{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"PS 212","outOfStateSupporters":25.5,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":533875,"projectId":10589944,"letterContent":"First of all, thank you so very much for your kindness and generosity. Thanks to all of you, our project, \"Little Ears, Big Stories: Building Young Readers!\", has become a reality.\r\n\r\nOur young learners were so curious to find out what their new blue cd player was all about. Many of our young learners had never even seen a cd or cd player before. They were excited to learn about how to make it work. \r\n\r\nOur listening center is such a cozy and beautiful reading area for our little learners. Now they are able to immerse themselves in a story as they listen to stories on their new cd player. They are absolutely loving and enjoying their new listening center. \r\n\r\nThanks to all of your support now our little learners will have countless opportunities to listen to beautiful stories while practicing early literacy skills.","fullyFundedDate":1789611869083,"projectUrl":"project/little-ears-big-stories-building-young/10589944/","projectTitle":"Little Ears, Big Stories: Building Young Readers!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Fernandez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp533875_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1594330388559","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/533875"},{"teacherId":533875,"projectId":10301228,"letterContent":"First of all, thank you so very much for all of your kindness and support. Thanks to your generosity our project, \"Young Learners Exploring Math Through Play,\"has become a reality for our little learners. \r\n\r\nOur young learners were so excited and curious when they first saw all of our package boxes in the classroom. They asked what was inside. \r\n\r\nOur little learners are so excited about their colorful and beautiful wooden lacing jewels. This lacing set will provide countless opportunities for fine motor improvement in their little hand muscles. The magnetic number tiles are a big hit. Our young learners are having so much fun while learning all about numbers. \r\n\r\nThank you so very much for all of your donations we really appreciate you all!","fullyFundedDate":1784128927236,"projectUrl":"project/young-learners-exploring-math-through-pl/10301228/","projectTitle":"Young Learners Exploring Math Through Play!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Fernandez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp533875_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1594330388559","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/533875"},{"teacherId":1142899,"projectId":10518151,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support of our fourth-grade classroom project! Your kindness and generosity will help make our classroom a more organized, engaging, and hands-on place to learn.\r\n\r\nThe materials you donated will give our students exciting opportunities to learn, create, explore, and collaborate. They will also help our students become more independent, responsible, and confident learners.\r\n\r\nWe are truly grateful that you chose to support our classroom and invest in our students. Your generosity will make a meaningful difference in our classroom throughout the school year.\r\n\r\nThank you for helping make learning more exciting and enjoyable for our students.","fullyFundedDate":1790350318432,"projectUrl":"project/help-us-create-a-classroom-where-student/10518151/","projectTitle":"Help Us Create a Classroom Where Students Can Learn","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Velisarios","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1142899_orig.jpg?crop=1170,1170,x0,y546&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1733772073672","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-skulikidis"},{"teacherId":10261260,"projectId":9714271,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generosity and for supporting our 2nd grade classroom! Your donation of our new printer and hundreds place value resources has made a tremendous impact on my students' learning. The printer allows me to create engaging, high-quality activities that are tailored to my students' individual needs. Instead of waiting for materials or relying on limited resources, I can quickly provide practice, intervention, and enrichment activities that keep students actively involved in learning.\r\n\r\nThe hundreds place value resources have been especially exciting for my students because they can physically manipulate the pieces to build numbers, model addition and subtraction, and explain their thinking. Using hands-on materials has helped students develop a deeper understanding of place value, making it easier for them to solve two- and three-digit addition and subtraction problems with confidence. Students who previously struggled to understand regrouping are now more willing to take risks, share their strategies, and participate during math lessons because they can see and touch the math in front of them.\r\n\r\nYour generosity has created more engaging, meaningful learning experiences for every student in our classroom. Thank you for investing in our education and helping us build the skills and confidence we need to succeed. Your kindness truly makes a difference every day, and we are incredibly grateful for your support.","fullyFundedDate":1758898875992,"projectUrl":"project/printing-success-building-math-minds/9714271/","projectTitle":"Printing Success & Building Math Minds!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Rivera","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10261260_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1790039661331","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10261260"},{"teacherId":297528,"projectId":10230338,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to this exciting project. The kids are so happy to have new blocks in the Block Center. You have no idea how much fun the are having building tall structures with them. All of the new materials have causes such excitement for some centers that we have had to create waitlists to facilitate everyone getting a turn. Thank you for helping the end of the school year really go out with a bang! \r\nThe kids really love the new mailbox and magnetic toys. They are having so much fun creating and engaging in imaginative play.","fullyFundedDate":1778109373543,"projectUrl":"project/pre-k-refresh/10230338/","projectTitle":"Pre-K Refresh","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Bayer","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp297528_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1732738112723","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-bayer"},{"teacherId":533875,"projectId":10244089,"letterContent":"First of all thank you so very much for your kind and generous donations. Thanks to all of your support and help our project, \"Celebrating Every Story:Multicultural Books for Young Learners,\" has become a reality. Our students were so happy when they saw our delivery boxes with new surprises. They loved the board books from around the world.\r\nThanks to you, our young learners have a new addition to our classroom library with books that represent their many different cultures. They loved to see the new books and enjoyed sharing them with their friends in class. \r\nOnce again thank you so much for helping our young learners have books from around the world that they can appreciate and learn from.","fullyFundedDate":1779302752634,"projectUrl":"project/celebrating-every-story-multicultural-b/10244089/","projectTitle":"Celebrating Every Story: Multicultural Books for Young Learners!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Fernandez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp533875_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1594330388559","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/533875"},{"teacherId":98618,"projectId":10163794,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your support! Your donation has made it possible for our emergent readers to make words in a whole new way. They were so excited when we opened the box and out came letter cubes and word cards. \r\nThey have spent a lot of time the last few weeks making words and they are getting so good at it! They are now reading some of those same words in the books in their reading bags without even needing to sound them out! \r\nI am seeing such a difference in their ability to read words and I can't wait to see how it's going to help next year's group.\r\nThank you, thank you, thank you!","fullyFundedDate":1774293309537,"projectUrl":"project/the-sound-of-learning/10163794/","projectTitle":"The Sound of Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Ketler","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp98618_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1517688471870","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-ketler"},{"teacherId":533875,"projectId":10068893,"letterContent":"First of all, thank you so very much for funding our project, \"Tabletop Toys to Build Fine Motor Skills for Young Learners!\" Our young learners were so excited to see all of their new materials. They were so curious and wanted to see all of the new items in our delivery box. \r\nOur young students loved their new gear builders play sets. They worked together to design different gear builds during center time. Our young learners are so excited to have new play sets for indoor recess time. \r\nOur young learners love the magnetic wonder tiles vehicle builder sets. They are practicing their shape recognition while playing and having fun at the same time. These came just in time for our Wheels Unit of study. We are currently learning all about wheels. Our students are exploring how wheels work with their new magnetic vehicle builders set.\r\nOnce again thank you so much for helping our young students have the materials they need to make learning fun and memorable. We really appreciate all of your kindness and support.","fullyFundedDate":1776458233030,"projectUrl":"project/tabletop-toys-to-build-fine-motor-skills/10068893/","projectTitle":"Tabletop Toys to Build Fine Motor Skills for Young Learners!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Fernandez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp533875_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1594330388559","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/533875"},{"teacherId":5728723,"projectId":9921285,"letterContent":"It has been so much fun learning how to use the 3D printer and showing my students how it works. The excitement they feel as they watch the printer create their designs right before their eyes is truly incredible. We have already been making keyboard fidgets, owl key chains, and flower pots, which has made the experience even more meaningful and engaging for them.\r\n\r\nThis printer is giving the students in my club more opportunities to be creative, explore new ideas, and bring their imaginations to life in a hands-on way.\r\n\r\nI am excited to see what they will continue to create with this new technology!","fullyFundedDate":1768161911828,"projectUrl":"project/3d-printing-innovation-at-ps212q/9921285/","projectTitle":"3D Printing Innovation at PS212Q","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Geraghty","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5728723_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1704745939639","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5728723"},{"teacherId":297528,"projectId":9992909,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to this project. The new books and discs received have really motivated the students to visit the listening center. Some kids even visit multiple times in a day. It not only provides early read skills it also gives the kids a cozy place to sit and relax when they need some quiet time. Often friends come and listen together and other times it connects two students that do not usually play together. They are often seen going on to other centers together after listening to a story.","fullyFundedDate":1770224692173,"projectUrl":"project/listening-learning-and-loving-books-in/9992909/","projectTitle":"Listening, Learning, and Loving Books in Pre-K","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Bayer","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp297528_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1732738112723","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-bayer"},{"teacherId":7793298,"projectId":9972654,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous gift of Chicken Soup with Rice books. Your support has helped my students build important reading skills like recognizing patterns, improving fluency, and growing their vocabulary. The repetitive and rhythmic text makes it easier for them to follow along and read with confidence.\r\n\r\nReading time in our classroom has become more engaging and fun. Students enjoy having their own copies to practice with, and they love reading together as a group. The books have even inspired the class to learn and sing the Carole King song based on Chicken Soup with Rice, which they've chosen as their graduation song.\r\n\r\nOne moment that stood out was when I asked a student why they liked the book so much. They said, \"It makes reading fun and helps my brain learn how to read.\" Moments like this show just how meaningful your donation has been. Some students who were once hesitant readers are now excited to participate and practice more often. Thank you again for making such a positive impact on our classroom!","fullyFundedDate":1767804657229,"projectUrl":"project/chicken-soup-with-rice-a-recipe-for-smi/9972654/","projectTitle":"Chicken Soup with Rice: A Recipe for Smiles in Kindergarten","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Brosgole","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7793298_orig.jpg?crop=554,554,x120,y133&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1620168074605","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7793298"},{"teacherId":98618,"projectId":9604251,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation! Our students were so excited when we opened the boxes and explored what was inside. They couldn't wait to have math tools right there in their seat sacks. \r\nWe are currently working on counting, recognizing, and writing teen numbers with the help of ten frames so your donation has been invaluable. Our students have been able to visually see the numbers they are forming and it has made it much easier for them to understand what makes up a teen number. \r\nWe will be moving into geometry soon and they can't wait to add 3-D shapes to their math tools. Your donation has made it possible for our students to dig deeper into different math concepts and it is making such a difference in their learning. \r\nWe appreciate your support more than you'll ever know, thank you again!","fullyFundedDate":1764686366415,"projectUrl":"project/math-tools-at-the-ready/9604251/","projectTitle":"Math Tools at the Ready!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Ketler","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp98618_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1517688471870","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-ketler"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_1076","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":561,"numTeachers":54,"percentFrplEligible":66,"percentAsian":20,"percentBlack":0,"percentWhite":12,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":61,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":0,"percentMultiracialImputed":4,"gradesServed":"K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"10.4:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":74.5,"schoolId":1076,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about PS 212 on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"PS 212","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/new-york/new-york-city-dept-of-ed/ps-212/1076"}