{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Watson - Williams Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":26.5,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":10539600,"projectId":10355160,"letterContent":"Dear Donors,\r\n\r\nThank you so much for your generosity and for helping me create a classroom that truly feels like home! Because of your kindness, my fifth-grade students have a beautiful classroom rug and a year-long subscription to Scholastic News and Scholastic Science. These resources have helped make our classroom a more welcoming, comfortable, and engaging place where students can feel a sense of belonging while developing a love for learning.\r\n\r\nOur new rug provides a comfortable space for students to gather, collaborate, and learn together. It helps create the warm, inviting atmosphere that I believe every child deserves to experience at school. The Scholastic magazines have been equally valuable, bringing exciting current events, fascinating science topics, and real-world connections into our classroom. These engaging resources encourage curiosity, strengthen reading comprehension, build vocabulary, and spark meaningful classroom discussions. They also give my students opportunities to explore the world beyond our classroom walls.\r\n\r\nAs we continue through the school year, these materials will remain an important part of our daily learning experiences. My goal has always been to create a classroom where students feel safe, valued, excited to learn, and proud to belong. Your generosity has helped make that vision possible. Thank you for investing in my students and reminding them that there are people who believe in their education and their future. Your kindness has made a lasting difference in our classroom!\r\n\r\nWith heartfelt appreciation,\r\n\r\nA Very Grateful Fifth-Grade Teacher","fullyFundedDate":1785209395569,"projectUrl":"project/building-a-classroom-that-feels-like-hom/10355160/","projectTitle":"Building a Classroom that Feels like Home","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Krantz","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-1_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10539600"},{"teacherId":10654840,"projectId":10604758,"letterContent":"The rug has made such a meaningful impact on my second-grade classroom! It has created a welcoming and comfortable space where my students can come together to learn, collaborate, and build relationships with one another. Having a designated area for whole-group lessons, read-alouds, morning meetings, and classroom discussions has helped make learning more engaging and interactive. My students love having a space where they can gather together, share their ideas, and feel like they are part of a classroom community.\r\n\r\nBeyond academics, the rug has helped create a stronger sense of belonging in our classroom. It gives my students a comfortable place to connect with their classmates, practice listening and taking turns, and learn from one another. Every child deserves to feel safe, supported, and excited to come to school each day, and this rug has helped make our classroom feel even more like a community. I am so grateful to the generous donors who made this project possible and helped provide my students with a space where they can learn, grow, and make wonderful memories together!","fullyFundedDate":1789573219778,"projectUrl":"project/a-place-to-learn-grow-and-belong/10604758/","projectTitle":"A Place to Learn, Grow, and Belong","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Fellone","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-1_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10654840"},{"teacherId":7760353,"projectId":10228468,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your donation! We are currently working on letters and sounds a, m, s, t, d. We are blending the sounds into words! The kids are also practicing reading what they have spelled.\r\n\r\nMy children are having so much fun with these materials, they don't realize they are learning. This is so much better than worksheets!\r\n\r\nThese students have special needs so they must repeat what they learn many times. With the magnetic letters, magnetic whiteboards and colorful markers, they love to work on reading and writing skills.\r\n\r\nThank you from the bottom of my heart for caring for my little ones!","fullyFundedDate":1777982002224,"projectUrl":"project/lets-learn-to-read/10228468/","projectTitle":"Let's Learn to Read!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Tuttle","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7760353_orig.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1683933921080","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7760353"},{"teacherId":10539600,"projectId":10547520,"letterContent":"Fueling 5th Grade Snack made a huge difference for our field trip today. Because of the program, I was able to provide a snack for every single fifth-grade student to bring with them. Field trips are exciting, but they can also be long days, and having a snack available helped make sure our students could stay energized and enjoy the experience without having to worry about being hungry.\r\n\r\nWhat meant the most to me was knowing that every student was included. No one had to worry about bringing money or remembering a snack from home—everyone had something. Fueling 5th Grade Snack allowed us to take care of one small but important need so our students could focus on learning, exploring, and having a great day together. I am incredibly grateful for the support this program provides to our fifth graders.","fullyFundedDate":1789142292750,"projectUrl":"project/snack-attack-fueling-5th-grade/10547520/","projectTitle":"Snack Attack: Fueling 5th Grade!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Krantz","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-1_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10539600"},{"teacherId":6174661,"projectId":9930614,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our project, \"Igniting Curiosity: Supplies for Our 6th Grade Science Club.\" Because of your generosity, my students now have access to hands-on materials that have truly transformed the way they experience science. When the supplies first arrived, the excitement in the room was immediate—students were amazed and couldn't wait to get started. Their curiosity was sparked right away, and they eagerly began exploring the materials, asking questions, and making connections.\r\n\r\nWe have already used these resources to dive into a variety of engaging, hands-on projects. Students were fascinated while dissecting owl pellets, carefully uncovering and identifying tiny bones to learn about food chains and ecosystems. They were thrilled to create \"elephant toothpaste,\" watching a chemical reaction rapidly expand before their eyes, and loved making lava lamps to explore density and chemical interactions in a fun, visual way. One of their favorite activities was extracting DNA from strawberries—an unforgettable moment where they could actually see the building blocks of life. Most recently, students worked on building velocity towers, experimenting with motion and speed while applying engineering and problem-solving skills. These experiences have brought science to life in ways that worksheets and textbooks simply cannot.\r\n\r\nAs we move forward, students will continue building on these experiences by designing their own experiments and deepening their understanding through inquiry-based learning. They are becoming more confident in thinking like scientists—making predictions, testing ideas, and reflecting on their results. The excitement and engagement I see each week is a direct result of your generosity, and it is inspiring to watch their love of learning grow.","fullyFundedDate":1765644145867,"projectUrl":"project/igniting-curiosity-supplies-for-our-6th/9930614/","projectTitle":"Igniting Curiosity: Supplies for Our 6th Grade Science Club","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Salerno","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6174661_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1755958272601","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6174661"},{"teacherId":6174661,"projectId":9639408,"letterContent":"Thanks to your generosity, our new Learning on Display: Chart Stand and Paper has quickly become a daily centerpiece in our classroom. My students use it during whole-group lessons and small-group literacy work, and it has become a powerful visual support for my English Language Learners.\r\n\r\nWhen we first set it up, the students were so excited—they immediately gathered around to help create our first bilingual anchor chart. Even my quieter learners were eager to come up, add vocabulary, and share their ideas.\r\n\r\nWe're now using the chart stand to build vocabulary lists, track reading comprehension skills, and create collaborative posters. Students refer back to their charts throughout the day, and they feel proud seeing their work displayed.\r\n\r\nYour support has made a real difference, giving my students a shared space to think, create, and learn together. Thank you for making this possible!","fullyFundedDate":1758654638133,"projectUrl":"project/learning-on-display-chart-stand-and-pap/9639408/","projectTitle":"Learning on Display: Chart Stand and Paper","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Salerno","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6174661_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1755958272601","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6174661"},{"teacherId":9589139,"projectId":9310100,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for contributing to the my fine motor project, which helped so many of my students! It has been an absolute joy watching each student use the products received and observe the growth they have already made. \r\n\r\nWhen you're a school based therapist, you tend to purchase items yourself. I have had to do that over the years to create an environment students enjoy learning in. Therefore, having this opportunity for others to donate to the therapy room of Watson Williams, with brand new toys, sensory items, and games has been an absolute game changer! They are eager to come and see what activity they get to complete with one of the items! \r\n\r\nSo once again, thank you so much for not only helping me be a better therapist with new tools but having the opportunity to bring a smile to my kids faces during OT!","fullyFundedDate":1755701321106,"projectUrl":"project/fine-motor-fun/9310100/","projectTitle":"Fine Motor Fun!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Totaro","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9589139"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_22167","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":601,"numTeachers":42,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":32,"percentBlack":34,"percentWhite":7,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":18,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":0,"percentMultiracialImputed":6,"gradesServed":"K - 6","studentTeacherRatio":"14.3:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_SMALL"},"inStateSupporters":73.5,"schoolId":22167,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Watson - Williams Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Watson - Williams Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/new-york/utica-city-school-district/watson-williams-elementary-school/22167"}