{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"John Daniels International Comm Magnet School","outOfStateSupporters":40.4,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":5186408,"projectId":9867308,"letterContent":"We just got the bulbs and we went straight outside with shovels to start the digging. Kids were so excited! Dirt flying! Fresh air and planting!. We had two students turning over weeds and plucking out old beds to loosen soil and prevent weeds from returning. Others sorted bulbs and created patterns for our garden. Other kids had never gotten dirty but by the time the bulbs needed to be placed, they got right in. We look forward to the groundhog seeing his shadow and bringing us spring to see the tulips and daffodils that we planted thanks to you.","fullyFundedDate":1763322674062,"projectUrl":"project/community-garden/9867308/","projectTitle":"Community Garden","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. K","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5186408_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1518796941689","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrkskidsread"},{"teacherId":3292023,"projectId":9527660,"letterContent":"Thank you for providing my students with the materials they need to be successful! As soon as the boxes started arriving, the kids were excited to set up their new small group space. Students built the bookcases and tables, designed the layout, and organized the materials. They take pride in keeping their space clean and well stocked.\r\n\r\nOur collaborative space is used daily. Students work in math groups to solve multi-digit addition and subtraction equations, practice multiplication and division facts, and talk about different math strategies. In literacy, students sort long and short vowels, practice spelling words, and talk about their independent reading. Developing language and conversation skills is embedded into daily instruction, but having a special place to do it makes all the difference. \r\n\r\nStudents also use this space for social language development. During free time, indoor recess and dismissal time, students use their collaborative space. They play games, tell jokes, make art and have fun conversations. It is a joy to see the students take ownership and treat the space with respect. You've made a huge impact!","fullyFundedDate":1756049525736,"projectUrl":"project/creative-collaboration-making-small-gro/9527660/","projectTitle":"Creative Collaboration- Making Small Group Spaces Comfortable for All","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. McElhone","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3292023_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1707252993853","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3292023"},{"teacherId":5186408,"projectId":9572200,"letterContent":"Well you did it again. You have a whole school playing soccer with the balls that you donated. Thank you very much. The staff and kids are all playing soccer as much as time allows. This is creating happy kids ready to learn academic subjects. The balls are great because they are soft enough they don't cause injuries. I hope you are getting ready for the world cup coming to North America. In a few years you will probably see kids playing for the USA from our city. Thanks again for your support and check out our other projects.","fullyFundedDate":1755175578717,"projectUrl":"project/soccer-balls/9572200/","projectTitle":"Soccer Balls!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. K","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5186408_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1518796941689","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrkskidsread"},{"teacherId":1508453,"projectId":9243614,"letterContent":"WOW! Each student at John C. Daniels is showing their ability to live up to our HUSKY values of honesty, respect, responsibility and kindness. Through our PBIS program including schoolwide use of Daniels Dollars to reward student behaviors, our students are not only demonstrating their own abilities, but also helping their peers do the same. They are being role models and leaders within their classrooms and beyond. \r\n\r\nYour donation helped stock our school store at which the earned Daniels Dollars can be spent. We were able to create over 100 PAW pouches to distrubute to our Husky of the Month. We are thrilled with the initiative, the student response and your support. \r\n\r\nWe are confident that your support has enabled our learners to better understand the ways in which appropriate behaviors impact their learning and our community as a whole.","fullyFundedDate":1746544499510,"projectUrl":"project/husky-pride-rewarding-positive-behavior/9243614/","projectTitle":"Husky Pride: Rewarding Positive Behavior and Academic Success","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. McGovern","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-7_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1508453"},{"teacherId":5186408,"projectId":9310060,"letterContent":"Thank you, danke, merci, Dankjewel, Takk, Khop khun for your help with our classroom. We are so excited about the calculators to help us calculate savings, employment and budgeting for financial literacy. We are a great bilingual school that is grateful for your help with our math and resource classroom. We love to learn new things and these calculators will allow us to keep up with our peers without struggling with calculating by hand. Check our our other projects from our school, we would and did really appreciate the help.","fullyFundedDate":1747063737434,"projectUrl":"project/1234-math/9310060/","projectTitle":"1234 Math","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. K","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5186408_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1518796941689","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrkskidsread"},{"teacherId":5186408,"projectId":9137985,"letterContent":"Thank you, donors and Ripple for your support of education. Your donation during teacher appreciation week really should make you proud of your community support effort. Everyone should be looking to change the world. We teachers start with the basics and work to send kids out to make a difference in the future. We are running around the courtyard as you read this with World Cup dreams. The soccer balls have fired up our students to show off their soccer skills and one day play for PSG or Barcelona. Even if they don't make that lofty goal, they will have achieved a better fitness level and an ability to work hard at life's challenges.","fullyFundedDate":1746492952253,"projectUrl":"project/soccer-workout-equipment/9137985/","projectTitle":"Soccer Workout Equipment","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. K","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5186408_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1518796941689","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrkskidsread"},{"teacherId":1508453,"projectId":8270887,"letterContent":"Thanks to your generous support, every student in our school now has the opportunity to confidently share their voice and their learning with our entire community. At our regular Town Meeting assemblies, students take the stage to present projects, share ideas, and celebrate their growth — and now, with the help of high-quality microphones funded by your donations, every voice can be heard.\r\n\r\nThese microphones will not amplify sound but also amplify student confidence. They are used throughout the year in Town Meetings, drama productions, school-wide assemblies, and ceremonies of achievement. Students will practice essential 21st-century communication skills — speaking clearly, presenting to an audience, and sharing their ideas with pride.\r\n\r\nYour gift has helped create a learning environment where every student feels heard, valued, and empowered. We are deeply grateful for your support in helping our students find and share their voices.","fullyFundedDate":1711307664580,"projectUrl":"project/enshure-their-voices-will-be-heard/8270887/","projectTitle":"EnSHURE Their Voices Will Be Heard!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. McGovern","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-7_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1508453"},{"teacherId":1508453,"projectId":8187238,"letterContent":"Thanks to your generous support, our students are finding their voices — literally and figuratively! Donations to our project funded high-quality microphones that allow students to practice and refine their 21st-century communication skills in authentic, real-world settings.\r\n With access to this equipment, students are developing the confidence to speak clearly, project their voices, and communicate their ideas effectively. These skills are essential not only in school but in life beyond the classroom.\r\n Students are already putting these skills into action — presenting their learning to authentic audiences of peers, faculty, and families during town meetings, drama productions, school-wide assemblies, and ceremonies of achievement. Your generosity has amplified their voices, empowered their ideas, and helped prepare them for future success.\r\n Thank you for believing in our students and investing in their growth as confident, capable communicators.","fullyFundedDate":1707353908930,"projectUrl":"project/communication-skills-for-the-21st-centur/8187238/","projectTitle":"Communication Skills for the 21st Century","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. McGovern","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-7_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1508453"},{"teacherId":6931591,"projectId":8780224,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for you support to our room. We have been able to utilize materials in special small group activities read alouds and independent work. Their faces when receiving the various boxes was always a super exciting day. They unpacked and use materials at the moment. The single writing desks the flexible sitting items, made their day. After all of the excitement , they then, brainstorm ideas of when and how these were going to be used. Additionally they talk and created a list of does and don't, to when and how to use materials. \r\n We will continue to use items to promote indecent work, shared reading and small group work. I'm one of our next projects students will get together to investigate a country study and then create posters, informational charts that will be posted in and out of our classroom. Student will also have the opportunity to share knowledge with the whole school in our end of the year town meeting. \r\nI can't express all the gratitude we all have with you donation and how you help our classroom be able to have a different approach on how we learn, deliver and create, during our classroom time. Thank you so much.","fullyFundedDate":1734099454046,"projectUrl":"project/learning-and-focused-with-flexible-style/8780224/","projectTitle":"Learning and Focused with Flexible Style","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Colon","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6931591_orig.jpg?crop=720,720,x375,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1660004630579","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6931591"},{"teacherId":5288935,"projectId":8897935,"letterContent":"We are incredibly grateful for your generous support in funding the sensory room project at our school. As the room is being finalized for the implementation of this space, we are filled with excitement and anticipation for the positive impact it will have on our students with special needs.\r\n\r\nThe sensory room is being designed as a safe and calming environment where students can regulate their emotions, develop self-calming strategies, and better engage in their learning and social experiences. We look forward to seeing this space become a sanctuary for children who experience sensory overload or struggle with self-regulation, helping them find moments of peace and focus.\r\n\r\nWith tools like a swing, weighted blankets, tactile objects and more, we are confident the sensory room will foster emotional well-being and provide opportunities for students to build connections with peers and staff. We are eager to witness the transformation as students benefit from this space, reducing challenging behaviors and creating a more inclusive and supportive school environment.\r\n\r\nYour contribution has brought us closer to creating a place where every child feels valued, understood, and empowered to reach their full potential. Thank you for making this vision a reality—we cannot wait to share the success stories that this sensory room will inspire!","fullyFundedDate":1730295863495,"projectUrl":"project/sensory-room/8897935/","projectTitle":"Sensory Room","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Gutierrez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5288935_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1537444670945","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/stacy-gutierrez"},{"teacherId":6931591,"projectId":8673040,"letterContent":"I want to extend my deepest gratitude for your generous contribution to our classroom project. Your support has made a world of difference in the lives of our second graders. They were very ecstatic when the boxes arrived. \r\nThanks to your donation, we were able to provide our students with new educational materials that have directly enhanced their learning experience. Since receiving these resources, our students have shown greater engagement in creating writing.\r\nThe excitement in our classroom has been palpable, with students eager to explore new topics and ideas. The private folders help creat a personal space that improves the concentration and gears to imagination. As well to be used on our focus on taking test. Students love to use and express as we'll share knowledge utilizing the whit boards. Also , the student love to share their creating writing with peers. It's these moments that remind me how meaningful your support is. \r\nOnce again, thank you for making this possible. Your kindness and support have truly made a difference in our students' lives.\r\nWarmly,\r\nMrs. Colon","fullyFundedDate":1726767022120,"projectUrl":"project/all-we-need-to-succeed/8673040/","projectTitle":"All We Need, to Succeed","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Colon","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6931591_orig.jpg?crop=720,720,x375,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1660004630579","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6931591"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_44037","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":522,"numTeachers":36,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":1,"percentBlack":10,"percentWhite":6,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":79,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Pre-K - 8","studentTeacherRatio":"14.5:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":false,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_MIDSIZE"},"inStateSupporters":59.6,"schoolId":44037,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about John Daniels International Comm Magnet School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"John Daniels International Comm Magnet School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/connecticut/new-haven-public-schools/john-daniels-elementary-school/44037"}