{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"James Chittick Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":26.1,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":8717824,"projectId":9746614,"letterContent":"We are so grateful to our generous DonorsChoose supporters for providing games for our counseling room! Your donation has already made a meaningful impact on my students.\r\n\r\nThe new games give students a fun and engaging way to practice social skills, problem-solving, teamwork, and emotional regulation in a safe space. Students are excited to use the games and are learning important lessons about communication, patience, and collaboration—all while having fun!\r\n\r\nYour support helps create a welcoming, supportive environment where students can develop essential life skills, build confidence, and strengthen relationships with their peers. Thank you for making a difference in our students' growth and well-being!","fullyFundedDate":1767216415069,"projectUrl":"project/games-that-build-confidence-and-connecti/9746614/","projectTitle":"Games that Build Confidence and Connection","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Gagne","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8717824_orig.jpg?crop=630,630,x124,y66&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1712677013828","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8717824"},{"teacherId":2958775,"projectId":9936581,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for my brand new laminator machine and laminating sheets. We do so many wonderful projects in first grade that we love to laminate so they can last for years to come. My favorite project to laminate is our published writing books. The students write an \"All About\" an animal book with 5 informational chapters and a page all about themselves. We laminate the whole book and have a celebration that families are invited to. \r\nOther classroom materials that we laminate weekly are vocabulary words, station work, high frequency sight words, name tags, bus tags, and anchor charts. Your donation helps improve our classroom materials and helps having to replace things year to year. I appreciate all of your support!","fullyFundedDate":1764727829461,"projectUrl":"project/lets-laminate/9936581/","projectTitle":"Let's Laminate!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Bratz","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2958775_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1481823641655","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2958775"},{"teacherId":4994132,"projectId":9623810,"letterContent":"We cannot thank you enough for funding our \"New school year, new school supplies\" project! We were in desperate need of dry erase markers so we could practice our phonics skills and learn to write our trick words on our dry erase boards! The index cards were also needed to learn our spelling and trick words. We have been able to practice marking up words, which has helped scholars learn how to spell! \r\n\r\nScholars have also been able to fill in multiple sticker charts, thanks to the packages of stickers we received in this project. As you can see from some of our photos, the students absolutely love receiving stickers for their great work! And we have been able to laminate many written reports with the lamination sheets! Scholars just finished up their animal reports in February and were so happy to have their writing and illustrations protected. Thank you for your generosity and helping to bring smiles to some pretty cool kids!","fullyFundedDate":1764675063240,"projectUrl":"project/new-school-supplies-for-a-new-school-yea/9623810/","projectTitle":"New School Supplies for a New School Year!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Downey","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4994132_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1689814367433","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4994132"},{"teacherId":1654292,"projectId":9481399,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous donations! Each donation helped our project get funded before the year even started. My students and I are so grateful that people like you support public education and make it possible for us to acquire necessary resources for effective learning. My students LOVE using expo markers and white boards to express themselves or to show their work in multiple subjects. This type of interactive learning keeps things fresh in our classroom. After a lot of use markers run out but thanks to you we have not run out yet and are not even in danger of that. \r\nThe Kleenex and wipes are other necessities to keep our classroom clean and as germ free as possible. These things add up so I am especially grateful for your donations as they helped me save a little money. My students all take part in keeping our classroom tidy and organized by sharing the cleaning responsibilities. A clean and organized classroom is essential to productivity and learning.\r\n\r\nYou have helped more than you know and we appreciate your support more than you know.","fullyFundedDate":1759014835210,"projectUrl":"project/refreshed-for-a-new-year/9481399/","projectTitle":"Refreshed for a New Year!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Haney","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1654292_orig.jpg?crop=417,417,x96,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1643594536818","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1654292"},{"teacherId":3353731,"projectId":9682095,"letterContent":"Since the fulfillment of this project, there have been many exciting changes and updates in our school library. We've had a visit from a prolific author, a free book fair, and hundreds of books circulating among our students. The book fair was the highlight because of all the ways the items from your donation made it even more special. Students were able to find books to take home and then sit in comfortable seating, on soft rugs, and in the relaxing ambience of the light covers, and begin to fall in love with their new books.\r\nI am also happy to report that one of the most used items in our library is the rotating bookshelf! It is mostly due to the fact that it houses our graphic novel section, but my younger patrons also enjoy it just as a fun way to experience books. \r\nAll of your support has been so integral in helping to create a library in which students have the opportunity to fall in love with reading and stories. Thank you for helping me with this important and monumental task.","fullyFundedDate":1758841257358,"projectUrl":"project/help-open-the-library/9682095/","projectTitle":"Help Open the Library!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Simmonds","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3353731_orig.jpg?crop=986,986,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1757000551368","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3353731"},{"teacherId":1654292,"projectId":9553637,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous donations! Each donation helped our project get funded before the year even started. My students and I are so grateful that people like you support public education and make it possible for us to acquire necessary resources for effective learning. My students are very motivated by positive reinforcements and your donation helped me to replenish my prize box with things such as lollipops and scented play dough. The scented play dough has been a BIG hit as it is not only a fun prize but also an effective fidget. \r\n\r\nMy students are very hard working but our lunch is late and they often benefit from a morning snack. It helps with focus and effort. Supplying every student with a snack can become costly for me so I appreciate your support and my students are happy too:)\r\n\r\nYou have helped tremendously and we appreciate your support more than you know.","fullyFundedDate":1757548914583,"projectUrl":"project/positive-reinforcements/9553637/","projectTitle":"Positive Reinforcements!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Haney","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1654292_orig.jpg?crop=417,417,x96,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1643594536818","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1654292"},{"teacherId":2958775,"projectId":9511045,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous gift of a teachers pay teachers gift card. There are so many wonderful resources for me to purchase for my classroom to help aid in our curriculum tools. For example, I was able to purchase a Fundations Unit for bonus letter words, a visual for tapping out CVC words, and a Math homework unit for our new curriculum Illustrative Math. All of these resources help support my students and give them more opportunities to practice and work on their skills. Thank you for helping my students have a successful year.","fullyFundedDate":1755697827961,"projectUrl":"project/teachers-helping-teachers/9511045/","projectTitle":"Teachers Helping Teachers!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Bratz","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2958775_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1481823641655","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2958775"},{"teacherId":6813488,"projectId":9225887,"letterContent":"My 4th graders are very curious readers. They ask a lot of questions and really want to find out about different topics. These books allow them to explore the different generes of topics Reading in my classroom is a constant. Students read during down time, when they finish their work or even during indoor recess, for some. It's going on a new adventure or reading about their favorite animal. We have a new library in our school building and it's their favorite time of the week. My goal is to inspire 4th graders to enjoy reading and I think by providing them with various book options, it keeps them interested and always wanting to learn more. I will keep adding books to my library as long as Donors Choose will keep providing me with support for my goal of fostering a love for reading in 4th grade.\r\n\r\nI love to see each student read their book with excitement and exchange it for another. They are talking with their peers about these books and making recommendations based on the books they've read. The discourse is amazing. Reading is the foundation for everyhting and that's really the not so secret, secret to all the magic. Thank you.","fullyFundedDate":1744206618806,"projectUrl":"project/excited-readers-need-some-new-material/9225887/","projectTitle":"Excited Readers Need Some New Material!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Smith","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6813488"},{"teacherId":2958775,"projectId":9143581,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for all of the wonderful school supplies that helped us end our school year last spring and launch a fabulous start this fall! So many of these things we use on a daily basis in first grade. Germs are frequent in elementary aged children so the tissues and lysol wipes are used every day to help keep our classroom clean. We use dry erase markers for our phonics program Fundations every day. We are currently working on CVC words like hat, map, log, web, etc. The printer ink helps me print multiple resources to support our curriculum. The students love the change from writing with pencil and paper. The pencils, crayons and other writing tools fill our team caddies and provide every student with what they need to succeed. We are so grateful for all of your generosity!","fullyFundedDate":1746787167717,"projectUrl":"project/shoutout-for-school-supplies/9143581/","projectTitle":"Shoutout for School Supplies!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Bratz","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2958775_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1481823641655","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2958775"},{"teacherId":4994132,"projectId":9197012,"letterContent":"These supplies were a lifesaver at the end of last year when we were down to very little! We were in desperate need of headphones for our computers and basic school supplies for our class. When this project was funded, my scholars were so happy! Thank you for your support and generosity! \r\n\r\nWith the pencils and dry erase markers we were able to continue our phonics lessons with our dry erase boards and continue writing in our reading response notebooks. The students were so happy to receive these supplies, as we were seriously down to old dry erase markers that were not writing well and the children were upset if we found markers without caps! I remember them being so excited when we received these supplies, especially the new markers! \r\n\r\nOur older headphones were also in disrepair and so many of our scholars just went without them. This made using computers and taking our assessments challenging because we did not have enough headphones for our class. I found myself borrowing headphones from other classes and I too was excited for us to have our own brand new headphones! Now students can be on computers with new headphones and they are also learning to take care of them, too! \r\n\r\nI am always in awe of the generosity of Donors Choose angels! You all support so many classrooms in need of funding and teachers, like myself, are grateful! From the bottom of my heart, thank you for supporting our classroom and my amazing scholars!","fullyFundedDate":1742912369804,"projectUrl":"project/headphones-markers-pencilsstaying-e/9197012/","projectTitle":"Headphones, Markers, & Pencils…Staying Engaged Until School’s Out!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Downey","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4994132_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1689814367433","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4994132"},{"teacherId":7536755,"projectId":9192979,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous contribution to our About Our Earth project! Because of your support, my students now have the opportunity to explore our planet in meaningful and hands-on ways.\r\n\r\nWith these new resources, my class will be able to engage in activities that spark curiosity about the environment, encourage critical thinking, and inspire them to become responsible stewards of our Earth. Your donation allows my students to see that learning extends beyond textbooks—it connects directly to the world they live in.\r\n\r\nMost importantly, your kindness shows my students that there are people who believe in them and their education. They feel valued, supported, and motivated to learn more about the importance of taking care of our planet.\r\n\r\nOn behalf of my students and myself, thank you again for making a difference. Your generosity will leave a lasting impact, not only on their learning but also on the way they view their role in caring for the Earth.","fullyFundedDate":1746791328883,"projectUrl":"project/our-earth/9192979/","projectTitle":"Our Earth!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Bautista","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7536755_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1690825869269","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7536755"},{"teacherId":1654292,"projectId":9210023,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for putting a little pep in my students' steps at the end of the year! They were thrilled with the new resources. The water bottles were a big hit and kept all of my students hydrated and allowed them to stay in their seats a bit more. The new seat sacks got us through the year and are in great shape to be reused next year! These are essential since my students sit at tables and not desks. The seat sacks allow them to keep some belongings where they are always readily available.\r\n\r\nThank you for your support. We appreciate it more than you know! You have made a difference for all of us.","fullyFundedDate":1746837251874,"projectUrl":"project/the-home-stretch-for-learning/9210023/","projectTitle":"The Home Stretch for Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Haney","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1654292_orig.jpg?crop=417,417,x96,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1643594536818","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1654292"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_62878","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":248,"numTeachers":24,"percentFrplEligible":75,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":55,"percentWhite":5,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":33,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Pre-K - 6","studentTeacherRatio":"10.3:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":73.9,"schoolId":62878,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about James Chittick Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"James Chittick Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/massachusetts/boston-public-schools/james-chittick-elementary-school/62878"}