{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Lake Trafford Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":40.7,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":9726360,"projectId":9523750,"letterContent":"Months into the school year, my students have stayed motivated and continued to participate due to your generous donation to our class project Prize Time! With your funding, students have the opportunity to earn various prizes daily and super special prizes at the end of each month. \r\nWhen the students first saw all their options of rewards, they immediately sat a little higher and eyes went wide with excitement at the opportunity to participate and earn something from the prize cart. Each week, the prize cart is replenished, so students are constantly curious at what new items they might receive due to helpful behavior or exceptional participation. \r\nWithout your funding, it would be a daily struggle to keep students motivated in the classroom. It makes me smile seeing how excited they get when they earn a prize. Thank you for making a difference in our classroom!","fullyFundedDate":1755521869272,"projectUrl":"project/prize-time/9523750/","projectTitle":"Prize Time!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Szczechowski","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-1_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9726360"},{"teacherId":3649940,"projectId":9596208,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation toward a color printer for my ESE classroom. Your support has already started transforming the way my students access and engage with their learning. Many of my students rely on visual supports, differentiated materials, and highly individualized tasks, and the ability to print in color allows me to create clearer, more meaningful resources that meet their unique needs. What once took extra time, money, and creativity to accomplish is now possible at the push of a button—thanks to you.\r\n\r\nYour contribution does far more than provide a piece of technology. It brings excitement, confidence, and independence to students who benefit from visual scaffolds, behavior supports, and accessible academic materials. From vivid reading passages to color-coded schedules and personalized communication tools, the impact on daily learning is immediate and lasting. Thank you for believing in our classroom and investing in opportunities that help every student shine.","fullyFundedDate":1755362112637,"projectUrl":"project/color-our-world/9596208/","projectTitle":"Color Our World","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Perez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-1_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3649940"},{"teacherId":10188362,"projectId":9622328,"letterContent":"I would like to sincerely thank you for your generous donations that made it possible for my elementary art classroom to receive white paper bags and scented pencils. Your kindness and support brought so much joy, creativity, and motivation to my students, and I want to share how these simple yet meaningful materials made a lasting impact on our classroom community. \r\nAs a Title I school, our budget for classroom materials is often very limited. When I realized that I didn't have enough in the art budget to purchase the materials needed for upcoming projects, I was disheartened. Thanks to your generosity, that worry turned into excitement. The white paper bags and scented pencils you provided allowed my students to take part in an engaging, hands-on art project and receive meaningful rewards for their hard work and good behavior. \r\nThe white paper bags were used as part of a special art project where each student created a personalized \"Art-to-Go\" bag. Inside each bag were puzzle pieces to a puzzle created by each student. The outside of each bag was decorated to match their puzzle theme. Watching the students decorate their bags was truly inspiring. \r\nThe scented pencils quickly became a favorite in our classroom! I use them as a positive behavior incentive - students who earn seven gold stars for exemplary behavior receive one as a special reward. The smiles on their faces when they get to pick out their favorite scent is priceless. These pencils help encourage positive behavior, responsibility, and motivation.\r\nFrom the bottom of my heart, thank you for supporting my classroom and believing in the power of art education.","fullyFundedDate":1755660460088,"projectUrl":"project/art-bags-and-class-incentives-needed/9622328/","projectTitle":"Art Bags and Class Incentives Needed","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Farrell","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10188362"},{"teacherId":9743459,"projectId":9517931,"letterContent":"I would like to thank you so very much for your generous donation to my project: \"Vivacious Vocabulary and Magic Morphology\". Your donation made it possible for me to create a vocabulary rich environment for my students. Students have their own notebooks with beautiful anchor charts and resources for them to use. I have seen my student grow and their use of rich vocabulary has increased. Students have an understanding of how words are put together and in turn, can use morphology to determine the meanings of unfamiliar vocabulary words.\r\n\r\nThank you again for your generous donation.","fullyFundedDate":1754148531183,"projectUrl":"project/vivacious-vocabulary-and-magic-morpholo/9517931/","projectTitle":"Vivacious Vocabulary and Magic Morphology","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Bertz","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9743459"},{"teacherId":10185091,"projectId":9616660,"letterContent":"My students got so excited when I opened the boxes and showed them that we received the rekenreks. My students use them regularly to help them add and subtract. The rekenreks have helped my students see tens and doubles to help them add more efficiently. \r\n\r\nWe can't thank you enough for your generous donation. It's organizations like yours that make a difference in our school. You made it possible for each of my students to hold and use a rekenreks. My students are so lucky to be able to use this resource when they need to. \r\n\r\nAgain, thank you so much to The Schoen Foundation the donation.","fullyFundedDate":1755565703557,"projectUrl":"project/mathin-it-up/9616660/","projectTitle":"Mathin' It Up!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Holland","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10185091_orig.jpg?crop=566,566,x0,y37&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1755560306929","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10185091"},{"teacherId":9713737,"projectId":9308425,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous donation of markers, colored pens, and eraser toppers! These supplies were so useful in our classroom! Although they came in by early in the year instead of end of year last year, I was still able to utilize them. My students made beautiful \"All about Me \" posters to display in our classroom. \r\n\r\nEach student used the supplies to express their unique personalities and designed their posters. They included favorite hobbies, their goals, and pets. The students were used the pens and markers to add great, vibrant colors and details to their posters. \r\n\r\nYour kindness helped our activity become a creative and meaningful experience, that boosted the students' confidence and pride for themselves and our classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1749142764412,"projectUrl":"project/end-of-year-fun/9308425/","projectTitle":"End of Year Fun!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Beliato","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-9_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9713737"},{"teacherId":7893594,"projectId":8853279,"letterContent":"As a reading teacher, reading takes place all day in my classroom. We read together as a whole group, in smaller groups, and independently. Students all have individualized goals for independent reading. Our librarian has the Sunshine State books available but, having them in the classroom at their fingertips makes it much easier for students to access this literature. \r\nThe students have been enjoying reading these books and competing against each other to see who can read all of them first! These books have provided motivation for reading and sparked an excitement for independent reading in my classroom again. \r\nThank you!","fullyFundedDate":1738115268777,"projectUrl":"project/sunshine-state-readers/8853279/","projectTitle":"Sunshine State Readers!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Sieck","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7893594"},{"teacherId":9782205,"projectId":8834510,"letterContent":"I, first, want to say thank you so much for funding my project. The headphones for my classes have been a complete gamechanger. My students were so excited and loved the bright, fun colors. They match our bright classroom. \r\nI am at a low-income school and my students don't have the money to buy decent headphones that last or any at all. I am happy to have a class set so they have access to them every single day. We use technology along with headphones daily in the classroom for math and science. Both subjects have online counterparts that we use daily for bell work or assignments. They take all their tests online, along with state testing throughout the year.\r\nI have many of my students who, through many of our online programs, have accommodations for the text being read to them. This is called text-to-speech. This immensely helps to have headphones so they can simply listen to the program read to them instead of one me trying to get to 12-14 students in both my classes to read the problem they are on. They can all be working at their own pace and not having to wait for me to read a question to them aloud. The classroom set of headphones has been amazing!\r\nAgain, I greatly appreciate your generosity of your donation of the headphones. You have made our year!","fullyFundedDate":1728074370162,"projectUrl":"project/we-are-all-ears-over-here/8834510/","projectTitle":"We Are All Ears Over Here!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Teuscher","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9782205"},{"teacherId":9595261,"projectId":8572193,"letterContent":"On behalf of our classroom, I want to extend a heartfelt thank you for your generous donation. Your support means the world to us and has made a real difference in creating a more engaging and enriching learning environment.\r\n\r\nThanks to your contribution, our students now have access to a new carpet to work together on, crayons to crayons and pens to utalize on projects or activists and most importantly a book case to store our books. These additions have already sparked excitement and creativity, and we're seeing the positive impact in our daily lessons.\r\nIt's encouraging to know that there are people like you who believe in the power of education and are willing to invest in our students' growth. Your kindness reminds us that we're not alone in this mission—and that makes all the difference.","fullyFundedDate":1732761159181,"projectUrl":"project/lights-camera-teach/8572193/","projectTitle":"Lights, Camera, Teach!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Mervilus","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9595261_orig.jpg?crop=2220,2220,x0,y133&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1746728844378","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9595261"},{"teacherId":9726360,"projectId":8734416,"letterContent":"My students were beyond excited and grateful as the donations arrived from this project. Each time we received another package, they eagerly helped open it to see the new supplies for our classroom. The materials have been placed around the classroom and are used everyday which aids with classroom organization and flow. Our class greatly appreciates every thing the supplies have helped with in our classroom.\r\n\r\nOne of the most useful items might be the simplest - the pencil dispenser. It holds nearly 100 pencils so requires fewer refills. Students know exactly where to get a pencil, so they don't waste time choosing a pencil from a jar since it simply dispenses one sharp pencil for the student to grab quickly. The labels are another item students have grown to appreciate. They reference the colored labels daily to know where to put things, and later where to find those things again. Having clearly established places for different classroom materials has made students realize the importance of organizing and, more importantly, has increased transition time leaving more time for learning. Thank you for choosing to donate to our classroom project and improving our classroom. Hopefully the students are able to take away the life skills from this project by realizing the importance of having an organized space.","fullyFundedDate":1728236462435,"projectUrl":"project/classroom-supplies-organization/8734416/","projectTitle":"Classroom Supplies & Organization","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Szczechowski","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-1_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9726360"},{"teacherId":9772685,"projectId":8812002,"letterContent":"The motivational Desk Pets have been so good for our classroom! I love to reward students for their great behavior and hard work, and these Desk Pets were so motivational for some of my kiddos who struggle with making good choices. On Fridays, I open up my Dojo Store, and the kids know it's time to redeem their points that they have collected throughout the week. ClassDojo is an app that I use to keep track of the points they have earned while following the expectations, and they get so excited to see how many points they earn each day. Then on Friday, they get to cash in! I usually change out the items in the 'store' every quarter to keep things interesting and keep them motivated. So for third quarter, I introduced the Desk Pets, and they couldn't wait to buy a pet, name it, keep it at their desk, and buy all the things their pet would need, like food, toys, and even decorations for their habitat! Thank you so much for keeping the motivation there for my students!","fullyFundedDate":1727059090951,"projectUrl":"project/motivational-desk-pets/8812002/","projectTitle":"Motivational Desk Pets","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Pulizzi","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9772685_orig.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1727138710496","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9772685"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_45556","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":717,"numTeachers":57,"percentFrplEligible":94,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":20,"percentWhite":3,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":75,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Pre-K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"12.6:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"TOWN","ncesMetroType":"TOWN_DISTANT"},"inStateSupporters":59.3,"schoolId":45556,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Lake Trafford Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Lake Trafford Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/florida/collier-county-public-schools/lake-trafford-elementary-school/45556"}