{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Stanley M Koziol Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":21.6,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":1979171,"projectId":9710441,"letterContent":"Today was such an amazing day of learning, cooperation, creativity, and engagement. We read How to Catch a Gingerbread Man and How to Build a Gingerbread House. That was followed by the students creating their own gingerbread house out of graham crackers , frosting, and candy. We all had so much fun!\r\nThe excitement didn't stop there. Following the gingerbread house making, the students engaged in some fun sticker art and frame making. To finish out the wonderful day, each first grade student was presented with their own copy of Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett.\r\nThank you for your donation to this project and making it such a memorable day for over 80 first graders.","fullyFundedDate":1761937799553,"projectUrl":"project/gingerbread-fun/9710441/","projectTitle":"Gingerbread Fun!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Biron","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1979171_orig.jpg?crop=403,403,x914,y640&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1655825004629","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1979171"},{"teacherId":1060721,"projectId":9908363,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donations! Your kindness and generosity have helped out classroom purchase materials to enhance our learning in a variety of ways. We were able to purchase a classroom set of magnetic paddle boards with magnetic counters and a dotted line. These are excellent for students to use to learn how to phonetically spell words with our phonics program. We also were able to purchase another set of boards with dotted lines which are very helpful when teaching students how to write letters with correct formation.","fullyFundedDate":1764629075012,"projectUrl":"project/boards-for-writing/9908363/","projectTitle":"Boards for Writing","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Horn","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1060721_orig.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1553625566701","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1060721"},{"teacherId":1060721,"projectId":9912157,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donations! Your kindness and generosity have helped out classroom purchase materials to enhance our learning in a variety of ways. We were able to purchase various light tables for magnet tiles, tracing activities and translucent materials to use with the light boards. The light table boards also came with sand, where students can trace letters or heart words as well as a free choice time to express their creativity. Having four sets of these light up boards is a great addition to table centers.","fullyFundedDate":1764630079739,"projectUrl":"project/light-up-our-learning/9912157/","projectTitle":"Light Up Our Learning!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Horn","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1060721_orig.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1553625566701","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1060721"},{"teacherId":1060721,"projectId":9857514,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donations! Your kindness and generosity have helped out classroom purchase materials to enhance our learning in a variety of ways. We were able to purchase various games for indoor recess and free choice time. I cannot wait to see the excitement when the students see more board games like Guess Who and Trouble. The mancala game will be a great addition and great to enhance their math school. The magnetic file organizers have been a great addition to our centers and help us to organize center activities.","fullyFundedDate":1761937799578,"projectUrl":"project/essentials-for-learning/9857514/","projectTitle":"Essentials for Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Horn","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1060721_orig.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1553625566701","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1060721"},{"teacherId":10007754,"projectId":9661180,"letterContent":"The students are motivated to meet classroom goals because they are excited to use the new materials in my classroom! When they noticed the new finger puppets, they immediately started creating a 'puppet show' in our theatre. They were so excited to see the new characters like kangaroos and hippos!\r\nThe students had to work hard in their classrooms to earn opening the new Lego's. They loved the surprise of opening new mini-figure's to use when building!\r\nWhen escalated, the students are watching the sensory tubes and using the putty to support calming and control their big feelings.","fullyFundedDate":1760748813551,"projectUrl":"project/materials-that-will-motivate/9661180/","projectTitle":"Materials That Will Motivate","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Z.","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10007754"},{"teacherId":1060721,"projectId":9646714,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to our classroom. Your donations have helped me to find materials that will be helpful for this year and many years to come. We were able to purchase adhesive shelves that I was able to place on the back of a cabinet to provide the students a reading area. We also purchased some fidgets, sensory materials and plush characters to place in this area as well to provide a space for calming down. Your kindness and generosity does not go unnoticed and we are so grateful for all of your contributions!","fullyFundedDate":1760748813031,"projectUrl":"project/calm-down-with-stories/9646714/","projectTitle":"Calm Down With Stories","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Horn","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1060721_orig.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1553625566701","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1060721"},{"teacherId":1060721,"projectId":9532558,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to our classroom. Your donations have helped me to find materials that will be helpful for this year and many years to come. We were able to purchase a drying rack that we can mount on our wall for art projects. Unfortunately we were unable to purchase the air conditioning unit, however we were able to replace that purchase with new stools that will be very beneficial to one of our reading group stations. Your kindness and generosity does not go unnoticed and we are so grateful for all of your contributions!","fullyFundedDate":1760748814024,"projectUrl":"project/cool-calm-and-collected/9532558/","projectTitle":"Cool, Calm and Collected","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Horn","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1060721_orig.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1553625566701","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1060721"},{"teacherId":1979171,"projectId":9869239,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your donation to my classroom store. I have organized all the materials and stored the extra to later replenish the supply. My \"boutique\" is up and running . \r\nThe students are eager and excited to earn rewards and shop in the store. Students have the opportunity to earn prizes for solving math and ELA problems through the use of our iready online curriculum. They also earn rewards to making good choices and earning DOJO points in the classroom for staying on target, helping others, and completing homework. \r\nIt is amazing to hear the cheers the students give as their classmates earn prizes. It is definitely helping to create a positive learning community.","fullyFundedDate":1763321643702,"projectUrl":"project/classroom-store/9869239/","projectTitle":"Classroom Store","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Biron","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1979171_orig.jpg?crop=403,403,x914,y640&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1655825004629","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1979171"},{"teacherId":7870085,"projectId":9532191,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to my project and helping it get funded. Students and reading intervention teachers have been putting these phonics readers to good use. These decodable texts are accessible for students in grade K-3 and are used almost daily during reading intervention groups. We have many teachers who are also trying to make the switch to using decodables like these, instead of leveled readers.\r\n\r\nThese phonics readers are also helping us build our school library of decodable texts. With books like these, we are able to explicitly teach phonics skills and connect that learning back to a text. Students are able to apply their new knowledge of phonics rules to the words in the text. Many students are showing great improvements with their phonics skills!\r\n\r\nHaving these brightly colored phonics readers has been a huge help and are a great addition to our literacy program. Thank you again for making this project possible!","fullyFundedDate":1758152525991,"projectUrl":"project/to-learn-to-read-is-to-light-a-fire/9532191/","projectTitle":"To Learn to Read is to Light a Fire","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Glanville","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7870085_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1633461235590","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7870085"},{"teacherId":9896325,"projectId":9590088,"letterContent":"Thank you for the generous donations to our project to fund these items for our classroom! The students were so excited to see there was a rug in the play area for them to be able to sit on. The drawers were put to use organizing the workspaces with supplies, so everything is ready to go for learning tasks. Our classroom is really coming together thanks to support from the community and generous donations. \r\n\r\nWe are working with our students to take ownership of their spaces, so having these organization tools and rug to define a space is key to implementing this skill.","fullyFundedDate":1758152525744,"projectUrl":"project/creating-calm-a-cozy-and-healthy-classr/9590088/","projectTitle":"Creating Calm: A Cozy and Healthy Classroom Makeover","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Belinskas","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9896325_orig.jpg?crop=240,240,x0,y20&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1738943458411","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9896325"},{"teacherId":5063786,"projectId":9806324,"letterContent":"My kids just love all the new games and snacks. I didn't get a chance to finish uploading all the pictures, but it won't let me go back on to share more of the smiles you have brought to my students' faces. We all appreciate your kind donation to our classroom. The students were so excited with all the new recess and curriculum (colonial) games that we had to have a game afternoon to play with everything. They thoroughly enjoyed everything. They look forward to indoor recess now! The snacks are a lifesaver. There are always students who forget to bring a snack, and now they have plenty to choose from. They know the kind people like you who have helped supply that snack, and they would like to thank you as well. \r\n\r\nPlease know how much of a difference you make. Thank you!!","fullyFundedDate":1760748812246,"projectUrl":"project/stem-snacks-and-must-haves/9806324/","projectTitle":"STEM, Snacks, and Must Haves","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Malin","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5063786_orig.jpg?crop=407,407,x509,y790&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1644279877891","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5063786"},{"teacherId":1060721,"projectId":9426298,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generosity in helping our kindergarten grade obtain various toys for the playground. With your support we were able to purchase a larger quantity of hula hoops and scoop toys. Our students are so happy to have these materials to use on the playground. We have noticed that providing students with outdoor materials helps to keep more students engaged while also improving their social skills with their peers. They are learning better communication strategies to share and advocate for themselves to ask for a turn. We appreciate your support in making outdoor time engaging and fun for all!","fullyFundedDate":1754312075797,"projectUrl":"project/equipment-to-build-growth/9426298/","projectTitle":"Equipment to Build Growth","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Horn","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1060721_orig.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1553625566701","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1060721"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_61017","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":396,"numTeachers":29,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":3,"percentWhite":69,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":18,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Pre-K - 3","studentTeacherRatio":"13.7:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"RURAL","ncesMetroType":"RURAL_FRINGE"},"inStateSupporters":78.4,"schoolId":61017,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Stanley M Koziol Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Stanley M Koziol Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/massachusetts/ware-public-school-district/stanley-m-koziol-elementary-school/61017"}