{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Franklin Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":24.1,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":18226,"projectId":9682380,"letterContent":"A million thanks for donating to this project! We are looking forward to having a Spring Carnival, when the weather gets warmer. I can't wait for the kids to play with the new carnival games. I tested out a few of the games with my class and they were a hit! I look forward to all of the TK and Kindergarten students experiencing the new games at our Spring Carnival. They will absolutely love them. \r\nThank you for your generosity and kindness. We are so grateful for you and we want to express our deepest gratitude.","fullyFundedDate":1766010951279,"projectUrl":"project/spring-carnival-fun/9682380/","projectTitle":"Spring Carnival Fun!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. My Le","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp18226_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1689025848756","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/missmyle"},{"teacherId":18226,"projectId":9995358,"letterContent":"We celebrated the Lunar New Year today and what a fun day we had! The students loved all of the year of the horse goodies. They loved wearing their golden horse bracelet and loved picking their very own cute horse plushie. Thank you for bringing so much excitement, joy and LUCK to our Kindergarten classroom. Many of my students expressed how much they love celebrating Lunar New Year and also that today was the best day ever. Thank you for making this day so special for our Kindergarten students!","fullyFundedDate":1768851155064,"projectUrl":"project/lunar-new-year-fun/9995358/","projectTitle":"Lunar New Year Fun!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. My Le","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp18226_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1689025848756","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/missmyle"},{"teacherId":18226,"projectId":10025479,"letterContent":"Thank you for providing my students with crafting activities from now until the end of their Kindergarten school year. I am so grateful for your generosity and kindness. They just made an adorable Valentine's Day frame with a sweet photo of them inside. They absolutely loved designing the frame and making the tissue paper hearts. I can't wait for them to decorate the wooden frames for Mother's Day and decorate a coaster for Father's Day. Thank you for creating these beautiful memories and mementos for my students and families to enjoy for years to come!","fullyFundedDate":1768862630812,"projectUrl":"project/crafting-all-year/10025479/","projectTitle":"Crafting All Year","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. My Le","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp18226_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1689025848756","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/missmyle"},{"teacherId":215061,"projectId":9651602,"letterContent":"I am beyond grateful for your incredible generosity in bringing our \"Active Bodies, Active Minds\" project to life. When the boxes arrived and I unveiled the badminton rackets, soccer goals, and colorful dodgeballs, my fourth graders erupted into pure, unadulterated cheers. One student even asked, \"Is this all really for us?\" Seeing their faces light up with excitement was a powerful reminder of how much it means to them to feel supported by their community. These resources have turned our outdoor time from a simple break into the absolute highlight of their school day.\r\n\r\nWe have hit the ground running—literally! My students are currently using the soccer goals and footballs to learn the importance of teamwork and sportsmanship through student-led mini-tournaments. A particularly special moment occurred last week when a group of students, who usually stay on the sidelines, picked up the badminton rackets for the first time. Watching them patiently coach each other on how to hit the shuttlecock over the net was a beautiful display of leadership and peer encouragement that I haven't seen all year.\r\n\r\nThese materials are doing so much more than providing exercise; they are teaching my students how to communicate, resolve conflicts, and build confidence. In a world where kids spend so much time behind screens, providing them with high-quality jump ropes and sports gear allows them to just be kids—active, social, and healthy. Thank you for investing in our classroom and for showing my students that their physical well-being and happiness matter.","fullyFundedDate":1766001170340,"projectUrl":"project/pe-for-everybody-part-1/9651602/","projectTitle":"PE for Everybody! (part 1)","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Bachman","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp215061_orig.png?crop=529,529,x157,y272&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1751315960994","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/215061"},{"teacherId":18226,"projectId":9974901,"letterContent":"We celebrated the 100th Day of School and we had an amazing day! Thank you for making this milestone such a special day for our Kindergarten students, with your generous donations. The backdrop created a festive and inviting environment for us to celebrate the students' 100 days of growth. Our Kindergarten students loved the decorations and it made them feel truly special and celebrated. We are grateful for your donations and can not thank you enough for your generosity. We look forward to more days of learning and fun!","fullyFundedDate":1767810006931,"projectUrl":"project/hip-hip-hooray-for-the-100th-day/9974901/","projectTitle":"Hip Hip Hooray for the 100th Day!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. My Le","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp18226_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1689025848756","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/missmyle"},{"teacherId":18226,"projectId":9854661,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to this project. I am so excited to celebrate the Lunar New Year with my Kindergarten students, especially with these Year of the Horse goodies and activities. I know they will love the lucky red decorations and they will have so much fun making the lanterns. Thank you for helping me share my culture with the students. Some of my students celebrate the Lunar New Year so thank you for validating these students' cultures and helping them share their culture with their classmates. We are so grateful!","fullyFundedDate":1763680869623,"projectUrl":"project/happy-year-of-the-horse/9854661/","projectTitle":"Happy Year of the Horse!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. My Le","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp18226_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1689025848756","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/missmyle"},{"teacherId":18226,"projectId":9974907,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your donations to this project. We have some holidays coming up, like Valentine's Day and Mother's Day, that my students will need these bags for. Thank you for giving them bags for my Kindergarten students to design for their families. I love seeing their artistic creations on the bags and I know their families appreciate them as well. I can not thank you enough for your kindness and generosity. Thank you for making a difference for my students and for thinking of my class.","fullyFundedDate":1767713944893,"projectUrl":"project/a-bag-for-every-occasion/9974907/","projectTitle":"A Bag For Every Occasion","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. My Le","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp18226_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1689025848756","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/missmyle"},{"teacherId":18226,"projectId":9854677,"letterContent":"Thank you for encouraging my students' obsession with capybaras! They are definitely crazy for them and also super grateful for the fun capybara books and sticky notes. They were inspired by the sticky notes to write about our class pet, a capybara stuffed animal. Thank you for adding so much fun and motivation to our learning. We appreciate your generosity and kindness. \r\n\r\nWe are learning about the letter Cc this week and will be doing a mini unit about capybaras so these capybara goodies came just in time!","fullyFundedDate":1762194415787,"projectUrl":"project/crazy-for-capybaras/9854677/","projectTitle":"Crazy For Capybaras!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. My Le","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp18226_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1689025848756","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/missmyle"},{"teacherId":208071,"projectId":9617381,"letterContent":"Research consistently shows that menstruating girls and young women tend to miss school more often than their non-menstruating peers. In low-income areas, this can partly be attributed to not having access to the right kinds of feminine hygiene supplies, and, as a result, feeling uncomfortable or embarrassed to be at school. In our community, we also have many students who are living with an adult male guardian, so sometimes, even if the monetary situation of their family doesn't limit their access to adequate supplies, the embarrassment of asking for them may. \r\nMoreover, in my 20 years of experience working with this community, it has become very clear that there are a lot of cultural and religious barriers that tend to prevent families from talking to their daughters about their own bodies, puberty, and menstrual cycles. They also often decline to allow their daughters to attend the health classes in 5th grade that educate students about menstruation. Although it's rare, we have literally had female students \"get\" their first \"period\" at school and have no idea what was happening. They often think they are sick or dying and they have no idea what to do. It's unfortunate and unnecessary. Then, even for the students who are educated about menstruation, many haven't really been told how to care for their bodies during their \"periods.\" I don't want any of our students to go through that! Every young woman should feel prepared and know what products are available to help them manage their health.\r\nBut I digress...\r\nSeveral years back, my generous mother and I began a project to provide these supplies to all the 6th grade students in our school (we typically have 3 classes). Over time, the cost of high-quality feminine hygiene supplies has increased, making it more difficult for us to sustain these efforts on our own. Your invaluable support this year meant that I could continue supporting our menstruating 6th graders and helping them attain more confidence around their bodies and their monthly cycles.\r\nThis year, we have a total of 41 female students in the 6th grade, each of whom we were able to provide with 5 hygienic wipes, and 2 each of 7 different kinds and sizes of menstrual pads, inside a zippered pouch they can keep in their backpacks. We also now have enough additional supplies of wipes and pads to allow the girls to refill their \"kits\" with the kinds of pads that work best for them, all throughout the year. We have absolutely no fear of \"running out.\"\r\nI host a short meeting with our female students to distribute the kits each year. I don't discuss reproduction or menstruation, which would require parent permission but I do show them all the different kinds of menstrual pads we have and talk about how they work. We talk about how sizes are different to match different bodies and when pads with \"wings\" can be helpful. This year, a couple students stayed for a few minutes after our little meeting. They told me that no one had ever talked to them about these different product options, and that they usually just take whatever free pads are given out in the school office. They also said that they are often scared of having leaks and that other students will notice that they are on their \"period.\" \r\nFor the first time this year, I also distributed a feedback form the end of the meeting so that I could get some information back from the girls to find out more about their individual situations and experiences. I want to use this information to better support our menstruating students in the future. Of the 41 female students, 24 returned their feedback form to me. I am happy to share their feedback with you, here.\r\nOf the 24 students who returned a feedback form, 9 reported that they have already started to get \"periods\" (38%). Of those 9, 1 student reported that their family often doesn't have enough money to purchase feminine hygiene supplies (11%). This specific student wrote, \"This is great. I feel happy that I don't have to ask my mom to spend money on me.\"\r\nMore, from all 24 respondents:\r\nWhen asked how they felt to receive a \"Feminine Hygiene Kit\" from us, 7 said they felt \"good\" (29%), 4 said \"grateful\" or \"thankful\" (17%), 3 said it was \"nice\" (13%), 2 said \"happy\" (8%), 1 said \"lucky\", 1 said \"protected and safe\", and 1 said \"relieved.\"\r\nHere are some more of their actual written comments from this section of the feedback form:\r\n\"I felt relieved because I forget my feminine hygiene stuff a lot.\"\r\n\"I feel happy because it's easy to carry.\"\r\n\"Good because they gave us wipes and explained a lot of things to us.\"\r\n\"It feels nice because I know it's coming in handy.\"\r\n\"Good because if I get it during school I'm ready.\"\r\n\"I feel grateful since it saves me an awkward convo.\"\r\n\"I didn't feel weird because Mrs. Witmeyer made me realize that it's something normal that all girls get. I also felt very grateful.\"\r\n\"I feel good so I don't have to worry about forgetting my own pads.\"\r\n\"I feel good because I don't have to purchase the supplies and the kit makes me prepared if I have it.\"\r\n\"I'm very happy and glad that you gave me this kit. I will help me during this school year.\"\r\nWhen asked how they felt knowing that their teachers all have lots of free supplies in our classrooms, in case they ever need more, 7 said they felt \"good\" about it (29%), 4 said \"grateful\" or \"thankful\" (17%), 3 said \"happy\" (13%), 1 said \"great,\" 1 said \"nice,\" 1 said \"relieved,\" 1 said \"prepared,\" and 1 said \"safe.\"\r\nHere are some more of their actual written comments from this section of the feedback form:\r\n\"I feel good because in any emergency, I know that my teacher can help me. I'm very grateful for everything.\"\r\n\"I feel great because if I ran out I can just go up to my teacher and ask for some.\"\r\n\"I feel prepared because I don't bring pads normally, and the kit has different kinds of pads. So I can use the ones for me. And my teacher has more pads, and I didn't know that, so I feel happy. I want to say thank you so much for donating to me and the other girls. I didn't expect this to happen in 6th grade.\"\r\n\"I feel very happy that my teacher would have supplies available. I feel very grateful to have the stuff in my kit.\"\r\n\"I feel grateful that we get help on period supplies.\"\r\n\"I feel thankful and lucky because if I run out, I can always refill it (the kit)!\"\r\n\"I feel happy because I know that if my mom doesn't have money to buy more feminine products I can ask my teacher with confidence.\"\r\nLater on, many of the students wrote thank you letters, which will be sent to you separately, but I really wanted to share all these wonderful comments from our grateful girls! I hope it is clear to you all just how much of an impact you have made on them. They are more confident about handling their completely normal bodily functions without feeling embarrassed, and they know they can come to any of us 6th grade teachers for support with their needs without fear! I wish you could have seen their faces that day after the meeting. They were excited to choose kits in their favorite colors and it seemed like they all walked a little lighter and just felt happier in general about being women. I was so happy for them. YOU made that possible! YOU are helping them feel more in control and less helpless over their \"cycles.\" YOU are helping them become strong, confident people! YOU are important and we appreciate you all! Thank YOU!!!","fullyFundedDate":1756833031056,"projectUrl":"project/modern-menstrual-kits/9617381/","projectTitle":"Modern Menstrual Kits","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. W","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp208071_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1628631333891","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/208071"},{"teacherId":18226,"projectId":9717882,"letterContent":"Thank you very much for your donations. I am so grateful for your generosity. My students are so lucky to have donors like you in our lives. My students have enjoyed developing their hand-eye coordination skills using the bean bags and super bouncy balls. They are having fun while learning new skills. Thank you for helping to make learning fun for my Kindergarten students. \r\nWe have been using the bean bags and balls to help us with counting as well. First finding a partner and then seeing how many times they can catch the bean bag or balls with out missing. They are having fun trying to count to 20 without not catching the bean bag or ball. Thank you again! We are so thankful and feel super blessed by your kindness.","fullyFundedDate":1758501221059,"projectUrl":"project/help-wanted-hand-eye-coordination/9717882/","projectTitle":"Help Wanted: Hand-Eye Coordination","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. My Le","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp18226_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1689025848756","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/missmyle"},{"teacherId":18226,"projectId":9822457,"letterContent":"Thank you is not enough to express my gratitude for your generosity. Thank you for giving my students new activities to help them use their creativity and hands. These free play activities allow my students to build without rules and limitations. \r\nYou are providing my Kindergarten students with much needed opportunities to create and make things, instead of being glued to a device. These hands-on building activities are so important, now more than ever, as children are spending more and more time on devices.","fullyFundedDate":1761068579395,"projectUrl":"project/lets-build/9822457/","projectTitle":"Let’s Build!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. My Le","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp18226_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1689025848756","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/missmyle"},{"teacherId":18226,"projectId":9525001,"letterContent":"Words can not express how grateful I am that you donated to this project. The TK and Kindergarten were buzzing with excitement over the new tricycles. They love them so much and keep lining up to ride them again after they've had their turn. I love seeing them smile ear to ear as they glide past me on those new tricycles. Recess is even more popular than before. They simply can't get enough of those new tricycles. I will have to write another project so we can get more tricycles so that they won't have to spend their recess waiting in such a long line for a turn on the tricycles.","fullyFundedDate":1758229398694,"projectUrl":"project/fun-on-wheels/9525001/","projectTitle":"Fun On Wheels!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. My Le","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp18226_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1689025848756","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/missmyle"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_4779","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":528,"numTeachers":26,"percentFrplEligible":73,"percentAsian":47,"percentBlack":2,"percentWhite":0,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":45,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"K - 6","studentTeacherRatio":"20.3:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":75.9,"schoolId":4779,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Franklin Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Franklin Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/california/franklin-mckinley-school-district/franklin-elementary-school/4779"}