{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"PS 87 William Sherman","outOfStateSupporters":32.3,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":10658836,"projectId":10656011,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our project, \"Feelings Detectives\"! The A Little SPOT Emotional Regulation Bundle has made a remarkable difference in our sessions by providing my students with essential tools to understand and manage their emotions. Through these engaging texts, my students are learning critical social-emotional skills, including how to identify physical emotional cues, practice deep breathing, and use positive self-talk to navigate complex feelings.\r\n\r\nReading in our session is an interactive and active learning experience. During our read-aloud time, students lean in eagerly, acting as true \"feelings detectives\" as they analyze character expressions and discuss real-life scenarios. Afterward, students utilize visual emotion charts and spot tools in small groups to reflect on their own feelings throughout the day.\r\n\r\nSeveral students who used to struggle with overwhelming emotions or daily transitions have particularly thrived with these new resources. The visual, color-coded characters make abstract concepts accessible, giving my students a shared language and concrete strategies to handle difficult moments. Your generosity has helped create a more empathetic, calm, and supportive environment for all of us.","fullyFundedDate":1790444372100,"projectUrl":"project/feelings-detectives/10656011/","projectTitle":"Feelings Detectives","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Dellomo","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10658836_orig.jpg?crop=592,592,x43,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1789131039757","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10658836"},{"teacherId":10541966,"projectId":10380933,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to support our \"Ms. Clean\" project! When we began our lesson, my students were so excited to talk about what it means to keep a space organized and welcoming. They shared how great it feels to come into a clean environment where they can focus, learn, and grow, setting a wonderfully positive tone for our counseling session.\r\n\r\nTo connect our resources directly to social-emotional learning, our students listened to the read-aloud A Little Spot of Organization by Diane Alber. Following the story, they completed an interactive cut-and-paste sorting activity and shared practical strategies, such as breaking big tasks into manageable sections, sorting items into color-coded bins, and using visual labels. We even discussed other ways to organize, such as organizing our feelings when we might not know how we feel—like using a feelings chart to identify emotions. Additionally, students talked about how keeping things clean prevents clutter, and how donating items in good condition helps others in need while making room for what we keep.\r\n\r\nMoving forward, our next steps involve encouraging students to apply these organization and emotional regulation strategies in school, at home, and in their everyday lives. Thank you again for supporting our room and helping us build an organized, encouraging environment where our students can thrive!","fullyFundedDate":1788959271948,"projectUrl":"project/ms-clean/10380933/","projectTitle":"Ms. Clean","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Charina","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10541966_orig.png?crop=1484,1484,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1783042807039","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/charina1"},{"teacherId":10541966,"projectId":10362643,"letterContent":"I want to take this opportunity to thank you so much for donating these SEL games to my students! When my students first saw the new boxes arrive in our counseling room, they were so curious about what games were inside—their eyes lit up with excitement, and they couldn't wait to unbox them and start playing!\r\n\r\nThese resources have already made a tremendous impact on how my students identify feelings, practice decision-making, and learn solution-based problem-solving. Through live role-playing and these interactive scenarios, my students are practicing how to read social cues, show empathy, pick coping skills for real-life situations, and navigate conflicts. Our sessions have been filled with laughter, deep engagement, and true teamwork. \r\n\r\nMoving forward, our next step is to continue building on these foundational skills so my students can model, teach, and implement what they've learned across our entire school community. Thank you for making this possible!","fullyFundedDate":1787141438676,"projectUrl":"project/decision-making-expert/10362643/","projectTitle":"Decision-Making Expert!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Charina","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10541966_orig.png?crop=1484,1484,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1783042807039","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/charina1"},{"teacherId":9317993,"projectId":9690137,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation of books and games to our classroom. Through these materials they students have been able to explore and further develop their literacy skills. For example through the fictional texts of Harry Potter, Wild Robot, Bad Guys, etc the students have continued to think about characters, setting, story structure as well as other fictional literary elements. One key area that we have been working on this year is compare and contrast of characters across texts. 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