{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Polk Avenue Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":49.4,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":7198058,"projectId":8856765,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our classroom project, \"Nonfiction Books!\" Your generosity means the world to my students and I. \r\nIn my classroom we are passionate about supporting a love for reading. One way we support and motivate students is with challenges in reading. Our school uses a program called Accelerated Reading, also known as A.R. in the classroom. We have a points system created that will reward students once they reach a certain amount of points. For example, when a student reaches 5 points they get a fun pencil or when they reach 30 points they get to pick out a free book of their choice or even being able to eat lunch with the principal if you reach 175 points. Most books for my first graders are worth 1/2 a point. These additional books that have been added to our classroom library truly allowed my students to reach their goals. One of my students who repeated first grade was able to reach 167 points in AR! That means they read and passed the comprehension test for at least 334 books this school year. These books are also the reason she was the student with the most points in first grade and earned her AR jacket at the end of the school year. She and I was so excited for her and her accomplishments. She went from a struggling reader to loving to read. Thank you for helping her reach her goals this year.","fullyFundedDate":1735498560808,"projectUrl":"project/nonfiction-books/8856765/","projectTitle":"Nonfiction Books","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Brown","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7198058_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1588194328249","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7198058"},{"teacherId":194350,"projectId":9136263,"letterContent":"Thank you, again, for your generous donation to my DonorsChoose project! I sincerely appreciate your gift that allowed me to order multiple sets of high-interest chapter books for the students at our school! \r\n The students who read these books will have many opportunities! We will use these books to teach comprehension, reading skills, and to help them develop a love of hearing a really good story! \r\n The books you helped provide will give our students the opportunity to read a fiction story, but pair it with nonfiction text that relates to the fiction story! This is a win-win for our students!","fullyFundedDate":1746545946818,"projectUrl":"project/second-graders-read/9136263/","projectTitle":"Second Graders Read!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Sheppard","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp194350_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1510289266991","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/194350"},{"teacherId":2374324,"projectId":8986312,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for all of your help with funding this amazing project. I am not able to do what I do in my classroom without donors like you! Thank you for pouring into classrooms, like mine.\r\n\r\nMy students and myself will make sure we put these new materials to use in and out of the classroom asap. We are so excited to have new materials in the classroom to have fun and to help us stay organized, which can be quit challenging but with the help from this project we will get it perfect. Thank you again for all the love!","fullyFundedDate":1738074031768,"projectUrl":"project/lets-get-organized/8986312/","projectTitle":"Let's Get Organized","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Leal","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2374324_orig.jpg?crop=2108,2108,x191,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1680611001877","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-tancredi"},{"teacherId":2374324,"projectId":8986473,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for all of your help with funding this amazing project. I am not able to do what I do in my classroom without donors like you! Thank you for pouring into classrooms, like mine.\r\n\r\nMy students and myself will make sure we put these new materials to use in and out of the classroom asap. We are so excited to have new materials in the classroom to have fun and to help us stay organized, which can be quit challenging but with the help from this project we will get it perfect. Thank you again for all love!","fullyFundedDate":1738936589615,"projectUrl":"project/fun-materials/8986473/","projectTitle":"Fun Materials","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Leal","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2374324_orig.jpg?crop=2108,2108,x191,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1680611001877","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-tancredi"},{"teacherId":7198058,"projectId":8857162,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generosity and donations towards our classroom project, \"Building Our Nonfiction Library!\" Your support means the world to my students and I. These new books are an amazing addition to our classroom. My students instantly dove into them. They are obsessed with nonfiction books this year. With the sweet help from you and my first graders love for reading, they were able to win our schools AR (Accelerated Reading) competition! They were able to pair up with our kindergarten students from another class, played baseball with each other, and enjoyed yummy snow cones! Thank you for blessing my students with more books and allowing them this awesome opportunity!","fullyFundedDate":1738074040919,"projectUrl":"project/building-our-nonfiction-library/8857162/","projectTitle":"Building Our Nonfiction Library!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Brown","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7198058_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1588194328249","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7198058"},{"teacherId":7198058,"projectId":8958186,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generosity and donations towards our classroom project, \"Reading About the World Around Us!\" Your support means the world to my students and I. These new books are an amazing addition to our classroom. My students instantly dove into them. With the sweet help from you and my first graders love for reading, they were able to win our schools AR (Accelerated Reading) competition! They were able to pair up with our kindergarten students from another class, played baseball with each other, and enjoyed yummy snow cones! Thank you for blessing my students with more books and allowing them this awesome opportunity!","fullyFundedDate":1738074034990,"projectUrl":"project/reading-about-the-world-around-us/8958186/","projectTitle":"Reading About the World Around Us!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Brown","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7198058_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1588194328249","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7198058"},{"teacherId":193854,"projectId":8901632,"letterContent":"On behalf of the students and staff at Polk Avenue Elementary, I want to extend my deepest gratitude for your generous donation of Spanish books for our collection. Your thoughtful contribution will have a profound impact on our school community, especially on our students who are learning English or come from Spanish-speaking backgrounds.\r\nThanks to your donation, our students will now have access to a wider range of high interest books that their peers enjoy more easily. This will also help them develop their language skills, expand their imaginations, and foster a love of reading. The importance of literacy in shaping young minds cannot be overstated, and your support played a large role in giving them more joy in this library. \r\nOne student (in the thank you photos) came into the library after I got the books entered into our circulation system and on the shelves and actually jumped up and down in excitement. That same student found me at dismissal and thanked me for getting more Spanish books. I simply cannot put my thanks into words. You gave me the opportunity to meet a real need that I could never have done on my own.\r\nThank you from a very grateful librarian!","fullyFundedDate":1733262606708,"projectUrl":"project/build-our-spanish-library/8901632/","projectTitle":"Build our Spanish Library","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Winfree","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/193854"},{"teacherId":2374324,"projectId":8986403,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for giving to my wonderful project. So many teachers run out of so many important things when we get close to the end of the school year. With your amazing support, we were able to get so many items to help us get through the end of the year. \r\n\r\nMy students are now able to have organized centers during our small group instruction, which is absolutely amazing and centers run so much more smoother. Thank you so much again for your support. We love our donors and appreciate you all so much.","fullyFundedDate":1734099411183,"projectUrl":"project/materials-to-the-rescue/8986403/","projectTitle":"Materials to the Rescue","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Leal","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2374324_orig.jpg?crop=2108,2108,x191,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1680611001877","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-tancredi"},{"teacherId":7198058,"projectId":8972700,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your very generous donation towards our classroom project, \"Holiday Read Aloud Books!\" It is kindness and support like yours that keeps the world turning. \r\nMy first graders were super ecstatic when they saw a box sitting on my desk. They instantly knew it had to be the books that we requested. So, we dived into them right then. They loved each and every book that we received. These books were also AR (Accelerated Reading) books and my students were able to take comprehension test on most of them. So, with your help with purchasing these books, our class won the school reading competition with the most points! Thank you for all of your support and believing in our little leaders.","fullyFundedDate":1734099410270,"projectUrl":"project/holiday-read-aloud-books/8972700/","projectTitle":"Holiday Read Aloud Books!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Brown","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7198058_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1588194328249","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7198058"},{"teacherId":2374324,"projectId":8549008,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting my students and myself this school year. We are able to do so many more fun activities with the help of donors like you! \r\n\r\nBeing at a Title 1 school we do not have a lot f resources in the classroom and rely on parents and help from our community. \r\n\r\nWe love to do hands on activities in school and also for homework. We will be using our new materials in centers and in small group (teacher led center). Thank you again for all your support and we are so thankful for donors like you!","fullyFundedDate":1733171267019,"projectUrl":"project/lets-brag-about-it/8549008/","projectTitle":"Let's Brag About It","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Leal","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2374324_orig.jpg?crop=2108,2108,x191,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1680611001877","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-tancredi"},{"teacherId":194350,"projectId":8802302,"letterContent":"Again, I thank you for your donation towards my project! Your generosity and kindness is truly appreciated! Having these books in our classrooms has been great for our students. When the class read A Long Walk to Water, it was exciting to hear them discussing the story and the impact this nonfiction book made on them! Many students do not usually love to read nonfiction, even though it is so very important. Reading this story has helped to change that perception for several students. The impact your donation made has helped these children for life!","fullyFundedDate":1727968411354,"projectUrl":"project/reading-great-books/8802302/","projectTitle":"Reading Great Books!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Sheppard","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp194350_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1510289266991","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/194350"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_47000","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":523,"numTeachers":34,"percentFrplEligible":74,"percentAsian":1,"percentBlack":26,"percentWhite":26,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":43,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"15.4:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"SUBURBAN","ncesMetroType":"SUBURB_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":50.6,"schoolId":47000,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Polk Avenue Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Polk Avenue Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/florida/polk-county-school-district/polk-avenue-elementary-school/47000"}