{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Belvedere Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":34.3,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":9277449,"projectId":9058167,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation of award winning books for our library! My students were so excited from the very first day I introduced the new books. My younger students in first grade enjoyed learning about what the different \"gold and silver stickers\" meant. After checking out the new books, these students were inspired to search out other award winners to read. They especially enjoyed the Theodore Geisel winner Stop! Bot! and Caldecott Honor winner Mel Fell, waiting for one student to return it so another could check it out right away. They were happy to have award winning books that they could read at their level after having experienced some other award winners that were of a higher reading level.\r\nWith my upper grades, I book talked several of the books, sharing snippets from the stories, summaries of the plot, descriptions of the quirky and relatable characters, introducing the enticing conflicts and topics, and even reading the first paragraph or page of different books. There was almost a stampede to the display of the new books from one class of eager fifth graders. First choice was given to the students who had contributed positively to the class earlier in the day. It was wonderful to see one of my students who prefers non-fiction gravitate quickly towards the book \"The Mona Lisa Vanishes.\" He renewed the book until he finished it in its entirety (often times, students lose interest and return their books before finishing them). Another student told me that she could relate to the book \"Iveliz Explains It All,\" because her cousin was in a similar situation with her mother about her depression. My horror readers have a waitlist for \"The Graveyard Book,\" and have started exploring other Neil Gaiman books after finishing it.\r\nThank you for providing my students with high quality literature that inspires them to continue growing in their journeys as readers!","fullyFundedDate":1746803097426,"projectUrl":"project/and-the-winner-is/9058167/","projectTitle":"And the winner is...","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Gonzales","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9277449_orig.jpg?crop=1160,1160,x0,y40&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1694846155065","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9277449"},{"teacherId":7899759,"projectId":8753909,"letterContent":"My students who need additional support with reading at grade level have been enjoying the reading magazines that you helped us get. Previously, they dreaded small group instruction and it was evident in their attitudes and their faces.\r\nNow, they are ager to see what is in the weekly magazine and flip through it for the different articles. They like that most reading passages are about interesting current events and they like discussing the content together, which is exactly what we teachers want them to do ; )","fullyFundedDate":1732648520819,"projectUrl":"project/engaging-reading-material/8753909/","projectTitle":"Engaging Reading Material","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Frias-Toulouse","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7899759_orig.jpg?crop=271,271,x0,y57&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1628491745859","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7899759"},{"teacherId":9277449,"projectId":8755115,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation of picture books with Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) themes. The students have enjoyed reading the books and completing activities inspired by them. These picture books help me to teach some of the basic principles of STEM, such as identifying a problem, coming up with a solution, modifying ideas when different obstacles arise, and perseverance. \r\nThrough these picture books, students can see characters in the stories going through similar processes, such as Iggy in the book Iggy Peck, Architect who, with his building skills, saves his class on a field trip, or Alex in the book I Wanna New Room, who comes up with multiple solutions to his problem of having to share a room with his little brother. \r\nAn example of an activity I paired with one of these STEM picture books is after we read Perfect Square, I challenged my students to create something new with all the pieces of their square of paper, just like in the book. My students had to plan and to get creative with how they used each piece of their square. They had a lot of fun coming up with new pictures from their pieces of their square. Some were inspired by the book we read, others came up with entirely new creations.\r\nThank you for helping my students learn how to problem solve and persevere while enjoying and growing as readers.","fullyFundedDate":1732646003922,"projectUrl":"project/storybook-stem-starters/8755115/","projectTitle":"Storybook STEM Starters","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Gonzales","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9277449_orig.jpg?crop=1160,1160,x0,y40&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1694846155065","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9277449"},{"teacherId":9277449,"projectId":8755285,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous donation of books featuring Lantinx characters and cultures. These books made a difference for my students who were able to see themselves and their families and experiences in books they are able to check out from the library. These books also served to teach students about cultures and experiences different from their own. Since the new books included titles in both English and Spanish, my students have been able to practice their reading in both languages. \r\nI used Pepe and the Parade to introduce many of the different countries and cultures we celebrate during Hispanic Heritage Month. We talked about folktales when we read Martina Has Too Many Tias since it is based on the Cuban folktale Martina the Beautiful Cockroach. When we read the Pinata that the Farm Maiden Hung, some students were happy to be able to share the song that they sing with their families when they pinatas at their parties. This book was also paired with an art project where students decorated their own pinatas with tissue paper. \r\nMy students flocked to the display of new books and many were checked out with waiting lists of kids who want to check out the book next. It was especially great to see my reader who always checks out the same book to read over and over because she loves it, choose one of the new books and be excited to tell me about what she liked about what she had read so far in the new book the next week. Thank you for engaging my students with new books that reflect their faces and cultures and help to teach about other cultures and experiences different from their own.","fullyFundedDate":1732629144716,"projectUrl":"project/viva-los-libros/8755285/","projectTitle":"Viva Los Libros!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Gonzales","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9277449_orig.jpg?crop=1160,1160,x0,y40&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1694846155065","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9277449"},{"teacherId":9277449,"projectId":8754888,"letterContent":"My students have really enjoyed using the new wordless picture books in our library! Using the new books, we practiced visual literacy to figure out what story was being told through just the illustrations. We then reviewed the elements in a story when we told the story in our own words. My kindergarten through 2nd graders worked whole class to retell the stories of the wordless picture book Chalk. My 3rd through 6th graders selected their own picture book to retell the story with small groups. They practiced narrative writing and wrote out scripts of the stories they read. Groups were then able to create a green screen video using the scripts they wrote as a group.\r\nMy English learners also enjoyed these books because they were able to access the stories without a language barrier. They helped to tell the story in their native languages and were able to participate in our class activities using the wordless picture books. \r\nMany of my students were excited to check these books out because of their beautiful illustrations. They especially enjoyed the trilogy of wordless picture books by Aaron Becker, following the story through all 3 books. These books challenged them to use both their imaginations and their power of observation to figure out what story was being told. We are looking forward to circulating these books to all the students on the waiting list to check them out.","fullyFundedDate":1732626300695,"projectUrl":"project/a-wordless-picture-book-is-worth-a-t/8754888/","projectTitle":"A (Wordless) Picture (Book) Is Worth a Thousand Words","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Gonzales","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9277449_orig.jpg?crop=1160,1160,x0,y40&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1694846155065","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9277449"},{"teacherId":9277449,"projectId":8754160,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation of Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander books for our library. The students have enjoyed these diverse books so much already. The books are high interest and have caught the attention of some of my most reluctant readers. Some of the books we've read together as a whole class, and others have been available for students to check out and read on their own. \r\n\r\nThe graphic novels Measuring Up and Stargazing flew off the shelves and have long waiting lists of students eager to read them. We have read Thanking the Moon to talk about the Mid Autumn Moon Festival and some of the Chinese traditions for the festival. Students then had the opportunity to use clay and moooncake molds to make their own mooncakes to bring home to remember what they learned about in the book and to share with their families. My fourth graders especially loved Magic Ramen and learning about the development of the first instant ramen by Momofuku Ando; there is a group of students who faithfully bring ramen for lunch and they were captivated by the story. This book also has a long wait list. After we read Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines, we did further research together on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and even created our own memorial with the names of veterans from the students' families and friends. My students were impressed that Maya Lin was a student herself when her design was selected as the winner of the contest, and they enjoyed learning about how she was as a child and how it affected her accomplishments as a young adult.\r\n\r\nMy students enjoy making connections with aspects of many of these books, finding parts that relate to their lives, things they have heard or seen on TV or the internet, and things that come up in daily life. They have come to the library excited for each new story. Thank you for sparking that excitement with your generous donation.","fullyFundedDate":1729783986884,"projectUrl":"project/more-than-fried-rice-boba-tea-and-nin/8754160/","projectTitle":"More Than Fried Rice, Boba Tea, and Ninjas","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Gonzales","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9277449_orig.jpg?crop=1160,1160,x0,y40&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1694846155065","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9277449"},{"teacherId":8708261,"projectId":8754246,"letterContent":"The \"Growing Minds\" garden is more than beneficial to my 2nd-grade students. Their excitement showed the minute they laid their eyes on the hydroponics system and all the gardening supplies. They began asking a number of questions about how everything worked. We have also been able to use the garden to grow sunflowers and vegetables which integrates with our science lessons on plant life cycles and our math lessons on growth projections and actual measures. The students thoroughly enjoy monitoring the progress of their plants on a daily basis as well as watering them and seeing how much bigger they get. This experience will undoubtedly lead to further instill excitement in the students and develop a sense of responsibility and collaboration. Soon, we will be able to harvest our vegetables so that we may incorporate them in a nutrition lesson demonstrating how gardens relate to food. Thank you for helping us grow!","fullyFundedDate":1732659503493,"projectUrl":"project/growing-minds-a-garden-for-2nd-graders/8754246/","projectTitle":"Growing Minds: A Garden for 2nd Graders","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Flores","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8708261_orig.jpg?crop=537,537,x985,y524&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1706588912627","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8708261"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_35136","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":564,"numTeachers":26,"percentFrplEligible":80,"percentAsian":1,"percentBlack":4,"percentWhite":3,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":86,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"K - 6","studentTeacherRatio":"21.7:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"SUBURBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_MIDSIZE"},"inStateSupporters":65.7,"schoolId":35136,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Belvedere Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Belvedere Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/california/san-bernardino-city-unified-school-district/belvedere-elementary-school/35136"}