{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Frank Sokolowski Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":72.2,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":9380517,"projectId":9025512,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping to bring so many books about animals into our students' homes! Our first, second and third graders all have English Language Arts units where they learn about animals, habitats and adaptations. They get so curious about what they're reading in class and always want to learn more! The books you purchased allowed for them to continue learning outside of class. Not only that, but they were able to bring the books home so that they could bring the learning to life with their families! \r\n\r\nWith the variety of animals and reading levels selected for the project, there were books that were a good fit for all of our students. Thank you for supporting the love of reading and continued learning for our students. We are so grateful for you!","fullyFundedDate":1744242010745,"projectUrl":"project/all-about-animals-a-book-project/9025512/","projectTitle":"All About Animals: A Book Project","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Klavon","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9380517_orig.jpg?crop=2076,2076,x151,y1219&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1701370998999","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9380517"},{"teacherId":9380517,"projectId":9028969,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for bringing the \"Where the Mountain Meets the Moon\" series to our school! Students read the first book as a part of our fourth grade English Language Arts curriculum, and every year they become completely entranced by Grace Lin's storytelling. They are often so sad when the book is over, but that sadness is quickly turned to joy when they discover that they can take their own copy of the book home. Students become even more excited when they discover that there are companion novels in the series!\r\n\r\nWe strive to create a love of learning and reading at our school. Part of this effort involves helping students to see themselves as readers and thinkers. The \"Where the Mountain Meets the Moon\" books spark creativity and joy, and we are so grateful for the opportunity to send students home with their very own copy of one of their favorite books. Thank you for supporting the love of reading at our school. We are so grateful for you!","fullyFundedDate":1743011343302,"projectUrl":"project/where-the-mountain-meets-the-moon-a-boo/9028969/","projectTitle":"Where The Mountain Meets The Moon: A Book Project","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Klavon","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9380517_orig.jpg?crop=2076,2076,x151,y1219&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1701370998999","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9380517"},{"teacherId":1872827,"projectId":9444370,"letterContent":"It is with deep gratitude that I write to thank you for the pocket chart, cardstock, printer ink, paper cutter, decorative hole punches, yarn, and more, which you generously donated to my students for our Elementary Library. We now have a dedicated \"Create a Bookmark\" Center, which students are absolutely loving!\r\n\r\nIt is amazing what kids can do with the most basic materials, such as cardstock, hole punches, and yarn! The new pocket chart is keeping all of our bookmarks organized and students love to browse the options! Many students are also choosing a blank strip of cardstock to decorate with fancy hole punches.\r\n\r\nYounger students can choose a bookmark to color when they visit with their class, and older students make a beeline for the pocket chart to choose their bookmark after checking out books! The bookmark center is also a great choice for students who might need a quick calming break during the day. Even the adults enjoy choosing a bookmark to color!\r\n\r\nThank you for giving my students resources that motivate them to engage in reading and creativity in our library. Thank you for caring about my students' education!","fullyFundedDate":1757423955650,"projectUrl":"project/bookmarking-our-spots-in-the-library/9444370/","projectTitle":"(Book)Marking Our Spots in the Library!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Hubert","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1872827_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1600486087085","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/laura-hubert"},{"teacherId":9380517,"projectId":9249340,"letterContent":"Our students adore Dog Man, and they were in awe when they saw the number of Dog Man books available for them to take home! They would often ask every day when they would be able to get another Dog Man book. The graphics and hilarity inside each book make even the most reluctant reader excited to read. \r\n\r\nReceiving the Dog Man books was not just exciting for our students; it was also exciting for our parents, as Dog Man provides an opportunity for adults to read with their children! \r\n\r\nWe love it when students fall in love with a series, as it immediately provides them with another book to read. Thank you for helping to support the love of reading at our school! We are so grateful for you.","fullyFundedDate":1749249542143,"projectUrl":"project/bring-dog-man-home/9249340/","projectTitle":"Bring \"Dog Man\" Home!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Klavon","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9380517_orig.jpg?crop=2076,2076,x151,y1219&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1701370998999","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9380517"},{"teacherId":1872827,"projectId":9310192,"letterContent":"It is with deep gratitude that I write to thank you for the brightly colored Play-Doh and clay, construction paper, and craft materials, which you generously donated to my students for our Library Makerspace. These materials allow students to participate in innovative STEM learning experiences.\r\n\r\nIt is amazing what kids can do with the most basic materials, such as colorful paper and tape, pompoms, tissue paper and play-doh! Making simple materials like these available in our makerspace allows students to express themselves creatively, use their imaginations, and collaborate with peers. Even our youngest students can create something meaningful. Materials in our makerspace provide students with opportunities to solve problems creatively and collaboratively, apply engineering design concepts, and have fun! My students love learning to use familiar materials in new ways. Students learn how to collaborate and communicate through fun, creative, realistic activities.\r\n\r\nThank you for giving my students the resources they need to learn in a meaningful way as they investigate design concepts and apply creative ideas and their imaginations while collaborating with peers. Thank you for caring about my students' education!","fullyFundedDate":1747162685663,"projectUrl":"project/brightening-up-our-library-makerspace/9310192/","projectTitle":"Brightening Up Our Library Makerspace!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Hubert","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1872827_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1600486087085","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/laura-hubert"},{"teacherId":9380517,"projectId":8730424,"letterContent":"Literacy researcher Catherine Snow once wrote, \"Spelling and reading build and rely on the same mental representation of a word. Knowing the spelling of a word makes the representation of it sturdy and accessible for fluent reading.\" \r\n\r\nYour donation brought magnetic spelling boards into our reading intervention space. This gave all of our reading specialists another tool to use in order to make sure our most striving readers know how to read AND spell words with the phonics patterns they're learning. \r\n\r\nAll of our students, no matter their age, get so excited on days when they get to use the magnetic letters. This excitement around learning, even for our most reluctant learners, is incredibly powerful. The magnetic letter boards provide an easy way for teachers to make sure students are getting extra practice not only reading but also spelling. As Snow's quote states, students need to be able to picture the word in their mind in order to be able to read it quickly when they see it. Quicker recognition of words allows for faster reading, which in turn allows for improved comprehension. These magnetic letter boards have made such a difference for our students and our reading interventionists as we move towards comprehension of grade-level texts. Thank you for supporting the love of reading and learning at our school!","fullyFundedDate":1735657807947,"projectUrl":"project/make-spelling-stick/8730424/","projectTitle":"Make Spelling Stick!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Klavon","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9380517_orig.jpg?crop=2076,2076,x151,y1219&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1701370998999","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9380517"},{"teacherId":9380517,"projectId":8730375,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping to bring this project to life! Thanks to you, students were able to take brand new books home to treasure forever. You helped give students access to some of their favorite book series, and you helped them learn more about the world around them. These books appealed to different interests, and also allowed all students, no matter their reading ability, to find a book that they loved. \r\n\r\nYour donation included several popular series, including Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Bad Guys, Pigeon, Pete the Cat and Magic Tree House. It also included books that help students learn more about the world and, in particular, animals, through the National Geographic Kids leveled readers and The Who Would Win series.\r\n\r\nYour donation provided our students with high-interest books that they can practice reading at home with their families. More importantly, this additional reading time helps them to build an identity as readers and learners, which is something that can make a life-changing impact on their future. Thank you for supporting literacy at our school. We are so grateful for you.","fullyFundedDate":1735657712063,"projectUrl":"project/build-home-libraries-for-young-readers/8730375/","projectTitle":"Build Home Libraries for Young Readers","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Klavon","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9380517_orig.jpg?crop=2076,2076,x151,y1219&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1701370998999","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9380517"},{"teacherId":9380517,"projectId":9007076,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping to bring this project to life! Thanks to you, students were able to take brand new books home to treasure forever. You helped give students access to some of their favorite book series, and you helped them learn more about the world around them. These books appealed to different interests, and also allowed all students, no matter their reading ability, to find a book that they loved. \r\n\r\nYour donation included several popular series, including Elephant and Piggie, Bad Kitty and Magic Tree House. It also included books that help students learn more about the world and, in particular, animals, through the National Geographic Kids leveled readers and The Who Would Win series.\r\n\r\nYour donation provided our students with high-interest books that they can practice reading at home with their families. More importantly, this additional reading time helps them to build an identity as readers and learners, which is something that can make a life-changing impact on their future. Thank you for supporting literacy at our school. We are so grateful for you.","fullyFundedDate":1734711804704,"projectUrl":"project/taking-reading-home/9007076/","projectTitle":"Taking Reading Home","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Klavon","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9380517_orig.jpg?crop=2076,2076,x151,y1219&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1701370998999","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9380517"},{"teacherId":5669180,"projectId":8922907,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting my project! The AI books are perfect for the technology specialist classrooms. The AI books all cover several different topics on AI such as Self Driving Cars, AI helping our Health, Digital Assistants, AI in our phones and more!\r\n\r\nTeaching about this topic to elementary students has been tricky, but with these books as read alouds, have been very helpful. AI is described clearly to a younger audience with examples and activities for students to participate in class. Through the explanations and pictures, students have a better grasp on these AI technologies that they have in their lives but may not have understood. Now they know the impact and how they work. Students who are into technology have been especially interested in these books, and have requested to read the series beyond technology class.","fullyFundedDate":1735657634298,"projectUrl":"project/learning-all-about-ai/8922907/","projectTitle":"Learning All About AI!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Deleidi","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5669180_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1534250078465","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5669180"},{"teacherId":5669180,"projectId":8823189,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for the donation of books for the technology classes! The students love hearing all the variety of stories related to internet safety!\r\n\r\nSome stories have the message of being safe online and not sharing personal information. Other stories have the message of balancing online time and taking time to be a kid and play with friends! The favorite books are the Diary of Elle which are chapter books about cyber safety. Clicker the Cat Cat book is all about Digi the dog who wants to play with Clicker the cat. Clicker is so obsessed with playing games on the phone and will not go out to play. Clicker dropped his tablet and was so upset. But then realized that Digi has been wanting to play all along and decided to join in on the fun! They have the best time together playing by the pool. Other books have similar themes of digital citizenship and internet safety. They present these topics in a fun way that goes well with the digital citizenship unit taught in technology classes.\r\n\r\nThanks again!","fullyFundedDate":1735657679284,"projectUrl":"project/digital-citizenshipinternet-safety-book/8823189/","projectTitle":"Digital Citizenship/Internet Safety Books for the Classroom Library!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Deleidi","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5669180_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1534250078465","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5669180"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_62947","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":472,"numTeachers":38,"percentFrplEligible":85,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":4,"percentWhite":7,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":87,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"1 - 4","studentTeacherRatio":"12.4:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"SUBURBAN","ncesMetroType":"SUBURB_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":27.8,"schoolId":62947,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Frank Sokolowski Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Frank Sokolowski Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/massachusetts/chelsea-public-schools/frank-sokolowski-elementary-school/62947"}