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All because of your support. Thank you!","fullyFundedDate":1763576066575,"projectUrl":"project/learning-stems-from-growing-fungi-and-cr/9875302/","projectTitle":"Learning STEMs from Growing Fungi and Creating Community","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Czarka","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp187_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1457193005736","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrczarka"},{"teacherId":187,"projectId":9879906,"letterContent":"Thank you for supporting our classroom project to build out the school garden which is like an outdoor classroom- because of your investment in the space.\r\n\r\nBecause of you, our students are more confident builders, constructing the Vego Raised Garden Beds. These garden beds are now a space for planting different vegetables. But beyond growing just plants, our students will get to grow edible mushrooms outdoors on the straw using mushroom spawn inside of the buckets. Not everyday do students get a hands on opportunity to explore the essential role that fungi play in our lives. \r\n\r\nAll of these opportunities allow our students to gain confidence using English, become ecologically engaged locally, and allow project-based learning to happen. All because of your support. Thank you for this.","fullyFundedDate":1762735970391,"projectUrl":"project/growing-in-english-stems-from-outdoor-ex/9879906/","projectTitle":"Growing in English STEMs from Outdoor Experiences!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Czarka","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp187_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1457193005736","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrczarka"},{"teacherId":187,"projectId":9875227,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your support of this project. This is not a project that would have happened without your support. We do not have access to the supplies to introduce the creative world that cyanotypes provides without your help.\r\n\r\nBecause of you, students studied plant leaves, seeds, flowers, and natural objects to create photographic prints. They get to the materials you funded, like the flower press kit and Cyanotype art supplies to express themselves. This experience strengthens their mental health, allows creative outlets, and lets them have fun learning English. It almost feels like magic when they see the print come together before their very eyes!\r\n\r\nNone of this could have happened without you. And countless more students will get the chance moving forward. Thank you!","fullyFundedDate":1762463545291,"projectUrl":"project/fostering-mindfulness-and-creativity-thr/9875227/","projectTitle":"Fostering Mindfulness and Creativity Through Nature","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Czarka","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp187_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1457193005736","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrczarka"},{"teacherId":187,"projectId":9886334,"letterContent":"What an encouraging experience to delve into engaging projects that connect STEM learning with student excitement while helping students learn English. This all happened because of your support of this project.\r\n\r\nOur students have so much fun being outdoors. It is exciting to spend time exploring nature, wondering about plants, fungi, and animals. And to build ways of continuing that learning into the future. Your support allows countless students now, and into the future, to be outdoors learning STEM concepts through growing edible mushrooms and plants. Amazing!\r\n\r\nThank you for investing in our students to give them this exciting way to learn outdoors, grow mushrooms and fruit, and learn English!","fullyFundedDate":1763179020049,"projectUrl":"project/learning-english-stems-from-growing-plan/9886334/","projectTitle":"Learning English STEMs from Growing Plants and Fungi!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Czarka","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp187_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1457193005736","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrczarka"},{"teacherId":4832587,"projectId":9634088,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for the Teachers Pay Teachers gift cards! Your generosity brought big smiles to our classroom. Because of you, I can fill our kindergarten days with fun, engaging resources that make learning exciting and hands-on. These materials are helping my students learn, grow, and love coming to school each day.\r\n\r\nYour kindness is already making a difference for our little learners, and I can't thank you enough for supporting our classroom and believing in the magic of kindergarten. We are so grateful for you!","fullyFundedDate":1758898926612,"projectUrl":"project/enhancing-kindergarten-learning-with-tp/9634088/","projectTitle":"\"Enhancing Kindergarten Learning with TPT Resources\"","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Dipre","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4832587"},{"teacherId":4832587,"projectId":9520299,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support of our kindergarten classroom! Because of you, we now have a tray center that is already making a big difference in our daily routines.\r\n\r\nThe tray center has helped our classroom stay more organized and accessible for our students. Materials are easy to find, transitions are smoother, and our young learners are learning responsibility as they independently get and return their work to the tray center. \r\n\r\nYour kindness means more than words can express. Thank you for investing in our classroom and helping create a positive, structured learning environment for our kindergarteners. We are so grateful for your support!","fullyFundedDate":1761958653296,"projectUrl":"project/simply-tidy/9520299/","projectTitle":"Simply Tidy","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Dipre","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4832587"},{"teacherId":187,"projectId":9282218,"letterContent":"Thank you for allowing us to pursue creative ways to teach STEM and English at the same time. Your support allowed us to obtain equipment that would otherwise not get in front of our students to experiment, explore, and learn. \r\n\r\nOur students use the mushroom grow system to learn English. They continue to learn about ecology (and ecological restoration), fungi life cycle, and the different roles fungi play in our lives. The mushroom grow system allows students to see the mushrooms start to grow and then 'fruit' with the familiar edible component growing within the system that you supported.\r\n\r\nStudents have been able to explore indoor edible fungi growing as an authentic opportunities to learn English while doing something unique, fun, and essential to our being. \r\n\r\nThank you again for investing in our students.","fullyFundedDate":1746454095145,"projectUrl":"project/learning-ecology-english-through-growing/9282218/","projectTitle":"Learning Ecology English through Growing Mushrooms","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Czarka","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp187_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1457193005736","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrczarka"},{"teacherId":187,"projectId":9296358,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting this project! Your investment in our students goes a long way towards ensuring that they get opportunities to be outdoors learning English and STEM topics.\r\n\r\nThe garden space has been enhanced by your donations. The garden space is well maintained because of the trash grabbers. Students regularly use the magnifying lens and boxes to examine the soil, rocks, and insects. They get so excited. The hand sanitizer and paper towels continue to help students stay clean and healthy after being outdoors. The art pieces hang from the school's window guards, creating an inviting space indoors and outdoors. Students had a blast hanging them up!\r\n\r\nStudents see more wildlife, even in the urban forest, because of the bird house and bird bath. We are still trying to attract hummingbirds to the feeder on the shepherd hook. Let's see what happens in 2026! Which is what makes your investment amazing. You helped create an enhanced space that goes beyond one school year, but rather multiple years.\r\n\r\nAgain, thank you for all your support. None of this could happen without you. Thank you for believing in our students.","fullyFundedDate":1746454095269,"projectUrl":"project/growing-in-english-in-the-garden/9296358/","projectTitle":"Growing in English in the Garden","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Czarka","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp187_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1457193005736","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrczarka"},{"teacherId":6826594,"projectId":9504304,"letterContent":"We are writing to you with immense gratitude and excitement to share the incredible progress our students have made thanks to your investment in our new classroom color printer. Many of you use technology daily, but you might be wondering, \"How is a color printer specifically helping students learn?\" The best way to describe it is that the printer is transforming abstract ideas into concrete, highly engaging visual materials. Before, students were often limited to black-and-white printouts, forcing them to imagine the difference between a topographical map's elevation lines or the nuances of cell division diagrams. Now, with vibrant color printing, these concepts instantly become clearer and more accurate. This immediate visual feedback allows students to better organize information, create effective study guides, and analyze complex charts and graphs in a way that simply wasn't possible before. It is a powerful tool that makes learning more memorable and accessible for every student.\r\n\r\nThe element of the new product that is most exciting to the students is undoubtedly the opportunity to give their work professional polish and visual impact. They are thrilled by the ability to design high-quality, colorful posters, brochures, and visual presentations for their projects. Whether they are printing detailed timelines for a history class, creating colorful infographics to summarize a scientific report, or producing vibrant covers for their creative writing portfolios, the students feel a profound sense of ownership and pride in the final, tangible product. This focus on high-quality presentation is not only teaching them practical design skills but is also fostering a genuine enthusiasm for excellence in their schoolwork that reinforces their learning well beyond the assignment itself.","fullyFundedDate":1758899235733,"projectUrl":"project/printed-resources-prepared-students/9504304/","projectTitle":"Printed Resources = Prepared Students","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Aronov","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6826594_orig.jpg?crop=537,537,x217,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1690648011465","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/imanzo"},{"teacherId":4832587,"projectId":9711924,"letterContent":"On behalf of my students, I want to extend my heartfelt thanks for your generous support to our kindergarten project \"Patterns, Predictions, and Problem Solving.\" Your contribution has made a meaningful difference in creating a joyful, engaging, and nurturing learning environment for my youngest learners.\r\n\r\nThe materials are being actively use in the classroom to support student learning and daily activities. The headphones keeps sound from disturbing classmates during independent work in their iPads. The foam colorful dices are great for games and class activities without the loud noises when rolled, keeping the class calm and less distracting. The corkboard was use to set up our \"Fundations bulletin board. The rest of the materials are being use to continue supporting their growth, confidence, and creativity throughout the year.\r\n\r\nThank you once again for your meaningful support. Your generosity reminds our students that they are valued and supported, and it encourages us to continue striving for excellence in everything we do.","fullyFundedDate":1758122745176,"projectUrl":"project/patterns-predictions-and-problem-solvi/9711924/","projectTitle":"Patterns, Predictions, and Problem Solving","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Dipre","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4832587"},{"teacherId":6826594,"projectId":9504289,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous contribution that funded our classroom project, especially the purchase of a complete class set of quality headphones. I am thrilled to share how your support has transformed the learning experience for our students this year. While you might use headphones primarily for listening to music or podcasts, in a school environment, they are a powerful tool for creating an environment of focused, personalized learning. Our students are no longer distracted by the noise from other groups working or activities across the room. Instead, they can block out the auditory clutter and completely immerse themselves in an audiobook, instructional video, or language learning program. This simple technology allows us to differentiate instruction effectively—one group can listen to a complex piece of literature while another practices sight words through an interactive digital lesson—all without interrupting one another.","fullyFundedDate":1758899044015,"projectUrl":"project/hear-to-learn-headphones-for-every-stud/9504289/","projectTitle":"Hear to Learn: Headphones for Every Student","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Aronov","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6826594_orig.jpg?crop=537,537,x217,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1690648011465","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/imanzo"},{"teacherId":2586420,"projectId":9733305,"letterContent":"We are just so excited and thankful for your generosity. We get very happy when we see our supplies arrive. We started using our supplies as soon as they got to our school. This tells you that we were in great need for them. \r\n\r\nDuring reading, writing and art activities we have the right supplies in order to make it a fun activity. We have our drawings displayed around the room because we are proud of the work we are doing thanks to a little help from you. We thank you for thinking of us and for taking your time to donate to our classroom. \r\n\r\nWe promise to take great care of our supplies. We appreciate your donation, thank you again.","fullyFundedDate":1758899123106,"projectUrl":"project/supplies-for-our-class/9733305/","projectTitle":"Supplies for Our Class!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Cordova","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2586420_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1657588238851","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2586420"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_285","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":443,"numTeachers":58,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":20,"percentWhite":0,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":77,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Pre-K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"7.6:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":false,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":58.3,"schoolId":285,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about PS 48 Joseph R Drake on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"PS 48 Joseph R Drake","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/new-york/new-york-city-dept-of-ed/ps-48-joseph-r-drake/285"}