{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Ford Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":27.7,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":612932,"projectId":9827285,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous gift to my class and students. With these percussion instruments we are able to share the joy of making music together with their classmates. It isn't just fun for my students, but I enjoy it too! \r\n\r\nThey might get too excited and beat faster than the group for a bit, but they will return to the steady beat with a grin on their faces. Each time I talk to their parents, I get to tell them that their children were making music and I'll see that same grin on their faces too!","fullyFundedDate":1760693599178,"projectUrl":"project/learning-through-music/9827285/","projectTitle":"Learning through Music!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Tolentino","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-7_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/612932"},{"teacherId":612932,"projectId":9693012,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous gift to my class and especially my students. With these materials, I am able to overcome some of their issues with hand-eye coordination by having them count on manipulatives they were sorting. These materials seem like mere toys to my students, but it provides them with the interest so they can sort how many they like and don't like--which is more or less and then they are asked how many so they can count the items. \r\nWhen I relay my students' success to their parents, I'm going to remind them that it isn't just me wanting them to succeed but the entire community.","fullyFundedDate":1757530724197,"projectUrl":"project/making-math-and-science-activities-tangi/9693012/","projectTitle":"Making Math and Science Activities Tangible","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Tolentino","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-7_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/612932"},{"teacherId":10233543,"projectId":9665987,"letterContent":"I am incredibly grateful and joyful to be a recipient of your donations, and I proudly serve as a testament to the impact you've made in helping my students achieve their communication goals. Your generous financial support has enabled me to purchase materials tailored to their interests, particularly catering to their unique quirks and sensory needs. It has truly been a happy surprise to see how much they love the items!\r\n\r\nMore importantly, I want to express my heartfelt appreciation for how your donation has addressed the inconsistencies and frustrations that arise from the lack of resources in public schools, especially in terms of equipment like a color printer. With your support, I have been able to print communication boards and pictures, which are now essential tools for my nonverbal and minimally verbal students. I'm continuously creating more boards to augment their communication, and I've also been able to send some home to parents for use outside the classroom. Thank you for making a difference in my students' learning and in my work with them!","fullyFundedDate":1764712443382,"projectUrl":"project/yes-we-can-communicate/9665987/","projectTitle":"Yes, We Can Communicate!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Tavas","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10233543"},{"teacherId":612932,"projectId":8937519,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous gifts to my class and students. The tanks has such a calming effect on my students and really helps them focus on the little creatures that scurry from hiding place to another. The light reflecting off the rippling water just grabs your attention and makes whatever that might have triggered them less important and quiet down and focus on something small and beautiful in the tank. The wave maker making the peaceful movements become almost hypnotic as student have a look of wonder.","fullyFundedDate":1731512229679,"projectUrl":"project/coral-reef-safe-space/8937519/","projectTitle":"Coral Reef Safe Space!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Tolentino","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-7_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/612932"},{"teacherId":612932,"projectId":7790303,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous gifts to my students and class. With the pillows and puff stool I've been able to create a comfortable and safe space for my students to decompress and breath through their tough moments by being in an environment that can influence their mindset. My students know that if they're having a bad morning they can sit down and in a quiet space and get back into a mindset that will allow them to learn. \r\nWhen my students' parents come into to visit, I'm going to let them know that this area was donated by people that care about our students' success.","fullyFundedDate":1701229581945,"projectUrl":"project/circle-time-mindfulness/7790303/","projectTitle":"Circle Time Mindfulness","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Tolentino","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-7_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/612932"},{"teacherId":612932,"projectId":9751196,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous gifts to my students and the class in general. With these tunnels we are able to allow the students to see others crawl in one end and out the other. My students see their classmates having a good time and the ones that are introverted want to be included with the fun and end up crawling through the tunnels too. With the sea critter bean bags they are able to develop their hand-eye coordination aiming for targets once they wait for their turns.\r\n\r\nAll these material have made my class a fun place to learn.","fullyFundedDate":1758914553686,"projectUrl":"project/crawl-toss-and-exercise/9751196/","projectTitle":"Crawl, Toss and Exercise!!!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Tolentino","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-7_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/612932"},{"teacherId":24057,"projectId":9718511,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous donation to our Calm Classroom class project. Because of your donation we have been able to enhance our calm corner with a weighted sloth that the kids love. It also provided noise cancelling headphones to block out distractions as well as a fun mindfulness coloring book, and fun water flipping tubes. Additionally having the tennis balls on the student chairs have been a lifesaver! The amount of noise from the chairs has decreased completely! Now we can get so much work done without distraction!\r\nThanks again!","fullyFundedDate":1761853623638,"projectUrl":"project/calm-classroom/9718511/","projectTitle":"Calm Classroom","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Flores-Mejia","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp24057_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1518033509478","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/jflores-mejia"},{"teacherId":24057,"projectId":9497662,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to our classroom project. The resources we received because of this project have made such a HUGE difference in our PE time. We have been able to play so many different games because of all the different resources. Participation in PE has improved, sportsmanship has improved and overall behavior issues has decreased. \r\nWe haven't even used all the different resources yet, because there were so many different kinds of equipment included that we still have games to look forward to and since the kids have been taking ownership of the resources, we will continue to have these materials for classes to come!\r\nThanks again!","fullyFundedDate":1757099509809,"projectUrl":"project/lets-play/9497662/","projectTitle":"Let’s Play","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Flores-Mejia","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp24057_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1518033509478","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/jflores-mejia"},{"teacherId":24057,"projectId":9554769,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to our classroom project! Thanks to your donation our class has access to 3 different resources: Time For Kids, Storyworks, and Scholastic Math. \r\nWith Time for Kids my students have been able to learn interesting current events in a really fun colorful way. The students are engaging in discussions about the articles and learning lots of new information.\r\nUsing Storyworks we are able to access different types of language arts standards that we don't always have time to get to, like poetry and plays. This resources has given the students more opportunities to collaborate and have fun while learning.\r\nWith Scholastic Math, this resource uses real like situations to create standards based math problems. This is so good for my students because they struggle a little with Math and this resources gives them a fun challenge that they can work together on and help each other progress together.","fullyFundedDate":1757099508154,"projectUrl":"project/read-all-about-it/9554769/","projectTitle":"Read All About It","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Flores-Mejia","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp24057_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1518033509478","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/jflores-mejia"},{"teacherId":24057,"projectId":9468238,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to our class project! The items it provided have gone a long way into making the classroom bright, cheerful and welcoming! The books we also received for our classroom library have been interesting and engaging for the students and goes a long way in having own voice stories for al students for this class and for classes to come.\r\nOur classroom was very plain and needed a lot of resources to get it ready for students and to showcase their work. \r\nI can happily say that because of your financial support our room looks great! \r\nThanks again!","fullyFundedDate":1757099507815,"projectUrl":"project/welcome-back/9468238/","projectTitle":"Welcome Back!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Flores-Mejia","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp24057_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1518033509478","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/jflores-mejia"},{"teacherId":1544728,"projectId":9556470,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generosity. You gift has brought new learning opportunities for my young students. We are able to learn together using our new interactive writing center as a whole group. This rolling white board also has storage for all our writing materials. I can model writing for my students. We can gather student responses about their learning as well. Thank you for helping me reach all my students by bringing my students together with our fabulous new interactive writing center!!! We are all excited about writing and sharing our knowledge and reactions to our learning experiences !","fullyFundedDate":1757099507548,"projectUrl":"project/learning-to-be-writers/9556470/","projectTitle":"Learning to Be Writers!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Maloney","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1544728_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1472693927155","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1544728"},{"teacherId":10288139,"projectId":9764194,"letterContent":"I want to take the time to thank you very much for thinking of my classroom. My students with autism are now learning to sit and participate in a group setting with the help of the fidgets you so graciously made possible for them. The students were so excited to see them and already look forward to using them during our circle time. These tools keep their hands busy and their minds focused, allowing them to listen, learn, and engage more fully.\r\n\r\nYour generous support made all the difference. You have truly rescued my students by providing them with wonderful fidgets that help them participate confidently anywhere in the school environment.\r\n\r\nNow that they can sit and focus, our next step is to build a listening center, as they absolutely love having books read to them, and it will further support their growth.","fullyFundedDate":1760720134805,"projectUrl":"project/fidgets-to-the-rescue/9764194/","projectTitle":"Fidgets to the Rescue!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Jennifer Room 132","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10288139_orig.jpg?crop=2315,2316,x0,y69&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1760721949953","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10288139"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_4209","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":368,"numTeachers":19,"percentFrplEligible":90,"percentAsian":7,"percentBlack":3,"percentWhite":2,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":85,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Pre-K - 6","studentTeacherRatio":"19.4:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"SUBURBAN","ncesMetroType":"SUBURB_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":72.3,"schoolId":4209,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Ford Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Ford Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/california/west-contra-costa-unified-school-district/ford-elementary-school/4209"}