{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Woodside Community School 361Q","outOfStateSupporters":39.7,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":4177034,"projectId":10367884,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our school library! Our young readers were ecstatic to discover all of the new Press Start! books in our junior fiction section. Many of the books from this project have already been checked out by students!\r\n\r\nThese transitional chapter books have proven especially popular with our 2nd - 3rd grade boys. In fact, a few boys who have never checked out chapter books before are currently making their first attempt with this series! Others are returning back to this series as a comfort, noting that these books are their favorites.\r\n\r\nThere is power in literacy, and it is so important that our students grow up to be capable readers. Books like these are helping them get there. Thank you again for your generosity.","fullyFundedDate":1784253365654,"projectUrl":"project/power-up-reading-with-press-start/10367884/","projectTitle":"Power Up Reading with Press Start!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Zito","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4177034_orig.jpg?crop=377,377,x0,y11&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1724875986269","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-zito"},{"teacherId":4177034,"projectId":10363171,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our school library! The new Baby-Sitters Club graphic novels have already become a much-loved part of our library collection. Many of the books have already been checked out by students! \r\n\r\nThese graphic novels are especially popular with our middle grade girls. Several of them are reading their way through the series, and they were ecstatic to find these new books on the shelves!\r\n\r\nLast year, The Baby-Sitters Club was the 6th most popular series in our library with 178 checkouts. However, this number was severely limited by the number of copies actually available. There is no doubt in my mind that we will surpass that number this school year with all of these new books in circulation.\r\n\r\nEvery day, I get to watch new students wander over to our growing graphic novel collection and find their \"just right\" book. This is truly a blessing, and I owe it all to you!","fullyFundedDate":1783257929901,"projectUrl":"project/join-the-club-graphic-novels-kids-love/10363171/","projectTitle":"Join the Club: Graphic Novels Kids Love!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Zito","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4177034_orig.jpg?crop=377,377,x0,y11&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1724875986269","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-zito"},{"teacherId":4177034,"projectId":10430724,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our school library! Our students were SO EXCITED to find this new manga on our shelves. The books from this project have become immediately popular with students. In fact, nearly every book from this project is currently checked out of the library! The moment manga is returned, it is immediately checked out again by another student. The books don't even make it back on the shelf before finding a new reader!\r\n\r\nIt is so important that our students know their voices matter when it comes to our library collection. I constantly get requests for more manga, and projects like this help to show our students that we hear and support them!\r\n\r\nAdditionally, these manga have also inspired some students to engage with the format for the first time. Students are expanding their definition of what a book looks like, and I owe it all to you!\r\n\r\nThere is power in literacy, and it is so important that our students grow up to be capable readers. Books like these are helping them get there. Thank you again for your generosity.","fullyFundedDate":1788293514335,"projectUrl":"project/manga-mania/10430724/","projectTitle":"Manga Mania","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Zito","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4177034_orig.jpg?crop=377,377,x0,y11&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1724875986269","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-zito"},{"teacherId":4177034,"projectId":10355684,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our school library! Our students are SO EXCITED to have these new graphic novels available for checkout. The majority of books from this project were checked out within a few days of being on the shelf!\r\n\r\nStudents are constantly requesting new graphic novels, and it has been a joy to watch them discover that our community is taking their suggestions seriously. From First Crush to Outsider Kids to The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza, these novels are attracting readers from across genders, grades, and reading levels. Every day, I get to watch students wander over to our growing graphic novel collection and find their \"just right\" book. This is truly a blessing, and I owe it all to you!\r\n\r\nThere is power in literacy, and it is so important that our students grow up to be capable readers. Books like these are helping them get there. Thank you again for your generosity.","fullyFundedDate":1783104376902,"projectUrl":"project/graphic-novels-for-growing-minds/10355684/","projectTitle":"Graphic Novels for Growing Minds","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Zito","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4177034_orig.jpg?crop=377,377,x0,y11&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1724875986269","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-zito"},{"teacherId":4177034,"projectId":10281697,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our school library! Our students are SO EXCITED to have more copies of the Dog Man graphic novels available to read. Our school year just started a few weeks ago, and Dog Man is already our top circulated series again by a landslide!\r\n\r\nThis is the first time that we actually have enough Dog Man books to meet student demand. Last year, I had students fighting one another to get a book before they all disappeared. Now, I have students excitedly flocking to the Dog Man shelf and leaving content, with a book in their hand. Students keep leaving me post-it notes thanking me for the new additions to our collection!\r\n\r\nThere is power in literacy, and it is so important that our students grow up to be capable readers. Books like this are helping them get there. Thank you again for your generosity.","fullyFundedDate":1782748598375,"projectUrl":"project/building-a-paw-some-library-collection/10281697/","projectTitle":"Building a \"Paw-Some\" Library Collection","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Zito","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4177034_orig.jpg?crop=377,377,x0,y11&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1724875986269","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-zito"},{"teacherId":4177034,"projectId":10193750,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for funding the purchase of these new bookends for our school library! We just returned to school last week, and the students have been so excited to see our new and improved nonfiction section!\r\n\r\nPreviously, our nonfiction shelves were a disorganized and dangerous mess. The bookends that we had were not strong enough to hold up the books, and they would fall over at the slightest touch. This discouraged students from browsing the books.\r\n\r\nNow, most of our nonfiction books are beautifully organized into clean, easy to navigate rows. The students can easily find their books of choice without knocking down or displacing the other books around them. As a result, our nonfiction circulation numbers are going up!\r\n\r\nIt is so important that our library promotes student autonomy. Projects like this really help to keep the collection manageable for students. Thank you again!","fullyFundedDate":1777999996033,"projectUrl":"project/holding-up-knowledge-bookends-for-big-i/10193750/","projectTitle":"Holding Up Knowledge: Bookends for Big Ideas","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Zito","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4177034_orig.jpg?crop=377,377,x0,y11&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1724875986269","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-zito"},{"teacherId":4177034,"projectId":10183101,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our school library! These new Magic Tree House graphic novels have quickly become a much-loved part of our library collection!\r\n\r\nThe students just returned to school last week, and they were so excited to see these new books on the library shelves! Book checkout has only been open a few days, and several of the graphic novels have already been checked out to students! There is no doubt in my mind that the rest of the series will also circulate as more students begin to check out library books this year.\r\n\r\nThe series has proven especially popular among our 2nd-3rd grade students, especially those who have recently transitioned to graphic novels from picture books and easy readers. Every day, I get to watch new students wander over to our growing graphic novel collection and find their \"just right\" book. This is truly a blessing, and I owe it all to you!","fullyFundedDate":1777517978295,"projectUrl":"project/step-into-magic-graphic-novels-for-our/10183101/","projectTitle":"Step Into Magic: Graphic Novels for Our Library","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Zito","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4177034_orig.jpg?crop=377,377,x0,y11&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1724875986269","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-zito"},{"teacherId":4177034,"projectId":10161981,"letterContent":"Thank you from the bottom of my heart for funding the purchase of this color printer! It has become an invaluable resource, both for engaging students in library lessons and for promoting special events and library initiatives.\r\n\r\nAs a learning tool, the printer has allowed for students to engage firsthand with colored illustrations and infographics. Whether by studying the size and shape of shadows across a story, exploring an illustrator's use of color to show temperature, or looking at color-coded graphics explaining patterns in our solar system, students have directly benefited from this purchase.\r\n\r\nAdditionally, the printer has been used to print color posters promoting author visits and student clubs. These posters have helped greatly to generate student excitement! In the new school year, the printer will also be used to create colored labels on shelves and book bins, beautifying our space and making the collection more easily accessible to students.\r\n\r\nThank you again for supporting our school library!","fullyFundedDate":1775050613562,"projectUrl":"project/a-splash-of-color-bringing-book-illustr/10161981/","projectTitle":"A Splash of Color: Bringing Book Illustrations to Life","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Zito","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4177034_orig.jpg?crop=377,377,x0,y11&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1724875986269","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-zito"},{"teacherId":4177034,"projectId":10061651,"letterContent":"Thank you from the bottom of my heart for supporting our school library through this exciting initiative! As part of our World Read Aloud Day celebration, role model students from the upper elementary grades (3-5) were selected to conduct a special read aloud with our early childhood classes (PreK-2). Each reader was given the opportunity to choose their own book from the school library. It was so important that our readers had a vast collection of high-quality books to choose from, and this project went a long way in promoting student choice and voice.\r\n\r\nOverall, this initiative had a positive impact on younger and older students alike. Our older students used the books to hone their fluency skills through repeated practice readings. They gained confidence in their reading abilities and grew to see themselves as leaders within our school community. Our younger students were exposed to new stories and perspectives. They looked up to our readers and gained a new appreciation for literacy. None of this would have been possible without the books from this project and our larger library collection.\r\n\r\nThe readers of today are the leaders of tomorrow; thank you again for supporting our young readers on their journey.\r\n\r\nWith gratitude,\r\nMs. Zito","fullyFundedDate":1770053843985,"projectUrl":"project/looking-up-to-literacy-kids-reading-to/10061651/","projectTitle":"Looking Up to Literacy: Kids Reading to Kids 4","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Zito","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4177034_orig.jpg?crop=377,377,x0,y11&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1724875986269","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-zito"},{"teacherId":4177034,"projectId":10140550,"letterContent":"Thank you from the bottom of my heart for helping us to update our school library collection! It is so important that our students have access to high-quality picture books that adequately represent the diversity of our world. From the culturally rich storytelling in Picking Tea with Baba to the beautiful depictions of blindness in I Hear the Snow, I Smell the Sea to the empowering illustrations in The History of We, there is truly something in this collection that speaks to everyone.\r\n\r\nThe books were added to our collection just before the end of the school year. A few have already circulated, and the rest are on display so that the students can read and preview them before next year. Fireworks, The Invisible Parade, and Every Monday Mabel in particular have been generating a lot of student interest!\r\n\r\nThere is power in literacy, and it is so important that our students grow up to be capable readers. Books like these are helping them get there. Thank you again for your generosity.","fullyFundedDate":1773868510541,"projectUrl":"project/library-gold-award-winning-stories-for/10140550/","projectTitle":"Library Gold: Award-Winning Stories for Our School Library","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Zito","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4177034_orig.jpg?crop=377,377,x0,y11&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1724875986269","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-zito"},{"teacherId":4177034,"projectId":10293774,"letterContent":"Our virtual illustrator visit with Lee Harper was AMAZING! Because of your generous donation, each first grade classroom was gifted a set of books from the Turkey Trouble series. The students read and studied the books ahead of the visit, which built excitement and made their interactions with the illustrator so much more impactful!\r\n\r\nDuring the actual visit, students got to learn about Lee Harper's life and illustrative process. They also had the opportunity to ask questions, many of which were influenced by the books and art they studied.\r\n\r\nAt the end of the visit, all students participated in a guided drawing tutorial where they were able to recreate characters from the books. The students were SO EXCITED to draw Turkey and his friends!\r\n\r\nDonors like you are helping bring literacy to life in a way that our young students will never forget. Thank you again for your generosity.","fullyFundedDate":1779058343890,"projectUrl":"project/drawing-inspiration-with-lee-harper/10293774/","projectTitle":"Drawing Inspiration with Lee Harper","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Zito","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4177034_orig.jpg?crop=377,377,x0,y11&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1724875986269","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-zito"},{"teacherId":4177034,"projectId":10098870,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our school library! The books from this project have already become a much-loved part of our library collection. Every book from the Last Kids on Earth series has been checked out multiple times, and nearly all copies are currently with students. The new Spy School books were just added to the shelf this week, and several of them have already been checked out as well!\r\n\r\nSince adding the new books to our collection, several students have stopped at the circulation desk to voice their approval. One student, for example, told me how excited he was that we finally have the third Last Kids on Earth book available. Another student was overjoyed that the library now has \"cool books\" like Spy School Project X.\r\n\r\nThere is power in literacy, and it is so important that our students grow up to be capable readers. Books like these are helping them get there. 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