{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Veterans Memorial Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":48.7,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":8078835,"projectId":9056729,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our classroom this year and helping us secure a high quality color printer and scanner! We've been able to print out colorful manipulatives for students AND designed beautiful posters and programs for our Spring music concert - all of which were created and selected by students. \r\n\r\nThe high-resolution scanner also helped with scanning student artwork that was inspired by our Spring concert's musical selections so that we could display student art throughout the concert on a projection screen (which was a previous DonorsChoose project!). \r\n\r\nWe are already looking forward to getting so much more out of our printer next school year. Thanks again, and happy summer!","fullyFundedDate":1742936252231,"projectUrl":"project/de-colores-the-wonderful-world-of-colo/9056729/","projectTitle":"De Colores - the Wonderful World of Color!","teacherDisplayName":"Dr. Montalvo","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8078835_orig.jpg?crop=1425,1425,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1632789040501","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/bryantmontalvo"},{"teacherId":6935398,"projectId":8838766,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for making this project a reality. Students were eager to try out the new books. It was like they were opening a birthday present!\r\n\r\nThe books are just the right size for my first graders. The illustrations are bright and engaging. \r\n\r\nHaving engaging text that focus on phonics and word analysis skills students need in order to decode words is amazing. Students are able to immediately apply the new phonics skills page after page as there is an entry text for each skill as well as multiple copies for small groups.","fullyFundedDate":1734099466632,"projectUrl":"project/crack-the-code/8838766/","projectTitle":"Crack the Code","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Gibbons","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6935398_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1573861297255","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/l-gibbons"},{"teacherId":6843075,"projectId":8606112,"letterContent":"Every year I am blessed with a new arrival of kindergarten students. Most of my students come without any organizational skills. Having the students stay organized is very important. The students use their (pencil boxes) to store their (pencils, crayons and erasers) in one place.\r\nDuring the day, the students return to their cubbies to retrieve workbooks, folders and books that are held in their (cubby bins). These bins help keep the students' materials in one spot. My students have become aware that all their materials belong in a special spot to make it easier to perform their daily routines.\r\nAlso, the (Scholastic Weekly Reader Magazines) that you donated are used every Friday. The magazines expose my students to various topics around the globe which provide great conversations in my classroom. At this point in the year, my students are actually picking out words in the weekly readers and they are excited to be able to read these words. You have continually helped provide smiles on my students faces. Thank you. ♥","fullyFundedDate":1726673519524,"projectUrl":"project/successful-organized-learners-in-the-cla/8606112/","projectTitle":"Successful Organized Learners In the Classroom","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Nunes","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6843075_orig.jpg?crop=1069,1069,x10,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1593097179730","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/pamela-nunes"},{"teacherId":8078835,"projectId":8848726,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping our music classroom to acquire a music book library! We have been reading through the books, learning the songs, and learning some dances to accompany the stories as well. \r\n\r\nOur students love hearing the music tell a story, and especially love looking at some of the beautiful artwork that accompanies the story. All of the books came with MP3 audio recordings, so the students can practice singing along to the songs at home from the book! \r\n\r\nFostering a love of reading early on in elementary school students' lives is crucial to ensure that they have a positive learning experience and look forward to coming to school. Our first grade students, in particular, love reading the books and making educated guesses as to what will happen in the story. Thank you for helping to foster a love of music and reading in our students.","fullyFundedDate":1727990567850,"projectUrl":"project/books-to-read-and-sing/8848726/","projectTitle":"Books to Read and Sing","teacherDisplayName":"Dr. Montalvo","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8078835_orig.jpg?crop=1425,1425,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1632789040501","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/bryantmontalvo"},{"teacherId":8078835,"projectId":8787052,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping our school to obtain choral risers for our growing music program. We use the risers each and every day in grades 3-5 for singing, and most recently, the risers were featured in our music concert, ensuring that each and every student could be seen by the audience.\r\n\r\nWe just wrapped up our December music concert which featured over 100 students! It was standing room only, and thanks to you, our students had the resources needed to be able to shine and feel successful. \r\n\r\nThank you for your continued support for music and arts education. The arts are some of the most important reasons that kids come to school each and every day. Once again, thanks!","fullyFundedDate":1726673593961,"projectUrl":"project/rise-up-with-choral-risers/8787052/","projectTitle":"Rise Up With Choral Risers!","teacherDisplayName":"Dr. Montalvo","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8078835_orig.jpg?crop=1425,1425,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1632789040501","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/bryantmontalvo"},{"teacherId":8078835,"projectId":8526448,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping our school to provide a large circle rug for our elementary music room. We begin each and every class around the rug, and students have learned to feel comfortable in and around the rug as they are seen and heard by all of their classmates.\r\n\r\nWe just wrapped up our December music concert which featured over 100 students! It was standing room only, and thanks to you, our students had the resources needed to be able to shine and feel successful. \r\n\r\nThank you for your continued support for music and arts education. The arts are some of the most important reasons that kids come to school each and every day. Once again, thanks!","fullyFundedDate":1722871191534,"projectUrl":"project/circle-to-the-left-circle-to-the-right/8526448/","projectTitle":"Circle to the Left, Circle to the Right!","teacherDisplayName":"Dr. Montalvo","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8078835_orig.jpg?crop=1425,1425,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1632789040501","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/bryantmontalvo"},{"teacherId":8078835,"projectId":8526386,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping our school to provide an instrument for every single child in grades 3-5. We began our recorder unit this semester and the students are loving making music and exploring the science of sound! \r\n\r\nWe just wrapped up our December music concert which featured over 100 students! It was standing room only, and thanks to you, our students had the resources needed to be able to shine and feel successful. \r\n\r\nThank you for your continued support for music and arts education. The arts are some of the most important reasons that kids come to school each and every day. Once again, thanks!","fullyFundedDate":1723131348452,"projectUrl":"project/playing-music-to-spread-compassion/8526386/","projectTitle":"Playing Music to Spread Compassion","teacherDisplayName":"Dr. Montalvo","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8078835_orig.jpg?crop=1425,1425,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1632789040501","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/bryantmontalvo"},{"teacherId":9568267,"projectId":8453305,"letterContent":"The day the first item arrived in our classroom, my kindergarten students were so curious about why we had a large carpet rolled up, that had just been delivered to our room. When I told them it was a donation from some very generous helpers who wanted our class to be successful, they begged me to put it out so they could start using it. The look on their faces was priceless the next morning when they finally got to use our new area rug for our meetings throughout the day. They were so excited to each have a spot on the rug that was just for them. We use this multiple times a day and it is the center of where we learn. As new items started to arrive, the students have blossomed with creativity.\r\n\r\nOur magnetile shape set has been quite a hit and the students have gotten very creative with using them to build structures and reinforcing shape knowledge with flat and 3D shapes that they can make. In addition to this hands-on activity to support math learning, we have also been using our new playdough to support other math skills along the way like measuring using a balance scale. After the holidays we will begin learning about number bonds and will be using our new ten frames set to support learning in that area as well. One of their favorite materials we received was our new book called A Little Spot of Feelings which also came with eight plush emotion creatures to help students learn about emotions and to help them learn to self-regulate them when necessary, which is such a crucial skill for kindergarten students to master to be successful in their educational journey. We cannot wait to continue using everything we have received.\r\n\r\nWe are so grateful at Veterans Elementary School here in Central Falls for your help. Your generosity has helped me to create a learning community in my classroom by helping me obtain the materials that I felt would help my students become strong learners, and you have also helped my students to have the tools needed to be successful. We are so thankful for your support!","fullyFundedDate":1726673425032,"projectUrl":"project/fresh-start-kindergarten-kick-off/8453305/","projectTitle":"Fresh Start Kindergarten Kick Off!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Schofield","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9568267"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_55045","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":377,"numTeachers":35,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":14,"percentWhite":26,"percentIndigenous":11,"percentLatinx":41,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"10.8:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"SUBURBAN","ncesMetroType":"SUBURB_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":51.3,"schoolId":55045,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Veterans Memorial Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Veterans Memorial Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/rhode-island/central-falls-school-district/veterans-memorial-elementary-school/55045"}