{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Westminster Community Charter School","outOfStateSupporters":58.0,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":6139184,"projectId":7329097,"letterContent":"Thank you for providing PBIS rewards for my students! They work hard day in and day out to meet both classroom and school wide expectations. When they meet these expectations, they earn PAWS. PAWS are like currency. With PAWS, students can buy toys, fidgets, learning materials, etc.\r\n\r\nWhen the students first saw the PBIS rewards in the shop that you helped provide, they were very excited. They were motivated to continue meeting the expectations so they can earn as many paws as possible.\r\n\r\nOur next steps will be to continuing to set high expectations and reward students for meeting them so our students can focus on their learning!","fullyFundedDate":1683645807294,"projectUrl":"project/pbis-classroom-management-rewards/7329097/","projectTitle":"PBIS Classroom Management Rewards","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Kaczor","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6139184_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1669759689548","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6139184"},{"teacherId":6139184,"projectId":7374068,"letterContent":"Thank you for providing Multicultural books for our classroom library. I think it is super important to have books in our classroom that represent the population of students we work with. I also think it is important to have books with characters who are from different backgrounds so we can all learn about different cultures in order to develop empathy for others.\r\n\r\nIn our classroom, we love doing read a louds whole group to learn deeply about the story elements, the theme, and characters. We also have small reading groups that focus on specific skills. Students also have time to read independently for both pleasure and to increase their reading skills.\r\n\r\nThank you so much for supporting our classroom with books!","fullyFundedDate":1691023358962,"projectUrl":"project/multicultural-books-for-our-class-librar/7374068/","projectTitle":"Multicultural Books for Our Class Library","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Kaczor","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6139184_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1669759689548","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6139184"},{"teacherId":6139184,"projectId":8095819,"letterContent":"Thank you for contributing to our classroom! We needed copy paper in order to make copies of decodable readers that align with our new phonics program. The students love reading their decodable readers! More so, they love that they are able to get their own personal copies of their decodable reader in order to read over and over again before taking it home to practice their reading!\r\n\r\nOur next steps for our decodable readers is to continue learning new phonics skills so we can increase the complexity of our readers! Hopefully students will be able to begin a collection of readers that they can reread over and over again. In order to make these readers, we need a lot of copy paper.\r\n\r\nThank you for providing materials to our classroom!","fullyFundedDate":1703271152193,"projectUrl":"project/paper-please/8095819/","projectTitle":"Paper Please!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Kaczor","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6139184_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1669759689548","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6139184"},{"teacherId":8883283,"projectId":10425270,"letterContent":"Thank You for Helping Our Classroom Grow! 📚❤️\r\n\r\nThank you so much for your generous support in helping us add multicultural books to our classroom library! Because of your kindness, my students now have the opportunity to read stories that celebrate different cultures, backgrounds, families, and experiences.\r\n\r\nIt is so important for children to see themselves represented in the books they read while also learning about people whose lives may look different from their own. These books will help us build a classroom filled with kindness, understanding, curiosity, and acceptance.\r\n\r\nYour generosity is helping me create a classroom library where every child can feel seen, valued, and included. We are so grateful that you chose to invest in our little readers and their love of learning!","fullyFundedDate":1790782085858,"projectUrl":"project/novel-studies/10425270/","projectTitle":"Novel Studies","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Sorley","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8883283_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1673440544943","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8883283"},{"teacherId":6732906,"projectId":10349734,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation of this Emerson projector. We truly appreciate your thoughtfulness and generosity. This projector will be a wonderful addition to our classroom and will provide our students with new and engaging ways to learn in Social Studies class.\r\nThe projector helps our students learn by allowing us to bring videos, documentaries, educational programs, and other visual resources into my lessons. Being able to see and hear information presented in a different way helps make learning more engaging and accessible. Our students are excited to have the opportunity to experience lessons through video. It gives them another way to connect with the material, participate in discussions, and stay interested in what they are learning.\r\n\r\nThank you again for helping make learning more engaging and meaningful for our students. Your generosity makes a real difference in our classroom!","fullyFundedDate":1783343230524,"projectUrl":"project/bringing-history-into-focus/10349734/","projectTitle":"Bringing History Into Focus","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Karpie","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6732906"},{"teacherId":8732591,"projectId":9976266,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for the new recess toys! The students are thrilled with all the imaginative options they now have for recess! The marble run is a favorite with our engineering minded students, and our artistic students love the magnetic drawing boards and light bright! I love seeing them participating in creative play, it has been a huge help with forming new friendships within the classroom as students explore new ideas and share these fun experiences together. Thank you so much for providing them with this amazing opportunity!","fullyFundedDate":1775131378574,"projectUrl":"project/imagination-awaits/9976266/","projectTitle":"Imagination Awaits!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Wind","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8732591_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1690329296376","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8732591"},{"teacherId":8883283,"projectId":10468035,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to help bring multicultural books into our 2nd grade classroom! 📚❤️ Your kindness is giving my students the opportunity to explore stories, cultures, traditions, and experiences from all around the world.\r\n\r\nIt is so important for children to have books where they can see themselves represented, while also discovering and celebrating people whose lives and experiences may be different from their own. Because of your generosity, our classroom library will be a more welcoming and inclusive place where every student can feel seen, valued, and excited to read.\r\n\r\nThese books will do so much more than fill our shelves—they will spark conversations, build empathy, encourage curiosity, and help my students understand just how wonderfully diverse our world is. 🌎✨\r\n\r\nThank you for believing in my students and helping me create a classroom filled with meaningful stories, learning, and love. Your support truly means more to us than you know!","fullyFundedDate":1787330962993,"projectUrl":"project/multicultural-books/10468035/","projectTitle":"Multicultural Books","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Sorley","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8883283_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1673440544943","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8883283"},{"teacherId":8883283,"projectId":10257673,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to help bring multicultural books into our 2nd grade classroom! 📚❤️ Your kindness is giving my students the opportunity to explore stories, cultures, traditions, and experiences from all around the world.\r\n\r\nIt is so important for children to have books where they can see themselves represented, while also discovering and celebrating people whose lives and experiences may be different from their own. Because of your generosity, our classroom library will be a more welcoming and inclusive place where every student can feel seen, valued, and excited to read.\r\n\r\nThese books will do so much more than fill our shelves—they will spark conversations, build empathy, encourage curiosity, and help my students understand just how wonderfully diverse our world is. 🌎✨\r\n\r\nThank you for believing in my students and helping me create a classroom filled with meaningful stories, learning, and love. Your support truly means more to us than you know!","fullyFundedDate":1787330962467,"projectUrl":"project/novel-study-books/10257673/","projectTitle":"Novel Study Books","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Sorley","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8883283_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1673440544943","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8883283"},{"teacherId":8970052,"projectId":10300176,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your donation to our summer program. These supplies benefitted students in grade kindergarten, first, and second grade. The students worked a lot on their reading and foundational skills. They loved being able to choose which color dry erase marker to use and having new erasers to use on the whiteboards.\r\n\r\nPencils and crayons were beneficial because students were able to practice their color identification when working on learning/remembering their high-frequency words.\r\n\r\nThe folders were used to help students keep track of their materials and helped them keep the skills needed for next school year when they need to keep organized.","fullyFundedDate":1780453070187,"projectUrl":"project/reading-and-writing-our-way-through-summ/10300176/","projectTitle":"Reading and Writing Our Way Through Summer","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Hector","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8970052_orig.jpg?crop=927,927,x244,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1779366283078","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8970052"},{"teacherId":2333382,"projectId":10246330,"letterContent":"I may be biased, but I think there is no greater gift for anyone than a book. Every school year I try my best to send students home with books, and encourage them to begin a small library for themselves in their home. I remind them that we can read books over and over, and enjoy it each time. I wish that they come to love books and literacy as much as I have. \r\n\r\nThank you for your wonderful donation to this end of school year project. Each child went home with a bucket filled with goodies. Some of them were the fun stuff that everyone needs to have; as well as many brand new books for their own collection. \r\n\r\nI wish you could have seen the joy on their faces as they looked inside their buckets, they were pouring through the books immediately. Each title was carefully selected by myself, based on the child's interests. It was the best!","fullyFundedDate":1778289221298,"projectUrl":"project/books-make-the-best-gifts/10246330/","projectTitle":"Books Make the Best Gifts","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Venator","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2333382_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1557342878844","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-venator"},{"teacherId":2333382,"projectId":10201342,"letterContent":"Our students in 1st grade have had so much fun creating crafts with the supplies from this project. Thank you for your kind donation to this project, our classrooms, and the entire 1st grade! \r\n\r\nWe would not be able to do activities and crafts if not for this Donors Choose project. the supplies allowed us to plan and execute an engaging lesson which allowed for the students to be imaginative and creative; and making gifts for a loved one. STEM activities are so important at all ages, and we were blessed to have a few of them using the supplies. \r\n\r\nThe other blessing is that some of the items were multi-use so the students next year will also benefit from the project, creating something of their own as well.","fullyFundedDate":1778092585977,"projectUrl":"project/craft-supplies-for-classroom-fun/10201342/","projectTitle":"Craft Supplies for Classroom Fun!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Venator","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2333382_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1557342878844","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-venator"},{"teacherId":2333382,"projectId":10232961,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your kind donation to our project, classroom, and entire grade level. \r\n\r\nWe were able to make packets for every student in the first grade, thanks to you. Each child has resources to refer to with ideas on summer activities (fun and academic), ways to read and earn free books, as well as many exciting activities in our area. Parents were so grateful for the information we sent. \r\n\r\nThis would not have been possible without your help. We truly appreciate your desire to support students through Donors Choose, you have no idea what a difference it trtule makes. 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