{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Thomas Wharton Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":37.5,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":9343446,"projectId":9909156,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our classroom library through DonorsChoose. Your generosity and support mean so much to my students and me. The Geronimo Stilton, EllRay Jakes, and Judy Moody book series will bring excitement and joy to our classroom while helping students build strong reading habits and a love of books.\r\n\r\nThese series are highly engaging for elementary students and will give my readers a variety of characters and adventures they can connect with and enjoy. Having access to fun and interesting books encourages students to read more often, strengthens their confidence, and helps develop important reading skills. Thank you again for helping create a classroom where students are excited to read and learn every day.","fullyFundedDate":1765980915480,"projectUrl":"project/help-me-give-my-students-book-series-the/9909156/","projectTitle":"Help Me Give My Students Book Series They’ll Love","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Kreider","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9343446_orig.png?crop=569,569,x0,y79&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1714527716018","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9343446"},{"teacherId":9343446,"projectId":9570619,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our classroom through DonorsChoose. Your generosity and kindness are truly appreciated by both my students and me. The headphones and Kick Bands will make a meaningful difference in our classroom each day by helping students stay engaged, focused, and successful during learning activities.\r\n\r\nThe headphones will allow students to work independently during technology activities, listen to lessons without distractions, and fully participate in online learning programs. The Kick Bands will also provide students with a quiet and helpful way to move while working, helping them stay focused and comfortable during instruction. These resources will create a more positive and supportive learning environment for all of my students. Thank you again for investing in our classroom and our students' success.","fullyFundedDate":1762266281347,"projectUrl":"project/ready-set-focus/9570619/","projectTitle":"Ready, Set, Focus!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Kreider","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9343446_orig.png?crop=569,569,x0,y79&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1714527716018","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9343446"},{"teacherId":9343446,"projectId":9506641,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our classroom through DonorsChoose. Your generosity means so much to my students and me. The tissues, red pencils, individual pencil sharpeners, and Clorox wipes will all be used every day in our classroom. These supplies help keep students prepared, organized, and healthy so they can focus on learning and doing their best work each day.\r\n\r\nThe individual pencil sharpeners will give students the tools they need to stay ready during lessons without interruptions, and the red pencils will help us with editing, correcting, and checking our work together. The tissues and Clorox wipes are also incredibly important for keeping our classroom clean, comfortable, and healthy throughout the school year. Thank you again for caring about our students and helping create a positive learning environment for them.","fullyFundedDate":1763475365612,"projectUrl":"project/supplies-for-success/9506641/","projectTitle":"Supplies for Success","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Kreider","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9343446_orig.png?crop=569,569,x0,y79&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1714527716018","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9343446"},{"teacherId":8607965,"projectId":9546603,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support of our classroom. We are incredibly grateful for the items you provided and are happy to share that they have already made a meaningful impact on our students' learning experience.\r\n \r\nThe stools have quickly become one of the most used resources in our room, especially during small group instruction and intervention time. They've helped create a more flexible and engaging learning environment for our students. The headphones have also been a true blessing, particularly for students who were unable to bring their own for use with their iPads. They've ensured that all students can fully participate in their learning without barriers.\r\n \r\nWe have truly put these items to great use and are beyond thankful for the support DonorsChoose provides; not only to our classroom, but to classrooms everywhere. Your generosity makes a real difference.","fullyFundedDate":1763475378893,"projectUrl":"project/kindergarten-palooza/9546603/","projectTitle":"Kindergarten Palooza!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Bair","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8607965"},{"teacherId":3796032,"projectId":9711831,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation of new books to our classroom library. The Lunch Lady collection and the Cat & Cat Adventures graphic novels have already become student favorites and are being read constantly during independent and partner reading time. These engaging stories help students practice important literacy skills such as following plot across a series, making predictions, and using illustrations to strengthen comprehension.\r\n\r\nWhat makes this donation especially meaningful is that my students helped select these series themselves. They were thrilled to see the books arrive, and they are already in very high demand during our reading time. It's wonderful to see students eagerly waiting for their turn to read them, recommending them to friends, and excitedly talking about the stories.\r\n\r\nYour support is helping build excitement around reading and giving my third graders books they are truly eager to pick up every day.","fullyFundedDate":1763475363547,"projectUrl":"project/books-are-series-ously-awesome/9711831/","projectTitle":"Books Are Series-ously Awesome!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Pfaff","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3796032_orig.jpg?crop=960,960,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1636677367520","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3796032"},{"teacherId":3796032,"projectId":9714762,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to our 3rd grade classroom! The books you provided have already become some of the most loved items in our room. My students were thrilled to see the series they helped choose arrive, and their excitement was contagious.\r\n\r\nThese books are being used every single day. Whether it's during independent reading, partner reading, or a few spare minutes throughout the day, the students are constantly reaching for them. It has been wonderful to watch their enthusiasm for reading grow, especially knowing the series were ones they specifically selected themselves.\r\n\r\nWith graphic novels like InvestiGators and the Sweet Valley Twins series, students practice reading dialogue, interpreting illustrations, and using visual clues to understand characters' emotions and actions. Books like The Last Kids on Earth and Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew also help students build skills in predicting, making inferences, identifying story elements, and following complex plots across a series.\r\n\r\nYour kindness has helped create more opportunities for my students to build a love of reading, and we are truly grateful. Thank you for supporting our classroom and our young readers!","fullyFundedDate":1763475364842,"projectUrl":"project/bringing-book-series-to-life-for-3rd-gra/9714762/","projectTitle":"Bringing Book Series to Life for 3rd Graders!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Pfaff","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3796032_orig.jpg?crop=960,960,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1636677367520","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3796032"},{"teacherId":9343446,"projectId":9344478,"letterContent":"I've been using my easel mostly during small group instruction and for creating anchor charts. During reading groups, I use the easel to highlight key skills and model strategies in a way that feels more focused and interactive for students. It's been especially helpful for building anchor charts together, since we can add ideas as we go and refer back to them easily.\r\n\r\nThank you for providing this resource. They've made it easier to support my small groups and create meaningful, student-centered anchor charts.","fullyFundedDate":1752671557352,"projectUrl":"project/portable-easel-for-small-group-success/9344478/","projectTitle":"Portable Easel for Small Group Success","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Kreider","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9343446_orig.png?crop=569,569,x0,y79&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1714527716018","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9343446"},{"teacherId":3724475,"projectId":9762143,"letterContent":"In our classroom we use a reading curriculum that levels students on their reading ability and then allows them to choose texts that are appropriate to their level to read for pleasure for 30 minutes of each school day. My classroom library options where numerous for the lower and grade level students, but this year many of my students extend above grade level, and unfortunately I did not have many book options for students that are above grade level. \r\n This is where your generous donation has come in. By helping support me in expanding the choices for my classroom library, not only am I able to bring in some fresh options for students that are on or below grade level reading, it also allows me to make more options available to my more advanced readers. As a result, students have a fresh excitement to read. I have even had students from other classrooms coming to visit and \"asking\" if they could borrow some of my books, which I have been happy to allow. 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My students who struggle with reading can listen to books being read aloud, which helps with their comprehension. \r\n\r\nThe most exciting aspect of the new product for students was that they no longer had to hear what other students were listening to on their iPads. This helps the students who aren't on iPads focus on their task. \r\n\r\nHaving the easel has made our ELA class more exciting and fun because we can now create anchor charts together as a class. 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The students are engaged, motivated, and eager to strengthen their multiplication skills, and I can see their confidence growing as they use the materials to practice.\r\n\r\nYour kindness has made a meaningful difference in our classroom, and we are truly grateful for your support of our learning. Thank you for helping make math both fun and meaningful for my students.","fullyFundedDate":1746785444937,"projectUrl":"project/multiplication-masters-building-fluenc/9147585/","projectTitle":"“Multiplication Masters: Building Fluency Through Hands-On Learning!”","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Kreider","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9343446_orig.png?crop=569,569,x0,y79&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1714527716018","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9343446"},{"teacherId":9911291,"projectId":9493242,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your donation! I really appreciate it. My students are obsessed with the flexible seating options in our classroom. When my students first saw the flexible seating options, they all immediately wanted to use them. I have had to set up a system for the students to rotate through so that they don't argue over who gets what. \r\n\r\nI have put a kick band on every student's chair and they love them and use them all the time. I have noticed that my students are way more focused when they are working at their seats because of the kick bands on their chairs. \r\n\r\nThe wobble seats have really helped some of my students who constantly fidget and wiggle be more productive in their seats and more focused on their work.","fullyFundedDate":1758202874231,"projectUrl":"project/flexible-seating-for-1st-grade/9493242/","projectTitle":"Flexible Seating for 1st Grade","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Wiley","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9911291_orig.png?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1750174731141","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9911291"},{"teacherId":9911291,"projectId":9419331,"letterContent":"When I first started the year, I didn't have a carpet, and the students were sitting on carpet spots. Once the carpet arrived, the students were so excited that they could not believe it. 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