{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Wadsworth Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":40.7,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":4924118,"projectId":9987008,"letterContent":"School was out due to the extreme weather and today most of my students did not have on socks and had on short sleeve shirts. Today, was the perfect day for students to get up to 3 pairs of socks and underwear. I am so very grateful for your donations.\r\nI know my families are struggling to keep their children warm, but thanks to supporters like YOU; they have support for their children.\r\nIt is so easy to judge and not do anything, but people like you who care about young children decided that every child needs to have essential clothing to stay clean and warm.","fullyFundedDate":1768703232487,"projectUrl":"project/please-help-provide-new-socks-and-underw/9987008/","projectTitle":"Please Help Provide New Socks and Underwear for My Preschoolers!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Atkins","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4924118_orig.jpg?crop=2448,2448,x413,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1766003753923","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4924118"},{"teacherId":4924118,"projectId":9984255,"letterContent":"Thank you my Angels! Thank you for keeping my preschoolers fed with essential items of food. They are going to feel so special, but most of all feel secure knowing that you guys care about them.\r\nSometimes I just want to cry, because their families can't meet their needs and I don't have all the money to support them.\r\nAs you can tell, I look at the \"whole child\", to see how can I enrich their lives personally and as their teacher.\r\nI don't think they will remember what I taught them, but I know they will remember our love for them. That is the biggest part of education and humanity, is simply enriching the lives of others.\r\nSomehow that message gets lost in our world, but you guys are a great reminder that whatever resources we have (big or small), you can do BIG things!\r\nFrom my emotional heart and soul, Thank you superstars!","fullyFundedDate":1768266636589,"projectUrl":"project/please-help-me-setup-a-classroom-food-pa/9984255/","projectTitle":"Please Help Me Setup a Classroom Food Pantry for Preschoolers!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Atkins","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4924118_orig.jpg?crop=2448,2448,x413,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1766003753923","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4924118"},{"teacherId":9847014,"projectId":9790780,"letterContent":"Thank You for Making a Difference: The Impact of\r\n\"Amplifying Achievement: Headphones for Digital Learning\" 🎧\r\n\r\nBecause of your generosity, our classroom has been transformed in ways that are both powerful and deeply meaningful. The headphones you helped provide are not just tools—they are bridges to learning, confidence, and independence for our diverse learners.\r\n\r\nMany of our donors regularly use technology at home, but technology in the classroom serves a unique and intentional purpose. In school, devices like Chromebooks paired with headphones allow instruction to be personalized. Through i-Ready Reading and Math, students receive lessons tailored to their exact skill levels. The headphones ensure that each child can clearly hear directions, feedback, and encouragement without distractions. This clarity allows students to stay focused, process information at their own pace, and truly engage with the learning content—something that is especially important for students with attention challenges, language needs, or sensory sensitivities.\r\n\r\nWhat excites students most about the headphones is the sense of ownership and independence they bring. Students love having \"their own\" learning space, even while sitting in a shared classroom. Putting on headphones signals that it is time to focus, try their best, and take charge of their learning. Many students now eagerly ask, \"Can we do i-Ready?\"—a question that once felt rare but now fills our classroom with motivation and pride.\r\n\r\nSome students who previously struggled to stay on task have shown remarkable growth. Learners who were easily overwhelmed by noise are now calmer and more confident. Students who needed repeated instructions can independently replay directions. English language learners benefit from clearly hearing modeled language and vocabulary. One student who used to avoid digital lessons now smiles, puts on their headphones, and works for extended periods with confidence. For these children, the headphones created a safe, supportive learning experience where they feel successful.\r\n\r\nBeyond academics, the impact is emotional. Students feel respected and supported. They know that someone believed in them enough to invest in their success. That belief shows in their posture, their persistence, and their willingness to try—even when learning feels hard.\r\n\r\nYour support has reduced frustration, increased engagement, and strengthened equity in our classroom. Every child now has the same opportunity to listen, learn, and grow. The headphones have helped amplify not just sound, but achievement, confidence, and joy.\r\n\r\nFrom the bottom of our hearts, thank you for being part of this journey. Your kindness continues to echo in every focused moment, every small success, and every proud smile we see each day. 💙","fullyFundedDate":1765205085742,"projectUrl":"project/amplifying-achievement-headphones-for-d/9790780/","projectTitle":"Amplifying Achievement: Headphones for Digital Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Y","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9847014_orig.jpg?crop=1536,1536,x0,y117&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1760295110290","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9847014"},{"teacherId":4924118,"projectId":9964511,"letterContent":"I can't thank you enough for investing in my classroom. The kids were so excited not just to play, but chose their own instrument.\r\nThere were so many smiles and tapping feet. They even switched instruments without me telling them to.\r\nMusic was an important part of my daily life as a child, and I want them to experience this type of Joy.\r\nYou are a music Angel.\r\nThe kids played almost 20 minutes today of beautiful music together.\r\nThey were very kind to each other and talked about how much fun they were having.","fullyFundedDate":1766095151962,"projectUrl":"project/my-preschoolers-do-not-have-any-musical/9964511/","projectTitle":"My Preschoolers Do Not Have Any Musical Instruments to Play","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Atkins","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4924118_orig.jpg?crop=2448,2448,x413,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1766003753923","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4924118"},{"teacherId":4924118,"projectId":9595204,"letterContent":"Happy New Year!\r\nThank you for blessing my classroom with your donation. I am so grateful because I have been working on helping students understand how to pick and eat healthy food and drink options.\r\nI held juice tastings for close to 3 weeks and sent the extras home to support families.\r\nI am so grateful for the extra shopping carts, food and the new microwave.\r\nI want have each student shop and prepare a healthy meal for the class. \r\nStudents will discuss and vote if it is a healthy meal or not, and then offer suggestions.\r\nEven though they are young, hopefully these impactful shopping experiences will foster them to purchase healthy food for them and their future families.","fullyFundedDate":1764728218021,"projectUrl":"project/help-my-preschoolers-go-grocery-shopping/9595204/","projectTitle":"Help My Preschoolers Go Grocery Shopping and Make Healthy Choices!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Atkins","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4924118_orig.jpg?crop=2448,2448,x413,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1766003753923","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4924118"},{"teacherId":5922662,"projectId":9713515,"letterContent":"I want to personally thank you for supporting my project Comfort on Wheels. Comfort on Wheels was created to ensure that students' social and emotional needs are met with a sense of urgency. Some students going through a crisis may not be able to pull themselves together enough to get to the sensory/relaxation room. \r\n\r\nThe school has three floors. The sensory/relaxation room is located on the first floor. It was the only available empty space large enough to create a safe, comforting area where students from Pre-Kindergarten grades and up could go during a crisis. The Prekindergarten and kindergarten classrooms are on the first floor. \r\n\r\nBefore Comfort on Wheels, first graders and up would have to come down to the first floor when in crisis. Not anymore, Comfort on Wheels is ready to go wherever it's needed. The wheels are large enough to maneuver stairs or when needed there is an elevator available. Although we haven't had an opportunity to utilize the wagon yet, you can see from the pictures it's ready to go!!!","fullyFundedDate":1759351711997,"projectUrl":"project/comfort-on-wheels/9713515/","projectTitle":"Comfort on Wheels","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Harrington","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/valoree"},{"teacherId":4924118,"projectId":9876349,"letterContent":"We had such a wonderful ramen party today. We will continue to host them, so students and families will have warm food during the cold months.\r\nThey really loved how to make them and listening to the read aloud.\r\nThank you for feeding my class, I'm so grateful.\r\n\r\nAll the students voted and they all said they loved chicken ramen.\r\n\r\nThey will vote on the next flavor.\r\n\r\nI also hosted a juice tasting, so they had something to drink too, and the extras went home.\r\n\r\nPeople make so many investments and you chose to invest in preschoolers.","fullyFundedDate":1764703609905,"projectUrl":"project/help-my-preschoolers-host-a-ramen-noodle/9876349/","projectTitle":"Help My Preschoolers Host a Ramen Noodle Party!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Atkins","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4924118_orig.jpg?crop=2448,2448,x413,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1766003753923","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4924118"},{"teacherId":4924118,"projectId":9937305,"letterContent":"Thank you for investing in the lives of young children. Most of my students have only tasted \"Apple Juice\" and a few have had \"Orange Juice\". I wanted to also address the food insecurities that all of my families are experiencing. So I decided, to host twice daily \"Juice Taste Tests\". Students also learned new vocabulary words such as: sip, savor, taste buds, organic, and palate. \r\n\r\nOne of the most important parts of your donations was sending home the extra juices home to their families. I even emailed several parents about their \"At Home Juice Taste Tests\" and the families enjoyed it so much.\r\n\r\nThe hope is that when they go grocery shopping, they will choose other juice options.\r\n\r\nI really hope you enjoyed seeing them write what the juice selection was and using Tally Marks to vote.\r\n\r\nI love thinking of ways to support my kids and create a new way to teach.\r\n\r\nThis will always be a memorable experience for me and them.","fullyFundedDate":1764625610353,"projectUrl":"project/help-my-preschoolers-host-a-juice-taste/9937305/","projectTitle":"Help My Preschoolers Host a \"Juice Taste Test Day\"","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Atkins","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4924118_orig.jpg?crop=2448,2448,x413,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1766003753923","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4924118"},{"teacherId":4924118,"projectId":9874722,"letterContent":"Today, a student came into my classroom and said he was hungry. I had to think fast on what I could give him. It's the worst part of my job, asking children to learn when they are hungry.\r\nI didn't just want to provide them food, but make an activity out of it.\r\nI have been teaching my students letter recognition and sounds, how to write lower and uppercase letters.\r\nI also help them learn what they were getting and even help assemble their bags!\r\nI hope you enjoy the pictures and see how your impact will feed students for a couple of days!\r\nThank you for being my Angel.\r\nMay you always be blessed.","fullyFundedDate":1763498165698,"projectUrl":"project/please-feed-my-preschool-students-and-th/9874722/","projectTitle":"Please Feed My Preschool Students and Their Families!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Atkins","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4924118_orig.jpg?crop=2448,2448,x413,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1766003753923","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4924118"},{"teacherId":2649662,"projectId":9597012,"letterContent":"My students have thoroughly enjoyed building their solar cars. They were very excited when I told them that they would be building solar cars. They worked with partners to build and personalize their solar racers. My students love when we do \"projects\" as they call them. I call it hands-on learning. This hands-on component made it more palatable for students when I wanted them to go deeper to learn about solar energy and how solar panels work. We took the solar racers outdoors on a cloudy day and compared performance to a sunny day. What a difference! And, what a great way to make concrete some of the drawbacks that need to be addressed when trying to rely on solar energy. The students were also able to see a real solar racer at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry. That was a great extension and field trip! \r\n\r\nSo thank you for your generosity and making this unit of study possible. Happy holidays!","fullyFundedDate":1758420648843,"projectUrl":"project/racers-powered-by-the-sun/9597012/","projectTitle":"Racers Powered by the Sun","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Warden","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2649662_orig.jpg?crop=3504,3504,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1588691395592","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mwarden"},{"teacherId":1625357,"projectId":9457266,"letterContent":"On behalf of myself and the rest of the Kindergarten Team at James Wadsworth STEM, I would like to say \"Thank You so much\" for your generous donation to my fully funded project. This project has helped us out tremendously with navigating and regulating our emotions in a safe, calm environment.\r\nMyself and the other kindergarten teacher were trying to figure out ways to transform our classroom into a relaxing environment for our students. This year has been difficult for these young souls; especially with the current state of events. The students come in with so many pent up emotions and at their age are not aware of how to control and release these emotions safely. We start off by asking them at the classroom door how they are feeling. I really like this poster because they are able to look at the emojis to help them determine their number. Then they can get a high-five or a hug (depending on whichever one they choose). Students who choose a 2 or above get a quick discussion once we are in the classroom to talk more about those feelings. This is where they can use the fidget toys or maze board to help more with their feelings. The goal is to help the students be more productive with expressing their feelings at a younger age. \r\nMy students have enjoyed these resources so much. Once again thank you so much for your generous donation.","fullyFundedDate":1756611133507,"projectUrl":"project/keeping-zen-in-kindergarten/9457266/","projectTitle":"Keeping Zen in Kindergarten","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Williams Bey","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1625357_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1753113214242","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/delia-williams-bey"},{"teacherId":17896,"projectId":9646547,"letterContent":"Once again, thank you very much for your support and donation. My students and I continue to appreciate your grand gesture.\r\n\r\nLearning how money works and understanding a basic supply-and-demand process are very beneficial to my students. They've learned how to access an online school store, manage their earned points, balance their points to determine how many points are necessary for shopping, and convert their points into 'money' that pays for the goods they ordered.\r\n\r\nIt is wonderful to hear students make their shopping decisions by briefly discussing them and asking for others' opinions. Also, hearing how they analyze which items they can purchase and which they cannot [many needed to earn more points].\r\n\r\nThank you again for your support. This ongoing real-world experience is awesome!","fullyFundedDate":1756690326787,"projectUrl":"project/elementary-economics/9646547/","projectTitle":"Elementary Economics","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Brawner","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp17896_orig.jpg?crop=480,480,x55,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1627701350404","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/cynthiabrawner"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_5810","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":473,"numTeachers":29,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":93,"percentWhite":0,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":4,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Pre-K - 8","studentTeacherRatio":"16.3:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":59.3,"schoolId":5810,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Wadsworth Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Wadsworth Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/illinois/chicago-public-school-district-299/wadsworth-elementary-school/5810"}