{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Ridge Street Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":43.6,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":374739,"projectId":9277897,"letterContent":"Thank you so very much for supporting my project! Our classroom library has books that reflect different cultures and family experiences that will give all children a window into the diverse world in which we live! With these new books, my students will be able to choose from a variety of diverse books that will allow them to read independently at their own grade level. The best way to increase reading ability is to read more, and these books will continue to help my students grow stronger in reading.During the independent practice of Readers Workshop, students use leveled books to practice a newly learned reading strategy, and work on improving both their comprehension and fluency skills. We begin the year working on strategies like Schema, Making Meaningful Connections and Asking and Answering Questions, Next we move onto Visualization, Summarizing, Inferring, and Figurative Language. After a modeled lesson using mentor texts, the children go to their favorite reading spots and \"Have a Go\" practicing the strategy on their own. During individual conferencing, we discuss their individual strengths and enhancements as well as checking for their understanding of the strategy/skill. As the year progresses, so does their reading level, Since our school does not have a library, your donation has not only provided my students access to these diverse leveled books, but also a wondrous opportunity to continue their journey as growing readers. Your generous donation shows my students that people do care about their education and want them to succeed. Thank you for caring!","fullyFundedDate":1752907718444,"projectUrl":"project/exploring-our-wondrous-and-diverse-world/9277897/","projectTitle":"Exploring Our Wondrous and Diverse World Through Literature!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Iatesta","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/374739"},{"teacherId":3924619,"projectId":9371487,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous donation of giving my students a Lego prime to build. They will use this to program missions and complete the many tasks on the Lego mat. My students have been able to create a robot designed to use on the mat and plan on changing the robot to other designs to successful complete more missions. \r\nMy students were so very excited when they found out they received a brand new expansion set. The whole team couldn't wait to open it and start building a new robot to use on the mat.","fullyFundedDate":1757724322758,"projectUrl":"project/321robotic-missions-take-off/9371487/","projectTitle":"3,2,1...Robotic Missions Take Off","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Franco","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3924619_orig.jpg?crop=1863,1863,x182,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1555449488001","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/jenniferfranco"},{"teacherId":3924619,"projectId":9374820,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous donation. Thanks to you my robotic team will be able to work on missions with the correct table. In order to use the robotic mat the team needed tables to put them on and thanks to you they have them. \r\n\r\nMy students will be so excited to see the table set up upon arriving to school. They will now be able to program the missions using the regulated tables. The robotic mat has various missions and with the new tables the mat will fit perfectly.\r\n\r\nThe robotic team will have an equal advantage now that they have the equipment set up properly. Thanks for your generous donation.","fullyFundedDate":1754672238261,"projectUrl":"project/robotic-team-is-folding-up/9374820/","projectTitle":"Robotic Team Is Folding Up","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Franco","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3924619_orig.jpg?crop=1863,1863,x182,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1555449488001","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/jenniferfranco"},{"teacherId":3924619,"projectId":9051654,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous donation. My students were thrilled to find out that they received this to help them with the Spike Prime Robot. They were so excited when I told them that people were so generous to help them get the supplies they need to work their very best. \r\nI sincerely appreciate you and cannot thank you enough. My students were so excited to work on their robots when they received their Legos. Every 7th grader used this and enjoyed working with the Spike Prime as they built, programmed and created missions.","fullyFundedDate":1742005527150,"projectUrl":"project/wanted-spike-prime-for-robotic-club/9051654/","projectTitle":"Wanted: Spike Prime for Robotic Club","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Franco","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3924619_orig.jpg?crop=1863,1863,x182,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1555449488001","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/jenniferfranco"},{"teacherId":374739,"projectId":8706312,"letterContent":"Thank you so very much for supporting my project! Our classroom library has books that reflect different cultures and family experiences that will give all children a window into the diverse world in which we live! With these new books, my students will be able to choose from a variety of diverse books that will allow them to read independently at their own grade level. The best way to increase reading ability is to read more, and these books will continue to help my students grow stronger in reading.During the independent practice of Readers Workshop, students use leveled books to practice a newly learned reading strategy, and work on improving both their comprehension and fluency skills. We begin the year working on strategies like Schema, Making Meaningful Connections and Asking and Answering Questions, Next we move onto Visualization, Summarizing, Inferring, and Figurative Language. After a modeled lesson using mentor texts, the children go to their favorite reading spots and \"Have a Go\" practicing the strategy on their own. During individual conferencing, we discuss their individual strengths and enhancements as well as checking for their understanding of the strategy/skill. As the year progresses, so does their reading level, Since our school does not have a library, your donation has not only provided my students access to these diverse leveled books, but also a wondrous opportunity to continue their journey as growing readers. Your generous donation shows my students that people do care about their education and want them to succeed. Thank you for caring!","fullyFundedDate":1734099462008,"projectUrl":"project/love-that-book-a-diverse-classroom-libr/8706312/","projectTitle":"Love That Book! A Diverse Classroom Library","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Iatesta","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/374739"},{"teacherId":8609390,"projectId":9108774,"letterContent":"Thank you so very much for your generous donation. Due to your donation, students are now able to move around the classroom comfortably. In the past, many students were forced to remain in their seats due to limited seating. When forced to stay in their seats, they were never truly part of the lesson and frequently their focus was lost. Now, students are able to quickly grab a stool from the back table and place it wherever it is needed. \r\n\r\nThese stools have also led to better collaborative learning! Students can easily form groups of various sizes and share ideas. They are comfortable as they are not stuck at a massive desk that prevents them from sharing devices, supplies, and ideas. \r\n\r\nThank you so very much for this wonderful donation. The world needs more people like you!","fullyFundedDate":1741218580698,"projectUrl":"project/flexible-seating-maximum-learning/9108774/","projectTitle":"Flexible Seating = Maximum Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Palumbo","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8609390_orig.png?crop=1242,1242,x0,y252&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1711032272611","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8609390"},{"teacherId":8609390,"projectId":9070745,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation. My students loved having new books at their fingertips to read and explore. These books allowed students to work together in book clubs and create beautiful projects when they completed their reading. They were excited to read and always looked forward to book club. These books impacted not only my students this year, but they will continue to have an impact on many students for many more years. Your kindness is helping create a brighter learning environment for my students and helps us expose them to things they may before see first hand. It is people like you who help make the world a better and brighter place for those who are less fortunate. My students appreciate your donation and know that you could have chosen so many other projects, but we are so grateful that you chose us! \r\n\r\nThank you!","fullyFundedDate":1739282336092,"projectUrl":"project/help-spark-a-love-of-reading/9070745/","projectTitle":"Help Spark a Love Of Reading","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Palumbo","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8609390_orig.png?crop=1242,1242,x0,y252&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1711032272611","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8609390"},{"teacherId":3924619,"projectId":8699060,"letterContent":"Pencils are the #1 item used in my math class. I could never have enough as students seem to either lose them or forget to bring one to class. Thanks to you my students will have pencils when needed. It is so nice to know that all students can do the work because of this project being funded. \r\n\r\nThank you so much on behalf of all my math students. The engagement in class is more than ever because students re not wasting time looking for a pencil. Now, they have one and immediately get to work.","fullyFundedDate":1726624170827,"projectUrl":"project/doing-math-the-write-way/8699060/","projectTitle":"Doing Math the 'Write' Way","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Franco","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3924619_orig.jpg?crop=1863,1863,x182,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1555449488001","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/jenniferfranco"},{"teacherId":3924619,"projectId":8731433,"letterContent":"My team had so many different pieces of Legos that we used to create missions for our competitions. In the past, we would lose stuff because my teacher didn't have enough space to store all our materials. Now, we have plenty of space to put all our stuff and it is so much easier for our team to work on our missions.\r\n\r\nHaving these storage shelves works out great!! Our team is able to store and organize all the materials we use every day when we work on the Lego missions.\r\n\r\nThank you so much for giving us shelves to store all our lego that our team uses daily. Being organized has helped us so much as we now can easily find all the materials","fullyFundedDate":1735693267496,"projectUrl":"project/robotic-missions-need-a-home/8731433/","projectTitle":"Robotic Missions Need A Home","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Franco","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3924619_orig.jpg?crop=1863,1863,x182,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1555449488001","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/jenniferfranco"},{"teacherId":447278,"projectId":8955658,"letterContent":"Today I surprised my fourth grade students during music class by presenting them with their own individual ukuleles to play. To say they were thrilled is an understatement. We had a great time experimenting with the instruments and talking about their origin and tuning. After a lot of ideas were tossed around, they decided their band name would be The Alohas. Every single child left the room with a big smile.\r\n\r\nThank you so much for donating to this project! So many children are looking forward to coming to school tomorrow because of you. You are the best!!","fullyFundedDate":1734028326561,"projectUrl":"project/uke-can-help-us-play-ukuleles/8955658/","projectTitle":"Uke Can Help Us Play Ukuleles!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Trindle","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp447278_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1540493589252","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/karen-trindle"},{"teacherId":3924619,"projectId":8731449,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous donations to my classroom. Now my students can be clean and neat in the classroom. This is really necessary for some students as they have sever allergies and constantly need a tissue. This has been an issue but thanks to you it no longer is a struggle for any student. \r\nMy students were so happy when I told them about the donations for supplies that they can use when needed. Even after school, students come to my room and grap a tissue as they are limited in the whole building. \r\nThank you again for your generosity.","fullyFundedDate":1735685573598,"projectUrl":"project/a-healthy-environment-creates-healthy-mi/8731449/","projectTitle":"A Healthy Environment Creates Healthy Minds","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Franco","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3924619_orig.jpg?crop=1863,1863,x182,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1555449488001","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/jenniferfranco"},{"teacherId":3924619,"projectId":8361798,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous donations to my classroom. Now my robotic students can organize all their materials needed to work on missions. This was really necessary as materials are easily lost because there wasn't a specific area to keep all of them. \r\nMy students were so happy when I told them about the donations for the storage space and how easy it will be for them to get materials when needed. Now after-school, my students are able to work more independently as they know where all the pieces are and can get them if needed. This has been so great for many reasons, the main one the engagement of my team coding their missions. \r\nThank you again for your generosity.","fullyFundedDate":1723930645706,"projectUrl":"project/robotic-materials-need-a-home/8361798/","projectTitle":"Robotic Materials Need A Home","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Franco","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3924619_orig.jpg?crop=1863,1863,x182,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1555449488001","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/jenniferfranco"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_81165","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":597,"numTeachers":42,"percentFrplEligible":81,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":7,"percentWhite":1,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":89,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Pre-K - 8","studentTeacherRatio":"14.2:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":56.4,"schoolId":81165,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Ridge Street Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Ridge Street Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/new-jersey/newark-public-schools/ridge-street-elementary-school/81165"}