{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Westminster Community Charter School","outOfStateSupporters":58.4,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":4923175,"projectId":10222278,"letterContent":"Our new incubator and brooder box have made a lasting impact on our students both academically and socially. Every day, students eagerly checked on the eggs and chicks, turning our classroom into a hands-on learning environment filled with excitement, curiosity, and meaningful discussions. Students learned about life cycles, animal needs, observation skills, and scientific processes in a way that textbooks alone could never provide. They practiced asking questions, making predictions, recording observations, and working together to solve problems as the chicks grew and changed each day. The experience brought learning to life and helped students make real-world connections to science concepts in a memorable and engaging way.\r\n\r\nBeyond academics, this project helped our students grow emotionally and socially as well. Caring for the chicks taught them responsibility, patience, teamwork, and compassion. Students worked together to help maintain the brooder, ensure the chicks were safe and comfortable, and remind one another about proper care routines. Many students who are usually quiet or hesitant became more engaged and confident through this shared classroom experience. The incubator and brooder created a sense of community within our classroom, giving students something positive and exciting to look forward to each day while teaching valuable life skills they will carry with them long after the project ends.","fullyFundedDate":1778113478769,"projectUrl":"project/from-egg-to-chick-bringing-science-to-l/10222278/","projectTitle":"From Egg to Chick: Bringing Science to Life","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Giomundo","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4923175_orig.jpg?crop=800,800,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1741803175613","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/gio716teach"},{"teacherId":6388412,"projectId":9222934,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generosity and support of our classroom. With your support we were able to purchase a class set of \"feet\" for our chairs that help keep them quiet! No more sliding or screeching sounds when students stand up, push in, or pull out their chair! It helps so much during classwork to minimize distractions and noises, and especially during tests! We were also able to build a hallway bulletin board with the special colored paper to spread kindness and joy to all surrounding classrooms! Thank you!!","fullyFundedDate":1746786237401,"projectUrl":"project/safe-and-distraction-free-learning-space/9222934/","projectTitle":"Safe and Distraction-Free Learning Space","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Vanill","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6388412_orig.png?crop=775,775,x0,y95&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1673381064384","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6388412"},{"teacherId":6388412,"projectId":9355373,"letterContent":"I cannot thank you enough for your generosity and support of our classroom community! With your kind donation, we were able to receive two sturdy and strong wooden bookshelves to store our mathematical manipulatives and science read aloud books! All our math materials including our shape pattern blocks, handheld clocks, coins, rulers, counters, and number cubes are safely stored in these bookshelves and also easily acessible for students to use during class! Our read aloud books are also now so easy to grab! These bookshelves fit PERFECT under our smartboard, which is front and center to our classroom, which helps build the importance of STEM too! Thank you!","fullyFundedDate":1747753356929,"projectUrl":"project/science-and-mathematics-storage/9355373/","projectTitle":"Science and Mathematics Storage","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Vanill","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6388412_orig.png?crop=775,775,x0,y95&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1673381064384","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6388412"},{"teacherId":6388412,"projectId":10028073,"letterContent":"What an important difference these basic necessities have made in so many students journeys in school. We have a stacked closet of womens and mens deodorant, pads, liners, and underpants ready for any student need. Whether it be they forgot them, don't have access to, or had an accident. These supplies will last us quite a few months and students no longer have to have the worry about not having them. The supplies are only a question away. I cannot thank you enough for your generosity and support providing these seemingly basic basics, but mean even more than you know!","fullyFundedDate":1768683991090,"projectUrl":"project/care-comfort-and-confidence/10028073/","projectTitle":"Care, Comfort, and Confidence","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Vanill","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6388412_orig.png?crop=775,775,x0,y95&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1673381064384","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6388412"},{"teacherId":6388412,"projectId":9305492,"letterContent":"I want to thank you so much for your incredible generosity and support of not only our classroom, but throughout our school community. A new colored printer has helped us create so many posters for not just our class, but throughout the school! We have been able to spread kindness, joy, and creativity throughout the school! The cardstock has ensured that these posters last for a long time and withstand the hustle and bustle in our busy school community. Extra ink for the printer has also made sure that we have enough ink to keep spreading positivity! Thank you again!","fullyFundedDate":1746641637785,"projectUrl":"project/positive-posters-promoting-community-an/9305492/","projectTitle":"Positive Posters: Promoting Community and Kindness","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Vanill","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6388412_orig.png?crop=775,775,x0,y95&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1673381064384","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6388412"},{"teacherId":2333382,"projectId":10017151,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting this book project as well as our classroom. My students and I have dug in deep with our new curriculum. Thanks to your donation, we were able to really dig deep with texts for Reading and Writing lessons. \r\n\r\nI feel it is important for children to have books in their hands, and this project provided just that. We were able to reflect back, make notes, and truly explore as we read. The students have then gone back to some of the titles, after the lessons are over, and re-read them, purely for enjoyment. That would have never happened without your donation and this project.","fullyFundedDate":1768933685841,"projectUrl":"project/new-books-for-new-curriculum/10017151/","projectTitle":"New Books For New Curriculum","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Venator","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2333382_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1557342878844","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-venator"},{"teacherId":2333382,"projectId":10054996,"letterContent":"Wow was this project such a blessing right when it was needed! Thank you for supporting this project and our entire school with your donation. The items were put to use as soon as they arrived, and have been each day since then. The fact that a child does not have to worry about needing a new pair of pants or a healthcare item, that they can just visit our clinic and ask for help, is amazing! It takes the embarrassment or worry for them, and that is huge, even mroe so for our middle school students. \r\n\r\nWhat you have done with your donation is a blessing and appreciated more than my words alone can express.","fullyFundedDate":1769391110915,"projectUrl":"project/help-stock-our-school-clinic-and-care-cl/10054996/","projectTitle":"Help Stock Our School Clinic and Care Closet!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Venator","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2333382_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1557342878844","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-venator"},{"teacherId":6388412,"projectId":9037293,"letterContent":"I cannot thank you enough for your generosity and support in my classroom. Due to your kindness, my entire class now has headphones to use for iReady! iReady is used schoolwide and provides lessons to students at their level to build skills from previous grade levels. It also lets us assign lessons based on the skills we are working on in the classroom. All of the lessons that we use have sounds, music, and talking aloud which makes heaphones a necessity with 20 students in the room. We now have an entire class set of headphones to use, which helps minimize distractions too! Thank you!!","fullyFundedDate":1743640633544,"projectUrl":"project/extra-extra-listen-to-iready/9037293/","projectTitle":"Extra! Extra! Listen to iReady!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Vanill","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6388412_orig.png?crop=775,775,x0,y95&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1673381064384","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6388412"},{"teacherId":6388412,"projectId":9578138,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your incredible generosity and support of my classroom! Students now have all of the materials needed to have a successful school year, without causing a financial burden for their parents. Dry erase EXPO markers are used multiple timess a day for practicing math facts to writing spelling words. Tissues and hand sanitizer are needed so much, especially with this cold and flu season we've been having! We have also been able to share some of your generosity with other classrooms and students who need the basic supplies! Thank you so so much!","fullyFundedDate":1758820178534,"projectUrl":"project/back-to-school-back-to-the-basics/9578138/","projectTitle":"Back to School, Back to the Basics","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Vanill","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6388412_orig.png?crop=775,775,x0,y95&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1673381064384","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6388412"},{"teacherId":6388412,"projectId":9769963,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generosity and support of my classroom! Students now have access to highly interactive STEM toys to play with during recess. These toys have beeen helping students build communication skills as well as empathy and compassion, during recess. They LOVE playing with playdoh everyday! The tools help them create all the shapes and designs they can think of! And we have some backup tubs of playdoh so the fun and STEM skill building never ends! The veterinarian set also builds dramatic play, a love for animals, and hopefully some future veterinarians! Thank you again for your support!","fullyFundedDate":1760982622466,"projectUrl":"project/building-stem-skills-through-play/9769963/","projectTitle":"Building STEM Skills Through Play","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Vanill","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6388412_orig.png?crop=775,775,x0,y95&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1673381064384","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6388412"},{"teacherId":6388412,"projectId":9765789,"letterContent":"Thank you so so much for your generous donation! From your support, students have access to highly requested character books and series books at home. High interest books help to build a passion for reading at such a young age, that will continue with them throughout their years in school. Having access to high quality reading books at home also helps students bridge the gap between school and home, that reading and learning does not stop once leaving the school building. That reading is a lifetime skill needed everyday. Thank you again for helping my students love reading even more!","fullyFundedDate":1760631612031,"projectUrl":"project/books-beyond-the-classroom/9765789/","projectTitle":"Books Beyond the Classroom","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Vanill","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6388412_orig.png?crop=775,775,x0,y95&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1673381064384","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6388412"},{"teacherId":8883283,"projectId":9814879,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping me provide my students with great literature. Having books to read in the classroom is so important to my students. My fifth grade students love to read but sometimes have trouble getting good books into their hands, by providing my students with books I am able to do novel studies with them. Doing whole class novel studies helps my struggling readers be able to enjoy books that would otherwise be inaccessible to them. Again thank you from the bottom of our hearts for providing these books for our classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1768083394791,"projectUrl":"project/novel-study-books/9814879/","projectTitle":"Novel Study Books","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Sorley","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8883283_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1673440544943","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8883283"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_21246","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":342,"numTeachers":54,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":20,"percentBlack":68,"percentWhite":0,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":6,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":0,"percentMultiracialImputed":3,"gradesServed":"K - 8","studentTeacherRatio":"6.3:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":41.6,"schoolId":21246,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Westminster Community Charter School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Westminster Community Charter School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/new-york/buffalo-public-schools/westminster-community-charter-school/21246"}