{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"North Chatham School","outOfStateSupporters":24.1,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":8394661,"projectId":9137292,"letterContent":"Our students have enjoyed engineering with our Strawbees system. I love how they are able to work independently to follow detailed directions and construct different projects. Some favorite projects have been building cranes, mechanical arms and Mars landers. \r\nOne of the things that has been a pleasant surprise is that the projects are accessible and achievable for all of my students. Students can work alone or together, and they help and support each other along the way. \r\nAs a teacher, I also love that I can share projects with my students on Google Classroom, so they are able to work on them on their own and even on days when we have a substitute. The assignments mostly take less than 45-50 minutes from beginning to completion, so students are able to start and complete a build within one class period. \r\nStudents are learning so many engineering concepts to create kinetic, mechanical machines, and I love seeing how proud they are of themselves. By the end of the year we had many Strawbees cranes and Mars landers displayed throughout our classroom.\r\nThank you so much for contributing to this project! We look forward to more Strawbees builds in the coming school year.","fullyFundedDate":1746585506731,"projectUrl":"project/expandable-engineering-in-steam-class-wi/9137292/","projectTitle":"Expandable Engineering in STEAM Class with Strawbees","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Maschal","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8394661_orig.jpg?crop=1156,1156,x2770,y2156&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1746562973960","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8394661"},{"teacherId":8394661,"projectId":9212310,"letterContent":"We had such an amazing year in our STEAM class. Having a 3-D printer steadily humming made our maker space feel cozy and exciting. We started the year by making components and story characters for building challenges. We build boats and rafts for small 3-D printed rabbits as we navigated solutions inspired by the book \"The North Star\". During the week of Halloween we used glow-in-the-dark filament to make street lights and skulls for our \"Design a Trick-or-Treat Street\" Community Challenge. We designed ninja training courses for tiny 3-D printed reindeers for our last week before winter break. \r\nDuring our spring lessons, 4th graders worked on designing their own inventions, and we were able to make our own springs, cardboard hinges and nuts and bolts.\r\nOur school initiated a schoolwide economy this year as a behavior incentive, and our class utilized our 3-D printer to create fidgets that students could buy with their Jaguar Gems. They became part of the design process and students were so excited to be able to purchase something that was 3-D printed. We are looking forward to continuing this in the fall, as well as finally printing custom designs with our 5th graders as they are challenged to design and create a stencil in Tinkercad. \r\nThank you so much for your contribution to this project. It has truly become a highlight feature of my classroom and of our whole school!","fullyFundedDate":1744555668274,"projectUrl":"project/3d-printing-for-young-engineers/9212310/","projectTitle":"3D Printing for Young Engineers","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Maschal","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8394661_orig.jpg?crop=1156,1156,x2770,y2156&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1746562973960","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8394661"},{"teacherId":8394661,"projectId":9819889,"letterContent":"Thank you for contributing to our slime-making classroom reward. Students loved making slime and many say it was the favorite activity that they did in school this year. I was able to make slime with 27 classes and still have materials left to make more slime next year. \r\nAs a teacher, I love for kids to be excited to come to my class, and excited to come to school. Slime may seem like a little thing, but they love it so much, and it helps creating an environment of lessons and activities that keep them engaged and excited to come to school and get hands-on with learning. Thank you for helping make that happen.","fullyFundedDate":1760655605059,"projectUrl":"project/slime-making-chemistry-experiments-as-re/9819889/","projectTitle":"Slime-making Chemistry Experiments as Reward for Hard Work","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Maschal","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8394661_orig.jpg?crop=1156,1156,x2770,y2156&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1746562973960","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8394661"},{"teacherId":9271800,"projectId":9408491,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generosity! These donations make up the all time favorite items in our classrooms. We had enough to split between both of their classrooms, so both our English and Spanish rooms are stocked with amazing STEM bins. \r\n\r\nWe've been learning habits of character like perseverance and collaboration this year. It's been so fun to see how they have been able to practice habits of character while engaging in these stem bins. Their creativity, ability to work out disagreements, and intricacy of their creations have grown so much from the beginning of the year. \r\n\r\nI am so thankful to see happy, engaged kids collaborating and creating together. And, they are so happy to have so many amazing choices to engage in. Magnet people become fancy necklaces and\"minecraft\" magnets are castles and enchanted forests to animals and play people. They can now work together to do even the most difficult of pixel designs without any frustration. Their gardens are a sight to behold and their magnet creations are as cute as can be. They are so proud of their hard work. Thank you so much for giving them the opportunity to create and love school.","fullyFundedDate":1758858510146,"projectUrl":"project/playing-to-learn/9408491/","projectTitle":"Playing to Learn!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Jozwiak","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9271800_orig.jpg?crop=996,996,x210,y649&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1694408284761","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/jozwiak"},{"teacherId":5891112,"projectId":9380166,"letterContent":"The library has been pedaling nonstop since the stationary bikes arrived in the space. Students from Kindergarten all the way to fifth grade have loved getting to draw, color, read, or build while pedaling at the new pedal bikes you so graciously helped us purchase! Students are learning to quietly move to the seats with the pedal bikes when they need a wiggle break. Their minds listen much better when they are able to move while listening to a story or information. Thank you so much for helping the NCE library grow towards continuing to help all NCE Jaguars feel loved and engaged in the library!","fullyFundedDate":1758304260462,"projectUrl":"project/biking-at-the-library/9380166/","projectTitle":"Biking at the Library","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Harner","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-7_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5891112"},{"teacherId":8394661,"projectId":9379830,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our school with maker supplies for our STEAM classroom. This is our second year of having this special at our school, and our space has truly transformed into a maker space this year. \r\n\r\nDuring our first quarter we had 2 special activities in STEAM where parents were able to join students and make projects that connected with their ELA units- one with first grade and one with kindergarten. Having resources available along with project samples and instructions helped our families connect classroom learning to making. \r\n\r\nThis fall we had a book character parade, and K-2 students provided costumes by painting paper plates and cardboard masks as various book characters, and we had those available for any students who didn't have another dress-up option prepared. \r\n\r\nWe will continue to use the tools and resources you helped provide us each week with our various STEAM lessons and maker projects. \r\n\r\nThank you for helping make this possible!","fullyFundedDate":1757588596408,"projectUrl":"project/catapult-creativity-with-maker-supplies/9379830/","projectTitle":"Catapult Creativity with Maker Supplies for our STEAM Class","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Maschal","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8394661_orig.jpg?crop=1156,1156,x2770,y2156&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1746562973960","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8394661"},{"teacherId":8394661,"projectId":9410643,"letterContent":"You would not believe how many students wanted to learn how to crochet this year! Apparently crochet is trending among the young people, and I was so happy to have the supplies to support their learning. \r\nWe ended up learning crochet in class and had several days where kids could come to class and work on crochet. Students took their crochet out during recess and crocheted on the playground. They started making bracelets, headbands, scarves and necklaces and were starting their own fashion trends at our school.\r\nWe are going to continue crocheting this next school year! I've been working on putting together a binder of beginner patterns for them to follow. \r\nThank you so much for supporting this project!","fullyFundedDate":1752758446393,"projectUrl":"project/hooked-on-learning-and-chaining-communit/9410643/","projectTitle":"Hooked on Learning and Chaining Community With a Crochet Club!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Maschal","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8394661_orig.jpg?crop=1156,1156,x2770,y2156&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1746562973960","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8394661"},{"teacherId":8394661,"projectId":9126022,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our classroom with maker supplies. We have been making things all of quarter one- from designing and testing hurricane houses, tocostumes for our book character parade, 3-D printed objects for storybook-themed STEAM challenges, printmaking, and toy-making!\r\nI love getting to see my students learn and get curious through making, and getting to see how proud they are of themselves. \r\nThank you for supporting classrooms like mine. These supplies have carried us through so many projects and will carry us through even more this year!","fullyFundedDate":1742916751472,"projectUrl":"project/cultivate-creativity-with-maker-supplies/9126022/","projectTitle":"Cultivate Creativity with Maker Supplies for our STEAM Lab","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Maschal","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8394661_orig.jpg?crop=1156,1156,x2770,y2156&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1746562973960","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8394661"},{"teacherId":8394661,"projectId":9213887,"letterContent":"Your donation towards our STEAM classroom Chomp Saw has had a dramatic impact on our class and on the experience of school for our students. They are so motivated and excited about using this tool. Already they have been building with it and learning how to use math and measuring while cutting. It is easy to use, safe and intuitive. This week we have been using it to make student-designed piñatas and models of houses for a hurricane resilience test. We are continuing to explore ways of connecting cardboard to create moveable linkages and costume pieces. It is such a fun was for them to create models that showcase what they are learning in science. \r\nThe chomp saw has become an incredible draw for my students—it's a task they are eager to earn the privilege to do, providing them with a highly valued and responsible role in the classroom. This engagement is fostering a sense of pride and competence, leading to a much more focused and positive learning environment for all. It truly leveled the playing field and giving every student a path to success. Thank you for making this equipment possible for us.","fullyFundedDate":1746450947124,"projectUrl":"project/cardboard-creations-with-a-chomp-saw/9213887/","projectTitle":"Cardboard Creations with a Chomp Saw","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Maschal","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8394661_orig.jpg?crop=1156,1156,x2770,y2156&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1746562973960","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8394661"},{"teacherId":5242625,"projectId":9209901,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping my class receive Vox books! These books have made a real difference for every student. Because they are so accessible, even multilingual learners and students who are not yet reading independently can enjoy the stories, follow along with the text, and fully engage with the books.\r\n\r\nIt has been exciting to watch students eagerly explore the box of new books, settle in with them, and then talk about what they've read. Your support has created joyful reading experiences in our classroom, and I'm so grateful for your generosity in making this project possible.","fullyFundedDate":1744197192938,"projectUrl":"project/listen-learn-and-love-reading-with-vox/9209901/","projectTitle":"Listen, Learn, and Love Reading With VOX Books!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Hackney","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5242625_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1521985009058","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5242625"},{"teacherId":9271800,"projectId":9149169,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for filling my student's hands with books they absolutely love! These books were perfect for my emerging readers. Magic Treehouse with all of the colorful pictures and way less words was a hit. All of my students could enjoy them and get swept off on many adventures with Jack and Annie. \r\n\r\nThe Press Start & Pizza and Taco books were rarely on our shelves. We had lists of kids waiting to read them next. I feel like these books inspired a love of reading in students who I had not seen that spark in yet. Lots of my boys related so well to these books. It was such a joy to see them fully engaged in a story. \r\n\r\nFox and Chick & Beak and Ally were both adorable series! Their sweet friendships were shared by so many of my students. I love when a kid gets hooked on a series and can just keep grabbing the next one to read more and more.\r\n\r\nThank you so much for your generosity. I am blown away by your kindness and my students could not have been happier with their library upgrade.","fullyFundedDate":1742943366961,"projectUrl":"project/hooked-on-reading/9149169/","projectTitle":"Hooked on Reading!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Jozwiak","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9271800_orig.jpg?crop=996,996,x210,y649&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1694408284761","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/jozwiak"},{"teacherId":9271800,"projectId":9199955,"letterContent":"Boy! These non-fiction books were a hit! I have never learned so many animal facts in all of my life. Every day, students would run up to me, eager to share the awe inspiring new fact they read. Independent readers would be cuddled up with students not able to read yet, reading together, mesmerized by all the cool facts they were reading about. \r\n\r\nIt was so fun to sneak weird but true facts in throughout the day. We often times don't have time to read full stories, but spare minutes throughout the day became filled with engaged kids, ready to hear a new weird but true fact. \r\n\r\nI am so thankful for your generosity and support. You helped create a classroom of eager, engaged readers. 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