{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Rock Hill Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":17.3,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":8782244,"projectId":10535334,"letterContent":"My students absolutely love our new classroom rug! It has quickly become a special place where we can gather together for read-alouds, mini-lessons, classroom discussions, and collaborative learning. The rug gives my students a comfortable space to work, share ideas, and learn alongside their classmates. Seeing how excited they are to use this space has been so rewarding! It has helped make our classroom feel warmer and more inviting while creating opportunities for students to connect, participate, and grow together as a classroom community.\r\n\r\nThank you so much to our generous donors for making this project possible! Your support has made a meaningful difference in our daily learning environment and has given my students a special place to feel comfortable and connected. Moving forward, I hope to continue building a classroom that feels like a second home by adding more flexible seating options. These additions will give students more choices in how and where they learn, helping them feel even more comfortable, confident, and ready to learn each day. Thank you for investing in my students and helping create a space where they feel valued and excited to learn!","fullyFundedDate":1788204155679,"projectUrl":"project/building-our-classroom-community-one-sp/10535334/","projectTitle":"Building Our Classroom Community, One Spot at a Time","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Jarrin","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8782244"},{"teacherId":1639431,"projectId":10077585,"letterContent":"Thank you to our generous donors for providing our fourth-grade students with engaging biography books! These books brought history, science, and sports to life in our classroom, allowing students to explore the lives of inspiring people and discover how determination, hard work, and perseverance can lead to success.\r\n\r\nOur students especially loved learning about Albert Einstein, LeBron James, Derek Jeter, and many other influential individuals. They were excited to discover interesting facts about these remarkable people, learn about the challenges they faced, and see how their talents and dedication helped shape their lives. Having a variety of biographies allowed students to explore topics that interested them, making reading more engaging and meaningful.\r\n\r\nThese books also provided wonderful opportunities to strengthen important literacy and research skills. Students practiced identifying main ideas and supporting details, determining the importance of key events, summarizing information, expanding their vocabulary, and distinguishing important facts from additional details. They learned how to organize information chronologically by creating timelines that highlighted significant events in each person's life.\r\n\r\nTo bring their learning to life, students also created biography soda bottles! This hands-on project allowed them to creatively showcase important facts, accomplishments, and milestones about the person they studied. Students took pride in sharing their learning through these unique projects, combining reading comprehension, research, writing, and creativity.\r\n\r\nOur classroom became a place where students were eager to read, ask questions, share discoveries, and learn from one another. Students who are particularly motivated by sports enjoyed reading about athletes such as LeBron James and Derek Jeter, while others were fascinated by scientists and inventors like Albert Einstein. This variety helped students find books that connected to their interests and encouraged them to read with greater curiosity and enthusiasm.\r\n\r\nWe are incredibly grateful to our donors for making these learning experiences possible. Your generosity provided more than just books; it gave students opportunities to explore their interests, develop essential literacy skills, and recognize that every remarkable person has a story worth learning about. Thank you for helping our students discover the power of reading and inspiring them to imagine what they, too, can accomplish!","fullyFundedDate":1773871744533,"projectUrl":"project/biography-books-for-our-classroom-librar/10077585/","projectTitle":"Biography Books for Our Classroom Library","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Medeiros","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1639431_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1464612124116","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/medeiros17"},{"teacherId":1639431,"projectId":10359066,"letterContent":"Thank you to our generous donors for providing our fourth-grade students with copies of Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt! This book was the perfect way to begin our school year, helping us build a strong classroom community while reminding students that everyone learns differently and that each person has unique strengths and talents.\r\n\r\nOur students loved getting to know Ally, the main character, and following her journey as she discovered that struggling in school does not mean she isn't smart. Her story sparked meaningful conversations about perseverance, self-confidence, kindness, and the importance of recognizing that there is more than one way to learn. Students connected with Ally's experiences and reflected on how their own strengths can help them overcome challenges. The book also helped establish an important message for our classroom: mistakes are opportunities to learn, asking for help is a strength, and everyone deserves to feel valued and supported.\r\n\r\nReading Fish in a Tree provided wonderful opportunities to strengthen essential literacy skills. As we read, students practiced making inferences, analyzing character development, identifying themes, exploring vocabulary, and supporting their thinking with evidence from the text. Through partner discussions, whole-class conversations, and written responses, students learned to look beyond the events of the story and consider the deeper messages the author wanted readers to understand.\r\n\r\nThe novel was especially meaningful for students who sometimes find reading or other academic tasks challenging. Seeing Ally work through obstacles helped students recognize that difficulties do not define their abilities or their potential. Students were excited to share their thoughts, make connections to the characters, and celebrate Ally's successes along the way.\r\n\r\nBeginning the school year with Fish in a Tree helped us create a classroom environment rooted in empathy, perseverance, and acceptance. The lessons from this book will continue to guide us throughout the year as students learn to support one another, embrace their individual strengths, and approach challenges with confidence.\r\n\r\nWe are incredibly grateful to our donors for making this shared reading experience possible. Your generosity provided more than just books; it gave our students a meaningful story that helped set the tone for a positive, inclusive, and supportive school year. Thank you for helping our students discover that everyone can succeed when they are given the understanding, encouragement, and opportunities they deserve!","fullyFundedDate":1787256391145,"projectUrl":"project/empowering-every-learner-through-the-pow/10359066/","projectTitle":"Empowering Every Learner Through the Power of a Story","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Medeiros","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1639431_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1464612124116","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/medeiros17"},{"teacherId":1639431,"projectId":10302424,"letterContent":"Thanks to our generous donors, these classroom sets of The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo and Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan are helping bring reading to life for our fourth-grade students. Having a copy of the same book allows students to read together, share their thinking, and engage in meaningful conversations about characters, themes, and the deeper messages authors communicate through their stories.\r\n\r\nAs we read The Tiger Rising, students explore themes of friendship, grief, courage, and the importance of expressing emotions. Through Esperanza Rising, students examine perseverance, resilience, empathy, and how people respond to change and adversity. Both novels provide opportunities to strengthen vocabulary, develop reading fluency, practice making inferences, cite text evidence, and analyze character development. Students are learning to look beyond the words on the page to understand how characters grow and how stories connect to real-life experiences.\r\n\r\nIn our classroom, reading is an active and collaborative experience. Students participate in teacher-guided read-alouds, partner discussions, small-group instruction, vocabulary exploration, and written responses supported by evidence from the text. These shared reading experiences encourage students to ask questions, make predictions, defend their ideas, and listen respectfully to different perspectives.\r\n\r\nThese books are especially valuable for students who benefit from additional support with reading. Having engaging, grade-level literature allows all students to participate in rich discussions and build confidence while strengthening essential literacy skills. Students who may struggle with reading independently can still experience the excitement of a meaningful story, develop a deeper understanding of the text, and feel successful as members of our reading community.\r\n\r\nMost importantly, these classroom sets help foster a love of reading. They give students the opportunity to connect with memorable characters, explore new perspectives, and discover that books can help us better understand ourselves and others. We are so grateful to our donors for investing in our students and making these meaningful reading experiences possible!","fullyFundedDate":1787574734480,"projectUrl":"project/from-cages-to-vineyards-two-unforgettab/10302424/","projectTitle":"From Cages to Vineyards: Two Unforgettable 4th Grade Literary Journeys","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Medeiros","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1639431_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1464612124116","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/medeiros17"},{"teacherId":1943044,"projectId":10037282,"letterContent":"Thanks to your generosity, we now have new resources to help us implement a structured literacy approach using Orton-Gillingham in our resource room! These materials allow us to provide explicit, systematic, and multisensory reading instruction that meets our students where they are and helps them build essential foundational literacy skills.\r\n\r\nOur students benefit from hands-on learning opportunities that allow them to see, hear, say, and practice the sounds and spelling patterns they are learning. These resources help make reading instruction more engaging and accessible while giving students additional opportunities to strengthen their phonics, decoding, and spelling skills.\r\n\r\nWe are excited to continue using these materials during our small-group and individualized instruction. Every student deserves the opportunity to feel successful as a reader, and these resources help us create meaningful learning experiences that build confidence, encourage perseverance, and support growth. Thank you for investing in my students and helping us give them the tools they need to become stronger, more confident readers!","fullyFundedDate":1774973299707,"projectUrl":"project/structured-literacy-that-changes-lives/10037282/","projectTitle":"Structured Literacy That Changes Lives","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Delage","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1943044_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1594340137799","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-valenti"},{"teacherId":1639431,"projectId":10236018,"letterContent":"Thank you so very much for your generous donation of soil for our classroom garden! Because of your kindness, our 4th-grade scientists now have the 'foundation' they need to move their learning outside of the textbook and into the real world. This soil isn't just for planting; it serves as a vital resource for our hands-on study of plant structures and environmental science. Having these materials allows my students to observe growth and life cycles firsthand, which provides the concrete evidence they need to fuel their analytical writing and master complex vocabulary. Although we had the seeds and the curiosity, we were missing the most essential ingredient until your gift arrived. Thank you for helping our garden—and our students' dreams—take root!","fullyFundedDate":1777988487878,"projectUrl":"project/digging-into-discovery-soil-for-our-cla/10236018/","projectTitle":"Digging into Discovery: Soil for Our Classroom Garden","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Medeiros","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1639431_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1464612124116","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/medeiros17"},{"teacherId":1639431,"projectId":10241818,"letterContent":"The addition of new garden beds and hanging flower beds have transformed our classroom garden into a vibrant, living laboratory that directly supports the rigorous academic work of the D Pod. By providing students with the opportunity to plant and maintain their own flowers and vegetables, this project moves science instruction beyond the textbook and into a hands-on environment where students can observe plant structures and life cycles in real-time. These physical anchors are essential for reducing cognitive load, as they allow students to connect complex Tier 3 vocabulary—such as photosynthesis, pollutants, and stewardship—to tangible, real-world experiences. Furthermore, the garden serves as a primary source of evidence for our analytical writing; students will use their observations to construct sophisticated sentences using the Hochman Method, explaining the \"why\" and \"how\" behind their scientific findings. Your generous support will provide the \"field work\" necessary to cultivate not only a thriving garden but also a cohort of confident, evidence-based thinkers who can communicate their scientific knowledge with precision and clarity.","fullyFundedDate":1778078921355,"projectUrl":"project/expanding-our-garden-more-hands-on-scie/10241818/","projectTitle":"Expanding Our Garden: More Hands-On Science for Every Student","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Medeiros","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1639431_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1464612124116","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/medeiros17"},{"teacherId":1639431,"projectId":10172505,"letterContent":"Your donation to our classroom garden soil project will have a lasting impact on our students' learning and growth. With healthy soil, students will be able to plant, care for, and observe flowers, vegetables, and other plants firsthand. This hands-on experience brings science lessons to life while teaching responsibility, teamwork, patience, and environmental stewardship.\r\n\r\nThe garden will also provide opportunities for students to explore nutrition, life cycles, ecosystems, and sustainability in a meaningful and engaging way. Most importantly, this project creates a space where students can connect with nature, take pride in their work, and experience the joy of watching something they planted grow and thrive.","fullyFundedDate":1778256688757,"projectUrl":"project/soil-for-our-classroom-garden/10172505/","projectTitle":"Soil for Our Classroom Garden","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Medeiros","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1639431_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1464612124116","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/medeiros17"},{"teacherId":1639431,"projectId":10167748,"letterContent":"I am writing to share the incredible impact your generosity has had on our 4th-grade classroom. Thanks to your support, our students didn't just receive garden beds and planters—they got to build them!\r\n\r\nThe day the materials arrived, the atmosphere in our hallway was electric. Watching the students work together to assemble the two raised garden beds and prepare the hanging planters was a teacher's dream. This hands-on experience has fostered a powerful sense of community and teamwork across our entire D Pod. Students who often struggle to stay engaged in traditional lessons were leading the way.\r\n\r\nThis project could not have come at a better time. We are about to begin our Plant and Animal Structures science unit, and because of you, our students have a living, breathing laboratory right at their fingertips. Instead of just looking at diagrams in a textbook, they will observe internal and external structures in real-time.\r\n\r\nYour gift is also making science and math come alive! We are using our garden to practice:\r\n\r\nMeasurement: Tracking plant growth in centimeters and inches.\r\n\r\nVolume and Area: Calculating how much soil was needed to fill our specific bed dimensions.\r\n\r\nData Collection: Graphing the frequency of watering and sunlight exposure.\r\n\r\nThank you for providing the tools that have sparked this new level of motivation and engagement. You haven't just given us garden supplies; you've given \"D Pod\" a sense of pride and a reason to be excited about school every single day.\r\n\r\nWith deep gratitude,\r\n\r\nDanielle Medeiros and the D Pod Scientists","fullyFundedDate":1775081881784,"projectUrl":"project/little-hands-big-harvest-4th-grade-sci/10167748/","projectTitle":"Little Hands, Big Harvest: 4th Grade Science in Bloom","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Medeiros","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1639431_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1464612124116","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/medeiros17"},{"teacherId":1639431,"projectId":9950407,"letterContent":"This project has had an immediate and lasting impact on my 23 students by giving them the basic supplies they need to fully engage in learning. 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