{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Theodore Potter Elementary School 74","outOfStateSupporters":40.0,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":6509438,"projectId":9577177,"letterContent":"Your donations brought me closer to having a full class set of ukuleles in my second music classroom. Being able to play songs on our ukuleles without needing to switch between students increases engagement and reduces behaviors. The students are loving having more opportunities to play the ukuleles in class and we are gearing up for a winter performance where they will be used.\r\n\r\nThe clear bins have been helpful as I organize the music room in a way that is easier for students to get and put away instruments. The bins are a better size for students to move around compared to the old art supply trays we had.","fullyFundedDate":1760693742071,"projectUrl":"project/ukuleles-and-bins/9577177/","projectTitle":"Ukuleles and Bins","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Mounts","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6509438_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1651360847187","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-mounts"},{"teacherId":6509438,"projectId":9577233,"letterContent":"Thank you for helping get books into my new second music classroom. Books provide a powerful way of creating mirrors, windows, and sliding glass doors for students. Having these books in the music classroom allows me to not only use them for lessons but also as a tool for early finishers and when I utilize stations in the music classroom. \r\n\r\nThese books provide a wonderful foundation to a range of perspectives that tie into our musical learning and will be used for years to come. I hope to expand the selection of books and greatly appreciate all of your support.","fullyFundedDate":1755733083158,"projectUrl":"project/books-are-windows/9577233/","projectTitle":"Books are Windows","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Mounts","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6509438_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1651360847187","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-mounts"},{"teacherId":6509438,"projectId":9443276,"letterContent":"Thank you for supporting my students in getting a diverse selection of books into the music room. Having these books in the classroom has reduced what I have to remember to bring between the two buildings and also offers students the chance to read them when we do stations or have early finishers on projects. \r\n\r\nI look forward to using these books for years to come and also add to the collection so that it more fully represents the students at my school while also offering windows into other perspectives.","fullyFundedDate":1753943833176,"projectUrl":"project/cool-breeze-cool-books/9443276/","projectTitle":"Cool Breeze, Cool Books","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Mounts","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6509438_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1651360847187","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-mounts"},{"teacherId":9782472,"projectId":9291922,"letterContent":"Thank you for inspiring multisensory lessons in my speech therapy room. Since receiving this donation, I created a rotation of sensory activities aligned with literacy activities each month. Last month, first grade students read the story \"Dig Dog Digs\" while working on reading fluency and comprehension. Then, students retold the story utilizing the sensory bin, which included kinetic sand, construction site manipulatives, and miniature toy dogs. Students brought the story to life and generated a new story with an alternative ending.These materials have also been used in a variety of ways. The same kinetic sand in the construction site was used by second graders as pretend pie dough to sequence the necessary steps to bake a pie while reading \"The Apple Pie Family.\" Students washed and peeled apples in the bin, rolled the dough into a pie crust, and baked it in a bin used as an oven. \r\n\r\nAll students from K-5th have benefitted from fun and engaging materials but my preschoolers have excelled as a result of the sensory bin area. Every week, students approach the sensory bin and knock on it to request \"open\" or ask \"what's in there today?\" When using a visual schedule, students often request moving the sensory bin picture as the first activity of the day. These tools has provided meaningful opportunities for students to work on their language skills (functional communication, describing, following directions, sequencing, story retell, naming actions/nouns). \r\n\r\nHaving manipulatives available has been great success. In the future, some students may benefit from having visual support near the sensory bin area indicating to the students the expectations of the area and on how to utilize the materials safely. Also, thematic visuals could support receptive language skills including pointing to named actions, identifying objects as described by their function, understanding prepositional concepts, and/or understanding sentence structure. I am very excited to see the sensory bins grow and evolve according to my students' needs. Thank you again for helping my students work on their communication skills!","fullyFundedDate":1753974127499,"projectUrl":"project/talk-touch-learn-sensory-bins-for-lan/9291922/","projectTitle":"Talk, Touch, Learn: Sensory Bins for Language Growth","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Nunez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-7_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9782472"},{"teacherId":6509438,"projectId":9443277,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your support of my new second music classroom. Because of your donations, my room now has the supplies to laminate the visuals and hands on activities for my new classroom. I also have a world map that I can use for our artists of the week and blue tape to help hang items on our school walls with hot glue. I have long surge protectors so we can more easily use the pianos throughout the year and a supply of kleenex and bandages. The diffuser is one of my favorite small items as both students and staff compliment how nice the music room smells compared to previous years. \r\n\r\nThese items may seem small but they make our room function smoothly and keep us all learning and exploring through music.","fullyFundedDate":1753281496655,"projectUrl":"project/visuals-tactile-power/9443277/","projectTitle":"Visuals, Tactile, Power","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Mounts","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6509438_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1651360847187","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-mounts"},{"teacherId":6509438,"projectId":9443279,"letterContent":"Thank you for supporting my students and I as we enter the 25/26 school year. Being in two schools is a new challenge and having an air filter in both classrooms is a huge help for myself and my students. An air filter helps keep the dusty classrooms better for everyone so we can continue to sing, dance, learn, and play. The other items in the project have helped warm up my new second classroom so not only is the air clean but the room looks fresh!\r\n\r\nThank you so much for your continued support of music education!","fullyFundedDate":1752586437262,"projectUrl":"project/clean-air-in-the-music-room/9443279/","projectTitle":"Clean Air in the Music Room","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Mounts","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6509438_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1651360847187","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-mounts"},{"teacherId":6509438,"projectId":9189473,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting my students and our music classroom. Seeing the donations roll in at the end of the school year gave me hope as I went into summer.\r\n\r\nBecause of your donations, I am starting this school year with a stocked supply in both music classrooms of hand sanitizer and Kleenex. I have a voice amplifier that I can use in my second classroom as it doesn't have a working classroom microphone and I have two new presentation clickers that I can use in both rooms. My supply of batteries is restocked in my main classroom and both classrooms now have a beautiful digital clock that the students and I can use.\r\n\r\nMost importantly, I have new books to add to our music classroom collection. These books will be used in music lessons, student projects, and during stations. The books are ready to be labeled and placed in our collection and I know the students will be thrilled to see the new additions!","fullyFundedDate":1746730457779,"projectUrl":"project/twice-the-music/9189473/","projectTitle":"Twice the Music","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Mounts","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6509438_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1651360847187","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-mounts"},{"teacherId":2817385,"projectId":9004684,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for all the contributions made to fully fund our new air purifier. I teach first grade at a dual language school. My students health and safety are of utmost importance. I am truly thankful for websites like Donors Choose that help fund expenses for teachers who may not be able to do so for their individual classrooms. We are extremely grateful and so thankful for the quality of air, especially because it also serves as a space heater and a fan for the classroom. This has helped my students with allergies and overall just the quality of breathing! Good Bless and thank you!","fullyFundedDate":1738816478654,"projectUrl":"project/clean-air-in-first-grade/9004684/","projectTitle":"Clean Air in First Grade!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Martinez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2817385_orig.jpg?crop=2316,2316,x0,y386&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1750944595565","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-martinez-room216"},{"teacherId":388910,"projectId":8924835,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support of our 5th-grade classroom! The resources you provided—individual book bin organizers, large lined Post-it poster paper, colorful poster markers, pencils, and a pencil organizer—have made an immediate and meaningful impact. When my students walked in and saw their book bins neatly arranged with their names, their faces lit up with excitement. For many, it gave them a sense of ownership and pride in their learning, particularly as they could keep track of their materials. The pencil organizer has also brought much-needed structure to our supply area, helping students stay focused, prepared, and ready to work.\r\n\r\nAs a dual language school, we use Spanish and English for instruction, and the large lined Post-it posters have been a powerful tool for bridging the two languages, with English in my classroom and Spanish in my co-worker's room. We create anchor charts in both languages side by side, helping students make direct vocabulary and concept connections across content areas. For example, during our recent unit on text structure, we compared signal words and examples in Spanish and English, using colored markers to highlight similarities and differences. These visual supports stay posted around the room and serve as ongoing references as students read, write, and participate in classroom discussions. Your support has made our learning environment more organized, accessible, and inclusive—thank you for being a part of our journey!","fullyFundedDate":1740522200603,"projectUrl":"project/from-chaos-to-creativity-classroom-supp/8924835/","projectTitle":"From Chaos to Creativity: Classroom Supplies to Keep Us Organized!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Wheeler","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-6_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-wheeler"},{"teacherId":6509438,"projectId":8900599,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting my students in our music classroom. The books you helped purchase have given a new resource in our cool down areas and additional books that we can use in our lessons on any given day. The Beet squishmallow has been a huge hit for passing games and different ways that we play games that keep a beat. The Tinkertars have been unpacked by some of my 4th grade students and tuned and we have started using them in music stations with Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade. The students are loving playing melodies on them and I love having an instrument that looks similar to our ukuleles that we start using in 3rd grade. \r\n\r\nBecause of your support, my students have the resources to explore music in new ways and continue building enthusiasm and knowledge. I am excited to see how we will use all of these resources for years to come and what ideas my students and I will come up with for all of them.","fullyFundedDate":1738538931133,"projectUrl":"project/a-joyful-noise-and-calming-breaths/8900599/","projectTitle":"A Joyful Noise and Calming Breaths","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Mounts","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6509438_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1651360847187","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-mounts"},{"teacherId":6509438,"projectId":8710251,"letterContent":"Thank you for your continued support of the work we are doing in our music classroom. The new books have been perfect for when we have a few extra minutes at the end of class and incorporate movement in a meaningful way. The mirror has allowed my string students the opportunity to check their own posture when practicing in the classroom and the dust mop has allowed us the opportunity to clean up after our string club leaving our room ready for the next day. The fan has already come in useful even during the winter months as students come in hot from gym and the new fan is quiet and I'm not concerned about students fingers getting hurt. Finally, the colored stickers have allowed us to color code our new pianos so students have an easier time finding the notes they need to play. \r\n\r\nThis project has given us the tools to keep our room and instruments clean and a few extra books that can be used in the music and gym classrooms.","fullyFundedDate":1734371570629,"projectUrl":"project/clean-room-books-galore/8710251/","projectTitle":"Clean Room & Books Galore","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Mounts","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6509438_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1651360847187","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-mounts"},{"teacherId":9782472,"projectId":8835113,"letterContent":"\"Ms. Núñez, this is like the library!\" This was the reaction of my students as they entered the room and saw the book donation being sorted in the speech therapy room. The excitement was accompanied by curiosity towards the new covers and titles. Students requested to browse the books and immediately made requests to read books during subsequent sessions. \r\n\r\nStudents with speech and language disorders benefit from the repetition of stories to help build patterns and strengthen story-retelling skills. Thanks to your donation, the speech therapy room at Theodore Potter includes a series that follows the same characters in different scenarios. Students have background knowledge from reading previous stories and enjoy making new predictions based on new settings and plots. Students also have shown interest in the back cover that includes additional titles in the series. Students often ask, \"Ms. Nunez do you have this one? Can we read it next time?\". Our new book collection has awakened an interest in new stories. Particularly, students enjoy reading about characters, who — like them — speak two languages. Reading about bilingual characters makes the students at Theodore Potter more motivated to continue developing their literacy skills across languages. Thank you for making this possible!","fullyFundedDate":1729800385228,"projectUrl":"project/unlocking-communication-diverse-books-f/8835113/","projectTitle":"Unlocking Communication: Diverse Books for Speech Therapy","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Nunez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-7_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9782472"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_19507","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":208,"numTeachers":27,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":7,"percentWhite":17,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":68,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"7.7:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":60.0,"schoolId":19507,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Theodore Potter Elementary School 74 on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Theodore Potter Elementary School 74","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/indiana/indianapolis-public-school-district/theodore-potter-elementary-school-74/19507"}