{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Charlotte Wood Middle School","outOfStateSupporters":6.1,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":568304,"projectId":10110452,"letterContent":"Even though my bookshelves are quite full, my students are always asking for the latest books that they want to read. I want nothing more than to keep books in the hands of my students so I continue to create projects with book titles that my students have personally requested. \r\n\r\nLike any classroom, I have a variety of reading levels in my room. My goal is to always provide an array of books, authors, genres and reading levels so that all of my students find a book that is the best fit for them. \r\n\r\nThis project has provided me with a successful reading classroom and that's because of all of you.","fullyFundedDate":1773853375443,"projectUrl":"project/cram-a-few-more-books-onto-the-shelves/10110452/","projectTitle":"Cram a Few More Books onto the Shelves","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Jones","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp568304_orig.jpg?crop=2320,2320,x0,y556&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1627407172707","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/p-george"},{"teacherId":568304,"projectId":10141864,"letterContent":"These books are an especially important addition to my classroom because they will be used to target my most reluctant readers. These book titles are known to be highly engaging and worthy reads and that's why I need them in my classroom.\r\n\r\nThe reluctant readers will be given short book talks on each of these books so that they will get excited about their plots and choose the ones that are the best matches for them to read in a book club setting. \r\n\r\nThe goal is that my reluctant readers will like reading these books so much that they will want another book and another and so on. I have seen this work over and over in my classroom. It means that all of my students will leave my classroom loving reading.","fullyFundedDate":1773841348854,"projectUrl":"project/reluctant-readers-will-love-these-books/10141864/","projectTitle":"Reluctant Readers Will Love These Books","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Jones","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp568304_orig.jpg?crop=2320,2320,x0,y556&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1627407172707","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/p-george"},{"teacherId":3265927,"projectId":9838549,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your book donation to support our 6 week long 7th Grade Refugee Reading Unit. We had 90 more kids doing the unit this year so the books you donated allowed the students to have more choice in their book selection. The students appreciated the opportunity to select which book they would read.\r\n\r\nThe students have just started the books and so far they are enjoying them. In the unit, not only will they be reading the book but today they also had their first book discussion with their group. Each student in the group has a different book so they need to explain their plot and characters to the group as well as compare and contrast their character's experiences. The students are working on their literacy skills as well as their speaking and listening skills.","fullyFundedDate":1765216543356,"projectUrl":"project/7th-grade-refugee-book-clubs/9838549/","projectTitle":"7th Grade Refugee Book Clubs","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Cunningham","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3265927"},{"teacherId":5803807,"projectId":9815006,"letterContent":"Thank you very much for your generosity once again in support of literacy. I spend all year with my students exposing them to a variety of genres in order to hook them on reading. One of those genres is graphic novels. Many kids resist it at first until the books are placed in their hands, and I can walk them through how to read one with success.\r\nThe books are labeled and ready for my students to read. They are sitting on the back counter and already my students are intrigued and asking to check them out so they can read them cover to cover.\r\nThis kind of enthusiasm for reading and books cannot be achieved without the support of donors like you all. Thank you for your unwavering support. It does not go unnoticed!","fullyFundedDate":1765216543334,"projectUrl":"project/dystopian-adventure-and-realistic-fict/9815006/","projectTitle":"Dystopian, Adventure, and Realistic Fiction Rocks!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Mock","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5803807_orig.jpg?crop=250,250,x0,y11&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1760128039237","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5803807"},{"teacherId":568304,"projectId":9942964,"letterContent":"Thank your for funding the purchase of these books. These books were from the mystery genre. I try to expose my students to all types of genres and authors throughout the year with the goal being that they find an author or genre that they love. When this happens, they fall in love with reading and it becomes a passion instead of a chore. \r\n\r\nYour generous donations continually help me build my bookshelves with a variety of books from different genres. Mystery is a genre that a small population of students like but those students are important for me to hook on reading before it's too late.","fullyFundedDate":1771005349720,"projectUrl":"project/twisty-turny-books-that-lure-young-reade/9942964/","projectTitle":"Twisty Turny Books That Lure Young Readers","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Jones","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp568304_orig.jpg?crop=2320,2320,x0,y556&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1627407172707","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/p-george"},{"teacherId":4434737,"projectId":9894664,"letterContent":"Thank you, donors! New chairs have made my classroom more comfortable so students can focus during lessons. With seating for everyone, transitions between activities are smoother and faster. Students who previously struggled to sit still now have proper support, which improves attention and participation. The room feels more organized and welcoming with matching chairs at each table. Small-group work is easier because students can move and rearrange seating without disrupting others. I'm able to better accommodate students with different needs thanks to sturdy, reliable seating. The new chairs show students that their learning environment matters, boosting classroom pride and respect. This donation directly supports learning every day. Thank you for making our classroom complete!","fullyFundedDate":1763502818443,"projectUrl":"project/chairs-for-chairless-classroom-tables/9894664/","projectTitle":"Chairs for Chairless Classroom Tables!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Vaughan","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4434737_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1493327907927","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/gparisella"},{"teacherId":5864561,"projectId":9677249,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your donations to fulfill my project and adding wonderful new books to my 6th grade classroom library. Each day that a package showed up our classroom filled the room with anticipation and excitement. I quickly read my students the blurbs on the back of the books to get them interested, and hands shot into the air as they all requested to borrow the book first. As a middle school teacher working with 11 and 12-year-olds, nothing makes me feel more fulfilled and happy than hearing a student excited about reading a book. \r\n\r\nThe Bletchley Riddle quickly went home with a boy who loves puzzles and cracking codes. Coyote Lost and Found quickly went home with a girl who had just read the previous book in the series, and she recommended it to her peers. I currently have students in groups of 4 reading Nonfiction books in book clubs, and both The Mona Lisa Vanishes and Radium Girls were on nearly all of their \"want to read\" lists. \r\n\r\nThank you for helping me get these books into the hands of my students. I know they will be enjoyed and appreciated for years to come!","fullyFundedDate":1764697525262,"projectUrl":"project/my-sixth-graders-love-to-read/9677249/","projectTitle":"My Sixth Graders Love to Read!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Johnson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5864561_orig.jpg?crop=1824,1824,x0,y255&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1756938391129","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5864561"},{"teacherId":568304,"projectId":9956315,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous donation that helped to purchase books for my classroom. These books are novels in verse which my students have been turned on to thanks to our whole class reading of the novel, Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds. My students loved the short chapters that mimic song lyrics and poetry yet still tell a story. They are excitedly telling each other about their books and swapping them once they are done reading. It's amazing to see kids once they are hooked on reading and how it completely transforms them. Your donation made that happen.","fullyFundedDate":1768413361416,"projectUrl":"project/just-a-few-more-books-needed/9956315/","projectTitle":"Just a Few More Books Needed","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Jones","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp568304_orig.jpg?crop=2320,2320,x0,y556&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1627407172707","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/p-george"},{"teacherId":568304,"projectId":9818457,"letterContent":"I know I post nothing but projects for books, but it is the most impactful item that I can bring into my English classroom. The books that you funded get read over and over and over. Sometimes there is even a wait list of kids who want to read certain books.\r\n\r\nBecause of your donations and support, my classroom library is full of over one thousand books. Giving kids choice of what they want to read is so powerful. Having multiple copies of the same books allows for kids to read in small book clubs which are also very impactful. \r\n\r\nIn my class, kids come in asking to read, wanting to read, and requesting certain books and authors. That is all due to your generosity. You make a difference.","fullyFundedDate":1764695099754,"projectUrl":"project/if-you-fill-the-shelves-they-will-read/9818457/","projectTitle":"If You Fill the Shelves, They Will Read","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Jones","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp568304_orig.jpg?crop=2320,2320,x0,y556&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1627407172707","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/p-george"},{"teacherId":568304,"projectId":9835856,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for funding these games. The game is a fast paced word game called Tapple that requires critical thinking, speedy responses, and social interaction. My students use these games on their content break days. Sometimes they just need to have fun, laugh and work together as a break from the day to day learning. They are still learning and using their brains, but they often don't realize it. Seeing them relax and enjoy each other is a gift to me as a teacher. When the bell rings, they don't want to leave.","fullyFundedDate":1764689720792,"projectUrl":"project/games-teach-too/9835856/","projectTitle":"Games Teach Too","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Jones","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp568304_orig.jpg?crop=2320,2320,x0,y556&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1627407172707","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/p-george"},{"teacherId":4434737,"projectId":9367242,"letterContent":"These realistic book club donations have provided an **invaluable resource** for your 7th graders' five-week assignment, significantly enhancing their ability to engage deeply with complex texts. By offering **six diverse groups of books**—rather than a single class-wide title—you facilitated a true \"book club\" environment, fostering student choice and promoting a sense of ownership over their learning. The variety allowed students to select texts that resonated with their individual interests, immediately increasing motivation and making the intensive analysis required for the assignment more meaningful. Working with realistic, quality literature in a small-group setting naturally facilitated rich discussions, allowing students to collaboratively wrestle with sophisticated literary concepts like **point of view, conflict, and character development** in a way that is often challenging in a whole-class lecture format. The tangible, shared experience of reading the same physical book within their small group created a strong basis for peer-to-peer teaching and collective analytical growth. \r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\nThe structure of the five-week assignment—focusing on specific analytical skills such as **figurative language and passage analysis**—was profoundly supported by having these diverse, high-quality texts. Each book club essentially became a specialized learning unit, with students honing their critical reading skills on a unique set of literary examples. For instance, one group might have found vivid examples of metaphors and similes in a fantasy novel, while another was dissecting internal and external conflict in a historical fiction piece. This distributed knowledge among the groups meant that the overall class discussion could be much richer and more illustrative, as students brought varied textual evidence to the table. Beyond the academic benefits, the book club format itself, made possible by the donations, helped develop essential **social and communication skills**. Students learned to articulate their interpretations, respectfully debate differences in understanding, and manage a collaborative project over the five-week period, which are crucial skills for their continued academic and personal development.\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\nIn summary, the donated books did more than just provide reading material; they served as the **essential foundation** for a successful and comprehensive literary analysis unit. The six groups of realistic novels transformed the assignment from a standard curriculum task into a dynamic, student-centered learning experience. This approach allowed your 7th graders to not only practice the mandated analytical skills—point of view, conflict, character development, figurative language, and passage analysis—but also to develop a genuine appreciation for literary depth and the collaborative nature of critical reading. The impact is likely to be seen not just in their grades, but in their **increased confidence** when approaching new texts and their **long-term engagement** with literature.","fullyFundedDate":1753798743275,"projectUrl":"project/realistic-fiction-books-for-book-clubs/9367242/","projectTitle":"Realistic Fiction Books for Book Clubs","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Vaughan","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4434737_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1493327907927","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/gparisella"},{"teacherId":568304,"projectId":9780105,"letterContent":"You continue to fill the shelves of my classroom with engaging, amazing books. My students absolutely love them. They read them, discuss them, and write about them. There are so many skills being learned as a result of these books. Each time a box arrives, they are anxious to see what titles they will be reading next. \r\n\r\nIt is a gift to be able to ignite a passion for reading within my students and you make that possible with your generous donations each time. Being able to read is the foundation for everything else in life so your donations make a huge impact on the lives of my students forever.","fullyFundedDate":1760761601557,"projectUrl":"project/survive-thrive-with-books/9780105/","projectTitle":"Survive & Thrive with Books","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Jones","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp568304_orig.jpg?crop=2320,2320,x0,y556&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1627407172707","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/p-george"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_4250","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":886,"numTeachers":42,"percentFrplEligible":5,"percentAsian":20,"percentBlack":0,"percentWhite":54,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":12,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"6 - 8","studentTeacherRatio":"21.1:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":false,"titleOne":false,"metroType":"SUBURBAN","ncesMetroType":"SUBURB_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":93.9,"schoolId":4250,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Charlotte Wood Middle School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Charlotte Wood Middle School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/california/san-ramon-valley-unified-school-district/charlotte-wood-middle-school/4250"}