{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Mary R Fisher Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":34.2,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":8912226,"projectId":8230895,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support of our \"Growing Through Earth Day\" project! Because of your kindness, my kindergarten students will have the opportunity to celebrate Earth Day through meaningful, hands-on learning experiences.\r\n\r\nKindergarteners are naturally curious about the world around them, and I want to help nurture that curiosity while teaching them how important it is to care for our Earth. The materials you helped provide will allow my students to explore nature, learn about plants and growth, and discover simple ways that even our youngest learners can help take care of our planet.\r\n\r\nThrough this project, my students will be able to learn by doing—observing, exploring, creating, asking questions, and watching things grow! These are the experiences that make learning come alive for young children and create memories that extend far beyond the classroom.\r\n\r\nMost importantly, your generosity is helping me teach my students that they are never too little to make a difference. Just like the things we plant and care for, I hope to watch their curiosity, responsibility, and love for our Earth continue to grow. 🌱\r\n\r\nThank you for believing in my little learners and for helping us grow through Earth Day together. We are incredibly grateful for your support and cannot wait to put these wonderful materials to use!","fullyFundedDate":1708804659647,"projectUrl":"project/growing-through-earth-day/8230895/","projectTitle":"Growing Through Earth Day","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Jezierski","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8912226_orig.jpg?crop=1080,1080,x0,y266&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1673204254489","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8912226"},{"teacherId":8912226,"projectId":8375385,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support of our classroom puzzle project! Because of your kindness, my kindergarten students now have a wonderful collection of new puzzles to explore, enjoy, and learn from throughout the school year.\r\n\r\nIn kindergarten, some of the most meaningful learning happens through play. While my students may think they are simply putting together a puzzle, they are actually practicing so many important skills! They are strengthening their problem-solving abilities, developing fine-motor skills, recognizing patterns and shapes, building concentration, and learning to keep trying when something feels challenging.\r\n\r\nOur new puzzles also give my students opportunities to work together, communicate with their classmates, take turns, and experience the excitement of accomplishing something as a team. There is nothing better than seeing the proud smile on a kindergartener's face when that final puzzle piece finally fits!\r\n\r\nThese puzzles will be enjoyed during our morning play, classroom centers, choice time, and many other moments throughout our year. They are helping me create a classroom where learning feels joyful, hands-on, and exciting.\r\n\r\nThank you for investing in my little learners and helping us put the pieces together for a wonderful year of learning! 🧩","fullyFundedDate":1715904483604,"projectUrl":"project/piece-it-all-together-with-puzzles/8375385/","projectTitle":"Piece it All Together with Puzzles!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Jezierski","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8912226_orig.jpg?crop=1080,1080,x0,y266&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1673204254489","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8912226"},{"teacherId":8912226,"projectId":8192072,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support of our \"Endless Possibilities With Technology\" project! Because of you, our kindergarten classroom now has four Amazon tablets, headphones, and a charging base that will open up so many new opportunities for learning throughout our school year.\r\n\r\nTechnology can be such a powerful tool when placed in the hands of young learners. These tablets will allow my students to practice important early literacy and math skills through engaging, interactive activities while also beginning to develop independence and the technology skills they will use throughout their education.\r\n\r\nHaving four tablets available also means that I can incorporate technology into our small-group and center rotations. Students will be able to work at their own level, receive additional practice with skills they are learning, and explore educational activities in a way that feels exciting and motivating. The headphones will allow them to listen and learn without distracting their classmates, while the charging base will help us keep everything organized and ready for another day of learning.\r\n\r\nMy students light up when they are given opportunities to learn in new and exciting ways, and I know these materials will quickly become some of our most-loved classroom resources.\r\n\r\nThank you for investing in my students and helping me provide them with learning opportunities that extend beyond the traditional classroom materials. Because of your kindness, there truly are endless possibilities for what my little learners can explore, practice, and accomplish!","fullyFundedDate":1707105608535,"projectUrl":"project/endless-possibilities-with-technology/8192072/","projectTitle":"Endless Possibilities with Technology","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Jezierski","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8912226_orig.jpg?crop=1080,1080,x0,y266&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1673204254489","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8912226"},{"teacherId":8912226,"projectId":10390759,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our **\"Little Learners, Big Needs: Supplies for Kindergarten\"** project! Now that these materials are in our classroom, I am able to see firsthand just how much of an impact your generosity is making on my students each day.\r\n\r\nKindergarten may be filled with little learners, but their needs truly are BIG! At this age, children learn best when they can touch, create, explore, practice, move, and learn through hands-on experiences. The supplies you helped provide are giving my students more opportunities to do exactly that.\r\n\r\nThese materials have become part of our everyday classroom routines and learning experiences. They are helping my students build independence, strengthen important early academic and fine-motor skills, stay engaged in their learning, and feel successful at school. Having the right materials readily available also allows me to better meet the many different needs and learning levels within my classroom.\r\n\r\nOne of the greatest joys of teaching kindergarten is watching a child proudly say, \"I did it!\" after accomplishing something that was once difficult for them. Your support is helping create more of those moments in our classroom.\r\n\r\nThank you for seeing the big potential inside our little learners. Your generosity has helped me create a classroom where my students have the tools they need to learn, grow, explore, and thrive.\r\n\r\nWe are so grateful that you chose to invest in our kindergarten classroom and in the beginning of our students' educational journeys. Your kindness is making a difference every single day!","fullyFundedDate":1785522561239,"projectUrl":"project/little-learners-big-needs-supplies-for/10390759/","projectTitle":"Little Learners, Big Needs: Supplies for Kindergarten","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Jezierski","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8912226_orig.jpg?crop=1080,1080,x0,y266&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1673204254489","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8912226"},{"teacherId":8912226,"projectId":8230242,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support of our **\"Exploring Animal Life Cycles\"** project! Because of you, my kindergarten students will have the opportunity to explore, discover, and learn about the amazing world of animals in a hands-on and meaningful way.\r\n\r\nKindergarteners are naturally curious about the world around them, and there is something truly magical about watching their excitement when science comes to life! These materials will help my students explore how animals grow and change, learn about the different stages of their life cycles, make observations, ask questions, and become little scientists right in our classroom.\r\n\r\nYour generosity is providing so much more than science materials. You are helping create memorable learning experiences that encourage curiosity, wonder, conversation, and a love of learning. I cannot wait to hear all of their questions, see their excitement as they make new discoveries, and watch them proudly share everything they have learned.\r\n\r\nThank you for believing in my students and helping me provide them with engaging experiences that they may remember long after they leave kindergarten. We are so grateful that you helped bring our \"Exploring Animal Life Cycles\" project to life!","fullyFundedDate":1708374548612,"projectUrl":"project/exploring-animal-life-cycles/8230242/","projectTitle":"Exploring Animal Life Cycles","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Jezierski","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8912226_orig.jpg?crop=1080,1080,x0,y266&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1673204254489","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8912226"},{"teacherId":8912226,"projectId":7793420,"letterContent":"Thank you from the bottom of my heart for helping to fully fund my **\"Learning From an Easel of Possibilities\"** project! Because of your generosity, my kindergarten classroom now has a wonderful new easel that will become an important part of our learning every single day.\r\n\r\nIn kindergarten, learning is active, visual, hands-on, and full of excitement. Our new easel will give us a special place to gather, learn, and explore together. We will use it to practice letters and sounds, build words, model early writing, solve math problems, create anchor charts, share our thinking, and so much more.\r\n\r\nWhat may seem like one classroom item truly opens up an **easel of possibilities** for my young learners. It gives me another way to make lessons engaging and accessible while allowing my students to come up, participate, move pieces, write, draw, and proudly share their ideas with their classmates.\r\n\r\nMost importantly, your generosity helps me continue creating a classroom where my students feel excited to participate, comfortable taking chances, and proud of themselves as learners.\r\n\r\nThank you for investing in my kindergarteners and giving us a tool that we will use during countless learning moments throughout the school year. We are so grateful to have you as part of our classroom community!","fullyFundedDate":1703270192790,"projectUrl":"project/learning-from-an-easel-of-possibilities/7793420/","projectTitle":"Learning From an Easel of Possibilities","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Jezierski","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8912226_orig.jpg?crop=1080,1080,x0,y266&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1673204254489","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8912226"},{"teacherId":8912226,"projectId":7793516,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping to fully fund my **\"Jump Start Your Day\"** project! I am incredibly grateful for your generosity and for choosing to support my kindergarten students.\r\n\r\nThe beginning of the school day is such an important time for young children. Thanks to you, my students will now have engaging, hands-on materials to explore and play with as they arrive each morning. Instead of simply waiting for our day to begin, they will be able to build, create, imagine, problem-solve, and connect with their classmates.\r\n\r\nIn kindergarten, play is learning! These morning materials will help my students practice sharing, taking turns, communicating with friends, strengthening fine-motor skills, and using their creativity—all while helping them transition","fullyFundedDate":1694100339918,"projectUrl":"project/jump-start-the-day/7793516/","projectTitle":"Jump Start the Day!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Jezierski","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8912226_orig.jpg?crop=1080,1080,x0,y266&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1673204254489","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8912226"},{"teacherId":8912226,"projectId":7623240,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting and fully funding my **\"Whole Group Comfort\"** project! Your generosity means more to my students and me than I can express.\r\n\r\nIn kindergarten, so much of our learning happens together on the classroom rug. This is where we gather for morning meetings, read stories, practice early literacy and math skills, sing songs, build friendships, and learn how to be a classroom community. Our rug truly is the heart of our classroom.\r\n\r\nBecause of your kindness, my students will now have a comfortable, welcoming space where all of us can come together to learn, share, and grow. For young children, having a space that feels safe and inviting makes such a difference in helping them feel like they belong at school.\r\n\r\nMy students are going to be SO excited when our new rug arrives! I cannot wait to see them gathered together on it, ready for another day of kindergarten adventures.\r\n\r\nThank you for believing in my students, supporting public education, and helping me create the warm and welcoming classroom that every child deserves. Your generosity will be felt during countless lessons, stories, conversations, and special moments throughout our school year.","fullyFundedDate":1692127046170,"projectUrl":"project/whole-group-comfort/7623240/","projectTitle":"Whole Group Comfort!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Jezierski","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8912226_orig.jpg?crop=1080,1080,x0,y266&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1673204254489","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8912226"},{"teacherId":8912226,"projectId":10529838,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping make our classroom a cooler and more comfortable place to learn! Our classroom can become incredibly warm, especially during these first hot weeks of school. Thanks to your generosity, the new fans have already made such a difference for my kindergarten students. The children were so excited to see them in our classroom, and having air circulating throughout the room has helped us stay much more comfortable during our busy school days.\r\n\r\nKindergarteners spend their days moving, playing, exploring, working at centers, and learning together, and it can be very difficult for little learners to concentrate when they are hot and uncomfortable. These fans may seem like a simple addition, but they have made a meaningful difference in our learning environment. Instead of focusing on how warm the classroom feels, my students can focus their energy on learning, creating, playing, and building friendships.\r\n\r\nWe will continue using these fans throughout the warm days of the school year to create the best learning environment possible for my students. Thank you for recognizing a need in our classroom and helping fulfill it. Your kindness is felt every single day by 21 very special kindergarteners and one very grateful teacher!!","fullyFundedDate":1787512906527,"projectUrl":"project/classroom-cooling/10529838/","projectTitle":"Classroom Cooling!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Jezierski","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8912226_orig.jpg?crop=1080,1080,x0,y266&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1673204254489","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8912226"},{"teacherId":5894659,"projectId":10156436,"letterContent":"There's nothing more exciting than opening a new book for the very first time. Since this project is getting funded at the beginning of the year; I am so excited to be able to practice reading group procedures and drills with these new books that are interesting and engaging, but also at different levels. Having a collection of books at different levels excited students of all levels!\r\nLast year we incorporated a new routine called partner read paragraph shrinking. With all these materials, I can have multiple groups reading the same book, and discus with guided questions. This project has helped make students excited about reading again! :)","fullyFundedDate":1780160930634,"projectUrl":"project/book-club-books/10156436/","projectTitle":"Book Club Books!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Sousa","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5894659_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1538009350916","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5894659"},{"teacherId":2596322,"projectId":10287706,"letterContent":"I would like to extend my sincerest gratitude for your donations that helped to purchase the soccer equipment for our students. At the end of last school year, I was able to surprise the students with the equipment and they were over the moon with joy to end the year playing soccer!\r\n\r\nThis year our students were again thrilled to use the equipment at recess. Not only do our fourth grade students benefit from this equipment, but all students in grades one through four are able to enjoy it during recess. Students love moving their bodies and cooperatively playing the game of soccer. Thank you again for making this possible!","fullyFundedDate":1779304929836,"projectUrl":"project/soccer-loving-students/10287706/","projectTitle":"Soccer Loving Students!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Parenteau","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2596322_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1532558681945","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2596322"},{"teacherId":8912226,"projectId":7397309,"letterContent":"Because of your kindness and support, our classroom has been transformed in the most meaningful way. The materials you helped provide for our Morning of Glory project have given my students the opportunity to begin each day with joy, creativity, and a sense of belonging.\r\n\r\nEach morning, my kindergarteners now walk into a space filled with engaging, hands-on learning opportunities. From imaginative dramatic play to purposeful exploration, these resources allow my students—many of whom learn in different ways—to connect, collaborate, and grow both socially and academically. In an inclusion classroom, opportunities like these are truly invaluable.\r\n\r\nI have already seen the impact your generosity has made. Students are more excited to come to school, more confident in their interactions, and more engaged in their learning. What may seem like simple materials have created powerful moments of connection, creativity, and discovery.\r\n\r\nThank you for believing in my students and investing in their future. Your support has made a lasting difference not only for my current class, but for many classes to come. 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