{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Smith Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":39.8,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":8714626,"projectId":10236177,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our classroom! Because of your kindness, our kindergarten insect investigators have everything they need to continue their amazing bug discoveries.\r\n\r\nYour donations of pencils, crayons, double-sided tape, stickers, puzzles, books, and storage bins have made such a difference! Our classroom is buzzing with excitement as students write bug facts, create insect research projects, and explore new learning materials every day.\r\n\r\nThanks to you, they can keep exploring, creating, and learning about the fascinating world of bugs! Your generosity helps keep our classroom supplies stocked and our learning adventures going strong. We are so grateful for your support!","fullyFundedDate":1784557215532,"projectUrl":"project/insect-investigators-at-work/10236177/","projectTitle":"Insect Investigators at Work!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Card","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8714626_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1750797173800","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/kinder-card"},{"teacherId":8714626,"projectId":10289980,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation of fans and weather books for our kindergarten classroom! Your thoughtfulness and support mean the world to us and to our young learners.\r\n\r\nOur little scholars are so excited to learn about the seasons, especially summer. Your gift of fans has helped keep our classroom cool and comfortable with the hot weather at the beginning of our school year.. When our students feel cool and happy, they can focus on learning and playing. We've already noticed how much more engaged the children are during our afternoon lessons now that the room stays at a comfortable temperature. \r\n\r\nThe weather and season books are perfect for our current unit! The Children love reading about sunny days, rainy days, and all the changes that happen throughout the year. We've incorporated them into our morning circle time, and the students ask to read them again and again. The colorful illustrations help our youngest learners connect the pictures to the real weather they observe outside our classroom windows. \r\n\r\nThe classroom thermometer you provided helps us track the temperature each day, which makes our learning even more hands-on and fun. The children take turns being our \"temperature checker\" each morning, and they've developed a genuine curiosity about how the numbers change throughout the day. This simple tool has sparked so many wonderful conversations about hot and cold, and how our bodies respond to different temperatures.\r\n\r\nBecause of your kindness, our kindergarteners can explore, discover, and grow in a classroom that feels just right. You have made a real difference for these young learners!","fullyFundedDate":1783027973129,"projectUrl":"project/cooling-down-our-kindergarten-crew/10289980/","projectTitle":"Cooling Down Our Kindergarten Crew","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Card","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8714626_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1750797173800","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/kinder-card"},{"teacherId":7465419,"projectId":10230631,"letterContent":"Thank you for donating to my Kindergarten classroom. We used our beads at the beginning of the year. My students came in and sat at their tables and made bracelets for themselves and their parents. They were thrilled to take their bracelets home and they wore them proudly. This was a great beginning of the year activity were students did not have a huge work demand and it was fun. Beading is just plain FUN, and FUN is good for Kindergarten.\r\nFriendships are essential for young children because they serve as a foundational training ground for social, emotional, and cognitive development. Beading promotes development in-hand manipulation skills that requires kids to grasp, rotate and shift.This increases strength and coordination in the small hand and finger muscles which is essential to writing.\r\nThank you for making this possible.","fullyFundedDate":1781709923364,"projectUrl":"project/friendship-beading/10230631/","projectTitle":"Friendship Beading","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Monfredo","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7465419_orig.png?crop=272,272,x0,y123&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1623261834770","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrsmonfredo"},{"teacherId":7465419,"projectId":10230207,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to this project. Having a physical book in my student's hands improves their brains ability to understand, remember an connect with a text. \r\n\r\nMoving away from the Eno board and having more books in my students hands creates a routine for reading. As they develop a routine for reading, I know they will develop the love that they need to be lifelong readers. By adding this read alouds my students will be able to connect to the main characters and respect other cultures. \r\n\r\nThey loved sitting on the blue couch and their reading tables and diving into the new books donated. Thank you for making this possible.","fullyFundedDate":1784557215322,"projectUrl":"project/literature-in-the-classroom/10230207/","projectTitle":"Literature in the Classroom","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Monfredo","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7465419_orig.png?crop=272,272,x0,y123&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1623261834770","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrsmonfredo"},{"teacherId":6618222,"projectId":10395478,"letterContent":"Thank you for the generous donation of white boards to my fourth grade students. We use the boards to do building thinking classrooms where students work together to solve math problems. It is hard to buy supplies in an urban district where teacher supplies are cut each year. Your donation will provide my students with clean boards throughout the school year. I am so grateful for Donor Choose and donors like you to share your kindness and monetary donation to those teachers like me in need. Thank you again!","fullyFundedDate":1786052651962,"projectUrl":"project/dry-erase-boards-for-math-strategies-to/10395478/","projectTitle":"Dry Erase Boards for Math Strategies to Collaborate With Peers!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Hinrichs","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6618222_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1740401470353","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6618222"},{"teacherId":6618222,"projectId":10365020,"letterContent":"Thank you for your continued generosity for my fourth grade students in an urban district. These notebooks will be used to organize math strategies and mini anchor charts. Students will benefit with a friendly reminder in their notebooks when they are struggling to find an answer. I appreciate your donation and helping teachers in less fortunate school districts. Thank you again for thoughtful and kindness gestures of this donation. With your continued support, my students are the winners and I will remind them of your generous donation.","fullyFundedDate":1784557211923,"projectUrl":"project/new-school-supplies-to-start-the-new-sch/10365020/","projectTitle":"New School Supplies to Start the New School Year.","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Hinrichs","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6618222_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1740401470353","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6618222"},{"teacherId":6618222,"projectId":10417384,"letterContent":"I would like to say thank you for the generous donation of Teachers Pay Teachers gift cards. This will be so helpful throughout the school year and save a lot of time not creating materials for students because other teachers already created such wonderful resources. These resources will be used for math and reading to help students learn new skills. My students will benefit from these resources. I appreciate your generous donation and look forward to using the gift cards throughout the school year.","fullyFundedDate":1786052653400,"projectUrl":"project/teachers-pay-teachers-gift-card-requeste/10417384/","projectTitle":"Teachers Pay Teachers Gift Card Requested","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Hinrichs","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6618222_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1740401470353","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6618222"},{"teacherId":4844705,"projectId":8771183,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for generously funding our classroom project! Your support has helped us bring the Building Thinking Classrooms approach to life in our first-grade math learning. The double-sided whiteboard easel will give my students two additional vertical, non-permanent workspaces where they can collaborate, share ideas, solve problems, and take risks. These active learning spaces encourage students to think creatively and work together rather than simply sitting and passively receiving information.\r\n\r\nI am incredibly grateful for your investment in my students and their learning. This easel will be used regularly to create meaningful opportunities for students to communicate their mathematical thinking, learn from one another, and build confidence as problem-solvers. Thank you for helping us transform our classroom into a more active and engaging space where every student can think, participate, and grow!","fullyFundedDate":1732645422136,"projectUrl":"project/vertical-learning/8771183/","projectTitle":"Vertical Learning!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Blitz","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4844705"},{"teacherId":4844705,"projectId":9135226,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support of our first-grade classroom! We have officially finished the year! Your generous donation helped to replenish important supplies and ensure that my students have the materials they need to participate, practice, create, and learn each day.\r\n\r\nI am incredibly grateful that you chose to invest in my students and our classroom. We work hard to teach our first graders to take care of their materials and be responsible learners, but supplies naturally wear out and disappear after so much use! Because of your kindness, we were able to finish the school year strong with the tools necessary for learning and growing. Thank you for helping make our classroom a place where every student can learn, explore, and succeed!","fullyFundedDate":1748115302289,"projectUrl":"project/just-the-basics/9135226/","projectTitle":"Just the Basics","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Blitz","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4844705"},{"teacherId":4844705,"projectId":9873047,"letterContent":"Thank you so much again for donating to the project and bringing these supplies into my classroom. It made our holiday season so special to be able to receive such love! It was an early holiday surprise for my students! \r\n\r\nThe materials came in time for us to use in December and we were able to make so many gifts and crafts. We were also able to use the materials for the remainder of the school year for Valentines Day and even some animal research projects! \r\n\r\nSometimes being a first grader is serious work, so thank you for brining some fun and joy to some very deserving ones!","fullyFundedDate":1765914106014,"projectUrl":"project/happy-holiday-magic/9873047/","projectTitle":"Happy Holiday Magic!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Blitz","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4844705"},{"teacherId":4844705,"projectId":9396812,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting my classroom and helping make our math project possible! As a first-grade teacher, I want my students to see that math can be just as exciting, engaging, and meaningful as reading, coloring, and playing. The interactive math notebooks, scissors, and glue you donated will give my students hands-on opportunities to practice new skills, organize their learning, and build confidence in math. These supplies will help make our daily math lessons more interactive and memorable.\r\n\r\nYour generosity is helping me provide my students with the tools they need to become confident mathematicians and enthusiastic learners. Thank you for investing in my students and helping create a classroom where learning is hands-on, meaningful, and fun. We are truly grateful for your support!","fullyFundedDate":1750773699358,"projectUrl":"project/interact-with-math/9396812/","projectTitle":"Interact With Math!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Blitz","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4844705"},{"teacherId":4622533,"projectId":7360900,"letterContent":"Thank you for donating to my project for decodable books in my Kindergarten classroom. Our class has begun incorporating decodable fiction and non-fiction books into our small group and independent reading time. These carefully leveled texts allow students to apply phonetic skills they are actively learning while building confidence as readers.\r\n\r\nThe response from our Kindergarten students has been remarkable. They have demonstrated increased enthusiasm and engagement during reading sessions. Students are particularly excited to explore books featuring topics aligned with their interests, which has motivated them to spend more time with texts independently.\r\n\r\nI will continue to monitor student progress and expand our decodable book collection based on emerging student interests and instructional needs.\r\n\r\nThank you again for your continued support of literacy initiatives in our classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1686867509407,"projectUrl":"project/decodable-fictionnonfiction-books-for-s/7360900/","projectTitle":"Decodable Fiction/Nonfiction Books for Successful Readers","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Griswold","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-7_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4622533"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_43736","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":436,"numTeachers":36,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":1,"percentBlack":10,"percentWhite":12,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":67,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":0,"percentMultiracialImputed":6,"gradesServed":"K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"12.1:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"SUBURBAN","ncesMetroType":"SUBURB_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":60.2,"schoolId":43736,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Smith Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Smith Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/connecticut/consolidated-school-district-of-new-britain/smith-elementary-school/43736"}