{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Frederick Harris Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":34.6,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":6342314,"projectId":9627873,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting my second graders. Our students come from an inner-city community where resources can be limited, but their excitement for learning is incredible. Having their own headphones gives them a sense of ownership and helps them stay focused during independent reading and online lessons. The playdough provides a fun, hands-on way to build fine motor skills and stay engaged during learning centers. Our whiteboard markers and erasers make group time more interactive, allowing every student to show their thinking and participate with confidence. Your generosity truly makes a difference in our classroom, and my students are so grateful for these tools that help them learn, create, and feel proud of their work.","fullyFundedDate":1755702347814,"projectUrl":"project/tools-for-learning-for-engaged-2nd-grade/9627873/","projectTitle":"Tools for Learning for Engaged 2nd Graders!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Hickson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6342314_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1565721440319","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6342314"},{"teacherId":2256787,"projectId":9393985,"letterContent":"My students are very much enjoying hands-on learning with the sand and water materials provided through this project. Before receiving these items we had just a few old and not very exciting toys in the sand and water tables. \r\nThe boxes arriving with our project materials brought so many \"ooohs and aaaahs\" from the students as we opened them and explored their brighly colored and exciting contents. Everyone was excited to \"get to work\" using the new center supplies. \r\nEach week we rotate the materials between letter and number identification learning activities. For example, this week the water table is filled with numbers that they are \"fishing\" for and the sand table has letters that they are \"digging\" or \"excavating\" for. \r\nThese materials have made student \"Center Choice\" times opportunities for true hands-on and engaging learning.\r\nThank you very much for bringing so much joyful learning to our classroom!","fullyFundedDate":1755650599196,"projectUrl":"project/water-and-sand-wonders-for-special-learn/9393985/","projectTitle":"Water and Sand Wonders for Special Learners","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Moriarty","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2256787_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1472065249533","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/maureen-moriarty"},{"teacherId":4140821,"projectId":9408344,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donations to our classroom! Although our original project for canvas laptop bags could not be fulfilled due to supply issues, your support allowed us to purchase important classroom materials like colored pencils, index cards, sentence strips, markers, and incentive prizes. These items have already made such a positive impact by helping students stay organized, creative, and excited to learn. My students use these materials every day to share ideas, complete projects, and express themselves. Your kindness and generosity truly make good things happen for kids in city schools!","fullyFundedDate":1757509623928,"projectUrl":"project/carry-and-go-bags-for-students/9408344/","projectTitle":"Carry and Go: Bags for Students","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Lalli","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4140821_orig.jpg?crop=2440,2440,x0,y32&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1729622163249","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4140821"},{"teacherId":2719906,"projectId":9091532,"letterContent":"I cannot fully express enough how grateful I am for all of your donations to my school. It is wonderful you share my vision for reaching children. Working in an inner city school, we do not have all the necessary materials we need. We often have to make do with what we have.\r\n\r\nThe tools you have funded will enable the students in my school to create a beautiful self portraits of themselves! The materials that we funned helped our students create their eyes and design their outfits. Helping our students grow in the arts is one of our priorities and with your help we are making that happen! This project helped our students show everyone how they see themselves. It was very empowering and helped build our students self esteem! We cannot thank you enough for your generosity!\r\n\r\nHenry Ford once said \"Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress, working together is success.\" We have achieved success working together to better our school community and we are forever grateful!\r\n\r\nI hope to share with my colleagues a new technique in learning. Thank you so much. My students are very excited to have these tools to help them with their learning.","fullyFundedDate":1746741626295,"projectUrl":"project/be-yourself/9091532/","projectTitle":"Be Yourself!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Shermer","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2719906_orig.png?crop=399,399,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1646751493750","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-sroka"},{"teacherId":2719906,"projectId":9335464,"letterContent":"I cannot fully express enough how grateful I am for all of your donations to my classroom. It is wonderful you share my vision for reaching children. Working in an inner city school, we do not have all the necessary materials we need. We often have to make do with what we have.\r\n\r\nThe materials you have funded will enable my students to have access to shirts that they can have if they have an accident or need uniforms. We are all so grateful for your donations as it will help our students focus on learning. Our students are extremely grateful to be able to have access to these shirts. We are very excited to add these materials to our closet where students can go to get a new shirt! Thank you so much for your generosity! \r\n\r\nI hope to share with my colleagues a new technique in learning. Thank you so much. My students are very excited to have these tools to help them with their learning.","fullyFundedDate":1753397360205,"projectUrl":"project/shirts-for-school/9335464/","projectTitle":"Shirts for School!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Shermer","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2719906_orig.png?crop=399,399,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1646751493750","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-sroka"},{"teacherId":2719906,"projectId":9320461,"letterContent":"I cannot fully express enough how grateful I am for all of your donations to my classroom. It is wonderful you share my vision for reaching children. Working in an inner city school, we do not have all the necessary materials we need. We often have to make do with what we have.\r\n\r\nThe materials you have funded will enable my students to have shoes that fit them. We are all so grateful for your donations as it will help our students focus on learning. Our students are extremely grateful to be able to have access to shoes that fit. We are very excited to add these materials to our closet where students can go to get new shoes! Thank you so much for your generosity! \r\n\r\nI hope to share with my colleagues a new technique in learning. Thank you so much. My students are very excited to have these tools to help them with their learning.","fullyFundedDate":1748960395279,"projectUrl":"project/shoes-for-school/9320461/","projectTitle":"Shoes for School!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Shermer","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2719906_orig.png?crop=399,399,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1646751493750","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-sroka"},{"teacherId":2719906,"projectId":9043148,"letterContent":"I cannot fully express enough how grateful I am for all of your donations to my classroom. It is wonderful you share my vision for reaching children. Working in an inner city school, we do not have all the necessary materials we need. We often have to make do with what we have.\r\n\r\nThe materials you have funded will enable my students to grow in their learning! With the gift cards I have received I have been able to buy new curriculum for my students on social skills learning and growth. They love the interactive lessons and they are learning different skills! My students are extremely grateful to everyone who has donated to our project! They are so thrilled to have new social emotional lessons in our classroom.\r\n\r\nI hope to share with my colleagues a new technique in learning. Thank you so much. My students are very excited to have these tools to help them with their learning.","fullyFundedDate":1742915335140,"projectUrl":"project/social-emotional-learning/9043148/","projectTitle":"Social Emotional Learning!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Shermer","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2719906_orig.png?crop=399,399,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1646751493750","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-sroka"},{"teacherId":4803724,"projectId":9370198,"letterContent":"I want to extend my heartfelt thanks for your generous donation of laminating sheets, sheet protectors, writing notebooks, and folders to our classroom. These supplies may seem simple, but they make a big difference in how we organize, protect, and engage with our learning materials.\r\n\r\nThe laminating sheets and protectors are already helping preserve student work and classroom resources for long-term use. The writing notebooks and folders are giving my students a structured, personal space to express their thoughts, practice writing skills, and keep their work organized.","fullyFundedDate":1755730977123,"projectUrl":"project/new-year-new-us/9370198/","projectTitle":"New Year, New Us!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Mickiewicz","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4803724_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1539214814481","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-mickiewicz"},{"teacherId":7337957,"projectId":9205548,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to my project \"Morning Meeting Organization.\" In our morning meeting block, we do many different activites using letter cards, sight word cards, CVC cards for all vowels, and CVCE cards. By using these boxes, it is helping all of the kindergarten teachers be more organized. The cards are now in their own boxes, labeled, so it is easily accessable for us to be prepared for our lesson!\r\n\r\nAgain, we appreciated your genorosity and your donation does not go unnoticed!! Thank you again!","fullyFundedDate":1753030196596,"projectUrl":"project/morning-meeting-organization/9205548/","projectTitle":"Morning Meeting Organization!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Santaniello","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7337957_orig.jpg?crop=2871,2871,x0,y76&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1604086934644","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-santaniello"},{"teacherId":8557842,"projectId":9418286,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support of my fifth-grade classroom! Your kindness has made a big impact already. The students are thoroughly enjoying the items from our DonorsChoose project, and it's been exciting to see their enthusiasm grow.\r\nWe received a huge box of pre-sharpened pencils, and I can't tell you how much that has helped. It might seem like a small thing, but having high-quality pencils ready to go has truly made our days smoother and more productive. The kids don't have to waste time sharpening, and they're always prepared to dive into their work. \r\nThis year, students were already provided with personal bags for their supplies, so we're setting aside the beautiful canvas bags you donated for a special project later in the year. We'll be using them for a \"special person\" craft, and students are already brainstorming ideas with excitement. I can't wait to see how creative they get — I know they're going to turn out wonderfully!","fullyFundedDate":1752618520416,"projectUrl":"project/5th-grade-rocks/9418286/","projectTitle":"5th Grade Rocks","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Bermani","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8557842_orig.png?crop=640,640,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1660163374483","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8557842"},{"teacherId":9197390,"projectId":9246795,"letterContent":"This project helped my kindergarteners see that reading is fun! With so many new books to choose from, every child was able to find a story they loved. Some students were drawn to silly books that made them laugh, while others enjoyed stories about animals, friends, or feelings. Having these choices kept them excited and eager to read every day. I've noticed more students asking to read during free time and proudly sharing their favorite books with their classmates.\r\nThe new books gave us wonderful opportunities to talk about kindness, sharing, and emotions—important lessons for young learners. With these materials, I was able to make reading time both joyful and meaningful.\r\nThanks to The DonorsChoose Community, my kindergarteners now have a library filled with books that spark imagination and a love of reading. You've given them the chance to build early literacy skills while also discovering the joy that comes from stories. Your generosity will stay with these young learners as they continue to grow as readers.","fullyFundedDate":1744211239466,"projectUrl":"project/books-for-classroom-library/9246795/","projectTitle":"Books for Classroom Library!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Reyes","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-6_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9197390"},{"teacherId":9197390,"projectId":9324516,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our classroom!\r\n\r\nMy students are energetic, curious, and full of imagination. Each day, they walk into our room ready to learn, create, and connect with each other. The materials you've helped provide—board games, dress-up clothes, playdough, and storage for our learning tools—may look simple, but in the hands of children, they become so much more.\r\n\r\nThrough these resources, my students are learning how to take turns, solve problems together, and express their creativity in new ways. A game becomes a lesson in cooperation, a costume sparks storytelling and role-play, and a tub of playdough strengthens not only fine motor skills but also confidence and perseverance. These moments of play build the foundation for both academic success and social-emotional growth.\r\n\r\nYour generosity has truly made a difference. Because of you, my students can explore, imagine, and grow in ways that wouldn't have been possible otherwise. 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