{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Dike - Newell School","outOfStateSupporters":38.4,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":2658360,"projectId":9482389,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your wonderful donation of craft supplies for the Dike Newell School Library, students are loving them and having them helped me immensely with a recent project I did with second grade students. \r\n\r\nSecond grade students have been designing and creating ships after studying the Mayflower and the Virginia. Having crayons, colored pencils and tape greatly assisted our endeavors! We have also used the markers and stickers when doing leaf and Thanksgiving crafts.\r\n\r\nYour kindness is very much appreciated. We will be doing winter stories and crafts next week, so these materials will be put to good use.","fullyFundedDate":1761320816151,"projectUrl":"project/craft-supplies-for-creative-kids/9482389/","projectTitle":"Craft Supplies for Creative Kids","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Hardman","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2658360_orig.jpg?crop=1873,1874,x0,y124&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1706139717600","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2658360"},{"teacherId":5302116,"projectId":9159211,"letterContent":"This is a project that I try to complete every year for my first grade class! This year, you helped to fund a new Elephant and Piggie Biggie book along with a copy of The Lorax for every first grade student! That's 19 students that were able to receive two great books for their home libraries! Why these books? Well The Lorax is a classic that I read everry year to celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday, but to also study and complete projects around Earth Day! The kids love the story and it creates a lot of insightful conversation around ways that we can help our community and Earth every year. \r\nThe Elephant and Piggie Biggie books are a great book for first graders to have at home in the summer because it is a good fit for almost all first grade readers. Plus, this biggie book includes five different Elephant and Piggie stories within the hard cover. Therefore, they have five different stories to practice reading over and over. Mo Willems, the author of Elephant and Piggie, is a much loved author for first graders because of his great fit reading, humorous story lines, and fun characters. Therefore, the kids really do enjoy these. \r\nBoth of these books are hardcover books to also remain safe and durable in young readers' hands! \r\nThank you again for making such a great reading project come to life! I hope you will consider supporting this project again in the future.","fullyFundedDate":1744228668655,"projectUrl":"project/elephant-piggie-and-the-lorax/9159211/","projectTitle":"Elephant, Piggie, and the Lorax!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Costello","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5302116_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1571619378373","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lcostello"},{"teacherId":2658360,"projectId":9172005,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for purchasing these wonderful picture books by author Josh Funk. He visited our school yesterday, and having these books available helped immensely in getting students excited about his visit. Last week I did a lesson about Josh Funk and read several of the books as well as promoted the others. The books were available to be checked out today and were snapped up immediately! \r\n\r\nDuring yesterday's visit Josh encouraged students to read lots of books so that they can become great storytellers. Thank you so much for providing these high interest books my students love, it is most appreciated.","fullyFundedDate":1742916818772,"projectUrl":"project/books-by-josh-funk-to-support-our-upcomi/9172005/","projectTitle":"Books by Josh Funk to Support Our Upcoming Author Visit","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Hardman","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2658360_orig.jpg?crop=1873,1874,x0,y124&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1706139717600","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2658360"},{"teacherId":2658360,"projectId":8859418,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to purchase STEAM Airplane and Boat Kits for my students. Second grade students recently had the opportunity to build the Airplane Kits and they were a big hit! Students first decorated their wings with crayons and then we assembled them together - putting four elastics on the body of the plane was quite a challenge for several of them. After the planes were completed, students tested them in the hallway and we measured their flights. They then had a chance to reposition their wings and make other tweaks before testing them once again. What a great lesson in engineering as well as perseverance! \r\n\r\nSecond grade students will assist me in doing this same lesson with kindergarten and first grade students in the next few weeks. We will build the STEAM Boat Kits when the weather is warmer and we can set up a kiddy pool to test them outside. Thank you so much for this wonderful STEAM learning opportunity for my students, it is very much appreciated.","fullyFundedDate":1733262063020,"projectUrl":"project/help-with-learning-early-steam-concepts/8859418/","projectTitle":"Help With Learning Early STEAM Concepts","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Hardman","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2658360_orig.jpg?crop=1873,1874,x0,y124&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1706139717600","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2658360"},{"teacherId":2658360,"projectId":8737528,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to purchase animal, ocean and dinosaur figurines for my students - you should have heard the gasps of excitement when I previewed the items with them during library.\r\n\r\nMy kindergarten classes recently participated in Dinosaur Club. We read a nonfiction book about dinosaurs, researched different types using the PebbleGo database, did a dinosaur craft and then they had time for free play with the dinosaur figurines. I loved seeing how much they enjoyed them - they would look in the library's dinosaur books to see if they could find a match. I heard a lot of dinosaur sounds too! They can't wait to use them again.\r\n\r\nI will be doing STEAM Club with first and second grade students in April, ad we will use the animal and ocean figurines to support our learning through library books, PebbleGo and STEAM kits. I will do something similiar for kindergarten as well. Thank you for this highly entertaining learning experience!","fullyFundedDate":1736472555570,"projectUrl":"project/animal-ocean-and-dinosaur-figures-to-en/8737528/","projectTitle":"Animal, Ocean and Dinosaur Figures to Enrich Library Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Hardman","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2658360_orig.jpg?crop=1873,1874,x0,y124&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1706139717600","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2658360"},{"teacherId":2658360,"projectId":8890886,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to purchase an extra set of Chickadee Award books, this has been so helpful in adding to our Chickadee Award display case and it will be wonderful to have an extra set of the books when students start checking them out in April after voting for the award is finished.\r\n\r\nThe Chickadee Award is a Maine picture book award. Every year hundreds of new picture books are published and a committee of Maine teachers and librarians reads them all and then selects the ten best. Kindergarten through fourth grade students hear or independently read all ten books and then vote for the one they think it is best. The goal of this award is to have children appreciate what makes an excellent picture book.\r\n\r\nAt the Dike Newell School we read these books in library, and often have other school staff as guest readers. We arrange two display cases with the books as well as items that reflect what they were about. Thank you so much for making it possible for me to have copies to read in class as well as copies to display - the kids love examining the cases and it gets them super excited about the books and voting. Your kindness is most appreciated.","fullyFundedDate":1730909931263,"projectUrl":"project/chickadee-award-books-to-support-our-lib/8890886/","projectTitle":"Chickadee Award Books to Support Our Library Studies","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Hardman","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2658360_orig.jpg?crop=1873,1874,x0,y124&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1706139717600","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2658360"},{"teacherId":2658360,"projectId":8528559,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for purchasing these wonderful drawing books for our school library - the kids are loving them, and they are constantly being checked out! I recently offered a drawing club for first grade students, and took the books out of circulation for a couple of weeks to use them for club activities. Students were stopping me in the hall to ask when the drawing books would be available again. They also stop me to show me their latest drawings.\r\n\r\nIt has been really neat seeing students so excited about books and an activity that doesn't involve a screen. They share their drawings with each other and have been very kind and encouraging. Drawing from these books has been a great lesson in perseverance, following a sequence and practice brings improvement, your generosity in supplying this fun learning opportunity is most appreciated.","fullyFundedDate":1728005802205,"projectUrl":"project/drawing-books-for-aspiring-artists/8528559/","projectTitle":"Drawing Books for Aspiring Artists","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Hardman","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2658360_orig.jpg?crop=1873,1874,x0,y124&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1706139717600","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2658360"},{"teacherId":5302116,"projectId":8921982,"letterContent":"Thank you for another great project! This project was for a supply refill and some much-needed general supplies. The students love the mood that the white lights set around our learning board for calendar and schedule. Also, the Little Spot of Kindness books were holiday gifts for the students to take home and keep forever. The students love the Little Spots curriculum and talking about their emotion spots that they want to grow. Extra supplies like dry-erase markers and magnetic dots always are helpful around the room. Students utilize dry erase markers on a day basis. \r\nThank you again for making this happen.","fullyFundedDate":1731525007652,"projectUrl":"project/lots-of-supplies-and-classroom-fun/8921982/","projectTitle":"Lots of Supplies and Classroom Fun!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Costello","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5302116_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1571619378373","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lcostello"},{"teacherId":1627803,"projectId":8580251,"letterContent":"I already had a few of the Create a Chain kits in my classroom and students were asking when we would be using the kits. I told them that we would as soon as the new kits came in. When they saw the new kits they were so excited, they wanted to use them right away.\r\nI was able to have students work in pairs of two, this gave each student a chance to work on creating the track. The track get more difficult as students go. When students started creating Track 1 they were so excited. They worked together and complimented each other. They felt really good about themselves when th eir creation worked. Track two was more difficult and challenging but stood to the challenge. Students who are usually quite were right into making the creation having great discussions with their partner. Track 3 again a little more challenging but they loved the challenge. There was one group that started track 4. They couldn't wait to work on the creations again. \r\n\r\nThank you so much for donating to this cause. 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