{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Millard McCollam Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":21.4,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":2590663,"projectId":9566013,"letterContent":"Thank you for the additional materials for our classroom! We have enjoyed having all these extra supplies. My students are so artistic, and creative. They love painting and using glue sticks anytime they can. The cardstock is used for painting and watercolors since it is thicker paper. The water bottle stickers are used as incentives and students get to choose their own sticker. The dot stickers are used to help me see which students turn in homework or not. The popcorn is used for Fun Fridays and movie days.","fullyFundedDate":1755710393625,"projectUrl":"project/3rd-grade-necessities/9566013/","projectTitle":"3rd Grade Necessities","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Gregoire","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2590663_orig.png?crop=575,575,x175,y457&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1596157421014","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-gregoire"},{"teacherId":2590663,"projectId":9261355,"letterContent":"Thank you for all the age appropriate games! Coming from TK to 3rd, I didn't have very many board or card games that weren't too babyish. Having Mancala, Connect 4, Battleship, Trouble, Sorry and Uno are great for Fun Fridays and rainy day activities. These board games help students learn how to have good sportsmanship, and learn how to follow rules. The Champion sports balls, soccer balls, and bouncy balls have been a great addition for our outside time. Students learn how to play the game, and solve conflict with each other.","fullyFundedDate":1746453236469,"projectUrl":"project/games-in-3rd-grade/9261355/","projectTitle":"Games in 3rd Grade!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Gregoire","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2590663_orig.png?crop=575,575,x175,y457&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1596157421014","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-gregoire"},{"teacherId":2590663,"projectId":9272908,"letterContent":"Thank you for the mixture of things. As we get further into the school year, we need a random assortment of supplies. Students use pencils everyday and we use the colorful masking tape to label student spots on the carpet. The mesh bags are used to keep us organized, with our games, art supplies and other school supplies. The jolly ranchers are an incentive for students to try their best and get their work done. My students love art and creating things, so they each have their own glue stick in their desk to use. The daily language practice book helps us to improve our gramma, vocabulary and sentence writing.","fullyFundedDate":1746565356837,"projectUrl":"project/a-little-bit-of-everything/9272908/","projectTitle":"A Little Bit of Everything","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Gregoire","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2590663_orig.png?crop=575,575,x175,y457&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1596157421014","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-gregoire"},{"teacherId":2590663,"projectId":9646433,"letterContent":"Thank you for the class set of watercolors! It has been such an amazing experience to see my students draw and create pieces of artwork, and they love using the watercolors. The popcorn was used when we watched Charlotte's Web after reading the book, and we will be watching Charlie and the Chocolate Factory once we read the book as a class. My students love doing perler beads and are thrilled about the new colors. The blank books, sentence strips, and book rings have been used to help improve our writing skills.","fullyFundedDate":1761232695938,"projectUrl":"project/mixture-of-things/9646433/","projectTitle":"Mixture of Things","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Gregoire","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2590663_orig.png?crop=575,575,x175,y457&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1596157421014","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-gregoire"},{"teacherId":2590663,"projectId":9566219,"letterContent":"Thank you for supporting arts and crafts in our classroom! My students love any chance they get to do perler beads. Having more pegboards and beads has allowed us to continue doing this on Fun Fridays. My students love making and creating artwork and go through construction paper like crazy. I'm amazed at what they make, so thank you for giving them this opportunity. The color your own sea animal bookmarks were colored and used while we read Charlotte's Web. The dum dum lollipops are a great incentive for students to get their work done and try their best.","fullyFundedDate":1760407648916,"projectUrl":"project/arts-crafts/9566219/","projectTitle":"Arts & Crafts","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Gregoire","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2590663_orig.png?crop=575,575,x175,y457&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1596157421014","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-gregoire"},{"teacherId":2590663,"projectId":9284000,"letterContent":"Thank you for providing my class with Scholastic News! These are great for students and keep them engaged with the bright and vibrant colors. Scholastic News booklets have current, kid friendly nonfiction that builds knowledge. I love that at the end of each booklet, there are comprehension questions. We go over the articles as a whole class, students read it in groups, and then we come back together to answer the questions. We are working on finding the answers in the text, which I love Scholastic News for because students will go back and circle the answers, then share with their desk partners where they found their answer.","fullyFundedDate":1746476848213,"projectUrl":"project/scholastic-news/9284000/","projectTitle":"Scholastic News!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Gregoire","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2590663_orig.png?crop=575,575,x175,y457&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1596157421014","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-gregoire"},{"teacherId":739519,"projectId":9515622,"letterContent":"Thank you for your kind donations. I have found many resources for back to school activities at the beginning of the year such as questions about how comfortable they feel about math concepts such as fractions, exponents, and decimals. \r\n\r\n I also received wonderful slides on matter and ecosystems from Teachers Pay Teachers. The students love reading, writing, and were engaged with with the vocabulary through crossword puzzles. \r\n\r\nThe students were very excited about walking outside and writing down the creatures that fell under the categories of decomposers, consumers, and producers. This was a slide I acquired through Teachers Pay Teachers.","fullyFundedDate":1755710389974,"projectUrl":"project/success-in-5th-grade/9515622/","projectTitle":"Success in 5th grade!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Graciano","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp739519_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1689452772177","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/739519"},{"teacherId":2590663,"projectId":9599614,"letterContent":"Thank you for supporting my students and giving them a little something extra! Students look forward to our Fun Fridays and popcorn days. They always know at the end of the week, they'll get popcorn as a nice reward for working hard and trying their best. The jolly ranchers are great for when I want students to focus on their writing and not get distracted talking to their friends. My students love anytime they get the chance to build with Legos, so I was happy to expand my Lego classroom collection. My girls are loving the Pixel art and flower garden activities. The white out and self inking stamp have come in handy for putting dates on papers and making corrections.","fullyFundedDate":1757523990683,"projectUrl":"project/steam-activities-and-snacks/9599614/","projectTitle":"STEAM Activities and Snacks","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Gregoire","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2590663_orig.png?crop=575,575,x175,y457&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1596157421014","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-gregoire"},{"teacherId":739519,"projectId":9250905,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your donations. We have used the glue gun to stick googly eyes on our pumpkins. The students wanted to do it themselves but I opted to help them. \r\n\r\nWe are in the process of ordering the cup of caterpillars. The students are always asking me when they will arrive\r\n.\r\n Also, I gave each of the students their own copy of a Mo Willems book. They love the pigeon series and several of them wanted to read it to the whole class. Other times they would read it in the library corner, to a partner, or to themselves. It makes me happy to see them excited to read","fullyFundedDate":1745171004474,"projectUrl":"project/creativity-and-science/9250905/","projectTitle":"Creativity and Science","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Graciano","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp739519_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1689452772177","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/739519"},{"teacherId":2590663,"projectId":9285172,"letterContent":"Thank you for the donations for our classroom: Clorox wipes, crayons and black Expo markers. We are using these everyday as we get into the swing of our classroom routine. Each student has their own pack of crayons and whiteboard marker in their desk. Having these supplies for the start of the year has been great, and my class this year loves art. Students use their whiteboard marker daily to practice math facts and writing. The Clorox wipes I use after school to clean students' desks once they have left. They use baby wipes themselves but that does not take off everything.","fullyFundedDate":1746476848324,"projectUrl":"project/essentials-wipes-crayons-expo-marker/9285172/","projectTitle":"Essentials: Wipes, Crayons & Expo Markers","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Gregoire","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2590663_orig.png?crop=575,575,x175,y457&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1596157421014","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-gregoire"},{"teacherId":2590663,"projectId":9258066,"letterContent":"Thank you for the 3rd grade supplies. We use our desk folders daily to keep our desk organized, and put work that needs to be finished later. The lead pencils are amazing! A pet peeve of mine is having to sharpen pencils and the noise the pencil sharpener makes, so it has been magical and great not to have to use pencils, and have lead pencils instead. Each student has their own pencil pouch to keep their materials organized. They keep their Expo marker, eraser, crayons, scissors, glue stick, pencils, and highlighter inside of their desk.","fullyFundedDate":1745432225045,"projectUrl":"project/moving-to-3rd-grade/9258066/","projectTitle":"Moving to 3rd Grade!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Gregoire","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2590663_orig.png?crop=575,575,x175,y457&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1596157421014","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-gregoire"},{"teacherId":2590663,"projectId":9273092,"letterContent":"Thank you for the class set of daily comprehension and math workbooks. We are working on the 2nd week of school without curriculum so these are coming in quite handy. I can review the reading passage with students, see what they know and what we need to work on this year along with seeing how their comprehension is. For math, it helps that each student has their own workbook and can make notes/draw pictures and follow what I am doing on the projector. Our math is big on multiplication and division so it is great to have these to start with and teach the concepts at a slower pace.","fullyFundedDate":1754245311320,"projectUrl":"project/comprehension-math-workbooks/9273092/","projectTitle":"Comprehension & Math Workbooks","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Gregoire","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2590663_orig.png?crop=575,575,x175,y457&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1596157421014","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-gregoire"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_4670","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":394,"numTeachers":23,"percentFrplEligible":68,"percentAsian":36,"percentBlack":1,"percentWhite":3,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":54,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Pre-K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"17.1:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":78.6,"schoolId":4670,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Millard McCollam Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Millard McCollam Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/california/alum-rock-elementary-school-district/millard-mccollam-elementary-school/4670"}