{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"J Ward Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":30.8,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":1461078,"projectId":9616196,"letterContent":"We are lucky enough to have one-to-one chromebooks in our school, which allows students to be productive in class. It also allows students to work on different assignments, some of which require sound. With headphones for all, students are able to do their work without disrupting their peers. Some even use the headphones to listen to background music while they are working. These headphones make independent work possible and more productive.\r\n\r\nA new intervention program requires students to listen and respond. These headphones allow all students to hear and record their responses.\r\n\r\nIn the spring, we head into testing season, and the headphones are an important necessity for successful testing. We are grateful to have a full set to use during testing.\r\n\r\nThank you so much for choosing to support this project for my students. These headphones are so useful for so many projects. I'm not sure what we'd do without them!","fullyFundedDate":1763611926355,"projectUrl":"project/do-you-hear-what-i-hear-headphones-will/9616196/","projectTitle":"Do You Hear What I Hear? Headphones Will Help","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Rewers","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1461078_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1448300194988","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrsrewers305"},{"teacherId":1461078,"projectId":9834715,"letterContent":"Our 4th through 6th grade Battle of the Books team meet each week to read and prepare for the qualifying test in the Spring. Up until now, we have been doing read alouds of one book at a time. With your donations to our project, we now have all 20 books for our program!\r\n\r\nEach student is taking turns devouring these titles in our after school program. They are having fun sharing with peer what they are reading and how they are liking the stories. This program allows us to expose students to a variety of genres and authors. Slowly, but surely, they are developing a love of reading that will extend beyond this program.\r\n\r\nThank you for choosing our students to support, they greatly appreciate it, as do I!","fullyFundedDate":1763052017841,"projectUrl":"project/young-readers-want-to-succeed-in-battle/9834715/","projectTitle":"Young Readers Want to Succeed in Battle of the Books","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Rewers","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1461078_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1448300194988","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrsrewers305"},{"teacherId":1461078,"projectId":9762435,"letterContent":"Our 7th & 8th grade Battle of the Books team meet each week to read and prepare for the qualifying test in the Spring. We have four readers this year, and before your donations to our project, they were sharing about 6 books amon them. With your donations to our project, we now have all 20 books for our program!\r\n\r\nEach student is taking turns devouring these titles in our after school program. They are having fun sharing with peer what they are reading and how they are liking the stories. This program allows us to expose students to a variety of genres and authors. Slowly, but surely, they are developing a love of reading that will extend beyond this program.\r\n\r\nThank you for choosing our students to support, they greatly appreciate it, as do I!","fullyFundedDate":1761946500164,"projectUrl":"project/we-need-more-ammunition-for-our-battle-o/9762435/","projectTitle":"We Need More Ammunition for our Battle of the Books","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Rewers","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1461078_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1448300194988","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrsrewers305"},{"teacherId":1461078,"projectId":9716193,"letterContent":"With your generous donation, I have been able to give my 7/8 Battle of the Books team a full set of the texts that they need for our spring compettion. I have four eager readers this year, and the full set of 20 books are just what they need to take advantage of their Thanksgiving and Winter Breaks to read, read, read!\r\n\r\nThis program bring students from so many different backgrounds and ability together to develop and share a love of reading... sometimes they don't even realize that happens.\r\n\r\nWith all of the great projects in Donors Choose, thank you for selecting my students to support.","fullyFundedDate":1758221853859,"projectUrl":"project/victorious-readers-need-their-books-for/9716193/","projectTitle":"Victorious Readers Need Their Books for Battle of the Books","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Rewers","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1461078_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1448300194988","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrsrewers305"},{"teacherId":1461078,"projectId":9718260,"letterContent":"I am sitting here as I write, watching 20 of my students playing badminton in our after school program. With your help, we can continue this extra curricular activity. Birdies seem to disappear each week (they are actually on high ledges that we cannot reach), but the most useful addition is our score boards. We have tournaments each week and our score keepers use the flip boards each week.\r\n\r\nThis club has been the most popular I have sponsored in all my years teaching. My students genuinely enjoy the sport and they enjoy the competition. Three years ago, it was a student who asked if I would sponsor this club, and I am so happy that I said SURE! because watching them have fun each week is so worth it.","fullyFundedDate":1758823694058,"projectUrl":"project/keep-badminton-club-going-strong-with-ne/9718260/","projectTitle":"Keep Badminton Club Going Strong with Nets, Birdies & Scoreboards","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Rewers","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1461078_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1448300194988","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrsrewers305"},{"teacherId":1461078,"projectId":9480658,"letterContent":"My students were so excited to see the supplies come to our classroom. I didn't realize how many students need those little things to keep going during their day. I was equally excited to respond YES! when they asked for a snack, a bandaid, a bruch or a hair tie. I am grateful for your support to make this products available to my students.\r\n\r\nWhat is even more heartwarming is that students are finding their voices when they ask for something. They are not embarassed to ask for a snack or something they need, because knowing their needs are met, they feel safe. \r\n\r\nThank you, from the bottom of my heart, for helping me to make my students feel safe and cared for beyond their classwork.","fullyFundedDate":1761234716691,"projectUrl":"project/snacks-and-health-care-items-for-middle/9480658/","projectTitle":"Snacks and Health Care Items for Middle Schoolers","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Rewers","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1461078_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1448300194988","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrsrewers305"},{"teacherId":1910848,"projectId":9577516,"letterContent":"The supplies from this project have transformed our classroom! Our library is bright and welcoming. Kids can easily navigate the books independently, and are learning to choose titles relevant and interesting to them. This helps the students in my class develop a love and appreciation of reading. \r\n\r\nThe bins also let me cycle through my vast personal collection of books, allowing the children to experience a range of seasonal topics, and to grow their skills as readers throughout the year. \r\n\r\nMost importantly, the children are excited to read. Each week, they pour through the selections, making choices that are interesting and fun. They re-read old favorites, and discover new favorites. The kids are building stamina and excitement to learn. Thank you for providing that to them, and for sharing your generosity with me. It means the world.","fullyFundedDate":1755114606176,"projectUrl":"project/library-upgrade/9577516/","projectTitle":"Library Upgrade","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Lammie","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1910848_orig.jpg?crop=2560,2560,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1597346104571","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1910848"},{"teacherId":1461078,"projectId":9466570,"letterContent":"I wish you could have seen our celebration raffle today! Not only did we have a successful raffle, but all of the children, whether they qualified for a raffle ticket or not, cheered for their classmates who won prizes. \r\n\r\nEach time we have a quarterly celebration raffle, more and more students qualify with their excellent day to day choices. They have input into the prizes we order and each quarter they are more and more excited to see what is in the raffle, as well as who the lucky winners are.\r\n\r\nThank you so much for helping to make this special event all the more special for our students.","fullyFundedDate":1757423966629,"projectUrl":"project/our-middle-schoolers-love-quarterly-cele/9466570/","projectTitle":"Our Middle Schoolers Love Quarterly Celebrations","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Rewers","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1461078_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1448300194988","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrsrewers305"},{"teacherId":3841565,"projectId":9716857,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation. Because of you and your kindness, my students now have some healthy snacks to munch on throughout the morning. We go hours before we have our lunch period and now students will be able to focus and enjoy healthy snacks while they learn! They are enjoying the granola bars, fruit snacks and all of the other delicious snacks that were purchased with your donation. We truly appreciate your generosity and we hope you think of our classroom again in the future.","fullyFundedDate":1758204012851,"projectUrl":"project/snacks-for-growing-students/9716857/","projectTitle":"Snacks for Growing Students","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Reed","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3841565_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1488822054238","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3841565"},{"teacherId":3841565,"projectId":9066012,"letterContent":"We are so honored that you were able to contribute to our classroom and now we have more books for our classroom library! Students are extremely excited with the book selection and the books are utilized every week during our DEAR (Drop Everything And Read) program on Tuesdays. The students are also happy that they have books that they are interested in to chose from, especially since our school does not have a library for students to check books out from. We appreciate your generosity and we hope you consider helping us again in the future.","fullyFundedDate":1744159075018,"projectUrl":"project/books-for-classroom-library/9066012/","projectTitle":"Books for Classroom Library!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Reed","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3841565_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1488822054238","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3841565"},{"teacherId":3841565,"projectId":9716776,"letterContent":"Thanks to you, our class has more supplies to be successful in our daily tasks and on projects for social studies. Students are so happy to have what they need in order to create quality work. We are able to keep materials longer with the laminating sheets and the cardstock which helps maintain materials and allow us to use funds in the future for other important things. We are so grateful for your contribution to our classroom and we hope that you think about us again in the future. Your kindness has been truly appreciated.","fullyFundedDate":1758222321265,"projectUrl":"project/basic-supplies-for-amazing-students/9716776/","projectTitle":"Basic Supplies for Amazing Students","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Reed","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3841565_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1488822054238","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3841565"},{"teacherId":3552480,"projectId":9649687,"letterContent":"When using online platforms for design, it can be challenging and frustrating to navigate by simply a touchpad or trackpad. Imagine lots of dragging and dropping, resizing, and other skills that are way easier to achieve using a mouse. This is where you come in. Thanks to your donation, my students are able to put that frustration aside and focus on their creativity. Students are also able to work more quickly because they are not fumbling around with the trackpad allowing them to learn and meet objectives at a newer more rigorous pace.\r\n\r\nThe students were ecstatic to see the mice were bluetooth, rechargeable and lit up. There's no more worry of mismatched dongles, clumsy cords, or not being able to use a mouse because the batteries are dead. The light up part was really exciting for them too, although it is aesthetic, little things like this help brighten up the mood of our class.\r\n\r\nThese are particularly helpful for students with motor delays. I am able to get them working along their peers much easier now than ever before. 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