{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"George Dilworth STEM Middle School","outOfStateSupporters":41.6,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":6125350,"projectId":9995684,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for the slime and fidget tools. My students are demonstrating skills to regulate their emotions through movement. I have students asking to borrow items when they noticed that they are struggling to pay attention. Students are even working towards earning fidget, by completing their assignments. \r\n\r\nI also want to thank you for the toys provided to my class. Yesterday I held a meeting, and parents were engaged in the materials being presented since they did not have to entertain their child, since their child was playing with the magnetic building blocks provided to my class. The kid was entertained and the parents were able to focus on their other child accomplishment and new goals for the school year. \r\n\r\nThank you again for supporting my class","fullyFundedDate":1768173942859,"projectUrl":"project/help-student-learn-to-manage-and-regulat/9995684/","projectTitle":"Help Student Learn to Manage and Regulate Their Emotions","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Wilson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-6_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6125350"},{"teacherId":10404845,"projectId":10023953,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation. My students were able to replicate how the three different boundaries that occur with tectonic plates. I was able to display the instructions on the board with the document scanner. Students were able to have fun with the graham crackers and got to physically manipulate the graham crackers to see how the boundaries move and why. Students were able to replicate divergent boundaries by spreading frosting on the plates and on the graham crackers that were provided, and then pulling them away from each other to show how magma rises to the surface during this boundary. Students were then able to replicate convergent boundaries by pushing the graham crackers into each other. Finally, students were able to replicate transform boundaries by sliding the graham crackers next to each other. \r\n\r\nAfter students completed their boundaries, they were able to take pictures of what they did and print them out on the photo printer to add to their presentations on their findings. Due to your generosity, my students are able to remember the different boundaries and how they affect the Earth's surface. The document scanner was extremely helpful, as my students were able to see directly where they needed to write and it has allowed them to practice their writing without worrying about what they need to write. Thank you again!","fullyFundedDate":1768657511182,"projectUrl":"project/picture-perfect/10023953/","projectTitle":"Picture Perfect","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Gonsalves","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10404845"},{"teacherId":5208258,"projectId":9998706,"letterContent":"These flex seating options have been an absolute GAME CHANGER! As demonstrated by yours truly, kids can sit on the floor (even outside!!), they can sit on higher surfaces to see demos, they can sit and wobble to get their wiggles out! I can even sit on the counter and reach the wipe board while teaching and having notes in front of me! It has been a dream come true for so many of my students who have gotten more options for them to move their bodies in ways that a traditional classroom do not cater to.\r\n\r\nFor group activities, my crowded classroom that doesn't usually lend itself to pulling up a chair at the end of a table for easy collaboration...not anymore! The unboxing was so fun and exciting! And, the huge box that the stools came in became an instant time machine. Overruled to the phone booth and the race car. The time machine just made for a better tool for teaching and learning about Geologic Time and the fossil record!\r\n\r\nThank you so much for supporting our classroom! Adding to the support of the different needs and learning styles of my students means the world! Not to mention the bonus bit of creativity for a fun STEM experience is just an awesome biproduct of your generosity!","fullyFundedDate":1768159455796,"projectUrl":"project/flexible-seating-for-better-focus-and-dy/9998706/","projectTitle":"Flexible Seating for Better Focus and Dynamic Science Activities","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Ellis","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5208258_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1580258937208","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5208258"},{"teacherId":9360166,"projectId":10033860,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support with our language games project. Because of you, my students are using hands-on games every day to practice speaking, listening, reading, and vocabulary in a fun and low-stress way. One of our favorite moments was during a group game of Catch Phrase, students were working together to explain words and phrases to each other in English then laughing when they figured out the correct word. These games have turned language practice into meaningful conversations, teamwork, and real confidence-building moments in our classroom.\r\n\r\nWhen my students first saw the new materials, their excitement was immediate and contagious. They couldn't wait to explore the cards, games, and visuals, and many asked if we could start playing right away. At first my students felt nervous about using English, but as soon as they started playing, their walls lowered, they jumped in, laughed, and supported one another. The games made language learning feel safe and accessible.\r\n\r\nNext, we are using these language games to support a current reading and writing unit focused on main idea, details, and academic vocabulary. Students will rotate through game stations to practice new words, retell texts, and build sentences before applying those skills to writing projects. Thanks to you, language learning in our classroom is engaging, interactive, and empowering—and your kindness is making a lasting impact on my students every single day.","fullyFundedDate":1769119666209,"projectUrl":"project/play-to-learn-empowering-ell-voices-thr/10033860/","projectTitle":"Play to Learn: Empowering ELL Voices Through Language Games","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Wise","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9360166"},{"teacherId":8491716,"projectId":9993474,"letterContent":"I cannot thank you enough for your donation to my classroom. With your support, my students are getting a brand new set of Outsiders books to love and enjoy for years to come. They love reading this book and are ecstatic to have access to it again next year. \r\nYour donation also provided two new lamps for my classroom. I find that the harsh overhead lights are not conducive to a calm, focused learning environment, so the alternate lighting in my room has been key to the success of my students. Thank you again!","fullyFundedDate":1768094501374,"projectUrl":"project/stay-gold-6th-graders/9993474/","projectTitle":"Stay Gold, 6th Graders","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Nyberg","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8491716_orig.jpg?crop=853,853,x0,y213&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1659481570815","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8491716"},{"teacherId":9359182,"projectId":9947228,"letterContent":"We cannot thank you enough for your generosity in funding our class project! \r\n\r\nWith these new items, I have been able to incentivize our learning environment and create more class engagement. These incentives and the book set will be used within the next few months when the students are doing their SBAC testing. \r\n\r\nThe digital clock has been a HUGE help in our classroom environment! It allows students to see the time rather than interrupting our lessons to ask what time it is.\r\n\r\nThank you SO much for generously donating to allow our project to be funded! We look forward to our Geome-tree project around the holidays this year!","fullyFundedDate":1767290351352,"projectUrl":"project/incentives-and-fun-projects/9947228/","projectTitle":"Incentives and Fun Projects","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Gookins","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9359182_orig.jpg?crop=826,826,x928,y88&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1742415423806","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9359182"},{"teacherId":5208258,"projectId":9506698,"letterContent":"Multiple times a day, we would start the class with at least five students asking for a pencil, or worse, the students who will sit in silence without even getting their paper ready, because they don't have a pencil. \r\n\r\nI started buying pencils, and keeping them handy for students who needed them. Just to become heartbroken when I saw them broken or left on the ground in the hallway. I would pick them up and put them in a jar by the door, in hopes that students would realize that the pencils they threw to the wayside would come back to them for the next class period. However, these pencils were then unloved and rejected due to being half of their original size or having no usable eraser. \r\n\r\nI realized there had to be another way.\r\n\r\nWith the organization, tools, and the pencil sharpener, which is now anchored to my cabinet, we have a system which holds students accountable for borrowing and returning a pencil anytime they need it. With our new manual pencil sharpener, we also no longer go through electric pencil sharpeners, which would become broken so often that the office refused to give us another one.\r\n\r\nEach desk has a pencil assigned to it in the holder, in case a student needs it. It is then easy to see if a pencil has not been returned due to the assigned number. It is with heartfelt gratitude that I write this letter to demonstrate this seamless and manageable system, which no longer causes so much waste and strife! Thank you so much for making this possible!","fullyFundedDate":1757614057745,"projectUrl":"project/a-pencil-a-day-made-my-go-away-not/9506698/","projectTitle":"A Pencil a Day Made My $$$ Go Away! Not Anymore!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Ellis","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5208258_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1580258937208","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5208258"},{"teacherId":5208258,"projectId":9233597,"letterContent":"Allowing my students to raise axolotls from eggs in the classroom was an amazing hands-on life science project. Not only were we able to study first-hand the development of the embryos, hatchlings, and developing babies, but many students were able to adopt them and raise them at home as their own pets. Due to your generous donations, we had food, supplies, and all the basics required to raise these fascinating creatures. The students learned all of the steps to set up the brine shrimp factory for the hatchlings, how to maintain proper water chemistry, and how to fully care for the axolotls through their infancy stages.\r\n\r\nOne of the most special things about axolotl eggs is that their outer membrane is fully transparent, so students can watch the details of the embryos develop. This was such an incredible experience to go hand-in-hand with our comparative anatomy unit and our study of embryology as evidence for Evolution.\r\n\r\nSchool is starting in a few days, and many of my students are in contact. It is so rewarding to hear them tell me all about how their axolotls did over the summer, once they left the classroom. The responsibility and care for another living being that my students have learned has been a big experience for these kiddos. I am certain this is a science project that many will remember for the rest of their lives.","fullyFundedDate":1746715058584,"projectUrl":"project/raising-a-lotl-baby-axolotls-in-our-scie/9233597/","projectTitle":"Raising a LOTl Baby Axolotls in Our Science Class!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Ellis","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5208258_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1580258937208","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5208258"},{"teacherId":9819124,"projectId":8908603,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for the donations. The students and staff love what I have done with the office. I have been able to create a more calming environment for emotional regulation skills to grow. The kids find my office to be a safe space to learn and let go of any stress from their day. I have utilized my games and fidget toys to build a more interesting environment for the kids to be able to open up in. I have utilized information from the social worker textbooks to provide better mental health interventions for my kids. I greatly appreciate how you have helped me become a better social worker for my kids!","fullyFundedDate":1742494860717,"projectUrl":"project/social-work-office-dilworth-middle-schoo/8908603/","projectTitle":"Social Work Office Dilworth Middle School","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Oliveira","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9819124"},{"teacherId":9359182,"projectId":9190535,"letterContent":"I cannot even describe how excited my students were when they saw our Donors Choose items arrive. They were very excited to use the comfort items such as the blankets and big bean bag. Many of my students wanted to help open the boxes as they arrived in our classroom.\r\n\r\nThe students were excited and look forward to being able to earn the incentive items such as the stickers, chips, and fruit snacks. They have already been more incentivized to learn and actively participate because of your generous donation!\r\n\r\nI am excited to utilize the comfort items and incentives to create an even more calm environment for my students to learn in. 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