{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Early Childhood Education Center","outOfStateSupporters":36.3,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":9695819,"projectId":10122752,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our project and helping provide summer learning kits for our preschool students. Your generosity will make a meaningful difference in the lives of our young learners.\r\n\r\nThis year, many of our students experienced school for the first time. They have worked hard to learn new skills, build friendships, and grow in confidence. Because of your kindness, each child will receive a notebook, markers, chalk, and a book to take home for the summer.\r\n\r\nThese supplies will give our students opportunities to continue exploring art, math, science, reading, and writing while enjoying their vacation. Your support helps bridge the gap between school and home, encouraging learning, creativity, and fun throughout the summer months.\r\n\r\nThank you for investing in our students and believing in their potential. We are incredibly grateful for your generosity and for helping our preschoolers continue their learning journey beyond the classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1778107242900,"projectUrl":"project/summer-enrichment/10122752/","projectTitle":"Summer Enrichment!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Jess","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9695819_orig.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1725409741742","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9695819"},{"teacherId":8995274,"projectId":10210735,"letterContent":"Thank you for generously funding our DonorsChoose project! Because of your kindness, our students will receive special end-of-the-year gifts, including crayons, Play-Doh, glasses, sketch pads, a book, watercolors, a mesh tote bag, and a beach ball.\r\n\r\nMany of our students will be surprised and excited to receive their very own bag of supplies to take home. These items will provide opportunities for creativity, play, and learning long after the school year ends. Having materials of their own helps children continue exploring, creating, and building important skills during the summer months.\r\n\r\nYour support means so much to our classroom and our families. The smiles on our students' faces when they receive these gifts will be a wonderful reminder that there are caring people who believe in them and want them to succeed.\r\n\r\nThank you for making this project possible and for helping us send our students into summer with joy, confidence, and resources of their own.","fullyFundedDate":1778029041480,"projectUrl":"project/sunshine-smiles-summer-learning/10210735/","projectTitle":"Sunshine, Smiles & Summer Learning!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Jenn","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8995274"},{"teacherId":8517613,"projectId":10114479,"letterContent":"A huge THANK YOU to our amazing DonorsChoose supporters for the delicious snacks for our classroom! 💛 Our students were so excited and thankful for the special treats. Your kindness helps keep our little learners happy, fueled, and ready to learn each day. We truly appreciate your generosity and support for our classroom! 🍎🥨✨\r\n\r\nYour thoughtful donations make such a difference in our students' days and remind us how loved and supported our classroom community truly is. Thank you for helping our Pre-K friends smile, grow, and learn together every single day! 🫶📚🍪","fullyFundedDate":1772494318639,"projectUrl":"project/little-learners-big-appetites/10114479/","projectTitle":"Little Learners, Big Appetites","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Ashley","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-7_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8517613"},{"teacherId":5974588,"projectId":9801360,"letterContent":"With the resources, our students have improved their expressive and receptive language skills, articulation, vocabulary, and overall communication confidence. Tools such as visual aids, interactive games, communication boards, and play materials, have made learning engaging and effective this year.\r\n\r\nWhen the students saw the new play materials, they got so excited and couldn't wait to use them. One of the favorite resources was the adaptive books that was purchased from TPT. Core word adaptive books are specially designed picture books that incorporate high-frequency words to support early literacy and adaptive learning for diverse learners during our whole-group lessons.\r\n\r\nNext, the students will be using the sensory bins for the end of the year activities and in summer school. 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It helps define learning spaces and gives students clear visual cues about which areas are in use, supporting a more structured and engaging environment.\r\n\r\nYour support truly enhances both the functionality of our classroom and the overall learning experience for my students. Thank you for making a positive difference in our daily learning environment.","fullyFundedDate":1770838998684,"projectUrl":"project/drying-rack-space-divider/9835613/","projectTitle":"Drying Rack/ Space Divider","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Cotton","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9700491_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1755899272364","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9700491"},{"teacherId":8696253,"projectId":9451161,"letterContent":"I would like to express my sincere gratitude for supporting my classroom project and helping provide new art supplies for my preschool students. Your generosity has made a meaningful difference in our classroom, and I am incredibly thankful for your support of early childhood education.\r\n\r\nIn a preschool classroom, art is much more than simply making pictures. It is an important part of how young children learn and grow. Through art, children explore their creativity, build confidence, and develop important skills that support their overall development. With the new art supplies you helped provide, my students now have access to materials that allow them to explore colors, textures, and ideas in exciting new ways.\r\n\r\nThese supplies will allow my students to paint, draw, cut, glue, and create freely during our classroom activities. As they use these materials, they are strengthening their fine motor skills by holding paintbrushes, squeezing glue bottles, and cutting paper. These small movements help develop the hand strength and coordination they will later need for writing. Art also encourages children to make choices, solve problems, and express their thoughts and feelings.\r\n\r\nFor many of my students, school is one of the only places where they have consistent access to a variety of art materials. Because of your support, they will have the opportunity to experiment, imagine, and proudly share their creations with their classmates and families. Seeing their excitement when they complete a project or discover a new way to create is one of the most rewarding parts of teaching.\r\n\r\nYour donation does more than provide supplies—it shows my students that people care about their learning and believe in their potential. Even at a young age, children can feel that encouragement, and it helps build a positive attitude toward school and learning.\r\n\r\nBecause of your generosity, our classroom art center will be filled with vibrant colors, engaging materials, and endless opportunities for creativity. My students will be able to explore their ideas, develop new skills, and express themselves through art each day.\r\n\r\nOn behalf of my entire preschool class, thank you for believing in our students and helping make our classroom a place where creativity and learning can flourish. Your support has a lasting impact on our classroom, and we are incredibly grateful.","fullyFundedDate":1753999512864,"projectUrl":"project/new-art-supplies/9451161/","projectTitle":"New Art Supplies!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Brenner","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8696253_orig.jpg?crop=1870,1870,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1664210278156","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8696253"},{"teacherId":8995274,"projectId":10036530,"letterContent":"We are incredibly grateful to our DonorsChoose supporters for funding these wonderful new classroom materials! Thanks to your generosity, our students now have a safe step stool to help them independently wash their hands and build important self-help skills. The community helpers magnetic people, cars, and garages have already inspired imaginative play, storytelling, and meaningful conversations about the important roles people have in our community. Even simple supplies like duct tape help us proudly display student projects and celebrate their hard work around the classroom.\r\n\r\nYour kindness directly supports our students' independence, creativity, and confidence each day. Thank you for making a difference in our classroom!","fullyFundedDate":1769983404294,"projectUrl":"project/little-builders-big-imaginations/10036530/","projectTitle":"Little Builders, Big Imaginations!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Jenn","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8995274"},{"teacherId":8517613,"projectId":8547948,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our classroom and providing essential materials for the new school year. Because of your generosity, we now have duct tape and Gorilla tape to securely hold student work and learning materials on our walls, helping us create an organized and welcoming environment.\r\n\r\nThe rolling chairs support teachers as we work closely with students throughout the day, and supplies like markers, dot markers, and glue sticks allow our students to learn, create, and strengthen fine motor skills during daily activities. Disinfectant wipes help us maintain a clean and healthy classroom, while double-sided tape makes setting up learning centers and displays quick and efficient.\r\n\r\nThese everyday essentials make a big difference in how our classroom functions and supports student learning. Thank you for helping us start the school year prepared, organized, and ready to learn.","fullyFundedDate":1723680101413,"projectUrl":"project/new-school-year-essentials/8547948/","projectTitle":"New School Year Essentials","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Ashley","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-7_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8517613"},{"teacherId":8517613,"projectId":9207596,"letterContent":"A huge thank you to DonorsChoose for providing fine motor materials for our Pre-K classroom! Because of you, our students get to build important skills through play, creativity, and exploration every day.\r\n\r\nWhen the materials arrived, our students' faces lit up with excitement! They couldn't wait to explore, touch, and try everything right away.\r\n\r\nOur next steps are to introduce the materials during small-group lessons, model proper use, and incorporate them into daily centers. Students will have repeated opportunities to practice and strengthen fine motor skills \r\nthrough hands-on play.","fullyFundedDate":1746785952267,"projectUrl":"project/fine-motor-activities/9207596/","projectTitle":"Fine Motor Activities","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Ashley","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-7_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8517613"},{"teacherId":8517613,"projectId":9463188,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our project, Happy Hands. Your generosity provided our classroom with a ruling cart, glue, paint, jumbo paint dabblers, crinkle cut scissors, and markers that will make a meaningful impact on our Pre-K students.\r\n\r\nWhen the materials arrived, the students were full of excitement and curiosity. They eagerly explored each item, proudly using their \"happy hands\" to create, cut, paint, and design. These tools give them hands-on opportunities to strengthen fine motor skills while expressing creativity and building confidence.\r\n\r\nThe materials will be used daily during art activities, small groups, and center time to support hand strength, coordination, and early writing readiness. Because of your support, our students are learning through play, creativity, and joyful exploration.\r\n\r\nThank you for believing in our students and helping their little hands grow stronger every day.","fullyFundedDate":1761591353039,"projectUrl":"project/happy-hands/9463188/","projectTitle":"Happy Hands","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Ashley","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-7_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8517613"},{"teacherId":9695819,"projectId":9635595,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation of rest mats for our preschool classroom. Your kindness and support have made a big difference in our daily routine and in the comfort of our students. Because of you, our children now have a safe, clean, and cozy place to rest during quiet time, which is an important part of their day.\r\nThe rest mats have helped our students relax, recharge, and feel secure in the classroom. Having individual mats gives children a sense of ownership and personal space, which supports their emotional well-being and helps them transition smoothly between active learning and rest. We have noticed that students are calmer and more focused after rest time, which positively impacts their learning throughout the day.\r\nWe are truly grateful for your generosity and for investing in the health and comfort of our young learners. Your support helps us create a nurturing environment where every child can feel cared for and ready to learn. Thank you for making such a meaningful contribution to our classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1758804492268,"projectUrl":"project/cozy-rest-mats-for-little-learners/9635595/","projectTitle":"Cozy Rest Mats for Little Learners","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Jess","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9695819_orig.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1725409741742","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9695819"},{"teacherId":9695819,"projectId":9366018,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation of learning toys for our preschool classroom. Your kindness and support mean so much to our students and to our entire classroom community. Because of you, our children now have new materials that spark curiosity, encourage exploration, and make learning joyful and engaging every day.\r\n\r\nThe learning toys you provided have already had a positive impact on our students. They are helping children build important skills such as problem-solving, fine motor development, language, and social interaction. Our students love using the toys during centers and free play, and we have seen them collaborate, create, and proudly share their discoveries with one another. These experiences are building a strong foundation for their future learning.\r\n\r\nWe are truly grateful for your generosity and belief in early childhood education. Your support helps us create a nurturing, stimulating environment where every child can grow and thrive. 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