{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"PS 139 Alexine A Fenty","outOfStateSupporters":34.7,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":10057592,"projectId":10292494,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support of our kindergarten classroom! My students were so excited when they saw all of the new materials. These resources have already helped make our classroom more engaging, organized, and welcoming, while giving students the tools they need to learn, create, and grow each day.\r\n\r\nWe have been using the materials throughout our daily lessons and classroom activities. Having these supplies readily available allows my students to participate more independently and confidently in their learning. It has been wonderful to see their excitement as they use the new resources and take pride in their work.\r\n\r\nYour generosity has made a meaningful difference in our classroom. As we continue through the school year, these materials will support our students as they build their reading, writing, math, and social-emotional skills. Thank you for investing in our students and helping give them a wonderful kindergarten experience!","fullyFundedDate":1788205669060,"projectUrl":"project/kindergarten-supplies/10292494/","projectTitle":"Kindergarten Supplies","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Ragosta","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-7_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10057592"},{"teacherId":8637718,"projectId":10689923,"letterContent":"We hit the ground running! I read Bitsy Bat, School Star as it connected to the my Pre-K students on several levels. The book demonstrates first day of school feelings, what it means to fit it, and that being different is what makes us all unique. After reading Bitsy Bat, School Star, we talked about our feelings and how Bitsy dealt with fitting into the class. The students then drew their favorite part of the story.\r\n\r\nIt was wonderful to see what part of the story made an impression on the children. I have posted pictures with some of their drawings. I can't wait to continue our reading adventures. Thank you for making this project come alive!","fullyFundedDate":1790813082497,"projectUrl":"project/take-a-look-we-need-some-books/10689923/","projectTitle":"Take a Look, We Need Some Books!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Valle Scott","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8637718_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1790559210441","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8637718"},{"teacherId":3749548,"projectId":10439877,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping get this project funded. The students have really enjoyed listening to all the wonderful books and learning about feelings. These books and resources have helped teach the students about school and how to help self regulate their feelings and different emotions that they experience at the start of a new school year. \r\nWithout your help and support it would have not been possible. We can not express how much we appreciate a\\everything you do to help support our class and the extra resources that make our class special.","fullyFundedDate":1788205669638,"projectUrl":"project/playful-pages-for-pre-k/10439877/","projectTitle":"Playful Pages for Pre-K","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Zappia","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3749548_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1475250014710","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3749548"},{"teacherId":8637718,"projectId":10390720,"letterContent":"The art supplies and materials we received helped us to have a great start to the school year. We read books about families and the love families give us. The children we so excited to use the paper and art supplies to create their family portraits. This project helped them to make a deeper connection to the books we have read as well as demonstrating the love each child holds for their families.\r\n\r\nWe have so much more to learn and create this year! The students are going to have the opportunity to create more projects that they can be proud to share. It is thanks to the kindness and generosity of the Donors Choose community that made our project come to life. Thanks for caring about our littlest learners!","fullyFundedDate":1785095744495,"projectUrl":"project/refresh-and-restock-help-pre-k-rock/10390720/","projectTitle":"Refresh and Restock Help Pre-K Rock!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Valle Scott","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8637718_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1790559210441","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8637718"},{"teacherId":8637718,"projectId":10254574,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our Pre-K classroom with paper, markers, and art materials! Your generosity has made a wonderful difference in our students' learning and creativity. Our children have been excited to use the materials to draw, paint, cut, glue, and create projects that show their unique ideas and personalities.\r\n\r\nWith these supplies, our Pre-K students have created beautiful artwork, classroom decorations, seasonal projects, and hands-on creations connected to what we are learning in class. They have had opportunities to practice important fine-motor skills while using scissors, crayons, markers, paint, and glue. More importantly, these projects have given our young learners the freedom to express themselves, make choices, and feel proud of their accomplishments.\r\n\r\nYour donation has helped turn simple pieces of paper and art supplies into meaningful learning experiences. Seeing the children proudly share their creations and say, \"I made this!\" has been truly special.","fullyFundedDate":1778223732000,"projectUrl":"project/fill-our-bucket-in-pre-k/10254574/","projectTitle":"Fill Our Bucket in Pre-K","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Valle Scott","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8637718_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1790559210441","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8637718"},{"teacherId":9310315,"projectId":10118828,"letterContent":"Your generosity has given our students the opportunity to slow down for a bit and learn a new skill. As students learned the basic stitches to make granny squares and contribute to a classroom friendship blanket, they practiced fine-motor skills, hand-eye coordination, following patterns, counting, and making thoughtful choices.\r\n\r\nThis project has had an immediate impact on students' perseverance, problem-solving skills as well as boosting confidence. This project has also fostered a sense of belonging as they work and put their individual pieces towards creating something larger than they could do alone. \r\n\r\nThank you for helping us turn yarn into a meaningful experience of creativity, connection, perseverance.","fullyFundedDate":1778029593130,"projectUrl":"project/stitch-by-stitch-weaving-math-mindfuln/10118828/","projectTitle":"Stitch by Stitch: Weaving Math, Mindfulness, and Friendship","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Marmolejos","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9310315"},{"teacherId":9310315,"projectId":10314405,"letterContent":"We can't thank you enough for your generosity. Thanks to your support our students now have the tools they need to become stronger, more confident learners. Thanks to your support, we are able to make literacy instruction interactive, inclusive, and fun.\r\n\r\nThese materials have had an immediate impact in our classroom. Our learning environment is more organized, accessible, and engaging. Students navigate the space independently and confidently. With the table tents, we are now able to provide the needed visual supports which encourage our students to stay on task with great success. \r\n\r\nOur students are also excited about the Reader's Theater component of our curriculum --all thanks to the music stand donation. They look forward to using it to work on building fluency and work on their orator skills.. The headphones, on the other hand allow us to provide equitable access to digital literacy resources while differentiating instruction in a private and discrete manner.\r\n\r\nAgain, thank you for supporting our classroom and helping our students thrive!","fullyFundedDate":1788205669137,"projectUrl":"project/engaged-focused-and-fluent-bringing-sto/10314405/","projectTitle":"Engaged, Focused and Fluent Bringing Stories to Life!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Marmolejos","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9310315"},{"teacherId":9310315,"projectId":10273108,"letterContent":"Thank You for Supporting Our Classroom!\r\n\r\nYour generosity has had such a direct impact on how we approach teaching. Having these additional materials have allowed us to create spaces to make instruction more focused and accessible for students with different learning needs.\r\nIn our ICT classroom, the magnetic dry erase board allows my co-teacher and I to provide parallel small-group instruction. While one group receives targeted support from one of us, the other can work with the other teacher on a different skill, allowing us to provide more modeling, guided practice, and immediate feedback to our students.\r\n\r\nThe fabric markers and canvas tote bags provided students with meaningful practice of their fine-motor skills, planning, decision-making, and self-expression while creating a special personalized class keepsake and thus giving them a tangible reminder of their first-grade year and the wonderful memories they created. Thank you for providing resources that support both individual learning needs and happy, creative experiences in our classroom!","fullyFundedDate":1780774645145,"projectUrl":"project/differentiation-in-action-tools-for-our/10273108/","projectTitle":"Differentiation in Action: Tools for Our Ict Classroom","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Marmolejos","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9310315"},{"teacherId":9310315,"projectId":10135682,"letterContent":"Thanks to you, this project brought our first graders together. We created more than just colorful shirts—we created happy childhood memories, meaningful connections, and a stronger sense of belonging. Our students had the opportunity to express their personalities, preferences, and creativity through art while working alongside classmates and building community. They were completely immersed in the experience as they planned their designs, folded and twisted fabric, mixed colors, and helped one another. As they planned, they practiced collaboration, problem-solving, decision-making, and fine motor skills. What might appear to be a simple activity of mixing colors and folding fabric became a rich learning experience.\r\n\r\nThis project also provided our students with an authentic opportunity to practice patience and delayed gratification. They patiently waited for their turn to create their shirts and then had to wait an entire weekend while we teachers washed and dried them. When students finally received their clean t-shirts, they were excitement and in awe. They discovered how their colors had blended and changed; they embraced the happy surprises and \"accidents\" in their designs, and watched their individual creations come to life . \r\n\r\nMost importantly, this experience strengthened our first grade community. Students created alongside one another and celebrated each other. \r\n\r\nThis project was so much more than an art projects—these shirts are tangible reminders of their own creativity, individuality and belonging.\r\n\r\nAgain, we are truly and deeply grateful to our donors for making this experience possible.","fullyFundedDate":1778005421498,"projectUrl":"project/all-tied-up/10135682/","projectTitle":"All Tied Up","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Marmolejos","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9310315"},{"teacherId":6804666,"projectId":10446630,"letterContent":"We have just finished our first full week of the school year together and the items that you helped to purchase through this project played a role in helping this go smoothly! Students have nice new homework folders, pouches to transport books to and from school, communal snacks, and much more! The beginning of the school year can be anxiety-inducing for kids (and adults) and having the right supplies helps to mitigate that. I am so grateful to have a community of family, friends, PS 139 community members, etc. who constantly make sure that I have what I need in my classroom. Thank you, thank you, thank you!","fullyFundedDate":1787259781962,"projectUrl":"project/supplies-for-a-successful-new-school-yea/10446630/","projectTitle":"Supplies for a Successful New School Year!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Garcia","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6804666_orig.jpg?crop=466,465,x0,y31&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1567804998510","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/team3403"},{"teacherId":7277575,"projectId":10467763,"letterContent":"Thank you for your donations to help my students. Thanks to you we were able to get our project fully funded. These projects wouldn't be possible without your help.\r\n We are so happy to have bean bag chairs in our classroom. These chairs help make our classroom as comfortable and cozy community. They also provide alternate seating for students who need it at different times.\r\n Thank you again for helping fund our project. Our class will have a more comfortable and engaging year because of you and your donation. Thank you again! Myself and my class greatly appreciate it!","fullyFundedDate":1788959177218,"projectUrl":"project/help-build-our-classroom-community-thro/10467763/","projectTitle":"Help Build Our Classroom Community: Through Seating and Games","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Kelley","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7277575_orig.jpg?crop=1482,1482,x1063,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1592577934869","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7277575"},{"teacherId":7524768,"projectId":10108557,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting my scholars and helping bring these wonderful resources into our classroom. The headphones and nonfiction books about animals, habitats, and ecosystems have already added so much value to our learning environment.\r\n\r\nThe nonfiction books are helping my scholars build important reading skills while exploring topics that naturally spark their curiosity. As they read about different animals, habitats, and ecosystems, they are learning how to identify main ideas and key details, use text features such as headings, captions, photographs, and diagrams, and build new vocabulary. These books also give scholars opportunities to ask questions, make connections, and use information from a text to support their thinking.\r\nReading in our classroom happens in many different ways. Scholars read independently, with partners, in small groups, and during whole class instruction. The new books give them engaging choices during independent reading and provide meaningful opportunities to practice reading nonfiction for a purpose. It has been exciting to see scholars choose a book because an animal catches their attention and then begin sharing new facts they discovered with their classmates.\r\n\r\nThe headphones have also been extremely helpful. They allow scholars to work more independently when using our digital learning programs, listen to texts and instructional materials, and stay focused without distracting others around them. Having individual headphones makes it easier for scholars to work at their own pace and receive the support they need.\r\n\r\nOne of my favorite things has been watching the excitement that comes from learning something new. My scholars are naturally curious about animals, and these books have encouraged them to read, explore, ask questions, and teach one another what they have learned.\r\n\r\nYour generosity has provided more than classroom supplies. You have given my scholars additional opportunities to become stronger, more independent, and more curious learners. Thank you for investing in our classroom and helping me create meaningful learning experiences for my scholars.","fullyFundedDate":1783343237324,"projectUrl":"project/listen-learn-and-explore-with-headphon/10108557/","projectTitle":"Listen, Learn, and Explore with Headphones and National Geographic Books","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Amanda Lawrence","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7524768"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_736","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":707,"numTeachers":65,"percentFrplEligible":67,"percentAsian":13,"percentBlack":19,"percentWhite":21,"percentIndigenous":1,"percentLatinx":37,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":0,"percentMultiracialImputed":7,"gradesServed":"Pre-K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"10.9:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":65.3,"schoolId":736,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about PS 139 Alexine A Fenty on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"PS 139 Alexine A Fenty","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/new-york/new-york-city-dept-of-ed/ps-139-alexine-a-fenty/736"}