{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Howard C Reiche Community School","outOfStateSupporters":40.6,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":9742572,"projectId":9860321,"letterContent":"This project has brought hands-on STEAM learning to life in our Pre-K classroom. My students are using the magnet board, magnetic tiles, cubes, pattern blocks, and letters during center time to explore building, sorting, and early literacy in meaningful and playful ways. It has been really amazing to see my students use their imagination and create using these materials. One notable moment was watching one of my students build the characters from Number Blocks using the magnetic cubes! \r\n\r\nOne exciting thing that we were able to do with the materials from this project was create snow clothes magnets. I printed out pictures of snow clothes, laminated them and stuck magnets on the backs. Students then used them at the magnetic board to practice the order of which to put snow clothes on which was a fun way to practice. We even made magnets with students' faces on them so they could have even more fun with it. \r\n\r\nWhen the students first saw the materials, their excitement was immediate! They were eager to touch, test, and explore what stuck and how the pieces worked together. Many students jumped right into experimenting, discovering how magnets connect, repel, and support their creations through trial and error. The few magnetic toys we had in the classroom prior were always a big hit so having many more for my students to choose from has been amazing! \r\n\r\nThese materials have become an important part of working STEAM and literacy lessons into center time in a meaningful way. Coming up we will have a center where the students will use the magnetic letters to build their names and practice letter recognition at the magnetic board. \r\n\r\nThanks to your generosity, my students are developing curiosity, collaboration, and problem-solving skills that will support them far beyond our classroom!","fullyFundedDate":1763575982415,"projectUrl":"project/learning-that-really-sticks/9860321/","projectTitle":"Learning That Really Sticks!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. S","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9742572_orig.jpg?crop=621,621,x573,y65&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1727497879090","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9742572"},{"teacherId":6762481,"projectId":9886816,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous donations. I have done projects in the past, but this one was by far the one students were most excited about. I added the graphic novels to my library and students have been borrowing these books to read at school or at home nonstop. The journals have turned into an enjoyable way for students to enjoy the writing process and as a way to express themselves. Your donation has had a huge impact in making their learning fun and creative. Thank you. Gracias. Merci. Obrigada.","fullyFundedDate":1766167156515,"projectUrl":"project/learning-english-in-fun-and-engaging-way/9886816/","projectTitle":"Learning English in Fun and Engaging Ways","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Sousa","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6762481_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1705023856753","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mssousaell"},{"teacherId":570438,"projectId":9942703,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generosity and belief in our students. Our children work incredibly hard each day, showing perseverance, curiosity, and resilience as they learn and grow. At the end of the day, they look forward to Accountability Time—a special moment to slow down, connect with peers, and recharge through meaningful play. Your support has helped make this time truly impactful.\r\n\r\n Thanks to you, students now have access to engaging materials that encourage creativity, cooperation, and positive social interactions. These resources have already begun to transform the classroom, helping students build confidence, strengthen friendships, and end their day feeling successful and joyful. We are deeply grateful for your investment in our students' well-being and happiness.","fullyFundedDate":1766075188972,"projectUrl":"project/work-hard-play-hard/9942703/","projectTitle":"Work Hard, Play Hard","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. McCallum","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp570438_orig.jpg?crop=2316,2316,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1635436375751","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-jessie"},{"teacherId":1978426,"projectId":9954145,"letterContent":"Thank you for your donations to this project. This project will add books to the birthday book cart. I began this cart in 2018 and has been going strong ever since. There is something magical about being able to give every child at Reiche school a book on their birthday! This is a way for every child to be celebrated on their birthday as well as a way to grow home libraries. Every Friday, every student that had a birthday that week get to come to my room during announcements to pick out their own birthday book. Thank you again for your kindness!","fullyFundedDate":1766407299684,"projectUrl":"project/a-birthday-book-for-everyone/9954145/","projectTitle":"A Birthday Book for Everyone!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. McDonough","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1978426_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1504272858842","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1978426"},{"teacherId":9742572,"projectId":9755491,"letterContent":"Thank you again for making this art project possible for my Pre-K students! Since receiving these materials, our classroom has been filled with color, creativity, and excitement!\r\n\r\nMy students' have been so excited to use all the new paints, paper, and all the different art tools! They were especially excited to try out the new paint sticks— they love how many different colors there are to choose from! We've also had a lot of fun using the paint dotters and the liquid watercolors! \r\n\r\nWe have been using the watercolor paper with our new liquid watercolors and watercolor paint sets, the tempera paint cakes, paint dotters, paint sticks, stamp ink pads, colored paper, colored paint bowls, markers and crayons at our art table during centers. The new easel paper, colored paper, paint cups and paint brushes have been a big hit at the art easel at center time as well. We've also been using the paint sticks in small- group activities. One of our favorite projects has been using the liquid watercolors to color water in an ice tray with popsicle sticks then using the colored ice to paint with as it melts on our watercolor paper! This activity aligned so well with our Wind and Water unit!\r\n\r\nThe activities we've been able to do with these materials have helped strengthen my students' fine motor skills, encourage creativity, and support language development as students describe their artwork and the choices they made!\r\n\r\nI'm excited to continue to use these materials with my students! Coming up we will be using the liquid watercolors and watercolor paper to make paintings using pipettes and water droppers! We are also entering our World of Color unit soon and we will be doing a lot of experimenting with color and color mixing using the various paints, paint bowls, brushes and paper to do so!\r\n\r\nYour generosity has truly made a lasting impact on my students' learning and confidence. Thank you for giving them the opportunity to explore, create, and take pride in their work. We are so grateful for your support!","fullyFundedDate":1760984886903,"projectUrl":"project/paint-paper-and-possibilities-for-pre-/9755491/","projectTitle":"Paint, Paper, and Possibilities for Pre-K","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. S","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9742572_orig.jpg?crop=621,621,x573,y65&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1727497879090","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9742572"},{"teacherId":696373,"projectId":9825448,"letterContent":"Thank you for your donation of the iPad so my students can create designs on Tinkercad using the iPad. We have created many things for our school. We designed name plates to learn how to use Tinkercad. We designed cookie cutters for a teacher to use with playdough. We also designed book ends so a teacher could use them on her shelf to organize her books. Thanks to your donation we are learning about 3D printing as well as learning about how to design and solve problems. We have been working with older students and we are excited to show younger students how to design using tinkercad on the iPad. Your generosity is helping to create future engineers and designers.","fullyFundedDate":1760725349680,"projectUrl":"project/students-design-and-create-projects-for/9825448/","projectTitle":"Students Design and Create Projects for Our 3d Printer.","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Fream","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp696373_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1523408448048","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/696373"},{"teacherId":696373,"projectId":9801501,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous donation to my project. Thanks to all of you my students are able to have healthy snacks that gives them energy to learn. Each week we are able to have special days for snack and my students look forward to this. They are engaged in their learning as they have energy from the snacks that you donated.\r\nThe variety of snacks also help in that students find a special snack that they like to eat. You will see in the photos the variety of healthy snacks. Thank you for contributing to my students being focused learners.","fullyFundedDate":1762029462614,"projectUrl":"project/snacks-for-energy-and-learning/9801501/","projectTitle":"Snacks for Energy and Learning!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Fream","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp696373_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1523408448048","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/696373"},{"teacherId":291144,"projectId":9849724,"letterContent":"My students love the poetry books, thanks for your kindness and generosity in donating. Shel Silverstein is class favorite, several of my students were reading Peanut-Butter Sandwich together before our winter break, they were so cute!\r\n\r\nThey also like A Pizza the Size of the Sun, by Jack Prelutsky. Who wouldn't like reading about a size tht is literally the size of the sun, a backwards poem and a poem that never ends?\r\n\r\nStudents are reading the poems and really enjoying this new-to them-genre of books. They are also beginning to write poems now, which is fun to see. I can't wait to see where they're at by the end of the year!","fullyFundedDate":1761677279867,"projectUrl":"project/poetry-please/9849724/","projectTitle":"Poetry Please","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Murray","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp291144_orig.jpg?crop=967,967,x37,y182&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1674174923352","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/joan-murray"},{"teacherId":291144,"projectId":9762099,"letterContent":"My students and I love our new bookcase and the graphic novels. How many other teachers can say that ALL of their students love reading? I can say that. I have students at many different reading levels, and now I have graphic novels for each level. I had to institute a sign up system for the books, the students can't wait to get a chance to read the new books. \r\n\r\nResearch overwhelmingly supports the benefits of reading graphic novels, finding they enhance comprehension, improve vocabulary, and serve as a crucial tool for engaging reluctant readers. These novels are doing all of those things for my students, thanks again for your support.","fullyFundedDate":1763468047407,"projectUrl":"project/a-bookcase-full-of-graphic-novels/9762099/","projectTitle":"A Bookcase Full of Graphic Novels","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Murray","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp291144_orig.jpg?crop=967,967,x37,y182&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1674174923352","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/joan-murray"},{"teacherId":10036079,"projectId":9356752,"letterContent":"Our students have absolutely loved playing with the beautiful wooden doll house and people and animals! These toys have become the favorite thing at play time. It is so wonderful to see them using their imaginations and creating stories together.\r\n\r\nReiche School in Portland, Maine has about 430 students and about 87% of our students qualify for free or reduced lunch. Many of these children do not have many toys at home, and no one in our group has toys like these at home. These students work very hard learning. English is a new language for some of our students and these toys help them build language and relationships. Imaginative play is so important for brain development, building social skills and just having fun. \r\nAll of your donations have brought so much joy to these young children.\r\n\r\nThank you so much for your kind generosity.","fullyFundedDate":1758834731973,"projectUrl":"project/just-your-imagination/9356752/","projectTitle":"Just Your Imagination","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Weatherhead","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10036079"},{"teacherId":291144,"projectId":9517672,"letterContent":"Thanks so much for your kindness and generosity in supporting my classroom. I truly appreciate you!\r\n\r\nMy students love to read the Scholastic News magazines. I use them whole class and also in reading groups. Although my students are at very different reading levels, I can adjust the questions so that each group gets what they need. The articles are interesting to my students, what child doesn't want to read about video games or keeping exotic animals as pets? The articles keep their attention and spark a lot of thinking and great conversation.","fullyFundedDate":1758821266085,"projectUrl":"project/in-the-news/9517672/","projectTitle":"In the News","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Murray","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp291144_orig.jpg?crop=967,967,x37,y182&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1674174923352","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/joan-murray"},{"teacherId":9687016,"projectId":9144014,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donations! With your help, I was able to ensure that my students were happy, fed, and learning. \r\n\r\nNo child can learn with an empty stomach or if they are worried about where their next meal will come from. With support from this community, my 3rd graders knew that they would be provided with healthy snacks to get them through their day. \r\n\r\nI cannot begin to describe the burden you helped remove for these children. Thank you very much for your generosity and kindness in helping feed my students!","fullyFundedDate":1744914981090,"projectUrl":"project/feeding-hungry-minds-and-bellies/9144014/","projectTitle":"Feeding Hungry Minds and Bellies!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. McDonald","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9687016_orig.jpg?crop=1230,1230,x0,y28&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1734529146310","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9687016"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_65272","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":463,"numTeachers":38,"percentFrplEligible":65,"percentAsian":1,"percentBlack":41,"percentWhite":30,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":21,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Pre-K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"12.2:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_SMALL"},"inStateSupporters":59.4,"schoolId":65272,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Howard C Reiche Community School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Howard C Reiche Community School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/maine/portland-public-schools/howard-c-reiche-community-school/65272"}