-group classroom, giving students another device to access the reading and math programs we use to strengthen and practice their skills.\r\n\r\nHaving this additional iPad has been especially helpful this school year. While we received new iPads from the district, the newer devices require Bluetooth headphones, and many of our students already have standard headphones that cannot be used with them. The iPad you provided gives us additional flexibility and helps ensure that technology does not become a barrier to students accessing the programs and activities they need.\r\n\r\nEven more exciting, your support, combined with the additional iPads we received this school year, means we are now almost halfway to having enough devices to create a small technology group during our literacy rotations! For my group of learners, this is a very big deal. It gives us the opportunity to work toward a rotation where some students can independently practice targeted reading skills using technology while I provide direct, small-group instruction to other students.\r\n\r\nWe are incredibly thankful for your generosity and for helping us move closer to creating a classroom where students have greater access to technology. One iPad may seem like one device, but in our classroom, it has brought us one step closer to making our small-group learning vision a reality. Thank you for helping us make sure technology supports our learning rather than limits it!","fullyFundedDate":1778099317443,"projectUrl":"project/dont-let-limited-tech-limit-learning/10181272/","projectTitle":"Don't Let Limited Tech Limit Learning!","teacherDisplayName":"Dr. Woods","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp119606_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1661914300244","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/119606"},{"teacherId":119606,"projectId":10609278,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our project, Putting Our Printers Back to Work! Having reliable access to ink has made such a difference in our classroom. While ink may seem like a simple classroom supply, we depend on it almost every day to keep our lessons organized, engaging, and ready for students.\r\n\r\nBefore this project was funded, printing could sometimes be a challenge. Our shared printer at school may be unavailable because of a paper jam, toner issue, or other unexpected problem. Thanks to your generosity, I now have the flexibility to use our classroom printers or prepare and print materials from home ahead of time. This has helped reduce those last-minute printing challenges and allows me to focus more of my time and attention on instruction.\r\n\r\nThe color ink has been especially valuable for my students. We have been able to print colorful math materials that help students count and identify objects, create visual supports for instruction, and add posters and other resources to our classroom walls. For young learners, those colors and visuals can make materials more engaging and easier to understand.\r\n\r\nIt is amazing how something as simple as ink can have such an important impact on teaching and learning. These two packs of ink have helped us bring our printers back to life and have given me another dependable way to make sure my students have the materials they need when they need them.\r\n\r\nWe are incredibly appreciative of your generosity and your continued support of our classroom. Thank you for helping us spend less time worrying about whether we can print and more time learning!","fullyFundedDate":1789554785641,"projectUrl":"project/put-our-printers-back-to-work/10609278/","projectTitle":"Put Our Printers Back to Work!","teacherDisplayName":"Dr. Woods","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp119606_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1661914300244","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/119606"},{"teacherId":8227848,"projectId":10408230,"letterContent":"The donated glue, laminator, and cleaning wipes have had a direct and meaningful impact on my students' learning and daily classroom experience. The glue has allowed students to fully participate in hands‑on activities—building letter crafts, assembling interactive notebooks, and completing fine‑motor tasks that strengthen early writing readiness. \r\nThe laminator has made it possible to create durable visual supports, individualized learning tools, and reusable centers that help my students—especially those in SPED—access consistent structure and practice without materials wearing down. The cleaning wipes have supported a healthier, more organized classroom environment, allowing students to work at clean stations and transition smoothly between activities.","fullyFundedDate":1785781580192,"projectUrl":"project/the-little-things-that-make-learning-sti/10408230/","projectTitle":"The Little Things That Make Learning Stick!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Mason","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8227848"},{"teacherId":8115138,"projectId":8161219,"letterContent":"Dear Donors,\r\n\r\nThank you so much for funding our dry erase markers! These markers will be used daily as students practice phonics, solve math problems, share their thinking, and participate in lessons.\r\n\r\nSomething as simple as having the right supplies makes a big difference in keeping students engaged and ready to learn. Students can confidently write, revise, and explain their ideas while building important academic skills. We truly appreciate your generosity and support of our students.\r\n\r\nThank you for helping our Cardinals soar!\r\n\r\nWith gratitude,\r\nJ.O. Wilson Elementary School","fullyFundedDate":1705948066814,"projectUrl":"project/on-your-mark-get-set-show/8161219/","projectTitle":"On your Mark! Get Set! Show!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Ndenecho","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8115138_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1680835965875","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8115138"},{"teacherId":119606,"projectId":10189997,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping us make Field Day another memorable experience for our students! Field Day is always one of the most anticipated events of the school year, and thanks to your generosity, we added even more fun, excitement, and organization to the day.\r\n\r\nThe games were easily one of the biggest hits! We projected them onto our Smartboard, and students had an amazing time competing against one another in Super Smash Bros. It was so much fun watching them cheer each other on, celebrate their wins, and simply enjoy being kids together. I loved being able to provide an experience that brought so much excitement to the day.\r\n\r\nSome of the materials also proved to be incredibly helpful behind the scenes. The whistles and walkie-talkies were especially useful for my co-planner and me as we moved throughout the different Field Day activities. Being able to communicate with each other in real time helped us coordinate activities, respond quickly when we needed one another, and keep the day running smoothly. Although our students have not had an opportunity to use the vibration plate just yet, I know it will be another resource they will enjoy as we incorporate it into future movement and sensory activities.\r\n\r\nOnce again, Field Day exceeded our expectations! While students occasionally took advantage of the lawn chairs for a quick break, we were fortunate to have beautiful weather, and they were on the go for nearly the entire day. From playing games indoors to participating in activities outside, there was no shortage of movement, laughter, competition, and fun.\r\n\r\nThank you for helping us create a Field Day that our students could truly enjoy. 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