{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Gates Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":35.4,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":2533484,"projectId":10258842,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for contributing to this project which gave our classroom a color printer with ink. \r\n\r\nHaving a color printer with copy capabilities available in our classroom has been a game changer. Now I am able to make copies of worksheets for students who misplaced work or forgot them at home. Being able to make a copy with our new printer saves my student from going across campus to ask the office to make a new copy to accommodate one or two students. this also means less instructional time wasted. \r\n\r\nThe color printer was also a helpful tool when my students were learning about Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama and needed to create block prints inspired by her work. After sketching their artwork onto a canvas, they were able to make a copy of their work which they later used to make a stencil for their block print.\r\n\r\nMy students and I are grateful for your support and believing in the work and learning that they are doing.","fullyFundedDate":1778270825816,"projectUrl":"project/ink-and-a-color-printer-for-our-classroo/10258842/","projectTitle":"Ink and a Color Printer for Our Classroom, Please","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Trochez MacLean","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2533484_orig.jpg?crop=1931,1931,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1583394747332","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-trochez"},{"teacherId":2533484,"projectId":9760086,"letterContent":"Thank you for donating to our pollinator garden project. My students were very excited to receive the items we did because these items were needed and contributed to the success of our garden project.\r\n\r\nThe watering can, the trellis, the small white signs used to label our different plants, and more helped my students have a successful time with the garden they planted. Our growing areas were used to grow some vegetables and wild flowers. My students' goal was to attract honey bees, butterflies, and other pollinators to all our garden beds, not just the one designated for our classroom. The growing container with the trellis as well as the grow sacks gave my students more space to expand our garden bed, or the area where they could plant seeds and seedlings--the growing sacks with signs gave my students their own individual garden space to grow radish and carrot seeds which in turn they were able to journal their observations and sketch what they saw whenever they visited their individual gardens. \r\n\r\nI am very grateful for the learning experience your donation gave to my students. Our time in our garden was a favorite of my students--they loved visiting our plants and seeing the changes and growth they observed over the weeks.","fullyFundedDate":1759074418122,"projectUrl":"project/planting-a-pollinator-and-vegetable-gard/9760086/","projectTitle":"Planting a Pollinator and Vegetable Garden","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Trochez MacLean","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2533484_orig.jpg?crop=1931,1931,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1583394747332","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-trochez"},{"teacherId":2533484,"projectId":10256375,"letterContent":"Thank you for donating to this project.\r\n\r\nThis project wasn't the most exciting or innovative project that you could donate to on DonorsChoose, so I am very grateful that you contributed to make this project happen for my students. This project provided them with some of the very basic supplies needed in a classroom that help clean messes and help keep my students healthy. The paper towels were used by my students to clean up their eating areas after breakfast in the classroom, as well as cleaning up after art projects. The Clorox wipes were also used for clean up after breakfast as well as to wipe down student tables often, especially if a student was sick. The wipes, along with offering facial masks to my students, were part of our routines to minimize the spreading of germs, like washing hands with the requested soap which is kept in the automatic soap dispenser.\r\n\r\nI am grateful for your donation and the support you have given my students.","fullyFundedDate":1777921373061,"projectUrl":"project/healthy-and-ready-to-learn/10256375/","projectTitle":"Healthy and Ready to Learn","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Trochez MacLean","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2533484_orig.jpg?crop=1931,1931,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1583394747332","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-trochez"},{"teacherId":2533484,"projectId":9787411,"letterContent":"Thank you for donating to our project to make this unit happen for my students. \r\n\r\nMy students enjoyed learning about our neighborhood's and city's history. They learned that not far from our school was the site of our city's first zoo. This became the starting point to learn about history/map skills and math/coding skills while using technology to complete this STEM project. My students loved the Ozobot robot and found it endearing because of its tiny size. They also enjoyed learning about the animal they selected and its habitat. I cannot wait to do this project with my students next year, applying my learning this year to help make it a better learning experience for them.\r\n\r\nI am grateful for your generosity and for supporting the work I do with my students.","fullyFundedDate":1763620902609,"projectUrl":"project/what-to-do-when-your-city-wants-a-zoo/9787411/","projectTitle":"What To Do When Your City Wants A Zoo?","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Trochez MacLean","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2533484_orig.jpg?crop=1931,1931,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1583394747332","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-trochez"},{"teacherId":6740314,"projectId":4418040,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for funding our DIY telescope materials! Your generosity brought science to life, and the students were absolutely thrilled when they saw the magnifying glasses, clipboards, and tape. During the project-based learning activity, students' faces lit up as they successfully aligned their focal points to read a chart placed across the classroom.\r\n\r\nLater, they were able to take these telescopes, along with the clipboards, outside and conduct celestial observation nights. Students were eagerly finalizing their optical tubes and gathering star charts. Your contribution turned abstract textbook concepts into real-world, hands-on learning, and we couldn't have done this without you!","fullyFundedDate":1568827844190,"projectUrl":"project/help-us-build-telescopes/4418040/","projectTitle":"Help Us Build Telescopes!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Plaza","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6740314_orig.jpg?crop=537,537,x19,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1728942653154","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6740314"},{"teacherId":258948,"projectId":10280609,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for fully funding this project. The transfer belt was a success and we can now print and make copies. I use TeachersPayTeachers to make copies of student activities. We also use it to print their writing so it looks professional. Then the students draw pictures and we post them on our bulletin board. Printers are so important in the classroom because we were making copies in the office. My classroom is very far away so I could only get the copies during recess, lunch, or afterschool. Thank you so much!","fullyFundedDate":1778837558572,"projectUrl":"project/we-need-a-transfer-belt-for-our-printer/10280609/","projectTitle":"We Need a Transfer Belt for Our Printer","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Yokoyama","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp258948_orig.jpg?crop=2040,2040,x105,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1574044923327","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/yokoyama"},{"teacherId":332844,"projectId":10174124,"letterContent":"Thank you for making it possible for my students to create these beautiful sunset pieces of art during the last week of school. These paintings tied in with Earth Day and also tied in with our last novel study of the book Island of the Blue Dolphins. They used the paint and art supplies to create colorful sunsets with contrasting shadows. These paintings represented the coastal region of California, which is where the heroine in the novel lived long ago. It was nice to tie these two subjects together in a creative and beautiful way. Thank you.","fullyFundedDate":1775589153462,"projectUrl":"project/painting-sunsets-for-earth-day/10174124/","projectTitle":"Painting Sunsets for Earth Day","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Barraza","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp332844_orig.jpg?crop=480,480,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1773195856274","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/j-barraza"},{"teacherId":2533484,"projectId":10276900,"letterContent":"The sublimation printer with all the supplies requested was such a big hit with my students! Of course they were curious to see the arrival of the boxes to our classroom, but when they understood what they were going to create with the printer, tote bags, and drawstring backpacks, they could not contain their excitement.\r\n\r\nFor this project, my students learned about avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama, and then used her artwork as inspiration to create art that resonated with them but took elements of Kusama's art. This was the perfect unit for my students as we were wrapping up end-of-the-year state testing since it gave them the brain break they needed from a long day of testing while giving them an opportunity to be creative. But the real magic happened when they took digital images of their artwork, imported the images into Canva, and then decided how to showcase their art before printing the final design onto the sublimation paper with our new printer. \r\n\r\nWith designs printed onto sublimation paper, we began pressing the pages onto the tote bags which we then displayed at our schools Art Fest the last weekend in May. Families in attendance were impressed and wanted to know how they could get their own student-designed tote bags. In addition, we were able to design and create the Arts Fest tote bags that were given away to families in attendance, and we also used the supplies to design and create drawstring backpacks for our STEM club kits which they used on their field trip to the CA Science Center. My students received compliments, and one visitor wanted to know where in the Museum did we purchase them.\r\n\r\nI can't wait for next year to see what my students will design and create next year! Thank you so much for your donations to this project, but more importantly for supporting the work I do with my students.","fullyFundedDate":1778264725302,"projectUrl":"project/sublimation-designers/10276900/","projectTitle":"Sublimation Designers","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Trochez MacLean","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2533484_orig.jpg?crop=1931,1931,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1583394747332","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-trochez"},{"teacherId":1254871,"projectId":10253471,"letterContent":"Soon we will see signs to welcome our students back to school. In order for it to be welcoming, I want to make sure my students have certain supplies that they can rely on, like heavy duty folders (to last all year) and twistable crayons that won't easily break. So, thanks to all of you....we will have these supplies right away!! We truly appreciate your generosity and kindness to support children and education! Please know that your contribution means so much more than you know! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!","fullyFundedDate":1778362744716,"projectUrl":"project/ready-set-go/10253471/","projectTitle":"Ready, Set, Go!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Quijano","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-6_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1254871"},{"teacherId":1254871,"projectId":10099523,"letterContent":"Not all my students have enough books to read in the classroom and at home. About eighty percent of them have less than five books in their home libraries. Many of them are still learning to read. Because of you, my students have a little more of a variety of books to select from. They absolutely love Pete the Cat books and the famous Chicka Chicka Boom Boom tree!! The early literacy books have been helping them in many ways. Thank you for bringing these books to encourage my students to read. You have provided them with books that have helped build their fluency and meet their reading goals.","fullyFundedDate":1777978159415,"projectUrl":"project/surround-us-with-books/10099523/","projectTitle":"Surround Us With Books","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Quijano","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-6_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1254871"},{"teacherId":1254871,"projectId":10224442,"letterContent":"Thanks to all of you.....my students have been able to create projects with ease. The students have been able to have nice, sharpened colored pencils and their very own pad of paper to showcase their creativity in art projects. The students are gaining confidence and motivation to do their next art work, because they love hearing feedback from their peers. Thanks again for giving my students the opportunity to further their learning and have fun with the use of these basic school supplies. Your contribution means more than you know!","fullyFundedDate":1777951143118,"projectUrl":"project/color-our-world/10224442/","projectTitle":"Color Our World","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Quijano","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-6_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1254871"},{"teacherId":1254871,"projectId":10223335,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation. Your donation will allow my students to continue to have basic supplies in the classroom from the start of the school year: scissors, crayons, glue sticks and erasers. Your donation will give my students comfort as you have made it possible for us to have these basic school supplies right away, without having to wait for parents to purchase certain items or checking to see if our school will provide supplies for us. Thank you all once again for your thoughtfulness and generosity! 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