{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Dante B Fascell Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":18.0,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":6508231,"projectId":9481673,"letterContent":"I am deeply grateful for the generous materials gifted to my classroom. These resources have already made a meaningful difference—helping me enrich instruction, support student learning, promote a healthy environment, and stay organized throughout the day.\r\n\r\nMy students often give a \"round of applause\" to DonorsChoose because I frequently share how these contributions help their learning. They truly feel the impact of your kindness.\r\n\r\nI also recognize that, especially in challenging financial times, making a monetary donation is not easy. Your willingness to give means even more because of it. I am sincerely thankful for every donor who contributed to this project.\r\n\r\nThe DonorsChoose community has made a significant and lasting impact in our classroom. Thank you for making a difference, and thank you for believing in the work I do with my students. Your generosity continues bring ease and joy in the classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1757078342098,"projectUrl":"project/first-grade-essentials-for-the-new-schoo/9481673/","projectTitle":"First Grade Essentials for the New School Year","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Rampersaud","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6508231_orig.jpg?crop=1066,1066,x266,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1742927352237","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/elaine-rampersaud"},{"teacherId":6508231,"projectId":9269623,"letterContent":"My sincere gratitude to you for funding my classroom project for the new school year! Your generous donations allowed me to create a warm and nurturing classroom environment for my students. A nurturing classroom is important for everyone who enters it, but it is most important for my star students who spend most of their day in the classroom.\r\n\r\nMy students are enjoying all the gifts that you gave to us. They especially love their bookmarks, mini erasers for the dry board, gold certificate paper, pencils, using the photo backdrop, and seeing their names on the stars on the bulletin boards. \r\n\r\nYour contributions helped to get my classroom into the spirit of our school's theme. The students spend my hours in the classroom, and all the beautiful decorations, incentives, and supplies make our classroom a home away from home.\r\n\r\nThank you for believing in the work that I do with my students every day.","fullyFundedDate":1746787015915,"projectUrl":"project/stars-of-learning-with-the-theme-lights/9269623/","projectTitle":"Stars of Learning with the Theme Lights, Camera, Learning!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Rampersaud","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6508231_orig.jpg?crop=1066,1066,x266,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1742927352237","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/elaine-rampersaud"},{"teacherId":6508231,"projectId":9195071,"letterContent":"What a beautiful and mindful experience my students had with their mindful painting project! Many thanks to the DonorsChoose community for making this end of year project possible for my students last school year. Every painting was unique and different. Once again, I got the opportunity to engage my students in recognizing how we are alike and different.\r\n\r\nEach student spent many mindful minutes with his or her acrylic paint flow. They just loved to see how tipping and tilting the canvas mixed the paint and created such beautiful, mindful art. The activity definitely allowed my students to see and experience the value of being fully present and aware as they focused on their unique creation.\r\n\r\nI'm deeply grateful to all the contributors who donated to this project and for believing in the work I do with young children.","fullyFundedDate":1743009975864,"projectUrl":"project/engaging-in-mindfulness-create-unique-a/9195071/","projectTitle":"Engaging in Mindfulness: Create Unique and Different Works of Art","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Rampersaud","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6508231_orig.jpg?crop=1066,1066,x266,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1742927352237","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/elaine-rampersaud"},{"teacherId":6508231,"projectId":9268499,"letterContent":"I am deeply grateful to you for supporting my classroom project once again. The black and white ink that you donated to my class helped me to print learning materials, activities, reports, and tests for my students last school year. My current students are also benefiting from the ink because I have been printing many necessary documents for the beginning of this school year\r\n\r\nThe DonorsChoose community has always extended kindness and support to my classroom - thank you for believing in the work I do with young children in the Public School System.","fullyFundedDate":1746461698247,"projectUrl":"project/ink-for-our-black-and-white-printer/9268499/","projectTitle":"Ink for our Black and White Printer","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Rampersaud","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6508231_orig.jpg?crop=1066,1066,x266,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1742927352237","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/elaine-rampersaud"},{"teacherId":6508231,"projectId":8932920,"letterContent":"It was a delightful time in the classroom when my students opened up their bags and took out all their gifts! Their faces lit up with smiles and I knew in my heart that I did the right thing by reaching out to the DonorsChoose community with my project. My sincere gratitude to all the donors who brought so many smiles to my students.\r\n\r\nWe started off with our conversation about same and different and how we all have similarities and differences, and these characteristics make us unique and special. This was evident in the way each student decorated his or her bag – the bags were all different, but special and unique.\r\n\r\nThe students took turns reading sentences from the book \"We're the Same, We're Different\" as a class, in groups, and in pairs. It was a wonderful way for them to understand the concept of same and different. A we read the book, we discussed that some of the characters might be scientist just as they are young budding scientist. They used the STEM kits to create 3-D designs in our science exploration time. They helped each other, the enhanced their designs by adding more pieces or taking away pieces. It was such joy to watch them explore, engineer, and create 3-D designs that were the same and different.\r\n\r\nThank you, DonorsChoose for your generous support, your dedication to my classroom, and for bringing such rich experiences as they explored science, technology, engineering and math. You have made a positive impact on the well-being of my students' lives.","fullyFundedDate":1731547435178,"projectUrl":"project/be-joyful-with-stem-while-being-the-same/8932920/","projectTitle":"Be Joyful with STEM while being the Same and Different","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Rampersaud","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6508231_orig.jpg?crop=1066,1066,x266,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1742927352237","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/elaine-rampersaud"},{"teacherId":6508231,"projectId":8528774,"letterContent":"I am deeply grateful for the donation of the laptop charging stations I received for my students this school year. What a difference they have made in the classroom for us. \r\n\r\nAt our school, we started using laptops for all students since Covid19 and since that time I've experienced cluttered, tangled cords, and frustration with the laptops. Now, there is such ease in the classroom! \r\n\r\nThe charging stations are keeping the laptops, cords, and adapters in place. Everything is neat, tidy, and organized. The students and I are not losing time trying to untangle cluttered cords. When they are ready to engage with their computer-based learning programs, they retrieve their laptops quickly and with ease. What a time saver for us!\r\n\r\nI'm also grateful for the assistance from a parent volunteer and two staff members who assembled the stations for us. They also share in my gratitude for the donors who contributed to this project.\r\n\r\nMy current students, my future students and I will enjoy these computer charging stations for many years. Thank you again for your generous donations that made this gift possible for us. Thank you for believing in what I do for my students.","fullyFundedDate":1728312632666,"projectUrl":"project/technology-lets-cut-the-clutter-and-s/8528774/","projectTitle":"Technology – Let’s Cut The Clutter and Save Time","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Rampersaud","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6508231_orig.jpg?crop=1066,1066,x266,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1742927352237","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/elaine-rampersaud"},{"teacherId":9646484,"projectId":8623268,"letterContent":"Thanks to your contribution, I truly see the enthusiasm in my students as they participate in Literature Circles. Twice a week we drop everything and read our novel for 20 minutes. By this time, students have all been assigned roles in their groups. For example, the Word Wizard finds \"juicy,\" or unknown words, the Summarizer, recalls the main event(s) that occurred in the reading, and the Connector, connects events in the book to their own experiences, another book, or the outside world. The students take a few minutes to write in their reading journal the work pertaining to their role just before engaging in collaborative conversations. The book, \"City of Ember,\" has been a tremendous hit! With the addition of the graphic novel, the students can't get enough of it. The students that are reading the actual novel like to refer to it to see the illustrations. I've never experienced students wanting to go to the public library so they can move ahead on their own to discover what happens next. Even our media specialist mentioned that my students were requesting the book! \r\n\r\nNot long ago we participated in a read marathon. When I asked my students to grab a favorite book, the graphic novels were quickly taken from their baskets. Some of my students have commented that they love the illustrations because it helps them understand the story better. Mission accomplished! \r\n\r\nThe other novel that we've recently started reading is \"The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.\" Since we have a school wide storybook theme, one of my colleagues decorated her door based on this book, and as my students have gotten through a few chapters they are making connections with the scenes she has on display. Without a doubt this book hooks the reader. My most unmotivated readers are glued to the pages of this book, and so is their teacher! They are incredibly focused. What a refreshing sight, because you donated. \r\n\r\nAs we enter the second semester, the students will determine the next novel their group will read from the Donors Choose selections. The students truly are responding to the books better than I could have imagined. I am extremely motivated to continue Literature Circles, and I look forward to the positive impacts your contributions will continue to make as we move forward this school year; and beyond.","fullyFundedDate":1726661277418,"projectUrl":"project/lets-talk-about-books/8623268/","projectTitle":"Let's Talk About Books!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Lambert","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9646484_orig.jpg?crop=291,291,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1723351922596","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9646484"},{"teacherId":6508231,"projectId":8775107,"letterContent":"Every day in school is one day closer to college! \r\n\r\nMany, many thanks for your generosity to my classroom project. The students love receiving their attendance prizes! When I pull names at random, they eagerly wait for their names to be called. \r\n\r\nThe incentives helped to motivate children to be present on time and all day long in school. My system of awarding incentives at random, every two weeks, and when we completed 17 days of Perfect Attendance made the students so happy and proud to be in school.\r\n\r\nWhen I told my class that I will adjust the incentive system to give each student a treat when we have 10 days instead of 17 days of Perfect Attendance, they all gave me a round of applause. They love their incentives! Of course, I reminded them that DonorsChoose made this program possible for our classroom\r\n. \r\nMany thanks again for your belief in the work that I do with my students every day. 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