{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Geraldine W Johnson School","outOfStateSupporters":50.0,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":9966488,"projectId":10174053,"letterContent":"Thanks to your generous donations, our students now have access to high-quality headphones that have transformed their individualized learning experiences. With fewer distractions and clearer audio, students are able to fully engage with programs such as Lexia, Lexia English, and DreamBox. These tools provide personalized instruction tailored to each student's needs, allowing them to work at their own pace while building essential reading, language, and math skills. The headphones have helped create a more focused learning environment, enabling students to hear instructions clearly and participate confidently in their lessons.\r\n\r\nThe impact of this project has been evident in both student engagement and academic growth. Students look forward to using their learning programs each day and are more independent as they navigate lessons and practice skills. English language learners especially benefit from being able to clearly hear language models and pronunciation support through Lexia English. Your generosity has provided our students with the resources they need to succeed, helping them strengthen foundational skills, increase confidence, and make meaningful progress toward their learning goals. Thank you for investing in our students' futures and supporting their educational journey.","fullyFundedDate":1781716202169,"projectUrl":"project/hear-to-learn/10174053/","projectTitle":"Hear to Learn","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Slater","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9966488_orig.jpg?crop=3024,3024,x67,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1742351582034","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/slatera"},{"teacherId":8549267,"projectId":10297641,"letterContent":"Thank you for supporting our DonorsChoose project and providing our classroom with math tools, including desk dividers, number lines, hundred charts, and a magnetic base-ten set. Your generosity ensures that every second grade student has access to the hands-on materials needed to learn, participate, and succeed in math.\r\n\r\nThese resources have made a meaningful impact on our classroom. Desk dividers help students focus during independent work by reducing distractions and creating a calm learning space. Number lines and hundred charts give students visual tools to understand counting, addition, subtraction, place value, and number relationships. The magnetic base-ten set allows students to build and manipulate ones, tens, and hundreds, making abstract math concepts more concrete and easier to understand.\r\n\r\nFor many families, purchasing classroom learning tools can be a financial burden. Your support helps relieve that pressure while ensuring that every student has the materials needed to participate fully in daily lessons. Students can now explore mathematical ideas, explain their thinking, and practice new skills with confidence.\r\n\r\nBecause of your generosity, a lack of supplies is no longer a barrier to learning. These tools encourage independence, strengthen problem-solving skills, and help make math engaging and accessible for every learner in our second grade class. Thank you for investing in our students and helping create a focused, supportive classroom where all children can grow as mathematicians!","fullyFundedDate":1780499191131,"projectUrl":"project/from-counting-to-confidence-empowering/10297641/","projectTitle":"From Counting to Confidence: Empowering Young Mathematicians","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Rickel","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8549267_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1781736849432","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrshattani"},{"teacherId":8549267,"projectId":10329596,"letterContent":"Thank you for supporting our DonorsChoose project and providing our classroom with a class set of headphones. Your generosity ensures that every second grade student has the tools needed to learn, participate, and succeed.\r\n\r\nFor many families, purchasing school supplies can be a financial burden. Your support helps relieve that pressure while ensuring students are prepared for school each day.\r\n\r\nHeadphones allow students to focus during independent work, listen to digital lessons, practice reading and math skills, and work at their own pace with fewer distractions. They also help students hear directions clearly and build confidence and independence.\r\n\r\nBecause of your generosity, a lack of supplies is no longer a barrier to learning. Thank you for investing in our students and helping create a focused, supportive classroom!","fullyFundedDate":1785331559098,"projectUrl":"project/sounding-success-headphones-to-power-fo/10329596/","projectTitle":"Sounding Success: Headphones to Power Focus and Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Rickel","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8549267_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1781736849432","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrshattani"},{"teacherId":8549267,"projectId":10322116,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our DonorsChoose project and providing our classroom with class sets of dry erase markers, pencil boxes, folders, pencils, and crayons. Your generosity has made a meaningful difference in our classroom and has helped ensure that every student has the materials they need to learn, participate, and be successful.\r\n\r\nFor many families, the cost of school supplies can add an additional financial burden, especially when students need multiple supplies throughout the school year. Because of your support, our families no longer have to worry about purchasing these essential classroom materials on their own. This allows parents and caregivers to focus their resources on other important needs while knowing their children are prepared for school each day.\r\n\r\nMost importantly, every student now has access to the supplies they need. Students can organize their materials in their own pencil boxes, keep their work and assignments in folders, and use pencils and crayons for daily learning activities. Having class sets of dry erase markers also allows every student to actively participate in lessons, practice new skills, and share their thinking without worrying about whether they have the materials to do so.\r\n\r\nYour donation has helped create a classroom where students can come ready to learn and where lack of supplies is no longer a barrier to participation. The excitement and confidence that come from having the right tools in hand are invaluable. Thank you for investing in our students and helping us create an environment where every child has the opportunity and materials necessary for success!","fullyFundedDate":1781716207413,"projectUrl":"project/equipped-to-learn-ready-to-shine/10322116/","projectTitle":"Equipped to Learn, Ready to Shine","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Rickel","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8549267_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1781736849432","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrshattani"},{"teacherId":1060162,"projectId":10093666,"letterContent":"Thank you for supporting my students. The only concern that I have is that with technology comes other issues beyond my control. \r\n These devices work great but unfortunately cannot get onto the wi fi network that the school uses. I have made repeated attempts to contact help desk but so far have not received any response.\r\n I know that once this issue is resolved my students will be able to use these devices to help with their assignments. With technology comes problems that I cannot solve on my own.","fullyFundedDate":1780499996935,"projectUrl":"project/online-learning/10093666/","projectTitle":"Online Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Majersky","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1060162"},{"teacherId":240708,"projectId":10150965,"letterContent":"\\\r\nThank you for supporting my Donors Choose project! The colored copy paper has already been put to great use in my first-grade classroom. I have used it to create communication folders and send home important parent notices, helping families stay connected to their child's learning. These supplies make the classroom more organized and support strong home-school communication.\r\n\r\nThe Teachers Pay Teachers gift cards have also made an immediate impact. Part of the funding was used to purchase differentiated reading passages and a year-long phonics activity bundle that support students at a variety of learning levels while making literacy instruction engaging and fun. Your generosity is helping to provide meaningful learning experiences for my students, and I am truly grateful for your support. Thank you for investing in my classroom and my young learners!","fullyFundedDate":1781716204508,"projectUrl":"project/teacher-tools-to-make-learning-pop/10150965/","projectTitle":"Teacher Tools to Make Learning Pop!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. DiIorio","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/240708"},{"teacherId":6949669,"projectId":10365439,"letterContent":"The supplies that you helped get into the hands of my students, while may seem common place, allow them to 'figure things out' for themselves. One of the goals for 7th graders is to learn the process of problem solving: question, access prior knowledge, research (where applicable), propose possible solutions, carry out experiments, record observations and data (develop own data tables), analyze, re-evaluate and start the process again.\r\n\r\nThe pictures show this. The students were asked if 3 pieces of paper and 30cm of tape could hold up a stack of books. Minimal supplies of simple materials are now transformed into a hands-on, brain storming, problem solving activity. The students moved from confusion, to light-bulb moments, to structure building and final exclamations of success and pride.","fullyFundedDate":1785096078518,"projectUrl":"project/future-detectives-need-real-science-tool/10365439/","projectTitle":"Future Detectives Need Real Science Tools!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Welch","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6949669"},{"teacherId":9572089,"projectId":10374171,"letterContent":"Thank you for helping provide my students with new calculators. While there are times to work on computation fluency, there are also times where calculators help students focus on the concepts being taught, rather than focusing on calculations that may trip them up. These calculators allow my students to move forward in class with confidence. \r\n\r\nThese calculators will be especially impactful in my financial literacy class, where we will be doing a lot of work with percents. Having calculators to help students work through real life situations will help prepare them for the real world where they may need to make decisions on their own. They are able to focus on the main financial literacy concepts being taught, while utilizing the calculators to see the impact of decisions.","fullyFundedDate":1786366980052,"projectUrl":"project/calculators-for-middle-schoolers/10374171/","projectTitle":"Calculators for Middle Schoolers","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Librandi","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9572089"},{"teacherId":9572089,"projectId":10374183,"letterContent":"Thank you for helping me stock my classroom with supplies to make sure students are in a healthy environment conducive to learning. I was able to set up a couple stations in the room where students are able to get the things they need. Students are able to get tissues, paper towels, and wipes as they need to make sure that they are comfortable where they are learning. \r\n\r\nTo start the school year, my homeroom has consistently had over 95% attendance, and we hope to keep this going with the help of these supplies.","fullyFundedDate":1784330235371,"projectUrl":"project/keeping-germs-out-of-the-classroom/10374183/","projectTitle":"Keeping Germs Out of the Classroom","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Librandi","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9572089"},{"teacherId":6949669,"projectId":10365677,"letterContent":"Thank you again for your generous donation. My students will make great use of all the materials. Most people do not understand the impact of increasing maintenance costs, more federal and state mandates without funding, and other factors have - especially in inner city schools. \r\n\r\nForensics is a new course in our school. My students are so excited that they will be the first to be able to enroll. Without your donation, I would not be able offer the opportunities that will now have. They can't wait to start learning about the tools of crime solving!","fullyFundedDate":1785095981222,"projectUrl":"project/the-building-blocks-for-a-new-forensics/10365677/","projectTitle":"The Building Blocks for a New Forensics Course","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Welch","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6949669"},{"teacherId":1944654,"projectId":10335623,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your kind and generous donation to my classroom and supporting my students with special needs. The project that was funded is going into wonderful use right now and printing off pictures and work for the students to use for the first day of school. Thank you so very much for your generosity and supporting students. A special needs in a self-contained classroom. My students like to have pictures and visuals to use for their learning and sensory needs. They are wonderful individuals and I'm so glad this project was funded and thank you again for your generous donation.","fullyFundedDate":1786023262199,"projectUrl":"project/printing-pictures-for-autism/10335623/","projectTitle":"Printing pictures for autism","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Joseph M. Valentino","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1944654_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1781926843322","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/joey-valentino"},{"teacherId":117537,"projectId":10157008,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to my class. They loves the books that they received and couldn't stop reading them. At times, they would ask to read more and more during silent reading. We even had to create a more tech savvy check in and check out strategy because many wanted to read at home.\r\nYour donations help my students so much over the years and I want to thank you for always donating to \"Donors Choose.\" This allows us teachers to give our students everything that we know they need to do great and want to love learning!","fullyFundedDate":1774989609303,"projectUrl":"project/all-students-deserve-an-awesome-class-li/10157008/","projectTitle":"All Students Deserve an Awesome Class Library","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. McCann","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp117537_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1522340633148","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/117537"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_96256","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":811,"numTeachers":51,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":1,"percentBlack":21,"percentWhite":4,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":68,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":0,"percentMultiracialImputed":2,"gradesServed":"Pre-K - 8","studentTeacherRatio":"15.9:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_MIDSIZE"},"inStateSupporters":50.0,"schoolId":96256,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Geraldine W Johnson School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Geraldine W Johnson School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/connecticut/bridgeport-public-schools/geraldine-w-johnson-school/96256"}