{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Seth G Haley Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":23.4,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":5901965,"projectId":10328211,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for purchasing the Heggerty Phonemic Awareness curriculum for the reading room at Seth Haley Elementary School. Your generous support directly impacts our Kindergarten through 4th-grade students as they build essential foundational literacy skills.\r\n\r\nPhonemic awareness is the bedrock of reading success. By providing these research-based, structured lessons, you have given us an invaluable tool to help our early readers blend, segment, and manipulate sounds with confidence. This curriculum will allow me to deliver targeted, high-quality intervention and instruction that meets the diverse needs of all our K-4 students.\r\n\r\nThank you for investing in our students' futures and for your continuous dedication to the Seth Haley community. Your support makes a profound difference in our daily reading groups.","fullyFundedDate":1781716328461,"projectUrl":"project/building-lifelong-readers/10328211/","projectTitle":"Building Lifelong Readers","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Gilbert","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-gilbert20"},{"teacherId":5901965,"projectId":10299809,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your incredible generosity in purchasing books for our reading room at Seth Haley Elementary School. Your thoughtful contributions have directly enhanced our literacy space, providing our grades K-4 students with a vibrant and diverse collection of new stories to explore. Because of your support, our shelves are now filled with engaging titles that accommodate all reading levels, helping our youngest learners build strong foundational skills. Your kindness has sparked an immense amount of excitement throughout our school community. Watching the students' faces light up as they discover the new books is a testament to the direct impact of your giving. These books are not just pages to be read; they are tools that build confidence, foster imagination, and encourage a lifelong love of learning during these crucial early childhood years. We are deeply grateful for your investment in our students' education and future. Your support strengthens our school community and ensures that every child at Seth Haley has access to high-quality literature that inspires them every single day. Thank you once again for making a lasting difference in the lives of our young readers.","fullyFundedDate":1779487012136,"projectUrl":"project/reading-rocks/10299809/","projectTitle":"Reading Rocks","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Gilbert","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-gilbert20"},{"teacherId":5288559,"projectId":10354366,"letterContent":"We can't express our gratitude enough for funding our project \"Meeting Area for Everyone \"! These rugs allow all our students to feel included to increase lesson and practice engagement throughout our day. Students start their day on these rugs for Math practice through review games. The large circle rug gathers the entire class to engage in our who group lessons including math, shared reading, word instruction as well as science and social studies lessons. These areas have allowed students to spread out and be comfortable while reading to self or a friend. The ample room allows students to work together to manipulate words, and engage in discovery for Stem or science projects. \r\nThe students and I are so grateful for your generosity.","fullyFundedDate":1785331534124,"projectUrl":"project/meeting-areas-for-everyone/10354366/","projectTitle":"Meeting Areas for Everyone","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Meehan","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5288559_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1543463060551","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5288559"},{"teacherId":1179283,"projectId":10339249,"letterContent":"Magnetic word-building boards will give my students a hands-on, engaging way to strengthen their phonics, spelling, decoding, and word-building skills. Students will use the magnetic letters to build, change, and manipulate words while connecting individual sounds to letters and letter patterns.\r\nThese boards will provide students with repeated opportunities to practice skills such as segmenting sounds, blending sounds, identifying beginning, middle, and ending sounds, and recognizing common phonics patterns. The hands-on approach will make learning more interactive and help students develop greater confidence and independence as readers and writers.\r\nHaving an individual word-building board will allow each student to actively participate and receive meaningful practice at their own instructional level. Students can physically move letters to create new words, make corrections, and see how changing one sound or letter can change an entire word.\r\nWith these materials, I hope to create a classroom where students are excited to build words, take risks, and experience success. These tools will support students in developing the foundational literacy skills they need to become confident, capable readers.","fullyFundedDate":1784117672656,"projectUrl":"project/building-bright-readers-one-word-at-a-t/10339249/","projectTitle":"Building Bright Readers, One Word at a Time!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Fryer","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1179283"},{"teacherId":9567343,"projectId":10330976,"letterContent":"My students and I can't Thank You enough for our brand new classroom rug. We use the rug everyday for Morning Meeting. Story time, and center time. It is bright addition to our classroom. It is clean and comfortable. Kindergarten is a place to learn, play and grow as a student and friend. The new rug has colorful circles for students to sit on to listen to stories. It is a place where students work together to complete puzzles and build with blocks together. \r\n\r\nIt was incredible to watch the reactions of each student as they walked in that morning to see our new rug. They still comment on the rug and say how nice it is to sit on. Every staff member that comes into our classroom is amazed by the new rug. \r\n\r\nWe are so thankful for your generous donations. We will continue to use and take good care of our beautiful cozy new class room rug.","fullyFundedDate":1782930443469,"projectUrl":"project/bright-new-classroom-rug/10330976/","projectTitle":"Bright New Classroom Rug","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Cummings","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9567343_orig.jpg?crop=301,301,x7,y67&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1782237631254","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9567343"},{"teacherId":1179283,"projectId":10209622,"letterContent":"My students absoutely love these binders! They keep their phonics stories organized. The students also personalize them with the compartment in the front, which they love. They know exactly which binder is belongs to them as soon as they walk in the room. \r\n\r\nThe binders will eventually become filled with many stories. It will be rewarding for them to look back and see how hard they worked and how far their reading skills have come. They will have a finished product at the end of they year to bring home so they can continue to practice their reading skills during the summer.","fullyFundedDate":1779411897268,"projectUrl":"project/ready-to-read/10209622/","projectTitle":"Ready to Read","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Fryer","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1179283"},{"teacherId":8955884,"projectId":9417362,"letterContent":"Thank you for your support in my play based learning project. The kiddos loved the new toys that were available for them to work towards their social goals this past school year. They were able to work on open ended and imaginative play through building with magnatiles and swigs as well as by dressing up to play doctor and house with the baby dolls. Fine motor skills were practiced with cutting the play food on the cutting board. The sensory toys were used for regulation and focus.\r\nThe plastic tubs helped to keep the toys organized within the classroom.\r\n\r\nThe students and I can not thank you enough for you support in funding this project.","fullyFundedDate":1757378677900,"projectUrl":"project/play-based-learning-experiences/9417362/","projectTitle":"Play Based Learning Experiences","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Barry","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8955884"},{"teacherId":1179283,"projectId":10144150,"letterContent":"A Little Free Library at an elementary school fosters a culture of reading, curiosity, and sharing among young learners. By providing easy, consistent access to books, it encourages students to explore stories beyond the classroom, strengthening literacy skills and building a lifelong love of reading. The \"take a book, leave a book\" model empowers children to make choices, share resources, and take ownership of their learning.\r\n\r\nThis initiative also extends learning into the home, inviting families to participate in their child's reading journey and helping bridge gaps in access to books. As a visible symbol of generosity and community, the Little Free Library promotes kindness, responsibility, and connection among students, families, and educators. Its impact reaches beyond academics, nurturing confident readers and a supportive school community.","fullyFundedDate":1776187753083,"projectUrl":"project/planting-seeds-of-literacyone-book-at-a/10144150/","projectTitle":"Planting Seeds of Literacy—One Book at a Time","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Fryer","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1179283"},{"teacherId":4809164,"projectId":10090106,"letterContent":"My students are overjoyed with the new books we received from this project. We are using the first Junie B. Jones as a class read aloud and will do the same with the first Magic Tree House book. Students are strengthening their \"picturing\" strategy after each chapter by drawing a picture of what is happening it he text. \r\n\r\nStudents have also been very enthusiastic to learn about the animals in the Who Would Win? book series. These are very engaging nonfiction books and they are also a great supplement to our science unit on \"structure and function of animals\". \r\n\r\nWe will also be using the animals nonfiction text to practice our \"main idea and supporting detail\" comprehension skills in our coming language arts unit. \r\n\r\nAll of these materials will be used for various skills and added to our classroom library for students to enjoy throughout the school year. \r\n\r\nThank you so much for your support in helping build lifelong readers!","fullyFundedDate":1773858975455,"projectUrl":"project/for-the-love-of-reading/10090106/","projectTitle":"For the Love of Reading!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. McDonough","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4809164_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1505783325659","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/haleyroom4"},{"teacherId":9491166,"projectId":9984307,"letterContent":"I just want to start by saying how thankful I am to have had this project funded! The kids have absolutely loved it since we got it! \r\nWith this table, I have been able to teach my students in a way that is more engaging, motivating them to continue to learn and grow. Using this table we have been able to explore our shapes and built all types of creations. \r\nMy students love seeing the table light up and change colors. It is an appealing place to play, fostering growth and creativity. We wouldn't have been able to have this without you all!","fullyFundedDate":1768424321248,"projectUrl":"project/illuminating-the-pre-k-classroom/9984307/","projectTitle":"Illuminating the Pre-K Classroom!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Notholt","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9491166"},{"teacherId":1179283,"projectId":9972570,"letterContent":"Strong phonics instruction relies on consistent, engaging practice—and for many students, repetition is the key to mastery. With a Teachers Pay Teachers gift card, I will be able to access high-quality, research-based phonics resources that provide structured repetition in fresh and meaningful ways. These activities will help reinforce foundational reading skills such as letter-sound correspondence, blending, and decoding, especially for students who need extra practice to build confidence.\r\n Many of my students benefit from seeing and practicing the same skills multiple times, but traditional repetition can feel monotonous. The resources available through Teachers Pay Teachers offer creative, differentiated approaches—games, centers, and hands-on activities—that make repeated practice both effective and enjoyable. This ensures students stay engaged while strengthening critical literacy skills.\r\n Your support will allow me to tailor instruction to meet diverse learning needs, provide targeted intervention, and give my students the tools they need to become successful, independent readers. By investing in these phonics materials, you are directly supporting skill development that will impact every area of their academic journey.","fullyFundedDate":1774483224913,"projectUrl":"project/repetition-repetition-repetition-and/9972570/","projectTitle":"Repetition, Repetition, Repetition, and More Repetition!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Fryer","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1179283"},{"teacherId":1179283,"projectId":9946609,"letterContent":"Thanks to your generosity, my students now have engaging, hands-on tools that are transforming the way they learn to read. The Pop-It Phonics Games you helped provide have made phonics practice exciting, interactive, and meaningful for every child in our classroom.\r\n\r\nMany of my students are developing foundational reading skills and need repeated, targeted practice with letter sounds, blends, digraphs, and sight words. Traditional worksheets can sometimes not be very engaging, but the Pop-It games have turned practice into something they genuinely look forward to. They think they are just playing games, but in reality are doing a great deal of learning! As students press each bubble while sounding out words, segmenting phonemes, or blending sounds together, they are strengthening their decoding skills in a fun and tactile way.\r\n\r\nI have already noticed increased engagement, improved focus, and greater confidence in students who previously hesitated during reading activities. The hands-on nature of these games supports different learning styles and especially benefits students who thrive with movement and sensory input. Even my most reluctant readers are eager to participate.\r\n\r\nYour support has not just provided materials—it has created joyful learning experiences and helped build strong reading foundations that will impact my students for years to come.\r\n\r\nThank you for investing in their success and believing in the power of hands-on learning","fullyFundedDate":1765828585902,"projectUrl":"project/reading-pop-stars/9946609/","projectTitle":"Reading Pop Stars","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Fryer","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1179283"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_44114","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":330,"numTeachers":32,"percentFrplEligible":89,"percentAsian":3,"percentBlack":22,"percentWhite":33,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":33,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":0,"percentMultiracialImputed":7,"gradesServed":"Pre-K - 4","studentTeacherRatio":"10.3:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":false,"metroType":"SUBURBAN","ncesMetroType":"SUBURB_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":76.6,"schoolId":44114,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Seth G Haley Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Seth G Haley Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/connecticut/west-haven-public-schools/seth-g-haley-elementary-school/44114"}