{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Newton Bateman Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":37.1,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":7392957,"projectId":9455723,"letterContent":"First and foremost, I would like to take the opportunity to thank you for your continued support in helping my classroom attain the fine motor skills materials. Your donations have made a huge impact in our youngest learners. These materials will help strengthen their fine motor skills which will benefit their hand-eye coordination, as well as self-help skills.\r\n\r\nEach child went home with a take-home kit that had activity suggestions and all the materials that you made possible. They were eager and excited to try out their fine motor skill materials.","fullyFundedDate":1756137147127,"projectUrl":"project/exercising-our-fine-motor-skills/9455723/","projectTitle":"Exercising Our Fine Motor Skills!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Delgado","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7392957_orig.png?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1599351735829","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7392957"},{"teacherId":5258267,"projectId":9545598,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for giving our classroom chart paper, dry erase markers, construction paper and photo storage boxes. These have helped us so much in learning about authors, making fun projects to showcase our learning and day-to-day practice for phonics on our own dry erase boards. The rug has helped us gather together for more social emotional learning time and encouraged us to be more engaged during mini lessons. We appreciate the cushions so that we have more options of fun, comfortable spots to sit during the day to read. We appreciate your thoughtfulness!","fullyFundedDate":1758827552236,"projectUrl":"project/second-grade-gathering-spot/9545598/","projectTitle":"Second Grade Gathering Spot","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Fitzner","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5258267_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1564087315682","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-fitzner"},{"teacherId":129393,"projectId":9599088,"letterContent":"Thank you very much for supporting my classroom. With the TPT gift card I was able to purchase and modify to my classroom needs a really fun and creative math project - Building a City. In this project students were required to create a 2d blueprint of a city. They were required to find the area of each building, all the roads, and green space. Then the students turned their blueprint into a 3d model. They were required to find the surface area of each building. Lastly, they had to decorate and name their city. \r\nIt was so much fun watching the students use their creative talents in the math environment. I think they really enjoyed showcasing their math skills through art instead of just completing word problem worksheets. The best part was dispaying the projects during out school's showcase and watching each student desribe their process to family members. What a fun way this was for students to learn about area and surface area in the real world. \r\nWe could not have done it without your support so thank you very much!","fullyFundedDate":1755885816358,"projectUrl":"project/i-am-not-a-math-person/9599088/","projectTitle":"I Am Not a Math Person","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Vigilante","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp129393_orig.jpg?crop=2320,2320,x0,y765&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1631849565650","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/129393"},{"teacherId":54772,"projectId":9600311,"letterContent":"Teachers Pay Teachers (TPT) is an excellent resource for busy teachers like myself. Thanks to your donation to support my grant, \"Teacher Knows Best: We Love Resources Created by Other Teachers\", I am able to supplement my curriculum with creative, engaging materials. These materials are designed to help students receive standards-based instruction without using boring, out-of-date textbooks.\r\n\r\nOne of the ways I used my gift card was to purchase materials that I could print out and use to supplement my writing and social studies curricula. Every day we start with a grammar bellringer about a different celebration. Each passage contains five mistakes. The students must identify and correct mistakes in grammar, spelling, capitalization, and usage. Then we discuss the rules behind these corrections. I also enjoy using creative resources for our notebooks such as printables that can supplement the history lessons. For example, students are writing a journal entry from the point of view of Native Americans at the time European colonists arrived in the new world.\r\n\r\nThe great thing about TPT is that once something is downloaded, it's yours to use as many times as you like. There are no yearly subscriptions required. I am attaching screenshots of the materials that students were able to use.\r\n\r\nThank you so much for generously donating to fund this amazing grant. I refer to the (TPT) website regularly and it is so wonderful to be able to purchase materials without digging into my own pockets.","fullyFundedDate":1758827108401,"projectUrl":"project/teacher-knows-best-we-love-resources-cr/9600311/","projectTitle":"Teacher Knows Best: We Love Resources Created by Other Teachers","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Tripp","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp54772_orig.jpg?crop=474,474,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1615819399812","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/54772"},{"teacherId":54772,"projectId":9601344,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for providing us with a subscription to Junior Scholastic magazine. We love reading the engaging articles about historical and current events as well as finetuning our geography and civics knowledge.\r\n\r\nEach article helps our students with their comprehension skills while they learn social studies content. Since we started reading our magazines, I've noticed that students are improving an answering multiple choice and close reading questions. Students are also learning how to go back into the text to find evidence to support their ideas and opinions.\r\n\r\nAs their teacher, I love that Junior Scholastic provides print and digital resources with every issue. This has saved me so much time because I don't have to create my own practice and assessments. The digital \"Know the News\" questions help prepare students for standardized testing while helping me save time because these types of assessments are graded for me automatically on Google Classroom! This is such a lifesaver. Thank you again!","fullyFundedDate":1755703820236,"projectUrl":"project/current-events-make-social-studies-more/9601344/","projectTitle":"Current Events Make Social Studies More Engaging","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Tripp","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp54772_orig.jpg?crop=474,474,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1615819399812","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/54772"},{"teacherId":54772,"projectId":9339663,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to our class glue sponges grant! Glue sponges are a life-saver. You are probably wondering what exactly a glue sponge is. Quite simply, a glue sponge is a plastic container containing a basic kitchen sponge that has absorbed approximately two ounces of glue. \r\n\r\nWe use them almost every day during all of the classes I teach. They are great for gluing any papers into our interactive notebooks in ELA, Civics, and Advisory classes. Glue sticks do not provide the adhesion needed long-term for these important guided notes and other papers that students will need well into the future. Using bottles of glue with middle school students is a disaster, as I'm sure you can imagine. That's why glue sponges come to the rescue. Students learn that they just tap the corner of each paper on the sponge before attaching it inside their notebooks. Viola! Papers will have just the right amount of glue and their hands and desks stay clean!\r\n\r\nYour help allowed me to purchase sponges, bottles of glue, and really nice, reusable storage containers that should last for many years. Thank you so much for your generous donation!","fullyFundedDate":1749827616992,"projectUrl":"project/getting-gluey/9339663/","projectTitle":"Getting Gluey!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Tripp","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp54772_orig.jpg?crop=474,474,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1615819399812","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/54772"},{"teacherId":2412068,"projectId":9594734,"letterContent":"Our students are so happy to have these new chairs!! They are able to sit safely without wobbling or falling down. They are able to eat and work at the tables at an appropriate height and much more comfortably. \r\n\r\nThe new chairs also allow our students to sit in a clean space. With so many preschool spills and messes, these chairs are easy to wipe clean. The chairs are a light weight, so the kids can easily be pushed under the table or stacked to keep our space clean and safe. \r\n\r\nThese chairs have made a world of difference for our classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1756227162943,"projectUrl":"project/essential-chairs/9594734/","projectTitle":"Essential Chairs","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Knobel","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2412068_orig.jpg?crop=1836,1836,x45,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1600200682736","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/aknobel"},{"teacherId":54772,"projectId":9156971,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for providing us with a subscription to Junior Scholastic magazine. We love reading the engaging articles about historical and current events as well as finetuning our geography and civics knowledge.\r\n\r\nEach article helps our students with their comprehension skills while they learn social studies content. Since we started reading our magazines, I've noticed that students are improving an answering multiple choice and close reading questions. Students are also learning how to go back into the text to find evidence to support their ideas and opinions.\r\n\r\nAs their teacher, I love that Junior Scholastic provides print and digital resources with every issue. This has saved me so much time because I don't have to create my own practice and assessments. The digital \"Know the News\" questions help prepare students for standardized testing while helping me save time because these types of assessments are graded for me automatically on Google Classroom! This is such a lifesaver. Thank you again!","fullyFundedDate":1744166761907,"projectUrl":"project/yesterday-today-and-tomorrow/9156971/","projectTitle":"Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Tripp","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp54772_orig.jpg?crop=474,474,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1615819399812","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/54772"},{"teacherId":560303,"projectId":9576021,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping us to create a welcoming, calming, and nurturing environment. The jellyfish decorations hung from the light fixtures create a cool space, the fish decals and water curtain covers old windows and makes it feel like we are under the sea!\r\n\r\nThe students have been thrilled to come to the intervention room. This is what I was hoping for! 5 and 6 years old can be timid to leave their class. Having a fun room to go to makes the move exciting versus nerve-wracking. \r\n\r\nAgain, thank you for making education fun!","fullyFundedDate":1755544956739,"projectUrl":"project/life-is-better-under-the-sea/9576021/","projectTitle":"Life is Better Under the Sea!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Slota","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp560303_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1720476602518","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/jslota"},{"teacherId":560303,"projectId":9521192,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping me to create a classroom that is student ready. Entering a new classroom can feel defeating. However, thanks to your generosity, I was able to purchase the essentials needed to make a class full of resources to grow student learning. I have a beautiful set of letters, numbers, colors, and shapes. I have tools for my early learners to track print, sound out words, and make sense of them.\r\n\r\nI cannot express the gratitude I have for donors like you who help teachers optimize student learning. Learning isn't cheap, but our future is so worth it. Many thanks for supporting students, teachers, and public education.","fullyFundedDate":1754311149228,"projectUrl":"project/new-class-new-digs/9521192/","projectTitle":"New Class, New Digs","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Slota","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp560303_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1720476602518","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/jslota"},{"teacherId":560303,"projectId":9074841,"letterContent":"Thank you all so much for helping to get my classroom student ready. These storage shelves and organizing shelves will help to run my class like a fine tuned machine. Students will be able to keep their work organized to take home, independently organize and retrieve materials, and keep our space neat.\r\n\r\nI truly believe education is our path to a better society. We are growing learners and thinkers, but also citizens and members of society. Right now, we hear a lot about the pre-frontal cortex of our brain and how people are struggling to make decisions, create plans, and execute. Running an organized classroom teaches students how to manage responsibilities and be independent decision makers.","fullyFundedDate":1748697801927,"projectUrl":"project/boring-but-essential/9074841/","projectTitle":"Boring But Essential","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Slota","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp560303_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1720476602518","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/jslota"},{"teacherId":7320660,"projectId":9396502,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your donation! The classroom is set up and ready for students to come next week. I'm excited for them to have an easy storage solution that promotes independence and tidiness! I will be sure to update you all with photos as soon as students come into the classroom. I appreciate your continued support and belief in public education! I am looking forward to a positive, calm, focussed and fun school year. 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