{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Wadsworth Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":41.1,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":17896,"projectId":9951064,"letterContent":"Thank you again for your generous donations. Our ChompSaw project has truly taken learning to a new level. Your generosity means a lot to us. The reward of completing a project is exciting. Designing the item and building it from cardboard cutouts made by the Chompsaw is very rewarding.\r\n\r\nAfter using the Chompsaw once, an infectious reaction set in: everyone wanted to design mini projects using cardboard. It was amazing to experience the desire my students had to learn through a different mode.\r\n\r\nI am excited to have this new tool in my classroom, and I look forward to more awesome projects being completed by my current and future students.\r\n\r\nOnce again, thank you very much! You truly ROCK!","fullyFundedDate":1766939948465,"projectUrl":"project/chompsaw-designs-101/9951064/","projectTitle":"ChompSaw Designs 101","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Brawner","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp17896_orig.jpg?crop=480,480,x55,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1627701350404","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/cynthiabrawner"},{"teacherId":4924118,"projectId":10117124,"letterContent":"The kids were so excited when they came into the classroom. One student said, Welcome to the carnival.\r\nStudents are loving all the carnival snacks, especially the cotton candy. Their faces and hands are so sticky, but they are having so much fun.\r\nYou guys are so amazing for bringing a carnival to our classroom. \r\nI love creating fun and engaging projects for them. They kept saying over and over Thank you!\r\nI am going to send the pictures home.\r\nI know this is their favorite project for the year!\r\nThey feel so special! Thank you!","fullyFundedDate":1774963689648,"projectUrl":"project/help-my-preschoolers-host-a-carnival-wit/10117124/","projectTitle":"Help My Preschoolers Host a Carnival with Cotton Candy!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Atkins","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4924118_orig.jpg?crop=2448,2448,x413,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1766003753923","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4924118"},{"teacherId":4924118,"projectId":10078387,"letterContent":"We are having the best day ever. Students are so happy and are totally engaged! They are decorating their birdhouses and I will add the bird seed, so they can see the birds eat. I am so grateful for your support. I love creating projects for young children. I hope some will go into construction when they grow up. The kids have been playing for over 2 hours. I am enjoying the engagement and collaboration between students.\r\nI am going to send the pictures home to the families, so they can see the project.","fullyFundedDate":1774963658716,"projectUrl":"project/my-preschoolers-want-to-become-construct/10078387/","projectTitle":"My Preschoolers Want to Become Construction Workers and Build Birdhouses!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Atkins","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4924118_orig.jpg?crop=2448,2448,x413,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1766003753923","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4924118"},{"teacherId":4924118,"projectId":10087617,"letterContent":"We had a beautiful day talking about hair, even the staff told them what they love about their hair. After the project, everyone said they love their hair. Even the boys said they love their hair. I told them I love the color of my hair. Kids were able to take 2 bags of hair supplies.\r\nYour donations made them feel beautiful! I am so grateful for your donations.\r\nIncreasing their self esteem was very important to me, that's why I created this project.\r\nThis project will also save parents lots of money and can use the supplies for everyone in the household.","fullyFundedDate":1774963730607,"projectUrl":"project/please-help-preschoolers-boost-their-sel/10087617/","projectTitle":"Please Help Preschoolers Boost Their Self-esteem About Their Hair","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Atkins","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4924118_orig.jpg?crop=2448,2448,x413,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1766003753923","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4924118"},{"teacherId":4924118,"projectId":10101869,"letterContent":"We had a great time with this project. Students learned new words, muffins, antlers, moose, sew and blackberry jam. Students now want to taste blackberry jam.\r\nI told them we were going to try different muffins and they were so excited. I even gave them strawberry lemonade to drink.\r\nThey could choose chocolate chip, blueberry or birthday muffins.\r\nThey will eat the extras for snacks and to take home.\r\nStudents are listening to a video about antlers.\r\nStudents are also learning how to sew with needle and thread.\r\nThis was such a fun project!","fullyFundedDate":1774963635370,"projectUrl":"project/please-help-my-preschoolers-learn-and-ea/10101869/","projectTitle":"Please Help my Preschoolers Learn and Eat The Muffin Man!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Atkins","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4924118_orig.jpg?crop=2448,2448,x413,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1766003753923","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4924118"},{"teacherId":4924118,"projectId":10012440,"letterContent":"You guys are so amazing. I am so very grateful for your support. My students loved being able to pick out their own coloring books and crayons. They have never colored with Pastel crayons before. They were trying their best to stay in the lines. They are able to take them home. My students are all on tablets and phones, so coloring gives them something else to do and develop fine-motor skills.\r\nThey were smiling while they were coloring.\r\nI even gave them snacks and drinks, to make it a more memorable experience.\r\nThank you so much!","fullyFundedDate":1775681071950,"projectUrl":"project/please-help-my-preschoolers-learn-how-to/10012440/","projectTitle":"Please Help My Preschoolers Learn How to Color!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Atkins","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4924118_orig.jpg?crop=2448,2448,x413,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1766003753923","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4924118"},{"teacherId":4924118,"projectId":10077962,"letterContent":"I love creating new and wonderful projects for my kids to experience. So many of my students come in the classroom rubbing their stomachs, saying they are hungry. I listen to what they eat and most times the food choices are not healthy, especially the snacks.\r\nStudents were able to eat Skinny Pop, Veggie chips, graham crackers and pretzels, to name a few. They also drank healthy juices and they found the barcode.\r\nI hope you feel special that you are supporting children and their families with healthy choices and saving money.\r\n\r\nThank you my Angels!","fullyFundedDate":1774963630943,"projectUrl":"project/help-my-preschoolers-learn-how-to-choose/10077962/","projectTitle":"Help My Preschoolers Learn How to Choose Healthier Snacks!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Atkins","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4924118_orig.jpg?crop=2448,2448,x413,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1766003753923","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4924118"},{"teacherId":4924118,"projectId":10063680,"letterContent":"Today, we made S'mores by the campfire. One of the students read the title of the book and I read it to them. Only 2 of my students have ever made S'mores. Students learned new vocabulary words like: S'mores, graham crackers, marshmallows, campfire, logs, wood and rocks.\r\nThe students assembled their S'mores.\r\nOne student asked to turn off the lights and we did.\r\nThere was so many giggles and smiles. \r\nAll of the extras were sent home for their families to experience.\r\nWe even discussed what wild animals would be in the woods scaring us, while we ate our S'mores.\r\nYour donations created a beautiful experience for some amazing kids.\r\nThank you for investing in children's future.\r\nI am misty-eyed and so grateful.","fullyFundedDate":1774963661223,"projectUrl":"project/help-my-preschoolers-make-smores-by-the/10063680/","projectTitle":"Help my Preschoolers make S'mores by the Campfire!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Atkins","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4924118_orig.jpg?crop=2448,2448,x413,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1766003753923","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4924118"},{"teacherId":4924118,"projectId":9984238,"letterContent":"We love to sequence! Students are loving all the amazing materials you sent. Students are even using patterns to sequence. It's been a great couple of weeks looking for things to sequence. You made learning so exciting and so much fun!\r\nIt's important for preschoolers to develop a love for math and they loved seeing the boxes arrive to my classroom.\r\nI will be also asking parents to join the fun at home, to continue to foster a love for Math!\r\nThey are using a new program titled, ST Math and it has sequencing!\r\n\r\nI am super grateful for your support!","fullyFundedDate":1769105017295,"projectUrl":"project/help-my-preschoolers-learn-how-to-sequen/9984238/","projectTitle":"Help My Preschoolers Learn How to Sequence in Math!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Atkins","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4924118_orig.jpg?crop=2448,2448,x413,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1766003753923","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4924118"},{"teacherId":17896,"projectId":9955537,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous support of our project that gets books into the hands and homes of my students.\r\n\r\nMy students are learning responsibility as they manage the pencils and take care of their markers. They are doing a great job. My students are feeling more confident and are ready for schoolwork each day.\r\n\r\nStudents are using their materials to complete both their written and creative work.\r\n\r\nI can't thank you enough for your generosity. I am glad there are still people like you who support education.\r\n\r\nThank you, thank you for your kindness.","fullyFundedDate":1767051504705,"projectUrl":"project/pencils-markers-great-work/9955537/","projectTitle":"Pencils + Markers = Great Work","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Brawner","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp17896_orig.jpg?crop=480,480,x55,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1627701350404","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/cynthiabrawner"},{"teacherId":466751,"projectId":9763680,"letterContent":"In a classroom where everyone is working on something different, sound can quickly become a barrier to focus. These headphones have been a game-changer for our personalized learning initiatives, allowing students to engage with tailored audio-visual content—like leveled reading programs or interactive math tutorials—without distracting their neighbors. By creating an \"individualized sound bubble,\" this technology enables students to work at their own pace and hear instructions clearly, ensuring that the digital tools we use are actually effective rather than just background noise.\r\n\r\nThe most exciting aspect for the students has been the newfound sense of autonomy and high-fidelity sound. Many were used to struggling with broken or uncomfortable equipment, so receiving high-quality, reliable headphones felt like a true gift. They are particularly thrilled by the \"immersion factor\"; being able to clearly hear the nuances in a language-learning app or the narration of a historical documentary makes the digital world feel much more tangible and engaging. It has turned what used to be a chore into a focused, premium learning experience.","fullyFundedDate":1763564251161,"projectUrl":"project/hear-to-succeed-headphones-for-learning/9763680/","projectTitle":"Hear to Succeed: Headphones for Learning Power","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Williams","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp466751_orig.jpg?crop=1104,1104,x0,y7&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1737044952971","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/466751"},{"teacherId":466751,"projectId":9763615,"letterContent":"We are so grateful for the donation of the Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) games, which have become a cornerstone of our classroom environments. These resources have provided a fantastic platform for our students to learn something new while engaging in structured, meaningful play. By stepping outside their typical routines to navigate these games, students are developing essential life skills like teamwork, patience, and active listening in a way that feels like pure fun.\r\n\r\nOur school counselor has played a vital role in this success by helping to facilitate positive play sessions. Their guidance has ensured that the games serve as more than just entertainment; they are active learning labs where students practice conflict resolution and empathy in real-time. This hands-on support has been instrumental in helping students translate the concepts they learn in the games into their everyday interactions.\r\n\r\nThe impact of these experiences is clearly visible in our school culture. We have seen a significant shift toward stronger, more positive peer relationships, which has led to a noticeable reduction in behavioral referrals. By supporting our restorative practices, these games allow students to rebuild connections and communicate more effectively. 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