{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Ferndale Lower Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":31.9,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":8870189,"projectId":10372426,"letterContent":"Thanks to your generosity, our classroom is more organized than ever before! \r\n\r\nThe labels have helped been able to make recognizable stickers that pair with a book category, and are placed on both the bin label and the book, so students can independently retrieve, return, and sort books of their interest.\r\n\r\nThe multi-colored, zipper mesh bags have allowed each student to have their own, labeled set of different tools for math (one bag per tool or group of tools, per student).\r\n\r\nBoth of these have fostered the students' organization and therefore success with math and reading as they spend less time thinking about what they need. These have also fostered independence and responsibility, as each student is empowered to get their own tools and books, and take care of them by themselves.","fullyFundedDate":1783798859966,"projectUrl":"project/organized-math-and-reading-libraries/10372426/","projectTitle":"Organized Math and Reading Libraries","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Ceglarek","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8870189_orig.jpg?crop=705,705,x364,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1759689871632","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mr-peter-teacher"},{"teacherId":5723032,"projectId":10622281,"letterContent":"Thank you so much to the generous families who donated to our project! Your kindness and support mean so much to me and my second graders.\r\n\r\nThese Spanish-language books, alphabet teaching tubs, and vocabulary photo cards will help my Spanish-speaking students strengthen their literacy skills, build vocabulary, and grow in confidence as they continue developing their English language skills. They will also give our entire class opportunities to explore a new language, learn from one another, and celebrate the different cultures and experiences that make our classroom special.\r\n\r\nI want every student to feel that their voice, language, and background are valued. Your generosity is helping me create a classroom where students feel included, supported, and excited to learn from one another.\r\n\r\nThank you for investing in our students and helping make our classroom a place where every child belongs and every language is something to celebrate!","fullyFundedDate":1789588129237,"projectUrl":"project/every-voice-every-word-building-langua/10622281/","projectTitle":"Every Voice, Every Word: Building Language Through Literacy","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Islam","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5723032_orig.png?crop=323,323,x31,y74&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1599095674294","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-islam"},{"teacherId":5723032,"projectId":10622348,"letterContent":"Thank you so much to the generous families who donated to our project! Your support means so much to me and my second graders.\r\n\r\nThese hands-on materials will give students more opportunities to participate, share their thinking, and engage in learning in meaningful ways. From write-and-wipe answer boards to writing process tools and organizational supplies, each resource will help our students build confidence, strengthen their skills, and become more independent learners.\r\n\r\nI am so grateful for a community that invests in our students and helps make our classroom an engaging place to learn and grow. Thank you for being part of our learning journey and for helping make these opportunities possible for our second graders!","fullyFundedDate":1789588128405,"projectUrl":"project/tools-for-learning-writing-growing/10622348/","projectTitle":"Tools For Learning, Writing & Growing","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Islam","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5723032_orig.png?crop=323,323,x31,y74&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1599095674294","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-islam"},{"teacherId":8870189,"projectId":10129956,"letterContent":"Thanks to your generous support, my classroom organization has greatly increased! Since implementing the use of the bins, students have had a much easier time keeping the cubby room clean all by themselves! They have their own space to keep their own things, and from there have less visual clutter so they can focus on keeping the rest of the cubby room cleaner, too. As for the math number lines, they really cracked the code for my students who were struggling to do addition and subtraction past 20. Now they have an extended version of their preferred tool -- the 0-10 an 0-20 dry-erase number lines -- so they can extend that foundational knowledge to numbers past 20, and make the cognitive connection as to how addition and subtraction with larger numbers is fundamentally based in the same skills they developed with smaller numbers. These achievements in their growth and autonomy were made possible with your support!","fullyFundedDate":1773280966615,"projectUrl":"project/increasing-student-independence-organiz/10129956/","projectTitle":"Increasing Student Independence: Organization and Math Tools","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Ceglarek","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8870189_orig.jpg?crop=705,705,x364,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1759689871632","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mr-peter-teacher"},{"teacherId":5723032,"projectId":9011026,"letterContent":"This donation has made such a positive impact on my classroom! Having access to Teachers Pay Teachers has given me the opportunity to find creative, engaging, and meaningful resources that bring our learning to life.\r\n\r\nI have been able to use these resources to supplement our curriculum, provide additional practice, and give my students hands-on ways to practice important skills. Having a variety of activities available has also allowed me to better meet the different learning needs and interests of my second graders.\r\n\r\nThe resources have been especially helpful during small-group instruction, centers, and enrichment activities. My students are more engaged when they can learn and practice skills in new and interactive ways, and having access to these materials has given me more opportunities to make that happen.\r\n\r\nThis donation has also been an incredible support for me as a teacher. It has expanded the resources I can draw from when planning lessons and helped me find new and different ways to teach familiar concepts.\r\n\r\nThis generosity has directly supported my teaching and, most importantly, given my students more engaging opportunities to learn and grow!","fullyFundedDate":1734538190933,"projectUrl":"project/teacher-toolbox-boost/9011026/","projectTitle":"Teacher Toolbox Boost","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Islam","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5723032_orig.png?crop=323,323,x31,y74&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1599095674294","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-islam"},{"teacherId":5723032,"projectId":8320880,"letterContent":"This project has made such a meaningful impact on our classroom! The organizational materials have helped both my students and me keep our classroom spaces neat, accessible, and functional.\r\n\r\nStudents are now able to more easily find and access the materials they need throughout the school day, from curriculum resources and manipulatives to classroom library materials and their own work. Having designated spaces for materials has also encouraged students to take greater responsibility for keeping our classroom organized and returning materials where they belong.\r\n\r\nFor me, these supplies have made managing student work, data, curriculum materials, and everyday classroom resources so much easier. Instead of spending time searching for materials or managing clutter, I can spend more time focusing on what matters most—teaching my students.\r\n\r\nThere really is truth to the saying, \"Good order is the foundation of all things.\" A well-organized classroom creates a calmer, more productive learning environment, and I have seen that impact firsthand.\r\n\r\nMost importantly, these materials will continue benefiting students for years to come. They have become part of the foundation of our classroom organization and will continue to support both students and teachers year after year. I am incredibly grateful to the donors who helped make this possible!","fullyFundedDate":1713813013836,"projectUrl":"project/a-place-for-everything/8320880/","projectTitle":"A Place for Everything","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Islam","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5723032_orig.png?crop=323,323,x31,y74&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1599095674294","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-islam"},{"teacherId":5723032,"projectId":10162889,"letterContent":"These phonics magnetic sorting tiles have become such a valuable part of our classroom! My second graders love being able to physically move letters, experiment with sounds, and build words as they practice their phonics skills. What could feel like repetitive practice has become much more interactive and engaging.\r\n\r\nThe tiles have been especially helpful during small-group instruction and independent practice. Students can see and manipulate the sounds they are working with, which has helped make phonics concepts more concrete and accessible. I have loved watching students become more confident as they build words, make changes, and recognize patterns in the words they are reading and spelling.\r\n\r\nThank you so much to the donors who made this project possible! Your generosity has put a hands-on learning tool directly into my students' hands and has helped make reading instruction more engaging, meaningful, and accessible. Most importantly, you are helping my students build the skills and confidence they need to become strong, capable readers. I am incredibly grateful for your investment in their learning and their future!","fullyFundedDate":1778108716087,"projectUrl":"project/hands-on-phonics-for-confident-second-gr/10162889/","projectTitle":"Hands-On Phonics for Confident Second Grade Readers","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Islam","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5723032_orig.png?crop=323,323,x31,y74&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1599095674294","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-islam"},{"teacherId":726967,"projectId":9929874,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to our project. These materials were very helpful, especially the mittens and gloves. The kids never had to worry about cold hands at recess if they did not have gloves or mitten for outside recess during the winter It became a natural process for the kids to just go grab some if they needed any. The suction cup toy was a hit as I knew it would be. They kids LOVE using these so having a few more enabled more kids to play together. I personally loved the books as they helped me introduce the concept or Q & U going together in words in a fun and playful manner. Things like this would know be possible without your support and that of our community. Thank you again and I hope you have a great Spring!","fullyFundedDate":1764635777660,"projectUrl":"project/kindergarten-creativity/9929874/","projectTitle":"Kindergarten Creativity","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Dallmann","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp726967_orig.jpg?crop=960,960,x0,y345&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1644280590176","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ldallmann"},{"teacherId":8870189,"projectId":9846701,"letterContent":"These plastic sheets have greatly helped with my organization in my new classroom -- not only for my teacher materials, but also for student materials, as well. \r\n\r\nBefore having these sheets, I was struggling with pages falling out of my instructional manuals and nowhere to put them. I also was struggling finding the time and resources to laminate all the student materials I wanted to laminate.\r\n\r\nWith these sheets, I've been able to begin putting my instructional resources into protective sheets and binders, so I may keep them in excellent usable condition for years to come. Furthermore, I've been able to greatly improve the efficiency with which I create students reference resources -- and enlist students in helping with the assembly, too!","fullyFundedDate":1760931617022,"projectUrl":"project/new-classroom-set-up/9846701/","projectTitle":"New Classroom Set Up","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Ceglarek","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8870189_orig.jpg?crop=705,705,x364,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1759689871632","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mr-peter-teacher"},{"teacherId":8870189,"projectId":9793121,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for purchasing my classroom the magnetic and dry-erase phonics kits. These kits have had a significant impact on my phonics instruction!\r\n\r\nBefore these kits, students only had the option to practice phonics encoding (hearing sounds and spelling them out) using blank dry-erase boards, paper and pencil, or velcro mats that a staff member had created. While these tools were all instructionally sound, each tool really only offered one way to interact with it, and the novelty of each was already wearing off early on in the year.\r\n\r\nWe introduced these phonics magnetic and dry-erase kits as soon as we received them in late October, and the excitement in using them has not worn off! There are several different ways for the kids to interact with these kits, and it's amazing to see them choose different ways of interacting with them both within as well as across lessons. Furthermore, the kits are more durable than the velcro mats I have, and easier for me to assemble. Finally, introducing a new, multifunctional tool into the mix has actually encouraged some students to try using the other tools sometimes, too, on their own accord, ad they now have enough tools for phonics instruction that they never stay bored with any single tool.","fullyFundedDate":1760035932945,"projectUrl":"project/new-classroom-science-of-reading-magnet/9793121/","projectTitle":"New Classroom: Science of Reading Magnetic Tools","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Ceglarek","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8870189_orig.jpg?crop=705,705,x364,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1759689871632","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mr-peter-teacher"},{"teacherId":8870189,"projectId":9793146,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for purchasing our class the 10-frame magnetic dry-erase boards, and the double-sided 10/20 dry-erase number lines! These tools have had a significant and lasting impact on math learning in our classroom.\r\n\r\nWe had a few explicit lessons on how to use each tool when we received them. The timing was perfect, as we just finished learning how to use number lines for addition and subtraction, and were transitioning into using 10-frames. Students were able to compare and contrast the benefits of each tool.\r\n\r\nAfterwards, students were encouraged to use those tools like we do any other math tool -- whenever they have a math problem, they are encouraged to plan which tool would best help them solve the problem, and then grab that tool. It's been fascinating and helpful for me as a teacher to see which students prefer the number line, and which prefer the 10-frame. I am so grateful for this project because both of these tools are preferred over all the others we previously had in our classroom, and I have seen how it is helped build numeracy in each of my stud","fullyFundedDate":1759807363910,"projectUrl":"project/new-classroom-fun-and-evidence-based-ma/9793146/","projectTitle":"New Classroom: Fun and Evidence-Based Math Tools","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Ceglarek","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8870189_orig.jpg?crop=705,705,x364,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1759689871632","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mr-peter-teacher"},{"teacherId":726967,"projectId":9828796,"letterContent":"While this is a more unique project to have funded, it has been so helpful to our classroom. The kids probably do not even realize the benefits of ESGI. They just know they come and spend some time with me reading letters, words, numbers, etc. It truly saves me so much time as a teacher to have the kids' individual data so easily accessible and I do not have to deal with paper records that can be easily lost. I know the parents enjoying having up-to-date information on their child's grow. Having the parent print outs and flash cards allows me to have a solid school to parent line of communication for what they can help their child with at home. I am so thankful for you and your generosity towards our classroom. Thank you again!","fullyFundedDate":1761086600919,"projectUrl":"project/keep-us-on-the-right-track/9828796/","projectTitle":"Keep Us On the Right Track","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Dallmann","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp726967_orig.jpg?crop=960,960,x0,y345&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1644280590176","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ldallmann"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_71703","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":537,"numTeachers":27,"percentFrplEligible":88,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":34,"percentWhite":50,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":6,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":0,"percentMultiracialImputed":6,"gradesServed":"K - 2","studentTeacherRatio":"19.9:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"SUBURBAN","ncesMetroType":"SUBURB_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":68.1,"schoolId":71703,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Ferndale Lower Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Ferndale Lower Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/michigan/ferndale-public-school-district/roosevelt-primary-school/71703"}