{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Metcalfe Community Academy","outOfStateSupporters":32.4,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":275822,"projectId":10377517,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting my Pre-K students through the \"Carpets for Success: Where Curious Minds Gather, Grow and Learn\" project. Your generosity has helped create a welcoming and comfortable learning environment where my students can gather together, participate, and feel a sense of belonging in our classroom. When my students saw the new carpet, they were excited to sit together, explore the new space, and begin using it as a special place for learning. Their excitement reminded me how meaningful even a simple classroom resource can be to young learners.\r\n\r\nWe use our carpet every day for morning meetings, read-alouds, songs, movement activities, classroom discussions, and whole-group lessons. One of our favorite moments is gathering together for a story and giving students opportunities to share their ideas, make connections, and listen to their classmates. The carpet also gives us a comfortable space to practice important social-emotional skills such as taking turns, following directions, listening, and participating as a group.\r\n\r\nOur next steps are to continue using this space as we explore new stories, math concepts, literacy skills, and classroom themes. My students will have many opportunities to gather, wonder, ask questions, collaborate, and share what they discover. \r\n\r\nThank you for helping me create a classroom where my students can feel comfortable, connected, and excited to learn. Your support is helping make our classroom a place where curious minds can truly gather, grow, and learn.","fullyFundedDate":1784685023020,"projectUrl":"project/carpets-for-success-where-curious-minds/10377517/","projectTitle":"Carpets for Success where Curious Minds Gather, Grow and Learn","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Marshall","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp275822_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1690428443221","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/cpjmarshall"},{"teacherId":275822,"projectId":10371146,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting my Pre-K students and our \"Building Little Readers with Board Books!\" project. Your generosity has filled our classroom with engaging board books that help my students build a strong foundation for reading.\r\n\r\nWhen the new books arrived, my students were thrilled to explore the colorful covers, sturdy pages, and familiar pictures. They eagerly chose books to look through independently and invited friends to read with them. During one classroom reading moment, students gathered together to study a book's illustrations, point out details, and retell the story using their own words. They also practiced identifying letters, naming objects, making connections to their own experiences, and noticing how books are held and read.\r\n\r\nThese resources are helping my students develop vocabulary, listening skills, comprehension, and a love of books. I have seen even my quiet student become more confident as she shared ideas and participate in group discussions. 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Your kindness is making a lasting difference in our classroom!","fullyFundedDate":1784685023002,"projectUrl":"project/building-little-readers-with-board-books/10371146/","projectTitle":"Building Little Readers with Board Books!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Marshall","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp275822_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1690428443221","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/cpjmarshall"},{"teacherId":275822,"projectId":10402182,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting my project, \"Let There Be Light: Illuminating Young Minds!\" Your generosity has brought an exciting new learning experience into our Pre-K classroom. When my students first saw the light table and the materials, their faces lit up with excitement! They immediately wanted to touch, explore, build, and discover what they could do with the new materials. It was wonderful to watch their natural curiosity take over as they began learning through hands-on exploration.\r\n\r\nMy students are using the light table during center time to explore colors, shapes, numbers, letters, patterns, and objects in new ways. We are connecting it to our current lessons and using it to encourage problem-solving, language development, early math skills, fine-motor skills, and scientific thinking. For example, as we explore our Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3 lessons, students used the light table to identify and arrange letters and numbers, and talked with their classmates about what they notice. I love hearing my students explain their thinking to one another and seeing them work together to solve a problem.\r\nYour donation has created another meaningful way for my students to learn, explore, and make discoveries. Our next steps are to continue using the light table as part of our classroom centers and connect it to upcoming literacy, math, STEM, and science activities. I am especially excited to see how my students' ideas grow as they become more comfortable experimenting and asking questions. \r\n\r\nThank you for investing in my students and helping make our classroom a place where learning is hands-on, joyful, and full of discovery. 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