{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Gocio Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":49.7,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":5506830,"projectId":10082417,"letterContent":"Thank you for donating to our Donors Choose project, our 4th grade students now have access to a variety of recess supplies that have made a meaningful impact on both our classroom community and students' daily experiences at school. Items such as balls, jump ropes, games, and outdoor activity equipment have encouraged students to stay active, work together, and build positive friendships during their break time.\r\n\r\nRecess has become more than just a break in the day — it has become an opportunity for students to practice teamwork, communication, and problem-solving skills in a fun and engaging way. Students who may have struggled socially are now finding ways to connect with classmates through organized games and shared activities. The supplies have also helped students return to the classroom more focused, refreshed, and ready to learn.\r\n\r\nFor many of our students, especially in a Title I school setting, these recess materials provide experiences and opportunities they may not always have access to outside of school. Seeing the excitement and joy on their faces each day has been incredible. Your generosity has helped create a more positive, active, and inclusive environment for our students, and we are truly grateful for your support.","fullyFundedDate":1770419936551,"projectUrl":"project/active-recess-active-minds/10082417/","projectTitle":"Active Recess! Active Minds!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Baldwin","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5506830_orig.jpg?crop=1242,1242,x0,y484&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1760115811815","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5506830"},{"teacherId":7184198,"projectId":10130284,"letterContent":"Your generosity has completely transformed our classroom environment and has made a lasting impact on my students. Thanks to the \"Organized Spaces, Focused Faces\" project, our classroom now feels calm, welcoming, and ready for learning each day. My students were absolutely thrilled when the materials arrived. They eagerly helped unpack supplies, organize materials, and find homes for everything in our classroom. Many students immediately commented on how \"clean,\" \"pretty,\" and \"easy\" the classroom felt afterward. For many of my students, having a structured and organized learning space helps them feel safe, confident, and prepared to succeed.\r\n\r\nWe are using these resources every single day during reading, writing, math, and small group instruction. The chair pockets and organizational tools have helped students become more independent and responsible for their own learning materials, while instructional supports allow transitions to happen more smoothly with fewer distractions. One of my favorite moments happened during small group reading instruction when students quickly gathered all of their supplies independently without confusion or lost materials. What used to take several minutes now happens in seconds, allowing us to maximize valuable instructional time and stay focused on learning.\r\n\r\nAs we continue through the school year, these resources will support our growing independence and academic goals. My students are currently working on strengthening their reading comprehension, phonics, and math problem-solving skills, and having an organized environment helps them stay engaged and ready to participate. Because of your kindness, my students are learning in a classroom that promotes focus, responsibility, and confidence. Thank you for investing in my students and helping create a space where they can truly thrive.","fullyFundedDate":1773848816783,"projectUrl":"project/organized-spaces-focused-faces/10130284/","projectTitle":"Organized Spaces, Focused Faces","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Bakan","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7184198_orig.jpg?crop=1300,1300,x0,y13&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1692030159914","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/bakan"},{"teacherId":7416084,"projectId":10088323,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our \"Safety Patrols Ready to Lead\" project! Your generosity is helping provide our student leaders with the tools and recognition they deserve as they serve our school community each and every day.\r\n\r\nOur Safety Patrols work hard before school, after school, and throughout the day to help keep our campus safe, welcoming, and organized. They model responsibility, kindness, leadership, and teamwork for younger students, and they take great pride in their roles. Because of your support, we are able to celebrate their hard work while also helping them feel prepared and confident as leaders.\r\n\r\nFrom patrol gear and badges to special recognition items, every piece helps our students feel valued and appreciated for the important jobs they do. Many of these students thrive when given opportunities to lead, and your kindness helps encourage them to continue growing into responsible and caring young leaders.\r\n\r\nAs a Title I school, your generosity truly makes a difference. Thank you for believing in our students and investing in opportunities that build confidence, leadership, and school pride. Your support means the world to our patrols and our entire school community.","fullyFundedDate":1771266836929,"projectUrl":"project/safety-patrols-ready-to-lead/10088323/","projectTitle":"Safety Patrols Ready to Lead","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Kate Kramer","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7416084_orig.png?crop=305,305,x0,y72&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1654043634551","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/katekramer03"},{"teacherId":7416084,"projectId":10010376,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our 3rd grade high-stakes testing project! Your generosity means more than words can express. Testing season can be stressful for students, and your support helped us create a positive, encouraging environment where our kiddos felt motivated, celebrated, and ready to do their very best.\r\n\r\nFrom the special treats and motivational goodies to the encouraging atmosphere we were able to create, every item helped remind our students that they are supported, capable, and believed in. Many of our students were nervous about these important assessments, and your kindness helped turn anxiety into confidence and excitement.\r\n\r\nAs a Title I school, opportunities like this truly make a difference for our students and staff. Thank you for helping us make testing week feel special and for investing in our amazing 3rd graders. Your support helped our students walk into testing feeling loved, encouraged, and ready to shine.","fullyFundedDate":1770078205559,"projectUrl":"project/youve-got-this-supporting-third-grader/10010376/","projectTitle":"You’ve Got This! 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Your generosity in helping purchase materials that encourage student creativity is greatly appreciated!","fullyFundedDate":1770394249007,"projectUrl":"project/early-finishers-need-constructive-learn/10063436/","projectTitle":"Early Finishers Need Constructive Learning Activities","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Maniglia","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7926671_orig.jpg?crop=1087,1087,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1758406985264","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7926671"},{"teacherId":9265993,"projectId":9829472,"letterContent":"We have enjoyed the books funded by your generous donation tremendously. Setting up a novel study type of small group has made daily instruction fun for the students -and for me, too. It has been like a breath of fresh air to sit together and enjoy a book over time, as opposed to shorter articles that do not provide a story with longer term continuity over weeks or months. \r\n\r\nThe students have visibly transformed as we've ventured deeper into our novels. At the start of our small group class, some students were checked out and had trouble engaging or staying positive because our time slot is the last 30 minutes of the day and they are at capacity in terms of attention, concentration and desire to 'perform' or 'do work'. It is a remedial reading class and students seemed to have resigned themselves to ever being 'real readers' because they are usually inundated with worksheets and endless short reading tasks plus multiple choice questions they they often lag behind on. When they learned that we would be having a book study, they perked up, albeit cautiously. \r\n\r\nNearly two months later, the same students who were resigned and would resort to staring out the window or rolling their eyes in class were excited to come to reading group. While other students waste time in the hallways during the transition time, my students now rush to get here as quickly as they can. They feel confident, happy, and have embraced sharing the journey through a deeper story all together. We have deep discussions and think beyond the text on a daily basis. I feel both lucky and proud that we have been able to give them this experience- one that was only possible with the books that you gave us. What's even more important is that I believe this experience will feed a deeper hunger to read books for years to come, one that represents a profound, unmet need that they didn't even realized they had. Indeed, we are all readers at heart, some of us just need the right books to awaken our innate love for literature.","fullyFundedDate":1770078766338,"projectUrl":"project/readers-in-the-wild/9829472/","projectTitle":"Readers in the WILD","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Gambill","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-7_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9265993"},{"teacherId":8475388,"projectId":10126834,"letterContent":"Because of your support, we now have class sets of novels that have transformed our daily reading time into one of the most anticipated parts of the day. Having shared copies of The Wild Robot Escapes, The Wild Robot Protects, and The Tale of Despereaux has allowed every student to follow along, stay engaged, and fully immerse themselves in these incredible stories.\r\n\r\nReading chapter books together each day has helped my students grow as readers in so many ways. They are building stamina, improving fluency, expanding vocabulary, and developing stronger comprehension skills as we discuss characters, plot, themes, and predictions. Having their own copies in hand has made a huge difference in keeping students focused and excited to participate. They love being able to track the story, notice details, and feel like true readers.","fullyFundedDate":1773839248760,"projectUrl":"project/learning-to-love-reading/10126834/","projectTitle":"Learning to Love Reading","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Adams","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8475388_orig.jpg?crop=2620,2620,x181,y161&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1652886329604","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8475388"},{"teacherId":8475388,"projectId":9832843,"letterContent":"Your generous donation made a lasting impact on my students and brought learning to life in the most exciting way. Thanks to the nonfiction books you provided, my students were able to explore real-world topics that sparked their curiosity and strengthened their reading skills. They were so engaged as they learned how to use text features such as headings, captions, diagrams, labels, glossaries, and indexes to find information and better understand what they were reading.\r\n\r\nThe supplies for our text feature \"surgery\" transformed an ordinary lesson into an unforgettable hands-on experience. My students were thrilled to dress up as doctors and become \"reading surgeons\" as they carefully examined texts and identified the different features inside. This interactive activity made learning fun, memorable, and meaningful.","fullyFundedDate":1770078766754,"projectUrl":"project/text-feature-surgery/9832843/","projectTitle":"Text Feature Surgery!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Adams","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8475388_orig.jpg?crop=2620,2620,x181,y161&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1652886329604","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8475388"},{"teacherId":4630609,"projectId":10063214,"letterContent":"Many years ago we had children who played well together, used their imagination to create and engage in play outside. Fast forward to today and many of our students do not run and play in their neighborhoods and have most of their outdoor exploration at school. Children don't come to school knowing how to share or how to play appropriately without rough play.\r\n\r\nHaving Frisbees, Sit and Spins, Paddle ball sets, and playground balls was so appreciated by not only my class but an additional pre k classroom. Students were playing with their peers sharing and having positive interactions. They love to play soccer with the playground balls, they are working on balance, catching and throwing, and hand-eye coordination.\r\n\r\nThank you again for you support and kindness!","fullyFundedDate":1770078204103,"projectUrl":"project/positive-playground-play/10063214/","projectTitle":"Positive Playground Play","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Wright","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4630609_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1502319858725","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/michelle-s-wright"},{"teacherId":4630609,"projectId":10063058,"letterContent":"We are excited to host our first at show and without your generosity and support, we would not have so many exhibits. Students made art pieces with clay and then painted them to look like a lilypad inspired by Claude Monet. The painted their own photographs inspired by Andy Warhol. Students created mosaic tile board which was inspired by Alma Thomas and we were also able to do a directed drawing by Mo Willems of Don't Let the Pigeon Drive The Bus.\r\n\r\nOur students used a variety of materials to create their art pieces. One student told me, \"I'm an artist!\" which filled my heart. Although the class made the same art, they are all different and unique as are my students.\r\n\r\nOn April 29, we will be displaying the art we created for an art show for families to admire the creativity of their students and to see how hard they worked. Thank you again for supporting me class!","fullyFundedDate":1770078204344,"projectUrl":"project/everyone-is-an-artist/10063058/","projectTitle":"Everyone is an Artist","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Wright","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4630609_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1502319858725","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/michelle-s-wright"},{"teacherId":7416084,"projectId":9902316,"letterContent":"Your support of this project will have an immediate and meaningful impact on our Safety Patrol students and the entire school community. By providing rechargeable handheld fans, you are helping ensure that our 4th and 5th grade patrols can stay cool, comfortable, and focused while performing their important duties in the Florida heat.\r\n\r\nWhen students are physically comfortable, they are better able to stay alert, make safe decisions, and fully engage in their leadership roles. These fans will not only help prevent overheating and fatigue, but will also allow our patrols to continue supporting younger students, directing traffic, and maintaining a safe campus environment with confidence.\r\n\r\nBeyond physical comfort, this project sends a powerful message to our student leaders—that their hard work, dedication, and service are seen, valued, and appreciated. Our Safety Patrols take great pride in being role models, and your support reinforces the importance of leadership, responsibility, and community.\r\n\r\nWith your help, we are not just keeping students cool—we are empowering young leaders to continue making a positive difference in their school every single day.","fullyFundedDate":1766603785881,"projectUrl":"project/help-my-safety-patrols-beat-the-florida/9902316/","projectTitle":"Help My Safety Patrols Beat the Florida Heat!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Kate Kramer","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7416084_orig.png?crop=305,305,x0,y72&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1654043634551","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/katekramer03"},{"teacherId":8195715,"projectId":10039481,"letterContent":"Thank you so much!! Your generosity has made a meaningful difference in our classroom, and we are deeply grateful for your support. Thanks to your contributions, our students now have access to a wonderful collection of books, engaging learning games, quality headphones, and fun, flexible seating options. These resources have transformed our learning environment into a more inclusive, comfortable, and inspiring space where every student can thrive!\r\n\r\nBecause of your donation, our classroom is not only better equipped but also more joyful and dynamic. Students are excited to read, collaborate, and explore new concepts in ways that match their individual learning styles. Your kindness and belief in our students' potential have had a lasting impact, and we truly appreciate your commitment to education. 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