{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Samuel Bowles Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":34.4,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":7633168,"projectId":9467998,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous donations that have allowed me to ensure my students this school year (2025/2026) have the materials necessary for success. Most of my students come from low-income families; thus, it is my duty to provide students with materials. These donations have allowed me to ensure a successful start of the school year. Students were eager and pleased today. As a kindergarten teacher, I am the students' first experience to school and this ensures me to make sure it is a successful, safe, and engaging school year.","fullyFundedDate":1753745094098,"projectUrl":"project/lets-get-ready-for-a-new-year/9467998/","projectTitle":"Let's Get Ready for a New Year","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Jacobi","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7633168_orig.jpg?crop=1101,1101,x140,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1604862412848","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7633168"},{"teacherId":7633168,"projectId":9331482,"letterContent":"Thank you for supporting my students. The materials have allowed us to have a successful year thus far. The materials will continue to be beneficial for students to come. The materials allow students to have a hand on activities that make learning fun and engaging. Students have a love for learning at this age and these materials allow them to learn and and enjoy learning. You donors have made an impact on myself as the educator and on my students learning. My students light up when these materials are used and are always so excited to use them.","fullyFundedDate":1748297845731,"projectUrl":"project/kindergarten-essentials-for-success/9331482/","projectTitle":"Kindergarten Essentials for Success","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Jacobi","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7633168_orig.jpg?crop=1101,1101,x140,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1604862412848","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7633168"},{"teacherId":5797735,"projectId":9504336,"letterContent":"I wanted to share that when we began to receive the math materials donated through this project, the students were so excited to get to use brand new materials for math. These tools have been a great way for students to move from concrete experiences to abstract reasoning. \r\n\r\nOur new way of thinking in math has changed drastically over the years. It is no longer a one strategy fits all type of math. Students are challenged to learn, find, and use multiple strategies to solve math problems. The tools have played an important role in helping students figure out what strategy works for them. For example, the counters have been used alongside ten frames to help students figure out how to make teen numbers or how to make a ten to help them add. It makes math engaging and fun. Thanks to these tools, my students have a better understanding of math concepts being taught. So, thank you from the bottom of my heart in helping me foster my student's critical thinking skills and a love for math.","fullyFundedDate":1757509107018,"projectUrl":"project/essentials-for-mathematicians-or-mathma/9504336/","projectTitle":"Essentials for Mathematicians (or Mathmagicians)!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Rojas","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5797735"},{"teacherId":8008330,"projectId":9489881,"letterContent":"The amount of materials and supplies that are needed to run a Intensive Autism classroom with 7-8 students is immense. There is no way a teacher by themselves could afford to buy everything these students need. They thrive on having lots of sensory toys, learning with lots of manipulatives, and books that are heavy duty and can survive the amount of tough play these students use. \r\nLast year I spent over $2,000 dollars out of my own pocket to make this classroom a success. This year you saved me from having to spend too much out of my own pocket to have a successful, safe, and fun year. \r\nThank you for providing materials for a class of students who need an immense amount of help and a teacher who cares about her students more than anything.","fullyFundedDate":1753980083172,"projectUrl":"project/learning-in-a-special-way-in-our-lucky-r/9489881/","projectTitle":"Learning in a Special Way in our Lucky Room","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Baker","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8008330_orig.jpg?crop=1075,1075,x422,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1721759301511","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8008330"},{"teacherId":7184817,"projectId":9605365,"letterContent":"Thank you once again for your continued amazing generosity and support for our students and their school libraries. You are continuing to increase joy, curiosity, learning, and satisfaction. We could not do this without you, especially on a very limited library budget most years. \r\n\r\nWhen we get the new books in, students know we have been listening to their interests and seriously consider their requests as best as we can. They are reminded that what they care about matters and that they can use their voices to make a difference. I consider that extremely powerful for all of us.","fullyFundedDate":1758845961508,"projectUrl":"project/new-year-new-library-books/9605365/","projectTitle":"New Year - New Library Books","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Smith","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7184817_orig.jpg?crop=716,716,x281,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1663764264627","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7184817"},{"teacherId":9632094,"projectId":9062803,"letterContent":"I wanted to take a moment to sincerely thank you for your generous support of my classroom through DonorsChoose. Because of your kindness, my students now have exciting new games and speech therapy materials that they absolutely love!\r\n\r\nThese resources have made a huge difference in our sessions — learning has become even more fun and engaging. It's been amazing to see my students so enthusiastic and involved during speech therapy, thanks to the new tools we now have.\r\n\r\nI'm incredibly grateful that you funded my entire wish list. Your generosity means more than words can express. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for believing in my students and supporting our classroom. Your kindness and commitment to education are truly inspiring.","fullyFundedDate":1746487745562,"projectUrl":"project/making-speech-therapy-fun-and-engaging/9062803/","projectTitle":"Making Speech Therapy Fun and Engaging!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Onyski","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9632094"},{"teacherId":9632094,"projectId":9055657,"letterContent":"I wanted to take a moment to sincerely thank you for your generous support of my classroom through DonorsChoose. Because of your kindness, my students now have exciting new games and speech therapy materials that they absolutely love!\r\n\r\nThese resources have made a huge difference in our sessions — learning has become even more fun and engaging. It's been amazing to see my students so enthusiastic and involved during speech therapy, thanks to the new tools we now have.\r\n\r\nI'm incredibly grateful that you funded my entire wish list. Your generosity means more than words can express. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for believing in my students and supporting our classroom. Your kindness and commitment to education are truly inspiring!","fullyFundedDate":1746447390572,"projectUrl":"project/making-speech-therapy-fun-and-engaging/9055657/","projectTitle":"Making Speech Therapy Fun and Engaging!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Onyski","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9632094"},{"teacherId":4831908,"projectId":9204083,"letterContent":"We would like to thank you tremendously for your amazing support and contribution to our project. We invited the mothers of our students into our classroom to enjoy some quality time with their children. \r\nThe children entertained their mothers with a very cute talent show and a slide show of each child telling everyone what they loved about their mothers. After that, the mothers and children worked together to decorate their pots using the stickers provided. The children then wore their aprons and gardening gloves to fill their pots with soil and planted seeds with their mothers. \r\nIt truly was a magical day and one we hope to do again in the future.\r\nWe couldn't have done it without you, so thank you from the bottom of our hearts!","fullyFundedDate":1747142556413,"projectUrl":"project/planting-the-seeds-of-relationships/9204083/","projectTitle":"Planting the Seeds of Relationships","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Misek","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4831908_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1506656640699","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-misek"},{"teacherId":2848988,"projectId":9223938,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your donations for my students and teachers. Having the charging stations are such a help to any classroom since it allows the students that need to use their laptops and need to charge them much more comfortable. Before they had to sit near a big cart to charge and it was uncomfortable. With these small 16 plug charging stations, the kids can be at their desk or even a table to charge and do their work.\r\nI can't thank you enough for the donations to allow my students to have these wonderful charging stations!","fullyFundedDate":1746743307059,"projectUrl":"project/charge-away/9223938/","projectTitle":"Charge Away!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Martell","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2848988_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1534262459056","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2848988"},{"teacherId":4831908,"projectId":9195520,"letterContent":"My students, co teacher, and I would all like to thank you for your amazing, generous gift to our classroom. As I am sure you are aware, young children LOVE being creative and messy while creating art, and we have been doing just that! \r\nWe have been using the construction paper, glue, and other materials we received to make turtles when we were learning about reptiles, and now we are using the materials to make birds! And, of course, we have been putting art supplies out and allowing them to create whatever they would like. The children are doing an amazing job with their art projects, and they don't even know the benefits they are receiving from engaging in art!\r\nSo, from the bottom of our hearts, thank you, thank you, thank you!","fullyFundedDate":1746743306946,"projectUrl":"project/getting-messy-but-still-learning/9195520/","projectTitle":"Getting Messy, but Still Learning!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Misek","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4831908_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1506656640699","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-misek"},{"teacherId":8644453,"projectId":8410736,"letterContent":"Receiving this Big Book Stand has made teaching ELA this year a breeze for myself and my students. In the kindergarten curriculum we have a lot of big books and in previous years, I had to request assistance from a student to help me hold this. Now we are able to explore big books freely and easily! This board also double features as a white board to list our weekly MA standards. My principal has complemented how we utilize this stand in the classroom, and I express how much it has benefited my classroom, thank you very much.","fullyFundedDate":1723642121106,"projectUrl":"project/we-want-to-read/8410736/","projectTitle":"We Want to Read!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Cousineau","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8644453_orig.jpg?crop=2316,2316,x0,y532&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1661299207615","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8644453"},{"teacherId":7184817,"projectId":9037003,"letterContent":"Your generous support of our students and their school library have helped us to prevent damage to and repair library books. I try my best to help prevent damage using book tape and other tools to secure them. This means most library books will live longer lives and, therefore, bring more joy to even more students. Sometimes I don't get a chance to secure books before they start circulating. 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