{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"PS 130 Hernando De Soto","outOfStateSupporters":21.7,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":4498824,"projectId":10738541,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generosity and for helping bring new books into our classroom! Your support has made a meaningful difference in creating an exciting and inviting reading environment for my 3rd graders. The students were thrilled to explore our new collection, especially the \"Goosebumps\" and \"I Survived\" series. Seeing their excitement as they choose books, settle into their favorite reading spots, and eagerly turn the pages has been incredibly rewarding.\r\n\r\nThese books are doing more than just encouraging students to read. They are helping my students build reading stamina, strengthen comprehension, expand vocabulary, and develop a deeper love for literature. Through independent reading and classroom discussions, students are practicing important skills such as identifying key details, making predictions, drawing inferences, and retelling stories. It's especially wonderful to see students who were once reluctant readers become more engaged and excited to pick up a book.\r\n\r\nThanks to your kindness, my students now have access to stories that capture their imaginations and make reading something they genuinely look forward to. You have helped us build not only our classroom library but also our students' confidence and identities as readers. We are truly grateful for your investment in their learning and for helping foster a lifelong love of reading!","fullyFundedDate":1793403089255,"projectUrl":"project/help-my-students-fall-in-love-with-readi/10738541/","projectTitle":"Help My Students Fall in Love with Reading!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Wong","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/jennifer-wong"},{"teacherId":4766671,"projectId":10621823,"letterContent":"Thank you again for supporting our students with your contribution to this project! The snack bin has been filled and the snacks are being enjoyed by our first graders. They especially love the popcorn - those bags have been gone first. We also used the graham crackers during our adjectives lesson! Each student had to describe the graham crackers with an adjective based on their senses. The last sense was taste - they all enjoyed this part. We are so appreciative and grateful to all of you for your generous donation. Thank you again!","fullyFundedDate":1789361788547,"projectUrl":"project/youve-got-to-nourish-to-flourish/10621823/","projectTitle":"You've Got to Nourish to Flourish!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Oh","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4766671_272x272.png?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1514683778457","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/c-oh"},{"teacherId":1899105,"projectId":10297419,"letterContent":"I want to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who helped make our new rolling bookshelves possible! I am so incredibly grateful for your kindness and support in helping me create a classroom library that is more organized, welcoming, and accessible to all of my students. Thanks to your generosity, my students will now be able to explore and select books with greater ease, making reading an even more exciting and enjoyable part of their school day.\r\n\r\nI cannot wait to see my students eagerly browsing the shelves this year, discovering new favorite books, and sharing stories with their classmates. Your kindness will be felt each time a student reaches for a book or discovers a new story. I am truly so excited to welcome these rolling bookshelves into our classroom and cannot thank you enough for making this wonderful addition possible!","fullyFundedDate":1789568481549,"projectUrl":"project/books-on-the-go-for-students-on-the-go/10297419/","projectTitle":"Books on the Go for Students on the Go!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Cannistraci-D'Apice","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1899105_orig.jpg?crop=480,480,x0,y80&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1764948411359","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/d-cannistraci"},{"teacherId":795028,"projectId":10203964,"letterContent":"A special thank you to our generous donors for making it possible for our first graders to design and create their own water filtration prototypes!\r\n\r\nOur students had a blast creating their own companies, experimenting with different materials, testing their prototypes, and learning about each stage of the design process. Through this hands on STEAM experience, they practiced creativity, collaboration, problem solving, and learning through trial and error.\r\n\r\nThank you for helping us create meaningful, hands on learning experiences that spark curiosity and bring learning to life!","fullyFundedDate":1778090944372,"projectUrl":"project/clean-water-clear-future-exploring-fil/10203964/","projectTitle":"Clean Water, Clear Future: Exploring Filtration & Plastic Pollution","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Lee","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp795028_orig.jpg?crop=564,564,x1239,y1108&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1629833613143","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/gina-lee"},{"teacherId":1892582,"projectId":10621876,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generosity in providing our students with a JBL speaker for music during physical education classes! Music brings energy, rhythm, and joy into our gym, and this new speaker has helped make our lessons more engaging and exciting. Our students love hearing music during warm-ups, dance activities, fitness games, and movement challenges. With clear, reliable sound, students can better hear musical cues and follow along with activities, making it easier for everyone to participate and stay engaged. What may seem like a simple piece of technology has become a wonderful tool for creating a positive, welcoming, and active learning environment.\r\n\r\nThe most exciting part is seeing how music inspires our students to move! Whether they are following a beat during a dance activity, keeping a steady rhythm during a fitness routine, or celebrating their teamwork through a fun movement game, music encourages them to express themselves and try new things. Students who may be hesitant to participate in traditional sports sometimes become more enthusiastic when music is involved, especially during dance, rhythm, and creative movement activities. It is heartwarming to see students smile, build confidence, support one another, and discover that being active can be fun in many different ways.\r\n\r\nMoving forward, I will continue using the JBL speaker to support music-based fitness, dance and rhythm units, warm-ups, and cool-down activities. Music also helps me create predictable cues and transitions, making lessons easier to follow for students with different learning needs. Thank you for investing in our students and helping us turn our gym into a place filled with movement, creativity, connection, and joy. Your generosity helps our students find their rhythm, build confidence, and develop a lifelong love of physical activity!","fullyFundedDate":1789553418587,"projectUrl":"project/keep-the-beat-a-speaker-for-active-kids/10621876/","projectTitle":"Keep the Beat: A Speaker for Active Kids","teacherDisplayName":"Coach Cheryl Chen","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1892582_orig.jpg?crop=500,500,x0,y3&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1644585128339","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/coachcheryl"},{"teacherId":1892582,"projectId":9939494,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our project and helping bring engaging physical education teaching resources and visual learning tools into our gym! These resources from Teachers Pay Teachers have helped me make PE lessons more interactive, organized, and accessible for students with different learning needs. Through visual instructions, illustrated activity cards, movement diagrams, and step-by-step demonstrations, students can better understand new skills, follow directions, and see what successful movement looks like. These tools are especially helpful in a diverse class setting, where students may have different language backgrounds and learning styles. By combining visuals with demonstrations and hands-on practice, I can help more students feel confident and ready to participate.\r\n\r\nThe most exciting part is seeing students use the visual resources to become more independent and engaged in their learning. Rather than always waiting for verbal directions, students can refer to pictures and visual cues to understand activities, remember movement sequences, and transition between stations. Students who benefit from extra visual support, including those who find verbal instructions challenging, can participate more comfortably and confidently. I love seeing students recognize a movement, connect it to a visual example, and eagerly try it themselves!\r\n\r\nMoving forward, I will continue using these teaching resources and visual learning tools to support skill development, introduce new sports and activities, and reinforce important concepts such as teamwork, sportspersonship, fitness, and personal responsibility. These resources help me create lessons that celebrate different ways of learning while encouraging every student to move, explore, and grow. Thank you for investing in my teaching and helping make physical education more inclusive, meaningful, and fun for our students. Your generosity helps every child see, understand, and experience the joy of movement!","fullyFundedDate":1771028574953,"projectUrl":"project/interactive-learning-with-teacher-made-r/9939494/","projectTitle":"Interactive Learning With Teacher-Made Resources","teacherDisplayName":"Coach Cheryl Chen","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1892582_orig.jpg?crop=500,500,x0,y3&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1644585128339","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/coachcheryl"},{"teacherId":1892582,"projectId":9939498,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our project and providing our students with small basketballs and hoops! Your generosity has brought so much excitement, energy, and opportunity into our physical education classes. When students first saw the new equipment, they were eager to pick up a basketball, practice their shots, and see if they could make a basket. Their smiles and excitement reminded me how powerful it can be to give children the tools they need to explore new skills, challenge themselves, and discover the joy of sports.\r\n\r\nWith our new basketballs and hoops, students are developing fundamental basketball skills, including dribbling, passing, aiming, shooting, and hand-eye coordination. Through fun shooting stations, partner activities, and mini basketball challenges, students have opportunities to practice at their own pace, build confidence, and celebrate their progress. One of the most rewarding moments is seeing students cheer when a classmate makes a basket and encourage one another to keep trying after a missed shot. These activities teach more than sports skills—they help students develop perseverance, teamwork, sportsmanship, and a growth mindset.\r\n\r\nMoving forward, we will continue building on these foundational skills through basketball games, cooperative challenges, and age-appropriate activities that allow students of different abilities to participate and succeed. These resources help me create engaging lessons where every student has more opportunities to practice, improve, and experience the excitement of learning something new. Thank you for investing in our students and helping make our gym a place filled with movement, laughter, confidence, and teamwork. Your generosity is helping our young athletes shoot for their goals, one basket at a time!","fullyFundedDate":1766855053167,"projectUrl":"project/little-hoopers-small-basketballs-for-bi/9939498/","projectTitle":"Little Hoopers: Small Basketballs for Big Skills","teacherDisplayName":"Coach Cheryl Chen","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1892582_orig.jpg?crop=500,500,x0,y3&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1644585128339","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/coachcheryl"},{"teacherId":1892582,"projectId":9939505,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our project and providing our students with mats for physical activities and balance equipment! Your generosity has brought new opportunities for movement, exploration, and skill development into our physical education classes. When students first saw the new equipment, they were excited to try new challenges and discover what their bodies could do. It has been wonderful to see their enthusiasm as they jump, land, stretch, and practice balancing in a safe and engaging environment.\r\n\r\nWith these new resources, students are developing balance, coordination, body control, spatial awareness, and overall motor skills. Through obstacle courses, balance challenges, and movement stations, students practice maintaining stability, navigating different pathways, and controlling their bodies during physical activities. They learn that improving a skill takes practice, patience, and perseverance. I especially love seeing students encourage one another, celebrate small victories, and gain confidence as they accomplish challenges they may have initially found difficult.\r\n\r\nMoving forward, we will continue incorporating the mats and balance equipment into our PE lessons through creative obstacle courses, cooperative activities, and age-appropriate movement challenges. These resources allow me to create more engaging learning experiences that accommodate different skill levels and encourage every student to participate and succeed. Thank you for investing in our students and helping make our gym a place where children can move, explore, build confidence, and develop a lifelong love of physical activity. Your generosity makes a meaningful difference in our students' learning and growth!","fullyFundedDate":1766776997888,"projectUrl":"project/building-strong-bodies-balance-bands/9939505/","projectTitle":"Building Strong Bodies: Balance & Bands & Mats for PE”","teacherDisplayName":"Coach Cheryl Chen","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1892582_orig.jpg?crop=500,500,x0,y3&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1644585128339","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/coachcheryl"},{"teacherId":1892582,"projectId":9939491,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our parachute project and bringing more joy, teamwork, and excitement into our physical education classes! When my students first saw the colorful parachute, their faces lit up with excitement and curiosity. They couldn't wait to grab a handle, work together, and see what they could create as a team. From making gentle waves to creating giant ocean waves and lifting the parachute high to make a rainbow dome, our gym has become a place filled with laughter, movement, and shared discoveries.\r\n\r\nThe parachute has become a wonderful tool for helping students develop coordination, listening skills, spatial awareness, and body control while learning the importance of cooperation and communication. Every student has a role, and success depends on everyone working together. Whether we are moving the parachute up and down, bouncing lightweight balls across its surface, or practicing how to move in unison, students are learning that their individual contributions make a difference. It is especially heartwarming to see students encourage one another, follow directions, and celebrate their accomplishments as a group.\r\n\r\nLooking ahead, we will continue exploring new parachute activities that challenge students to move in different ways, respond to cues, practice teamwork, and build confidence. These activities also create opportunities for students with different needs and abilities to participate meaningfully and experience success together. Thank you for helping make our gym a more inclusive, engaging, and joyful place to learn. Your generosity reminds our students that learning is even more fun when we lift one another up! 💛","fullyFundedDate":1768535903739,"projectUrl":"project/stronger-together-partner-parachute-act/9939491/","projectTitle":"Stronger Together: Partner Parachute Activities","teacherDisplayName":"Coach Cheryl Chen","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1892582_orig.jpg?crop=500,500,x0,y3&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1644585128339","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/coachcheryl"},{"teacherId":1892582,"projectId":9939469,"letterContent":"Thank You for Helping Our Students Discover the Joy of Racket Sports! 🏓🎾💛\r\n\r\nThank you so much for your generosity in providing our students with pickleball paddles, balls, and other racket equipment! These new resources have brought excitement, curiosity, and fresh opportunities for movement into our physical education classes. When students saw the new equipment, they were eager to pick up a paddle, try something new, and challenge themselves. It has been wonderful to see their enthusiasm as they explore different racket sports and discover that learning a new skill can be both fun and rewarding.\r\n\r\nWith these materials, our students are practicing hand-eye coordination, tracking moving objects, controlling the paddle, and developing their striking skills. Through fun challenges, partner activities, and small-group games, they are also learning important life skills such as patience, communication, teamwork, sportsmanship, and perseverance. Whether students are making their first successful hit or encouraging a classmate to keep trying, every small victory helps build confidence and a sense of accomplishment.\r\n\r\nNext, we look forward to building on these skills through more structured pickleball activities, cooperative challenges, and modified games that allow students of different abilities and experience levels to participate. Your generosity has helped create more opportunities for our students to stay active, support one another, and develop a lifelong love of movement. Thank you for investing in our students and helping make our gym a place where everyone can learn, grow, and shine!","fullyFundedDate":1764740007618,"projectUrl":"project/paddles-in-hand-bringing-pickleball-to/9939469/","projectTitle":"Paddles in Hand: Bringing Pickleball to Our Students","teacherDisplayName":"Coach Cheryl Chen","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1892582_orig.jpg?crop=500,500,x0,y3&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1644585128339","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/coachcheryl"},{"teacherId":136000,"projectId":10510929,"letterContent":"The caddies are just amazing. They hold so much from pencils, crayons, scissors, glue, markers, eraser, and even a mini stapler. The fact that it turns around is great, though it can be a distraction for some children. Teaching them to only spin them when necessary is a daily lesson the first 3 weeks of school. \r\nThe desktop all in one took a few weeks to arrive. We love this machine! It's only a screen, no case and sits on your table and does everything you want a computer to do. Recently students were using it for our necessary beginning of year assessments. Because it is touchscreen and our students are not all able to manipulate the mouse, it came in especially handy! It is used for printing, lesson planning, scanning documents, projecting, etc. I am so thankful to all our supporters for your generosity and kindness in helping our class get on with the business of learning!!","fullyFundedDate":1788365196138,"projectUrl":"project/tidy-tables-and-tiny-techs/10510929/","projectTitle":"Tidy Tables and Tiny Techs","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Tong","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp136000_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1727995317094","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/136000"},{"teacherId":4498824,"projectId":10166555,"letterContent":"Receiving a MacBook Neo has had a meaningful impact on my students and our classroom. Having access to a dedicated device has given my students more opportunities to research, create, collaborate, and engage with technology as part of their everyday learning. They are also learning how to navigate information on different operating systems, thus allowing them to use that information in their personal lives with family.\r\n\r\nMy students are excited to use the MacBook for independent and small-group activities, and it has helped make learning more interactive and accessible. They are able to explore topics beyond what is available in our classroom materials, practice important digital skills, and take greater ownership of their learning.\r\n\r\nFor my third graders, access to technology is not just about having a computer. It is about giving them opportunities to build confidence, curiosity, creativity, and skills that they will continue to use throughout their education. 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