{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Sullivan STEAM School","outOfStateSupporters":26.7,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":5792051,"projectId":10337265,"letterContent":"This is so amazing! Thank you so much for supporting this project, my students, and my classroom. We have just started using some of these new Dramatic Play materials this month and my students are having a blast. It is amazing what a few new materials can do to enhance student engagement and play.\r\nSo far, I have watched my students negotiate and take turns with the new dress up materials. They have been communicating with each other. They have been sharing ideas for pretending and assigning roles. They have worked together longer than I have seen them do in the classroom so far this year! These materials are really helping my students make gains in language, social skills, and imaginative play. \r\nI can't wait to continue to add materials from this project through out the school and watch my students continue to learn and have fun. Thank you again for your support and for giving my students so much joy!","fullyFundedDate":1785334517501,"projectUrl":"project/enhance-our-dramatic-play/10337265/","projectTitle":"Enhance Our Dramatic Play","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Kari","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5792051_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1629394734142","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5792051"},{"teacherId":5792051,"projectId":10369789,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting my students and classroom! These additions to our centers make LEGOs, MangaTile blocks, and play dough materials available for my students to share, work together, and engage for longer periods of time.\r\nThese materials allow my students to build and create while building their the muscles in their hands and fingers to get ready for writing. LEGOs engage my students and provide them endless opportunities to explore and create. They continue to surprise me with their creativity! We have been spending a lot of time building with our new MagnaTile sets, working together, to create zoos, houses, and traps for animals. It is so amazing to watch the students problem solve and share ideas with each other.\r\nWe have also been using the new play dough tools to create cookies, dinosaurs, and other fun creations. All of these materials are supporting my students growth both physically and socially, to help them be ready for Kindergarten.\r\nThank you again for your support.","fullyFundedDate":1785334519458,"projectUrl":"project/bricks-blocks-and-play-dough-fun/10369789/","projectTitle":"Bricks, Blocks, and Play Dough Fun","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Kari","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5792051_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1629394734142","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5792051"},{"teacherId":5792051,"projectId":10391870,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to this Story Telling project! I am so excited to continue to share these puppets and story telling materials with my students through out the year. My students love puppets and it is so important for them to have hands on materials to interpret and retell stories we have read or using their imaginations to create new stories. \r\nSo far, we have read Owl Babies book and used the puppet set to retell and sequence the story. They worked together to retell the story using language from the book, interact using the puppets, and problem solve. We have also been using the family puppet sets as they go perfectly with our learning theme \"Our Families\".\r\nI am excited to share the stuffed animal book characters as we begin reading Mo Willems books during our Author Studies. They are going to love these so much!\r\nThese materials really help support my student's literacy and language growth. I am so thankful to have had your support to bring these materials to my classroom and students.","fullyFundedDate":1790714865175,"projectUrl":"project/storytelling-in-prek/10391870/","projectTitle":"Storytelling in PreK","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Kari","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5792051_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1629394734142","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5792051"},{"teacherId":10552389,"projectId":10381669,"letterContent":"Thank you so much again for your contributions to this classroom project! I've shared some photos of your generosity in action; we've been able to create an amazing sensory-friendly environment in my classroom because of the materials you all contributed to. The students love using the marble run, legos, magnatiles and other creative STEM materials. Sensory materials have been essential in helping students regulate across the school day. The world map and U.S. map has been a huge part of our Social Studies lessons, and the bins have been essential for classroom storage in a room without any cabinets! We've been enjoying learning about states of matter this quarter, and I've attached a picture of one of our fun classroom experiments exploring a chemical reaction :) \r\n\r\nThank you all for the support for our amazing ASD students at Sullivan, we could not do what we do without you! <3","fullyFundedDate":1784386903751,"projectUrl":"project/middle-school-asd-room/10381669/","projectTitle":"Middle School ASD Room","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Mari","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10552389_orig.jpg?crop=2316,2316,x0,y146&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1784160121023","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10552389"},{"teacherId":5792051,"projectId":10114953,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your support of my students and classroom! I am so excited about our new Tonies box and book characters. This will really give my students independence to choose stories and listening along with books. I'm really looking forward to setting up a listening area in my classroom where students can listen along to stories with a friend and engage in literacy. \r\nI am most excited to record myself reading books that we read as a class onto the special recordable figurines purchased in this project. I think my students will have so much fun learning through repeated listening. I will even try recording them retelling stories that we read as well as they love to hear themselves! This is a great screen free way to engage students in books, stories, and early literacy.\r\nThis is such a special addition to my classroom. Thank you so much for your support of my students and early education.","fullyFundedDate":1779370459994,"projectUrl":"project/tonies-listening-device-for-independent/10114953/","projectTitle":"Tonies Listening Device for Independent Reading","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Kari","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5792051_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1629394734142","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5792051"},{"teacherId":5792051,"projectId":10373711,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for all these wonderful art materials that will support my students' creativity all year! We have already used the popsicle sticks in at STEAM project, along with reading Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, to see if we could create coconut trees to hold letter beads. We have also used the dot paint makers to decorate the first letter of our names to hang up in our classroom. Another materials that we have used is the poms poms. I mixed them with a smaller set to fill our sensory table. My students have been busy scooping, sorting, and creating with them every day. \r\nThe other materials in this kit will be used in so many ways throughout the school year. We will teach students how to use the different tape so they can use them in our open ended art center. The papers, yarns, and beads will be used in many projects this year as well from self-portraits to collage work. \r\nArt exploration is so important and I am thrilled to be able to share these art materials with my class this year! Thank you for giving them these experiences!","fullyFundedDate":1784924902920,"projectUrl":"project/art-in-prek/10373711/","projectTitle":"Art in PreK","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Kari","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5792051_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1629394734142","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5792051"},{"teacherId":5792051,"projectId":10337260,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your support and contribution to my classroom learning environment! Starting the school year with these new MagnaTile sets and the rolling cart has been awesome. The cart is working even better than I expected. It holds the magnet tiles perfectly and the size is great for my students to wheel around as needed. They learned so quickly how to clean up the tiles and store them on the cart at the end of the day and help each other push the cart to its parking spot until we use them again. It is one of my favorite things in my classroom right now!\r\nThese tiles are so great for bringing students together to build and create as a team. My students are building friendships while using these tiles to create buildings and towers, race tracks, cities, and zoos. I am so grateful to have these materials in my classroom this year and we will be able to use them for years to come!\r\nThank you again for your support.\r\nSincerely,\r\nMs. Kari","fullyFundedDate":1783376031405,"projectUrl":"project/mobile-magna-tile-station/10337260/","projectTitle":"Mobile Magna-Tile Station","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Kari","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5792051_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1629394734142","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5792051"},{"teacherId":6581275,"projectId":10182760,"letterContent":"When the boxes arrived, my kindergarteners were overjoyed to see shiny new crayons, sharp pencils, and fresh whiteboard markers waiting just for them. We immediately put these tools to work, using the markers to practice phonics by writing words and sentences on individual whiteboards, the pencils to comfortably draw and write sentences about themselves and our favorite stories, and the bright crayons to illustrate their pictures during Writer's Workshop. Looking ahead, our brand-new students will use these essential supplies as we kick off the new school year, giving every incoming child the exact tools they need to build confidence, express their ideas, and start their learning journey off right.","fullyFundedDate":1776190239120,"projectUrl":"project/essential-writing-tools-to-finish-out-th/10182760/","projectTitle":"Essential Writing Tools to Finish Out the Year!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Ashley","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6581275_orig.jpg?crop=1244,1244,x0,y78&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1565712663417","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ashley-hager"},{"teacherId":6263475,"projectId":9976188,"letterContent":"Thank you SO much for your donation to our classroom! The ChompSaw is such an incredible tool and it has truly empowered my students! They have been cutting different size cardboard pieces for various projects and they are also so proud after they complete it. They are really able to take ownership during their crafting and building process. My students have really been working hard at communicating and problem-solving and this tool has helped them accomplish their goals. \r\n\r\nThis is a gift that will keep on giving for many years to come and I want to thank you for my future students as well. I can't wait to continue to use this and see what those students can accomplish with it! Your generosity and kindness mean so much to me. Thank you.","fullyFundedDate":1769808957295,"projectUrl":"project/engineering-fun-for-kids/9976188/","projectTitle":"Engineering Fun for Kids!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Mary","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6263475_orig.jpg?crop=1088,1088,x0,y159&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1672858602151","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mary-holweger"},{"teacherId":10213308,"projectId":10232181,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to my project! My students have been using all of the resources funded by you! My students really appreciate having snacks available, especially on Fun Fridays. Having access to a snack has helped improve their focus and engagement in my lessons. Additionally, the sensory materials, such as the fidgets and wiggle cushion have helped many of my students regulated their sensory systems during lessons. One example of this was when one of my 2nd graders saw that I had a new wiggle cushion and asked if she could use it because it \"helps her body to move\" when she's learning. I was impressed with her self-awareness and her ability to advocate for herself. The dinosaur, car and puppet toys have been a huge his in my classroom as well. My kindergarteners love the puppet and like to take turns \"feeding\" the puppet toy food while practicing their speech and language skills. I have one student in particular who loves the dinosaurs and can name almost all of them! My plan for this school year is to develop sensory tool visuals so that students who have difficulty communicating their wants and needs can request sensory supports that would support their learning. Thanks again for supporting my classroom!","fullyFundedDate":1777992950422,"projectUrl":"project/engaging-materials-for-students-with-com/10232181/","projectTitle":"Engaging Materials for Students With Communication Challenges","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Elle","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10213308_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1756141016150","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10213308"},{"teacherId":6015441,"projectId":10125180,"letterContent":"This project meant so much to our science and STEAM classroom this year as well as my co-teachers Health and Wellness classes for middle school students. \r\n\r\nBefore we we had broken dividers we used to store our Chromebooks on the countertop, taking up much needed space. Every time my co-teacher used them she had to unplug them and then plug them back in and this was causing a lot of time taken away from the day. \r\n\r\nNow we have a nice new organized Chromebook cart that students can store the technology in and each one has an organized space to put it away. When my co-worker needs to use them we just unplug from the wall and she can take the cart to her room and return it when done. Without the hassle of unplugging and replugging it back in it saves so much time that we can put into students. The students even helped to build the cart so they take pride in having it in the classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1772551024743,"projectUrl":"project/chromebook-cart-needed-try-2/10125180/","projectTitle":"Chromebook Cart Needed! Try 2","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Smith","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-1_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6015441"},{"teacherId":3181921,"projectId":10073737,"letterContent":"Thank you for your donation to \"Basic Support Needed\". I consistently purchase materials for my classroom so that students have what they need to be successful. Pencils, markers, colored paper, facial tissue, Clorox wipes and hand sanitizer are some of my most frequently purchased items and the cost adds up quickly. Getting support for these kinds of classroom supplies is a relief and much appreciated.\r\n\r\nSpecifically, I would like to highlight the Crayola Colors of the World markers. They are AWESOME! My younger students especially love using them. It is fun to see them color superheros in shades that match their own skin color!\r\n\r\nThanks again for your support!","fullyFundedDate":1772553896506,"projectUrl":"project/basic-support-needed/10073737/","projectTitle":"Basic Support Needed!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Amy SJ","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3181921_orig.png?crop=993,994,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1661536514146","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/amy-strickland-johnson"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_56198","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":725,"numTeachers":56,"percentFrplEligible":85,"percentAsian":1,"percentBlack":65,"percentWhite":11,"percentIndigenous":4,"percentLatinx":10,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":0,"percentMultiracialImputed":8,"gradesServed":"Pre-K - 8","studentTeacherRatio":"12.9:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":73.3,"schoolId":56198,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Sullivan STEAM School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Sullivan STEAM School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/minnesota/minneapolis-public-schools/sullivan-communication-center/56198"}