{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Sadie Tillis Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":42.7,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":9887824,"projectId":10281861,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for bringing \"Future Filmmakers: From Sandbox to Cinema\" to life in our second-grade classroom! The moment the new camera setup arrived, my students' eyes lit up with curiosity. While many of them are used to seeing smartphones or tablets at home, holding a real piece of creator tech made them feel like true directors. Seeing their enthusiasm and eagerness to jump right into storytelling has been incredible.\r\nThis technology does so much more than just record video; it transforms how my 7- and 8-year-olds express themselves and learn. In our classroom, we are using it to bring reading and writing to life. Students are practicing their fluency by reading aloud on camera, creating short video summaries of stories we read together, and collaborating in teams to plan and script their own mini-projects. It gives their everyday classwork a real purpose and helps build confidence in speaking, listening, and teamwork in a way a worksheet never could.\r\nWe have already seen a huge shift in some of our quieter students who used to be hesitant to speak up during group lessons. Having a camera to interact with gives them a fun, creative outlet to share their thoughts, and watching their confidence soar has been the best part of this journey. Your generosity gave my students a whole new way to learn, collaborate, and share their voices. Thank you for believing in our classroom!","fullyFundedDate":1778632777895,"projectUrl":"project/future-filmmakers-from-sandbox-to-cinem/10281861/","projectTitle":"Future Filmmakers: From Sandbox to Cinema","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Koenigsberg","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9887824_orig.jpg?crop=1275,1275,x0,y174&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1736821040144","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9887824"},{"teacherId":9887360,"projectId":10246630,"letterContent":"Thank you for supporting our project, \"Capturing Kindergarten Learning in Action with an Adventure Camera.\" Your generosity has given our classroom a wonderful tool to document and celebrate learning experiences throughout the school year.\r\n\r\nOur DJI Osmo adventure camera has helped us capture important classroom events, hands-on learning activities, special celebrations, and student presentations. Technology like this allows students to see their learning in action. By reviewing photos and videos, students can reflect on their work, build confidence, and share their accomplishments with their families. It also helps us preserve meaningful learning moments that can be revisited and used to reinforce classroom lessons.\r\n\r\nThe students were very excited when they first saw the camera. They love knowing that their projects, performances, and classroom activities can be recorded and shared. Some of our shy students have especially enjoyed seeing themselves participate in activities, which has helped boost their confidence and engagement. The camera has become an exciting part of our classroom as students look forward to documenting their learning experiences and celebrating their growth.\r\n\r\nThank you for making these memorable learning opportunities possible. Your support is helping us create lasting memories while encouraging our young learners to take pride in their achievements and classroom experiences.","fullyFundedDate":1778025918080,"projectUrl":"project/capturing-kindergarten-learning-in-actio/10246630/","projectTitle":"Capturing Kindergarten Learning in Action with an Adventure Camera","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. CONCEPCION","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9887360_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1738887364359","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9887360"},{"teacherId":9887360,"projectId":10276681,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous support of our project, \"Sweet Incentives for Kindergarten Success.\" Your donations have made a wonderful impact on our classroom.\r\n\r\nThe incentives are being used to recognize students for their hard work, positive behavior, and academic growth. When the students first saw the rewards, they were thrilled and immediately became even more motivated to participate and do their best. Their excitement has helped create a positive and encouraging learning environment.\r\n\r\nOne special moment was watching students proudly earn incentives after meeting their reading and math goals. Seeing their smiles and confidence grow has been truly rewarding. These incentives have encouraged them to stay focused, make good choices, and celebrate their achievements.\r\n\r\nAs we continue our learning journey, we will use these rewards to motivate students as they strengthen their literacy, math, and social-emotional skills. We are excited to see them set new goals and continue growing throughout the year.\r\n\r\nThank you for investing in our students and helping make learning fun and meaningful. Your generosity is making a lasting difference in the lives of our kindergarten learners","fullyFundedDate":1778283821054,"projectUrl":"project/sweet-incentives-for-kindergarten-succes/10276681/","projectTitle":"Sweet Incentives for Kindergarten Success","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. CONCEPCION","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9887360_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1738887364359","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9887360"},{"teacherId":9887360,"projectId":9717331,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation of the speaker and microphone to our kindergarten classroom. Your kindness has already made a wonderful difference in our daily activities.\r\n\r\nBecause of your thoughtful gift, our students are now able to sing, share, and participate with so much more excitement and confidence. Seeing their faces light up when they hear their voices through the microphone has been truly special.\r\n\r\nWe are deeply grateful for your support of our young learners. Your generosity is helping us create joyful learning moments that our students will always remember.","fullyFundedDate":1764726905844,"projectUrl":"project/voices-of-joy-empowering-kindergarten-t/9717331/","projectTitle":"Voices of Joy: Empowering Kindergarten Through Music","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. CONCEPCION","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9887360_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1738887364359","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9887360"},{"teacherId":5069153,"projectId":9947750,"letterContent":"Thank you again for supplying these materials to my classroom and the initiative I take to keep in clean and healthy. I have around 40 students a day in my classroom and that means a lot of germs and mess at times. The HUGE supply of lysol wipes has certainly come in handy. We did a massive classroom clean in addition to our daily end of day routine. My students are responsible for wiping their desks, tables and sink/counter area each afternoon. When everybody has left I take the lysol spray and sanitize our room even more. It is so refreshing to know my room is clean and smells great as a bonus each morning that I walk in. Thank you again for these materials!","fullyFundedDate":1765990008413,"projectUrl":"project/super-clean-classroom/9947750/","projectTitle":"Super Clean Classroom","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Ernest","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5069153_orig.jpg?crop=1104,1104,x0,y3&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1752359922806","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-ernest"},{"teacherId":5069153,"projectId":9946411,"letterContent":"Your donations have made a tremendous impact on my school community. We were able to send home dozens of backpacks full of food for our winter break and still have a closet full of food! So many students were thankful to have snacks and a little bit extra in their bellies. I was able to purchase breakfast items, instant or quick meals, microwavable meals for students and so much more! I selected these items because our students have working families and need options that could be made at some safely in a microwave or just by pouring milk in a bowl for cereal. I appreciate what you have done for this commnuinity.","fullyFundedDate":1766067673838,"projectUrl":"project/school-pantry-part-2/9946411/","projectTitle":"School Pantry Part 2","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Ernest","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5069153_orig.jpg?crop=1104,1104,x0,y3&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1752359922806","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-ernest"},{"teacherId":5069153,"projectId":9890599,"letterContent":"Your donations have made a tremendous impact on my school community and our international teachers. We have several teachers from Jamaica and recently their home country was impacted by a category 5 hurricane. Not only are we supporting our families, but we are sending a barrel of goods to the Jamaican relief organization. So many families will have relief because of you! I will be supporting my school this week by creating food bags to go home or be picked up by our students. We have canned goods, pasta, potatoes, canned fruits and so much more. The over abundance is amazing and we are able to bless so many. Thank you again for your support.","fullyFundedDate":1764884471825,"projectUrl":"project/school-pantry-part-1/9890599/","projectTitle":"School Pantry Part 1","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Ernest","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5069153_orig.jpg?crop=1104,1104,x0,y3&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1752359922806","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-ernest"},{"teacherId":5069153,"projectId":9443280,"letterContent":"Thank you again for supporting my classroom and students! While the school year was already in progress, these materials did not go to waste. We always have students coming and going, and I like to provide my students with fresh materials whenever needed. We have used so many markers, journals and folders it's truly wild and takes a village. Our folders are used for centers and daily morning work. Our notebooks have become math journals for our notes and are used everyday and checked by myself for accountability measures. A classroom can function on the basics, but these materials allow for us to go above and beyond. All students are included and have the materials needed to grow in their math and science journey with me this school year because of donors like you.","fullyFundedDate":1760799286852,"projectUrl":"project/back-to-school-essentials/9443280/","projectTitle":"Back to School Essentials","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Ernest","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5069153_orig.jpg?crop=1104,1104,x0,y3&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1752359922806","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-ernest"},{"teacherId":5069153,"projectId":9459954,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for providing these essential supplies to my classroom. I promote a lot of responsibility in my classroom through jobs. It is my students responsibilities to clean the classroom daily because if they make the mess they clean it. We make sure to wipe the desks, tables and sink area every afternoon. This ensures a clean room, less germs and the next day is a fresh start. In addition, my students sweep, vacuum and take out the trash. Having so many students in and out daily requires cleanliness, so I make sure to spray at least 2x week. We will be doing a huge classroom clean before winter break, so our large tub of wipes will come in handy! Our air fresheners are calming and just make the room smell pleasant.","fullyFundedDate":1762267673754,"projectUrl":"project/fresh-clean/9459954/","projectTitle":"Fresh & Clean","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Ernest","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5069153_orig.jpg?crop=1104,1104,x0,y3&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1752359922806","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-ernest"},{"teacherId":5069153,"projectId":9875792,"letterContent":"A huge thank you to those who made this possible and so quickly. Our school community is struggling more each year and especially near the holidays. It is amazing to provide these resources to our students and families in a great time of need. The canned goods are the start of a schoolwide pantry that will hopefully begin to thrive. As part of the school food drive, the class with the most donations won extra recess time. We won with a land-slide and got to spend 35 extra minutes outside! This was after we completed our turkey trot.","fullyFundedDate":1762874870160,"projectUrl":"project/holiday-food-drive/9875792/","projectTitle":"Holiday Food Drive","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Ernest","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5069153_orig.jpg?crop=1104,1104,x0,y3&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1752359922806","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-ernest"},{"teacherId":5069153,"projectId":9890570,"letterContent":"A huge thank you from me and all my students. They were all surprised and excited to pick out their own set of hat and gloves in their favorite colors. They wore them ALL day for almost a week because they just appreciated it so much! The smiles and joy is clear in the photos that will be submitted with this letter. In north east Florida it gets very cold and these kids need to be warm. Now my students who ride the bus or walk to school will not have to worry about being warm and are less likely to miss school. I greatly appreciate your generosity in making this possible :).","fullyFundedDate":1763043013738,"projectUrl":"project/a-warm-winter/9890570/","projectTitle":"A Warm Winter","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Ernest","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5069153_orig.jpg?crop=1104,1104,x0,y3&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1752359922806","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-ernest"},{"teacherId":9887824,"projectId":9744061,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous contributions. Our classroom is filled with excitement and joy thanks to your support. The microwave has been a wonderful addition as we now make special snacks and rewards that bring smiles to every face in our 2nd-grade class. The cinnamon atomic balls have quickly become a favorite treat for students who work hard and show kindness. Your kindness has made our reward system something the children truly look forward to every day.\r\n\r\n The dry erase markers have also made a huge difference in our learning. During our UFLI phonics lessons, the students love coming up to the whiteboard to solve problems, sound out words, and show their understanding. We have even created colorful pictures that connect with our lessons, turning learning into a creative and hands-on experience. It is wonderful to see how engaged and confident the students have become.\r\n\r\n We are also incredibly grateful for the HP Think Tank color printer. It has opened up so many possibilities, from printing certificates of achievement to fun AI-designed stories and classroom rewards. The bright, colorful materials make our classroom more inviting and help students feel proud of their accomplishments. Thank you for helping us create such a positive, dynamic, and rewarding learning environment. Your generosity truly makes a lasting impact on our classroom community.","fullyFundedDate":1758759897895,"projectUrl":"project/from-ink-to-inspiration-giving-my-stude/9744061/","projectTitle":"From Ink to Inspiration: Giving My Students What They Need","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Koenigsberg","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9887824_orig.jpg?crop=1275,1275,x0,y174&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1736821040144","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9887824"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_46138","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":488,"numTeachers":28,"percentFrplEligible":84,"percentAsian":1,"percentBlack":56,"percentWhite":10,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":24,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":0,"percentMultiracialImputed":5,"gradesServed":"K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"17.4:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":57.3,"schoolId":46138,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Sadie Tillis Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Sadie Tillis Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/florida/duval-county-public-schools/sadie-tillis-elementary-school/46138"}