{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Bryant Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":42.8,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":1770853,"projectId":9599933,"letterContent":"Thank you for the bookshelves! It comes as no surprise that an organized classroom provides for an efficient teacher. With this bookshelf I am able to organize my hands-on ESL games and make them readily available to the children. I am also able to display our monthly read alouds which bring me such JOY! This donors choose also allowed me to purchase two new books! The first is Vlad the Vampire which is the third book in a series I have. The children were SO excited to meet Gustavo & Leila's friend Vlad!! The second book is You're Finally Here!! which is all about being excited to welcome students back to school after summer break. Such a cute story. Thank you again for your kindness and generosity!","fullyFundedDate":1755530848794,"projectUrl":"project/bountiful-bookshelves/9599933/","projectTitle":"Bountiful Bookshelves!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Nicolari","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1770853_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1617132719045","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1770853"},{"teacherId":1770853,"projectId":9426399,"letterContent":"A picture speaks a thousand words!! Or should I say carpet!! Everyone stops by my door to look in because the rug has caught their eye! This composition notebook rainbow rug has brought such WHIMSICAL JOY to my tiny classroom! It makes me smile every day, as well as my students who get to sit on it! It makes all passerby's in the hallway smile too! My students love gathering on the rug to play an ESL game or listen to a fun book with sound effects of course! The children have said they love the colors of the rug and where can they get one so they can have it in their house!! One student even said, \" Aww it feels like a little house in your room.\" I LOVE that I was able to create such a warm, cozy environment for my ESL students. Thank you for making this happen!! I am so so grateful!!","fullyFundedDate":1751317060911,"projectUrl":"project/c-is-for-cozy-classroom-and-r-is-for-rug/9426399/","projectTitle":"C Is for Cozy Classroom and R Is for Rug!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Nicolari","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1770853_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1617132719045","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1770853"},{"teacherId":1770853,"projectId":9440306,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your kindness and generosity!! These sensory boards have been such a LIGHT in our school!! They brighten up the hallway and bring JOY to the children. The interactive components are such a game changer for our friends with sensory sensitivities. They find comfort and excitement spinning the wheels and flipping the boards! The caterpillar, hippo, eagle, and alligator are such cute depictions that they bring a smile to everyone's face. Some of the boards are being placed in our self-contained special education classrooms as a fun element to a hands-on classroom. Thank you again for making this happen!","fullyFundedDate":1754048300276,"projectUrl":"project/sensory-boards-for-savvy-students/9440306/","projectTitle":"Sensory Boards for Savvy Students!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Nicolari","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1770853_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1617132719045","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1770853"},{"teacherId":9257428,"projectId":9443584,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your very generous donation! You have helped me create fun and engaging lessons! Each year, I teach a Fairytale Unit during our literacy time. This year, when I taught the lessons, I saw so much more engagement and excitement! As I read the story, I gave a puppet show using these characters! My students were engaged, happy, laughing, and I saw huge thrill for Fairytales. Durning center time, later that day, I noticed so many students pulling out fairytales to read from our classroom library! Thank you for helping me inspire young readers!","fullyFundedDate":1755716361227,"projectUrl":"project/1st-grade-fairy-tale-characters/9443584/","projectTitle":"1st Grade Fairy Tale Characters!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Magno","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9257428_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1747426234305","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9257428"},{"teacherId":9257428,"projectId":9440355,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to my classroom! This project has helped me keep my classroom clean and smelling wonderfully! In addition, I have had a very small number of students who have been absent due to sickness so far! Each day, after the students pack up to go home, we clean up! The students wipe down their desk, and I walk around the room and sweep to make less of a cleanup for our custodial staff! Thank you so much for your generosity and effort to keep germs out of the classroom!","fullyFundedDate":1755716361006,"projectUrl":"project/lets-keep-the-germs-away-in-1st-grade/9440355/","projectTitle":"Let's Keep the Germs Away in 1st Grade!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Magno","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9257428_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1747426234305","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9257428"},{"teacherId":9257428,"projectId":9443503,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to my classroom! My students and I were so excited to meet our new book buddy friends! Each morning, I read a story to the students. It is always very eventful! I try to make it as fun and engaging as I can in hopes to inspire young readers to love reading! I have an App on my phone that I pair to our classroom speaker. As I read the story, the App matches the books and plays sound effects to add a new layer of excitement. This morning, as I was reading these new stories to the class, I took of the book buddy character as well. The look on my students' faces was incredible. They were smiling ear to ear and filled with excitement. Thank you for helping my students create a love for reading each day! Your donation means so much to me!","fullyFundedDate":1753282429655,"projectUrl":"project/new-morning-meeting-read-aloud-books/9443503/","projectTitle":"New Morning Meeting Read Aloud Books!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Magno","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9257428_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1747426234305","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9257428"},{"teacherId":9257428,"projectId":9440300,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to my classroom! This charging station has helped SO much! Each day, the students use their iPad to work on academic district programs. With limited outlets in my classroom, it was extremely difficult to keep all of the tablets charged. Now, with this charging station, I am able to keep all iPad's charged at all times. At the end of the day, I call students up individually to hand in their iPad. If it needs to be charged, I plug them in. This system has helped my students by making sure they have their iPad to do their academic programs throughout the day. Thank you again for your donation!","fullyFundedDate":1751392359681,"projectUrl":"project/organized-1st-grade-ipad-charging-statio/9440300/","projectTitle":"Organized 1st Grade iPad Charging Station!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Magno","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9257428_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1747426234305","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9257428"},{"teacherId":9257428,"projectId":9366565,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping me organize my classroom library. My students have been enjoying utilizing our classroom library during reading time. They now have an organized system to explore new books each day. Your donation means so much to me and my students. \r\nEach Morning, students come into the classroom and unpack. They are then able to go sit in our classroom library and read books before we start our morning meeting. I am in the process of incorporating fun labels that are easy to read for each of these bins. Thank you so much for helping me inspire my students to develop a love for reading each day.","fullyFundedDate":1749747555137,"projectUrl":"project/book-bin-organization/9366565/","projectTitle":"Book Bin Organization!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Magno","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9257428_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1747426234305","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9257428"},{"teacherId":9476609,"projectId":9376782,"letterContent":"The first chairs I ordered were too small, but I returned them and replaced them for bigger and better chairs! My 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students and I love the new chairs! They are a nice size for my growing students, and they fit perfectly under our desks and small group table. My students are now sitting at the correct height to write, see the board, and use manipulates at their desks. The chairs are sturdy, and light weight so they can be easily moved from different parts of my classroom. I love that I no longer have old falling apart chairs and that they are all the same height and type. The chairs are extremely comfortable that cushions are no longer needed. My students now can focus for longer periods of time on their learning and not what size or type of chair they are sitting at for their sessions. \r\nMy students came in and were amazed at the chairs. One student went right to the chair and leaned back, and said this is a really nice chair! Other students were so surprised that they got new chairs! My students are extremely grateful to have these chairs which makes the classroom a positive learning environment.\r\nThank you again for contributing to my project C is for chairs! It warms my heart that with your generosity I was able to give my students chairs that makes them excited to learn and be in my classroom! I can't thank you enough for donating to my project. I am excited for my students to use them this school year and beyond!","fullyFundedDate":1748553853370,"projectUrl":"project/c-is-for-chairs/9376782/","projectTitle":"C is for Chairs!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Wallace","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9476609_orig.jpg?crop=240,240,x0,y12&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1748285583424","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9476609"},{"teacherId":9257428,"projectId":9440797,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to my classroom! Each year, there is always so much to do during classroom set up! Thank you so much for providing me with tools to use throughout the year! We have utilized these tools to make crafts on the first day as well as we will throughout the school year! My students and I appreciate your generosity and kindness! My students were so excited when they saw all of the different materials that you sent us! Thank you again for your donation! We will use these tools all year!","fullyFundedDate":1753282431309,"projectUrl":"project/1st-grade-daily-materials/9440797/","projectTitle":"1st Grade Daily Materials!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Magno","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9257428_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1747426234305","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9257428"},{"teacherId":9257428,"projectId":9371532,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to my classroom! Implementing Secret Stories to my phonics daily lessons has made a huge impact on my students! Each morning, students meet me on the rug, and we use the Secret Stories flash cards to review! The students get so excited to hear the new letter story of the week. I have already seen a huge impact on their ability to blend words independently. Throughout the day, the students use the big Secret Stories posters to reference as they work. I am so excited to continue using this phonics kit this school year. I cannot thank you enough for choosing my classroom project to fund! My students and I are so grateful for your generosity and kindness. Thank you for giving me new tools to use when teaching my first graders! Your donation has helped shape little minds into young readers!","fullyFundedDate":1749139265420,"projectUrl":"project/fun-fabulous-phonics/9371532/","projectTitle":"Fun Fabulous Phonics!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Magno","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9257428_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1747426234305","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9257428"},{"teacherId":9281505,"projectId":7918317,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your support. Scholastic News has made reading fun and exciting! I do not have a social studies curriculum, so it was wonderful to integrate Scholastic News into the classroom to learn about exciting topics that are on a grade 3 level for children to understand and learn about. One of the most popular topics this year was learning about the Titanic. \r\nScholastic News was also a great resource to have access for my multilingual learners. I had 17 ESL students!! Having the online component and accessing the articles in Spanish was SO HELPFUL!!!!!\r\nI really liked that there were Common Core State Standards connected to the articles. 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