{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Spreckels Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":49.1,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":2065111,"projectId":10088237,"letterContent":"Talk about leading the assembly in style! The college t-shirts were the perfect touch to help my fourth grader stand up proud and lead the Strive for Excellence assembly. Every year our school has College and Career Week and every year some students have college shirt to wear while others do not. This year every single fourth grader in our class had a college t-shirt to wear during College and Career Week thanks to donors like you. Oh, what was a wonderful feeling!\r\n\r\nThank you for your kindness and generosity to help us promote college awareness in the elementary years to get our learners thinking about their future pathway. The pennants and t-shirts definitely got kids talking and hyped up about colleges and universities. Thinking about their future now is where the college dream begins. We're grateful for your help to inspire my fourth graders to strive for excellence and dream big!","fullyFundedDate":1771097485029,"projectUrl":"project/college-dreams-start-here/10088237/","projectTitle":"College Dreams Start Here","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Huntsman","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2065111_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1595696043263","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lori-huntsman"},{"teacherId":9376618,"projectId":9873967,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous support in providing learning materials for my students. Your donation helps us bring meaningful activities into the classroom that support the development of compassion skills. With these materials, students can practice kindness, empathy, sharing, and helping others through hands-on learning experiences.\r\n\r\nBecause of your generosity, my students have more opportunities to build positive relationships and learn how their actions can make a difference for others. These social and emotional skills are an important part of their growth, and your support helps make this learning possible. Thank you for investing in my students and helping create a caring classroom community.","fullyFundedDate":1771702498335,"projectUrl":"project/language-isnt-spooky-nor-is-compassion/9873967/","projectTitle":"Language Isn't Spooky Nor is Compassion","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Lisa","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9376618_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1700687726314","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lisafinburgh"},{"teacherId":9376618,"projectId":9960521,"letterContent":"Your generous support is making a meaningful difference for my students. Thank you for helping provide new materials that allow me to teach and practice compassion skills in the classroom. Thanks to your donation, the soup-themed dramatic play items, have given students a fun and engaging way to practice caring behaviors such as sharing, taking turns, helping others, and working together while they \"cook\" and serve meals in our play area.\r\n\r\nThese hands-on materials help create opportunities for students to practice empathy, kindness, and cooperation during play. As students prepare soup, serve their friends, and role-play helping others, they are building important social and emotional skills in a natural and meaningful way. Your generosity helps create a classroom environment where compassion and connection are part of everyday learning. Thank you for supporting my students and making these experiences possible.","fullyFundedDate":1772029408995,"projectUrl":"project/a-soup-a-day-keeps-the-doctor-away/9960521/","projectTitle":"A Soup A Day Keeps The Doctor Away","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Lisa","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9376618_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1700687726314","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lisafinburgh"},{"teacherId":9376618,"projectId":9874530,"letterContent":"Your generous support is making a meaningful difference for my students. Thank you for helping provide new materials that allow us to teach and practice compassion skills in the classroom. With these resources, students will have more opportunities to learn how to recognize others' feelings, respond with kindness, and build positive relationships with their peers.\r\n\r\nYour donation helps create a learning environment where empathy, understanding, and respect are part of everyday learning. These skills are just as important as academic growth, and your generosity helps ensure my students have the tools they need to develop both socially and emotionally. Thank you for investing in our classroom and in the growth of every student.","fullyFundedDate":1772509935223,"projectUrl":"project/compassion-is-taught-in-play/9874530/","projectTitle":"Compassion Is Taught In Play","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Lisa","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9376618_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1700687726314","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lisafinburgh"},{"teacherId":2065111,"projectId":9961176,"letterContent":"We are so grateful for the joy the puzzles in this project brought to our Lunar New Year learning. The Chinese Zodiac puzzles were better than I could have ever imagined. We were able to get chart paper boxes to make a puzzle tray for each table to start the puzzles on the first day of Lunar New Year and symbolically a few tables were able to complete the puzzle on the last day of the Lunar New Year! The puzzles encouraged strategy, teamwork, and problem-solving as students worked together toward a shared goal. Having a puzzle for each table allowed all of the students to participate and feel included. The best part was the excitement they felt as they accomplished their goal and completed the puzzle. \"Many hands make light work\" proved true to my fourth graders as they saw first hand the power of teamwork and cooperation to work on the puzzle together. \r\n\r\nThank you for sending so much sweetness our way from puzzles to Oreos! We're grateful for your kindness and generosity to make the Lunar New Year a memorable learning experience for my fourth graders.","fullyFundedDate":1766380050837,"projectUrl":"project/riding-into-the-year-of-the-horse/9961176/","projectTitle":"Riding Into the Year of the Horse","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Huntsman","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2065111_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1595696043263","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lori-huntsman"},{"teacherId":2065111,"projectId":9975101,"letterContent":"What a lovey way to welcome the Lunar New Year reading the book Twelve in a Race! My fourth graders loved learning about the animals that inspired the Chinese Zodiac Signs and the Chinese Zodiac Signs placemats are a terrific tool for teaching and talking about the topic. Thank you for the inspiration to make learning come alive in our classroom!\r\n\r\nBooks bring joy and inspiration. As we read the book Wish Soup: A Celebration of Seollal, we learned about a celebration and tradition from around the world that my learners are able to make connections to especially around the foods they eat. They even have the opportunity to test out a new recipe at the back of the book if they are inspired to do so! Thank you for making our wishes come true.","fullyFundedDate":1767122488350,"projectUrl":"project/galloping-into-the-year-of-the-horse/9975101/","projectTitle":"Galloping Into the Year of the Horse","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Huntsman","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2065111_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1595696043263","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lori-huntsman"},{"teacherId":9376618,"projectId":10056502,"letterContent":"Using our new Cricut heat press built compassion by giving students opportunities to create personalized items that celebrated and uplifted others. For example, it was used during College and Career Week to help a student design and press a custom mascot, honoring their future goals and identity. Experiences like this taught students to recognize and value one another's aspirations, cultures, and achievements. When children collaborated on designs, offered input, and created items meant to encourage or represent a peer, they practiced empathy, active listening, and affirmation. The process reinforced that their creativity could be used not only for self-expression, but also to support, include, and celebrate others in meaningful and lasting ways.","fullyFundedDate":1771029855389,"projectUrl":"project/cricut-30/10056502/","projectTitle":"Cricut 3.0","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Lisa","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9376618_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1700687726314","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lisafinburgh"},{"teacherId":2065111,"projectId":9898001,"letterContent":"Learning sticks when my fourth graders get their hands on learning and the materials in this project do just that thanks to donors like you who make our dreams come true! From hot glue gun sticks to scented stix markers we are grateful for getting what we need to make learning memorable and fun! \r\n\r\nThe wood stir sticks and the pipe cleaners were the perfect \"branches\" in our science simulation to see how trees can withstand and survive the elements of weather. The pipe cleaners were able to bend with the weight of the paperclips, whereas the wood sticks snapped. My fourth graders were able to transfer their learning to the abstract science concept through the hands-on experience. \r\n\r\nSpeaking of the weather, the ChapStick is saving the day for many of my students with the dry days of winter weather. They are grateful for the soothing relief the ChapStick brings to help them focus on learning. Not to mention, the TeeTurtle reversible plushies and the Nerf stress relief foam balls help with this, too! For this, we say thank you! Lastly, the recorders are a life saver on the music days when my fourth grade friends forget their recorder at home. With music only once a week, having a loaner on hand makes a big difference! Thank you for the making a difference in the educational experience of many. We appreciate you!","fullyFundedDate":1764741998064,"projectUrl":"project/make-it-stick/9898001/","projectTitle":"Make It Stick!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Huntsman","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2065111_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1595696043263","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lori-huntsman"},{"teacherId":9376618,"projectId":10002207,"letterContent":"Thank you to everyone who supported bringing these storytelling companions into our learning space. Because of your contributions, my students now have engaging tools that spark imagination, invite participation, and make learning feel exciting and safe. This investment in interactive learning is so appreciated.\r\n\r\nThe impact puppets will have on students' language skills is truly remarkable. Puppets naturally encourage conversation, storytelling, and expressive language, helping students expand vocabulary, practice sentence structure, and build confidence in speaking. They create a low-pressure environment where even shy learners feel comfortable participating, asking questions, and experimenting with new words. Through role-play and dialogue, students strengthen listening skills, improve comprehension, and develop clearer articulation. By turning language practice into playful interaction, puppets will help students grow not only as communicators, but as confident, creative thinkers.","fullyFundedDate":1770385823749,"projectUrl":"project/storytelling-leads-to-compassion/10002207/","projectTitle":"Storytelling Leads to Compassion","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Lisa","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9376618_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1700687726314","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lisafinburgh"},{"teacherId":9376618,"projectId":9989703,"letterContent":"Thank you to Allstate who helped make the Kindness Cart such a meaningful success on our campus. Your generosity and dedication truly made a difference. What may have seemed like a simple cart filled with treats became something much more—a symbol of care, connection, and community. Your willingness to show up for our students in such a thoughtful way reflects the very best of what our campus stands for.\r\n\r\nThe impact of the Kindness Cart has been incredible to see. Students have expressed how much it meant to receive a snack during a long day of classes, especially when it was paired with friendly conversation and genuine encouragement. It created moments of relief during stressful times and reminded students that they are supported and valued. Beyond the snacks themselves, the cart sparked positivity, strengthened relationships, and inspired others to spread kindness in their own ways. In addition, the cart helped foster independence for my students as they learned to man the cart. Thank you for helping create a ripple effect of compassion that continues to brighten our campus community.","fullyFundedDate":1769707382763,"projectUrl":"project/kindness-cart/9989703/","projectTitle":"Kindness Cart","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Lisa","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9376618_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1700687726314","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lisafinburgh"},{"teacherId":9376618,"projectId":10003523,"letterContent":"Using small trinkets in articulation therapy positively impacted the development of compassion and prosocial skills alongside speech goals. When students earned or shared small rewards, it created natural opportunities to practice turn-taking, encouragement, and celebrating others' successes. Students complimented a peer's effort, acknowledged improvement, and demonstrated patience while waiting for a turn. These interactions helped students associate hard work and kindness with positive outcomes, reinforcing not only correct speech sound production but also empathy and supportive peer relationships. Over time, students began to internalize these behaviors, offering praise and encouragement more independently.\r\n\r\nAdditionally, incorporating trinkets into group therapy fostered perspective-taking and emotional awareness. For example, discussing how a peer might have felt when they achieved a goal or when they were still working toward mastery promoted compassion and understanding. The tangible nature of a small reward made abstract social concepts more concrete and meaningful for young learners. When used thoughtfully, trinkets became more than simple incentives; they served as tools to build a positive, collaborative environment where students learned that growth, effort, and kindness toward others were equally valued. Thank you.","fullyFundedDate":1769176510139,"projectUrl":"project/counting-successes-20/10003523/","projectTitle":"Counting Successes 2.0","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Lisa","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9376618_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1700687726314","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lisafinburgh"},{"teacherId":2065111,"projectId":9920760,"letterContent":"Thank you for helping me set my fourth graders up to lead the way through reading books in a book club sort of way. Both Willodeen and Wishtree are written by a beloved author that my students adore who writes books that my fourth graders fall in love with time and time again. The best part of having a set of books is that my readers will share in the joy of reading the books and discussing what they read together. \r\n\r\nAlong with reading, my fourth graders love coloring and the California coloring book is a wonderful way to color and cover fourth grader social studies geography at the same time. What we've noticed, however, is that the blue colored pencils are the first to disappear so the blue replacement pencils are much needed for the blue waters of the Pacific Ocean. \r\n\r\nLastly, the reversible plushies are a marvelous way to reflect and show the moods and emotions with the cute stuffed animals. We spend many hours together in our class community and we're bound to have our ups and downs. Thank you for the cute way to show it. 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