{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Weston Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":30.3,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":3413147,"projectId":9593699,"letterContent":"My students were thrilled when I opened the boxes and explained what the bands and tennis balls were for. It took me a few days to get everyone's chairs fitted with the new equipment, and they were all itching to get their chairs done. \r\n\r\nI wanted bands for my students' chairs because elastic sensory bands attached to the front legs of fourth-grade students' chairs provide a simple, effective way for students to channel physical energy while staying seated. Many children naturally need to move, and the gentle resistance of the bands gives them an outlet to stretch, push, or bounce their feet without disrupting the class. This controlled movement helps meet their sensory needs, allowing them to release excess energy in a purposeful, manageable way.\r\n\r\nThe bands also serve as a discreet and calming tool. Students who need to fidget can do so subtly, without drawing attention to themselves or feeling self-conscious. The steady physical feedback from the elastic material has a soothing, grounding effect that can help reduce anxiety or restlessness. As a result, the sensory bands support not only improved attention, but also a more relaxed, self-regulated learning environment.\r\n\r\nThe tennis balls have totally changed our transition periods, by keeping our classroom quiet and tranquil. Placing tennis balls on the legs of classroom chairs helps significantly reduce the scraping and dragging noises that occur when students move their seats. This quieter environment supports better concentration, especially for students who are sensitive to sound or easily distracted. With fewer interruptions and less background noise, students are better able to stay focused during lessons, listen to instructions, and engage more fully in their work.\r\nThank you so much for donating to my students.","fullyFundedDate":1762267527928,"projectUrl":"project/peace-and-tranquility/9593699/","projectTitle":"Peace and Tranquility","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Fenchel","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3413147_orig.jpg?crop=1080,1080,x0,y93&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1753447328226","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/k-fenchel"},{"teacherId":6352413,"projectId":9567803,"letterContent":"Thank you! \r\nBecause of your generosity, my project, \"Let's Build, Make, and Create: STEAM in Action!\", was fully funded, transforming our classroom into a vibrant, hands-on learning laboratory. Your support will impact on my first-grade scientists and engineers.\r\n\r\nThis project allowed us to acquire specialized, high-quality STEAM materials, including flexible building components, which has enabled me to create a dedicated center. These resources directly addressed the need for engaging, student-led, and kinesthetic learning experiences.\r\n\r\nMy students can now shift from passive learning to active problem-solving. I will be integrating weekly STEM Challenges where students will have to collaborate, brainstorm, and iterate on their designs. Students will be able to confidently tackling challenges. For example, when tasked with building a bridge to support a specific weight, these new materials will enable them to test, fail, troubleshoot, and ultimately succeed—learning that failure is a necessary part of the design process. The hands-on nature of these materials will require mandatory teamwork, which can guide their social and communication skills. \r\n\r\nYour contribution has not only provided materials but has also fosters a lifelong love of learning, problem-solving, and creativity. You are directly responsible for helping to develop the next generation of confident innovators. I am deeply grateful for your investment in our classroom and our students' futures!","fullyFundedDate":1757423451800,"projectUrl":"project/lets-build-make-and-create-steam-in/9567803/","projectTitle":"Let’s Build, Make, and Create: STEAM in Action!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Rembis","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6352413_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1714184906694","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrsrembis"},{"teacherId":4938270,"projectId":9595318,"letterContent":"My students are beyond excited to be dissecting owl pellets. Dissecting owl pellets provides hands-on experience with biology and ecology, owl diets, and local ecosystems. \r\n\r\nWe have been learning about predators and prey. We have focused on how predators hunt, capture and eat their prey. We watched a video of an owl regurgitating an owl pellet. You should have heard the small screams and the \"oh, gross\" comments. Happens every year, but once they start dissecting the pellets, they love it!\r\n\r\n Thank you again for supporting this fun and educational activity.","fullyFundedDate":1758312248554,"projectUrl":"project/owl-pellets-are-cool/9595318/","projectTitle":"Owl Pellets Are Cool!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Phelan","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4938270_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1509230990742","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-phelan"},{"teacherId":7443708,"projectId":9434839,"letterContent":"I want to thank you again for donating to my Donors Choose Project, \"Keeping Our Hands In Our Learning,\" and I wish to share the positive impacts the resources are having on my students. The \"Allowance Game,\" is teaching my students that the financial choices they make inpact them, and future decisions they will have to make with the amount of money they have on hand. It also reinforces their addition and subtraction skills, because they have to make change and not rely on technology for the calculations. The Fraction and Volume games, and the Volume manipulatives are providing my students with hands on experience to construct their learning and understanding of new concepts presented in fourth grade. \r\n\r\nThe other materials that I requested such as the color markers, pencils, dry erase markers, Sharpie Markers are used daily by my students to enhance and facilitate their learning. The amount of materials consumed by twenty-two students on a weekly basis is impressive because as we as adults understand these materials are exhausted rapidly. I also requested a rubber ball for my classroom which we use on a regular basis for movement breaks, this allow my students to be centered and refocused on the learnning after they have moved their bodies. \r\n\r\nUnquestionably the the opportunities that Donors Choose provdes to educators impacts the learning of students. However, the generous donations you as individuals and more directly, The Charles Schwab Foundation have made a positive impact on my students learning in this 2026-2026 school year. As an educator I feel it is my responsibility to prepare my students for success in their learning journeys and your generosity has contributed to a positive experience in this school year.","fullyFundedDate":1755521821102,"projectUrl":"project/keeping-our-hands-in-our-learning/9434839/","projectTitle":"Keeping Our Hands in Our Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Lee-Perez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7443708_orig.jpg?crop=272,272,x78,y20&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1657037966813","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7443708"},{"teacherId":7337038,"projectId":9429070,"letterContent":"Wow! Thank you for helping our class glow and grow! 🌟 Your generous gift turned our room into a glowing wonderland of learning and laughter. We've had so much fun exploring science, math, and reading in the dark with our awesome glow materials. You made our lessons shine bright and our smiles even brighter! We're glowing with gratitude—thank you for lighting up our learning!\r\n\r\nEvery time the lights dim and the glow begins, we'll think of you—our amazing supporters who helped make the magic happen.","fullyFundedDate":1757861810689,"projectUrl":"project/we-are-glowing/9429070/","projectTitle":"We are GLOWING!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Hoggard","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7337038_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1728504101155","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrshoggard"},{"teacherId":7337038,"projectId":9717403,"letterContent":"I just wanted to thank you for the wonderful donation to my classroom. My students will enjoy this book over and over again and wherever they want! I plan to give the book for the holidays, so they don't know it's coming yet. I do gift this book every year and the joy in their faces every year is the reason I keep doing it.\r\n\r\nThey have loved and grown with this character and I'm quite sure they will carry the memory of this class read aloud forever! Thank you again for making this happen for them.","fullyFundedDate":1758198667755,"projectUrl":"project/to-each-their-own/9717403/","projectTitle":"To Each Their Own","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Hoggard","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7337038_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1728504101155","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrshoggard"},{"teacherId":4938270,"projectId":9769419,"letterContent":"My fourth grade students are thrilled with their new weaving boards! Many of them have become weaving experts already. \r\n\r\nI am especially grateful for the focus and calm environment that weaving provides. Students are weaving during brain breaks as well as indoor recess. I also love the community building element that weaving provides. Students are helping each other and complementing each other during weaving time. \r\n\r\nThank you again for your generosity and support. I truly appreciate it.","fullyFundedDate":1759175450535,"projectUrl":"project/we-love-weaving/9769419/","projectTitle":"We Love Weaving!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Phelan","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4938270_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1509230990742","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-phelan"},{"teacherId":4938270,"projectId":9349152,"letterContent":"Thank you to friends, parents, and the Donors Choose Community for funding my Flexible Seating project. My students were so excited when the large boxes were delivered to my classroom. The Flexible Seats come in bright colors. Each student got to pick the color they wanted. \r\nStudents have been using the flexible seats to sit on them in a quiet space to read. They use them to sit in a circle with other students to play math games. Allowing students to choose their seating fosters independence and a sense of responsibility for their learning.\r\nGiving students choice in where and how they sit can help them feel more comfortable, reducing distractions and increasing on-task behavior. Thank you again for helping me give my students flexible seating.","fullyFundedDate":1757107106565,"projectUrl":"project/flexible-seating-for-success/9349152/","projectTitle":"Flexible Seating for Success","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Phelan","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4938270_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1509230990742","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-phelan"},{"teacherId":7337038,"projectId":9217656,"letterContent":"Decodable text provides an accountable way to ensure students practice by reading connected text that includes spelling-sounds and high-frequency words they have previously learned in isolation. \r\n\r\nThis summer I was able to see first hand the benefits of these books. My tutoring student had plenty of engaging books to choose from to follow up on his reading lessons. He was able to feel the confidence he needed to continue to practice his reading skills. \r\n\r\nI look forward to using these books with many more students for years to come. Thank you for your generosity!","fullyFundedDate":1746786513213,"projectUrl":"project/just-right-readers/9217656/","projectTitle":"Just Right Readers!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Hoggard","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7337038_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1728504101155","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrshoggard"},{"teacherId":6352413,"projectId":9166696,"letterContent":"Thank you for supporting my classroom and hand on learning. My students were able to use the Geodes to conduct an investigation to describe and classify different kinds of materials by their observable properties. They were able to make observations of the geodes and use information from our lessons in geology to recall what they learned about the Earth and how it changes with time, heat and pressure.\r\n\r\nMy students were able to explore more about geology that it is not just about rocks and minerals. It is about incredible stories that help explain the past and how the world we know today formed. My students were able to make connections with this project and how our geologic past is directly connected to the present and future. They loved these materials and was so excited when they were able to open the geodes and show them to their family's. \r\n\r\nI would not be able to do these hands on lessons without the support of donors like you, I appreciate the support of educators and classrooms.","fullyFundedDate":1744032931259,"projectUrl":"project/help-me-rock-my-students-learning/9166696/","projectTitle":"Help Me Rock My Students' Learning!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Rembis","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6352413_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1714184906694","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrsrembis"},{"teacherId":6352413,"projectId":8952710,"letterContent":"Thanks for supporting my classroom. I appreciate your help with giving my students the Qball, a throwable microphone that gives all students a voice. This microphone will enable my quieter students want to communicate with others. My class is a class family and this will has bee a great way to get students engaged in daily communication, conversations and allow them to practice public speaking. The Qball has encouraged those students who are usually quiet and shy raise their hand more often since I have received this microphone. When students don't hear what I am saying, it can be stressful.\r\nThe Qball has been able to keep the attention of students for a longer period of time. Which means they are following directions more often and retaining skills taught. \r\nSince we have had the Q-ball our classroom has became a sound-enhanced classroom and more interactive by all students. They all want to throw the ball!","fullyFundedDate":1736448262875,"projectUrl":"project/students-can-catch-drop-roll-discuss/8952710/","projectTitle":"Students Can Catch, Drop, Roll, Discuss and Throw","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Rembis","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6352413_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1714184906694","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrsrembis"},{"teacherId":6352413,"projectId":8937973,"letterContent":"Thanks for supporting education and teachers to request engaging learning items to create hands on experiences. \r\nThis project will provide my students with opportunities to explore, think and learn. They love all the hands on items this project gave to our classroom. \r\nMy students will be developing critical thinking skills, fostering innovation, enhancing problem-solving abilities to begin to prepare them for future careers in science, technology, engineering, \r\n\r\nThanks for supporting my classroom. 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