{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"John S Charlton School","outOfStateSupporters":37.2,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":10312300,"projectId":9829353,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support of my DonorsChoose project. Because of your kindness, my secondary students now have access to adapted equipment that has already made a meaningful difference in our physical education classes.\r\n\r\nItems such as the Bluetooth speaker, beeper ball, and the webbed balls with light-up inserts allow me to thoughtfully adapt lessons and entire units to meet the diverse needs of my student population. These tools support students with visual, auditory, and motor challenges by providing additional sensory input, clear cues, and increased engagement. As a result, my students are better able to understand activities, actively participate, and experience success alongside their peers.\r\n\r\nMost importantly, these materials help create an inclusive and joyful environment where all students can move, play, and have fun. Seeing their excitement, confidence, and willingness to try new activities has been incredibly rewarding. Your generosity has truly expanded what is possible in our program, and I am deeply grateful for your investment in my students and their learning.\r\n\r\nThank you for believing in our classroom and for helping make physical education accessible, meaningful, and fun for every student.","fullyFundedDate":1760711305701,"projectUrl":"project/adapted-pe-fun-for-all/9829353/","projectTitle":"Adapted Pe Fun for All!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Aires","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-1_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10312300"},{"teacherId":5655335,"projectId":9817152,"letterContent":"The donation of the Canon R100 digital camera has opened new opportunities for my students to explore the world around them and develop a new avenue of communication with our school community.\r\n\r\nThis generous gift has enabled us to introduce and grow a new program, Voices in Focus, which highlights success stories within our Special Education program and empowers students to share their experiences with confidence and pride.\r\n\r\nAs we move forward with the full implementation of Voices in Focus, students have taken the time to learn new skills. They are learning how to use professional equipment, how to speak clearly so their voices are heard, and—most importantly—that their successes matter and deserve to be celebrated.\r\n\r\nThank you again to the donors for helping to facilitate a meaningful platform where our students can build confidence, develop communication skills, and share their stories with the wider school community. Your support has made a lasting impact on both our program and our students.","fullyFundedDate":1760306635533,"projectUrl":"project/voices-in-focus-a-week-in-review/9817152/","projectTitle":"Voices in Focus: A Week in Review","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Stark-Thorpe","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5655335_orig.jpg?crop=1642,1642,x0,y54&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1760156229181","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5655335"},{"teacherId":9542952,"projectId":9824275,"letterContent":"Thanks to your generosity, my students and I have been able to immediately integrate these new resources into our physical education program. We are using the equipment daily to support motor development, balance, coordination, and safe participation for students with a wide range of physical and developmental disabilities.\r\n\r\n For some students, this was the first time they were able to fully engage in a PE lesson alongside their peers in a way that felt successful and empowering. The equipment has helped reduce barriers, increase engagement, and create a more inclusive and supportive learning environment.\r\n\r\nMoving forward, these resources will continue to be used to build structured skill progressions, cooperative activities, and individualized fitness goals. Your support has made a lasting impact on both my students' physical development and their confidence, and I am truly grateful for your investment in our classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1760454247220,"projectUrl":"project/adapted-pe-for-all/9824275/","projectTitle":"Adapted PE for All!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Bridget","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9542952_orig.jpg?crop=2316,2316,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1743986193341","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9542952"},{"teacherId":10312678,"projectId":9830217,"letterContent":"Thank you for supporting my students in their learning, literacy, and communication. The new materials we received have been a big hit. The students love the sensory bin. We change out the materials inside the bin, such as dried beans or holiday balls and the students are excited not only to play in it but also to talk about it using their Augmentative and Alternative Communication devices. Our autistic students enjoy the sensory input from the materials.\r\nThe science tubes, balance, and sink or float materials have amplified our lessons with wonderful hands-on opportunities for the students. They participate in experiments that help increase their understanding of the lesson. These materials are high quality and I look forward to using them for many years to come.\r\nIn the spring we will be working outside in the school garden and greenhouse often and the students are very excited that they can listen to music while they work with the new speaker. As we find insects, flowers, seeds, and birds, we will look up those creatures on the tablet and students can watch videos and read information on what we find as we find it.","fullyFundedDate":1760660326915,"projectUrl":"project/garden-learning/9830217/","projectTitle":"Garden Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Robles","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10312678"},{"teacherId":10311064,"projectId":9825764,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous support in purchasing literacy materials for my classroom! Your kindness has made a meaningful difference in the daily learning experiences of our students.\r\nBecause of your donations, our classroom now has much more access to engaging, accessible, and developmentally appropriate literacy resources. These materials help our students build foundational alphabetic principal, reading and communication skills in ways that meet their individual learning needs, and we are already seeing some increased enthusiasm and progress as my students interact with the books, manipulatives and tools that I selected specifically for them. As I gradually introduce the new materials, the students' eyes light up and they just can't wait to get their hands on them and check them out! My students like the most to use the wooden and/or Unifix cube letters to match and spell words, and I have neededly used the blessing of the Lakeshore book organizer to more efficiently grow my leveled reader books collection and formally document and ongoingly track student reading levels. Next steps are to hopefully continue to extend this literary awareness to some of my lower-functioning students and to build a true love for literacy for my students who are already actual readers.\r\n\r\nYour support goes beyond providing supplies—it helps create a more inclusive learning environment where the intent is that every one of my students feels supported, capable, and excited to at an even greater extent to learn age-appropriate literary concepts and that mission has been accomplished. We are deeply grateful for your commitment to education and for believing in the potential of all learners!\r\nThank you for making this lasting impact on my personal practice, students and classroom as a whole!","fullyFundedDate":1760465948345,"projectUrl":"project/multi-sensory-approach-to-science-of-rea/9825764/","projectTitle":"Multi-Sensory Approach to Science of Reading Self-Contained K2 Special Ed","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. K","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10311064"},{"teacherId":7466099,"projectId":7634547,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support and for donating to our classroom. Your kindness has truly made a meaningful difference in our learning environment, and we are incredibly grateful for your willingness to support our students in such a thoughtful way. Because of your donation, we have been able to enhance our classroom resources and create more engaging, hands-on, and meaningful learning experiences for every student.\r\nYour support has allowed us to make learning more accessible and enjoyable for students with a wide range of learning needs. The donated items have been especially valuable in helping students develop important academic, social, and functional skills. Through structured center activities, students were able to practice communication, cooperation, turn-taking, and problem-solving while actively participating in lessons. These opportunities are essential for building confidence and independence in the classroom.\r\nThank you again for your continued support and generosity. Your contribution has truly made a difference in our classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1693437228533,"projectUrl":"project/lets-get-crafty/7634547/","projectTitle":"Let's Get Crafty!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Vickers","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7466099_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1600549163379","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7466099"},{"teacherId":2350575,"projectId":9829840,"letterContent":"We are absolutely overflowing with gratitude for your incredible generosity! Thanks to you, our classroom has come alive with excitement, laughter, and learning. The new literacy materials have completely transformed our lessons. They have turned reading and writing from a task into an adventure or a game that teaches. My students light up when they recognize words from real life such as job applications, menus, workplace signs, and community schedules. Suddenly, literacy is not something that happens only in a book. It is something that helps them live, work, and connect with the world around them. Your kindness has brought joy, purpose, and pride into our little classroom family.\r\n\r\nThe growth we have seen is nothing short of amazing. Students who once avoided reading now beam with confidence as they volunteer to read aloud or write their own short messages. One student proudly reads every sign he sees on our community trips, while another fills out practice job forms with such determination that the whole class cheers. These moments, big and small, are daily reminders that learning is truly life changing when it is built on encouragement, love, and the right tools. The pride they feel when they realize, \"I can do this!\" is absolutely priceless.\r\n\r\nYour generosity has blessed us far beyond the walls of our classroom. You have given my students not only literacy skills but also dignity, independence, and hope for their future. They believe in themselves a little more each day because someone like you believed in them first. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for changing lives with your kindness. You have given us more than materials. You have given us confidence, joy, and a classroom filled with possibility.","fullyFundedDate":1760657455301,"projectUrl":"project/from-words-to-work-career-literacy-in-a/9829840/","projectTitle":"From Words to Work: Career Literacy in Action","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Kathleen Miller","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2350575"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_44469","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":277,"numTeachers":44,"percentFrplEligible":28,"percentAsian":2,"percentBlack":37,"percentWhite":45,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":8,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Not specified","studentTeacherRatio":"6.3:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":false,"metroType":"SUBURBAN","ncesMetroType":"SUBURB_MIDSIZE"},"inStateSupporters":62.8,"schoolId":44469,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about John S Charlton School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"John S Charlton School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/delaware/caesar-rodney-school-district/john-s-charlton-school/44469"}