{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Tweedy Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":8.8,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":10475975,"projectId":10496470,"letterContent":"I want to express my heartfelt gratitude for supporting our third-grade students and helping fully fund our colored pencil project! Finding out that our project was funded in September brought such excitement and joy to our classroom. These may seem like simple supplies, but they are giving our students another way to express themselves, engage with their learning, and show what they know. When my students saw the new colored pencils, they were so excited to use them and could not wait to add color and creativity to their work!\r\n\r\nBecause of your generosity, our students will be able to use colored pencils throughout the school year for art, creative projects, reading, writing, and ELA activities. They can use different colors to annotate texts, highlight important details, organize their ideas, and make connections while learning. Thank you for helping make learning more engaging and giving our students the opportunity to learn, create, and express themselves in colorful ways. Your support truly makes a difference, and we are so grateful that you chose to add a little more color to our students' learning journey!","fullyFundedDate":1789394928302,"projectUrl":"project/colored-pencils-for-our-3rd-grade-learne/10496470/","projectTitle":"Colored Pencils for Our 3rd Grade Learners","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Soto","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10475975_orig.png?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1775707443981","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/sotoroom22"},{"teacherId":6194990,"projectId":10609599,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your kindness and support of our project. Thanks to your donation, my students have been using these amazing new outdoor physical activity equipments during our PE time. My students have variety of sports equipments and every day is a fun day for them while staying active during this time. The equipments have also transformed our outdoor time by encouraging teamwork and healthy competition. I don't know how to thank you! You have made a huge impact with my students! Thank you again!","fullyFundedDate":1789393076996,"projectUrl":"project/let-us-have-fun-and-stay-active/10609599/","projectTitle":"Let Us Have Fun and Stay Active","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Rhim","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp6194990_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1547271007910","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/c-rhim"},{"teacherId":10475975,"projectId":10497470,"letterContent":"I am beyond grateful and truly excited to share that this project was fully funded! I posted this project in August with the hope of creating a welcoming, organized, and encouraging classroom for my third graders, and seeing it fully funded in September was such an incredible surprise. It honestly brought so much joy to my heart to know that people believed in my students and wanted to help them begin the school year with the resources they need to feel prepared and successful. When the materials arrived, my students were so excited to see all of the new supplies, colorful classroom materials, and fun rewards waiting for them!\r\n\r\nThese resources have already made such a positive difference in our classroom. The folders, organizers, caddies, and classroom materials help keep our learning space organized and inviting, while the pencils and other essential supplies ensure that my students have the tools they need each day. The reading comprehension posters provide helpful visual reminders as we work on important skills such as identifying the main idea, sequencing events, and understanding an author's purpose. The fun prizes and incentives have also been a wonderful way to celebrate effort, kindness, perseverance, and positive choices. Most importantly, these materials help me remind my students that their effort matters and that they are capable of amazing things. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for investing in my students and helping me create a classroom where they feel welcomed, supported, celebrated, and excited to learn. Your generosity truly means more than words can express!","fullyFundedDate":1789394928808,"projectUrl":"project/organized-engaged-and-ready-to-learn/10497470/","projectTitle":"Organized, Engaged, and Ready to Learn","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Soto","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10475975_orig.png?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1775707443981","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/sotoroom22"},{"teacherId":10475975,"projectId":10496510,"letterContent":"I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your generous support of my students. When our DonorsChoose materials arrived, my students were so excited to explore the new books, finger puppets, and their very own spiral notebooks. We have been using the books during reading lessons and independent reading, while the finger puppets have made storytelling more interactive and fun. Students have enjoyed acting out characters, retelling stories, and practicing their communication and comprehension skills with their classmates. The notebooks have also become an important part of our daily learning, giving each student a personal space to record their thinking and practice new skills.\r\n\r\nAs we continue our reading lessons, students will use these materials to explore characters, settings, key details, and the messages in stories. It has been wonderful to see their excitement and growing confidence as they read, write, and share their ideas. Thank you for helping create a classroom where my students can use their imaginations, learn from one another, and grow as confident learners. Your generosity truly makes a difference, and I am so grateful!","fullyFundedDate":1789391884419,"projectUrl":"project/read-write-learn-and-grow/10496510/","projectTitle":"Read, Write, Learn, and Grow!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Soto","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10475975_orig.png?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1775707443981","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/sotoroom22"},{"teacherId":7884629,"projectId":10233526,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for funding our classroom project! Your generosity is helping us transform our classroom whiteboard into a more organized, engaging, and student-friendly learning space. Our whiteboard is an important part of our daily instruction, and these new materials allow me to clearly display learning objectives, model skills, organize information, and provide visual reminders that help my students follow along with lessons. The colorful and structured elements make our learning space more inviting while helping students know what to expect and where to focus their attention.\r\n\r\nYour support is especially meaningful for my students because visual organization and clear routines help make learning more accessible. These materials allow me to break information into smaller, manageable parts and provide visual cues that support comprehension, participation, and independence. I am excited to use these resources throughout the school year to create lessons that are not only engaging, but also easier for my students to understand and access. Thank you for investing in our classroom and helping create a learning environment where my students can feel supported, confident, and ready to learn!","fullyFundedDate":1778434797182,"projectUrl":"project/bringing-our-whiteboard-to-life/10233526/","projectTitle":"Bringing Our Whiteboard to Life","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Martinez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7884629_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1753113760520","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7884629"},{"teacherId":7884629,"projectId":10086463,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our classroom and making this project possible! Because of your generous donation of a laminator, laminating sheets, Velcro, and magnets, I am now able to create durable, hands-on learning materials that my students can use again and again. These materials allow me to create visual supports, interactive activities, matching tasks, task boxes, and differentiated learning resources that are designed to meet the individual needs of my students. Having materials that students can handle independently and practice with repeatedly makes learning more accessible, engaging, and meaningful.\r\n\r\nYour generosity is helping create more opportunities for my students to build confidence and independence in the classroom. As a special education teacher, I am always looking for ways to make learning interactive while providing students with the repetition and support they need to be successful. These new materials will be used throughout the school year across different subjects and skills, giving my students many opportunities to practice and show what they know. Thank you for investing in my students and helping me create a classroom where every learner has the tools and opportunities they need to grow!","fullyFundedDate":1771182532483,"projectUrl":"project/hands-on-learning-materials-for-student/10086463/","projectTitle":"Hands-On Learning Materials for Student Success","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Martinez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7884629_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1753113760520","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7884629"},{"teacherId":2815491,"projectId":10512341,"letterContent":"I am truly grateful for your generous donation. Because of your belief in our project, my students have now been blessed with an amazing treasure chest and exciting prizes, to reward positive behavior. When my students saw all the boxes, they were eager to know what was inside of them. After explaining that incredible donors helped fund our classroom project, they were ecstatic. I allowed my students to open the boxes, and they found play sand, mini magnetic boards, bubbles, erasers, fun pens, toy cars and skateboards, mini coloring books, slime, toy airplanes, and so much more. Their faces lit. I could hear them saying, \"Oh, I'm going to earn that!\" We began implementing our rewarding positive behavior as soon as our treasure chest was filled. My students are eager to show me how they can follow our school's core values. My students can't wait to prove that they are able to make good choices and are super excited to visit the treasure chest. Your kindness has brought a lot of excitement to our classroom, and I am sure my students will go home and share our wonderful news. Once again, I thank you for believing in our classroom project and in my students. Your generosity made a positive impact in my classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1789615688609,"projectUrl":"project/rewarding-positive-behavior/10512341/","projectTitle":"Rewarding Positive Behavior","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Torres","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-6_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2815491"},{"teacherId":997803,"projectId":9608167,"letterContent":"Our students were so excited when they first saw the new resources in our classroom! Their faces lit up as they explored the materials and immediately began sharing ideas about what they could create. The new dramatic play and hands-on resources quickly became part of our daily learning. During one classroom project, students worked together to create their own pretend community. They took on different roles, used the materials to build and organize their space, and practiced communicating, taking turns, and solving problems together. It was wonderful to see their imaginations come to life while they were developing important social and academic skills.\r\n\r\nAs we continued using the new resources, students became more confident in exploring, creating, and sharing their ideas. They especially enjoyed working together and using dramatic play to develop stories and act out real-life experiences. Our next steps were to expand our classroom projects by encouraging students to design their own play settings, create stories, and explain their thinking to their classmates. We planned to connect these experiences to literacy, math, science, and social-emotional learning. The generosity of our donors gave our students meaningful opportunities to learn through play and discovery. We were incredibly grateful for their support and for helping make our classroom a more engaging and joyful place to learn.","fullyFundedDate":1760046689078,"projectUrl":"project/building-a-strong-tk/9608167/","projectTitle":"Building a Strong TK","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Hale","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp997803_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1669752797909","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/gg1991"},{"teacherId":997803,"projectId":9573094,"letterContent":"Our DonorsChoose project made a tremendous difference in our transitional kindergarten classroom by creating a rich, hands-on learning environment where students explored, created, moved, and learned through play every day. At this age, children learned best when they were actively engaged, curious, and given opportunities to discover the world around them. The materials we received made these learning experiences more meaningful, joyful, and accessible for every student.\r\n\r\nWith the new art supplies, our students had opportunities to express their creativity by mixing colors, experimenting with textures, drawing, painting, and proudly sharing their masterpieces. These art experiences supported fine motor development while also encouraging self-expression, problem-solving, imagination, and confidence. Students learned that there were many ways to approach a project, make choices, and communicate their ideas through their creations.\r\n\r\nThe addition of outdoor play equipment also enhanced our students' physical development and social-emotional learning. Students had more opportunities to run, climb, balance, move, and develop coordination while engaging in active play. Just as importantly, outdoor play encouraged children to interact with their classmates, practice taking turns, communicate their ideas, and work together toward shared goals.\r\n\r\nIn our play-based classroom, every material became an opportunity for learning. Students practiced language and communication skills, developed independence, strengthened problem-solving abilities, and built perseverance as they explored new activities. These experiences helped create a classroom where children felt supported, capable, and excited to participate.\r\n\r\nThanks to the generosity of our donors, our TK students had access to materials that encouraged curiosity, creativity, collaboration, and joyful discovery. Their support helped us create a well-rounded learning environment where every child had the opportunity to learn, grow, and experience the excitement of learning each and every day.","fullyFundedDate":1755709870790,"projectUrl":"project/early-learning/9573094/","projectTitle":"Early Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Hale","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp997803_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1669752797909","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/gg1991"},{"teacherId":997803,"projectId":10139994,"letterContent":"Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your incredible generosity and support of our transitional kindergarten (TK) classroom through DonorsChoose! Your kindness has brought an overwhelming wave of excitement and joy to our early learners. As TK students, these children are just beginning their educational journeys, and the resources you provided are crucial for laying a strong foundation. Thanks to your support, our classroom library has been completely transformed into a vibrant, welcoming space filled with brand-new, high-quality board books. These sturdy pages are absolutely perfect for little hands that are still developing fine motor skills, ensuring that our new literary treasures will withstand years of eager reading, page-turning, and love.\r\nThe moment the boxes arrived and we unveiled the books, the room was filled with pure magic. The children were absolutely thrilled to see some of their favorite, beloved characters looking back at them. Having access to engaging stories like Grumpy Monkey, The Pout-Pout Fish, and an assortment of Disney classics has completely captivated their imaginations. These character-driven stories do so much more than just entertain; they are powerful tools that help our young students develop emotional literacy, learn how to navigate big feelings, and practice essential social-emotional skills. Seeing characters they recognize and love has made reading feel like a comforting, joyful adventure, instantly sparking an authentic love for books and storytelling that will stay with them for a lifetime.\r\nIn addition to these wonderful storybooks, your generosity allowed us to acquire an incredible collection of informational texts that align beautifully with our school curriculum. Our TK class dives deep into project-based studies, and having non-fiction books that directly connect to our units on Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Wheels, Clothing, and Buildings has taken our learning to the next level. These books have turned abstract concepts into concrete, tangible ideas for my students. When we study wheels, they can now look at vivid photographs of gears and tires; when we talk about recycling, they can see real-world examples of how materials are repurposed. Your donation has effectively bridged the gap between storytelling and scientific inquiry, fostering an early spirit of curiosity, critical thinking, and discovery. Thank you for investing in our classroom, empowering our curriculum, and showing my students that their education matters to the community!","fullyFundedDate":1773885106575,"projectUrl":"project/new-board-books-to-spark-the-joy-of-read/10139994/","projectTitle":"New Board Books to Spark the Joy of Reading","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Hale","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp997803_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1669752797909","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/gg1991"},{"teacherId":8714124,"projectId":10418713,"letterContent":"The moment I opened the package of books, my classroom filled with screams of excitement! My fourth graders immediately started asking what the books were, sharing them with their friends, and asking when we were going to start reading them.\r\n\r\nI heard things like, \"IS THAT WONDER?! I CAN'T WAIT TO READ IT!!\" followed by, \"Have you seen the movie?\" Another student asked, \"Ms. Salazar, is that Holes, like the movie with the kids digging?\" I also heard, \"What's The Lemonade War? I can't wait to read it!\" and, of course, \"Which one are we reading first?\"\r\n\r\nSeeing their excitement before we had even read a single page was such a special moment for me as their teacher. These books immediately gave my students something to be curious about, talk about, and look forward to together.\r\n\r\nAs we read, my goal is for students to see books as more than something they have to read for school. We use our novels to practice important fourth grade skills such as making inferences, identifying theme, analyzing characters, discussing our thinking, and using evidence from the text to support our ideas. We also spend time talking with one another, making connections, asking questions, and sharing our reactions to what we are reading.\r\n\r\nI especially loved watching students recognize books they had heard about before and then get excited to finally experience the stories for themselves. Some students were already familiar with Wonder or Holes because they had seen the movies, while others were discovering these stories for the very first time. The Lemonade War immediately sparked curiosity because many students had never heard of it before.\r\n\r\nThank you to the donors who made this project possible. You didn't just give my students books — you gave them something to be excited about, something to talk about with their friends, and new stories that will help them grow as readers and as people. Watching my students light up when they saw that box of books reminded me exactly why access to great books matters so much.\r\n\r\nAnd to those who are curious... 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We planted some of the seeds and had the discussion that some seeds grow better in certain months. 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