{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Dilworth Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":38.5,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":470313,"projectId":10614241,"letterContent":"These cupcakes my students made from Model Magic are adorable! We are so appreciative of the supplies you sent us, from cupcake liners to charms, from gummy bears to straws, and of course, clay packs. My kids had a great time making candy corn from the colored clay and ghosts from the black clay. \r\n\r\nAll of these projects were successful and the kids were happy and smiling while they created. This was only possible with donations from you; otherwise, this opportunity would not have been available to my students. Thanks so much for giving us these great supplies and letting kids' imaginations come to life!","fullyFundedDate":1790726033634,"projectUrl":"project/realistic-cupcakes/10614241/","projectTitle":"Realistic Cupcakes","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Watkins","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp470313_orig.jpg?crop=1087,1087,x0,y115&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1637524720135","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/victoriawatkbs"},{"teacherId":470313,"projectId":10707391,"letterContent":"You certainly saved the day with providing a few more boxes of Model Magic. My fourth graders are learning how to write poetry in their language arts classes so we combined clay with poetry in art class. Students made donuts, pumpkins, sour patch kids and candy corn and wrote poems about them. \r\n\r\nOther classes sculpted cookies, melting popsicles and more, which we will paint this week. All of these projects connect with core curriculum and enhance learning for my students. Plus, they love combining the two. The clay arrived at the perfect time and I have adequate amounts for my thirty-one classes a week.\r\n\r\nThanks so much for your support. We appreciate the supplies very much and also appreciate the fact that you continue to support students and their needs.","fullyFundedDate":1790812248528,"projectUrl":"project/sculpture-model-magic/10707391/","projectTitle":"Sculpture Model Magic","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Watkins","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp470313_orig.jpg?crop=1087,1087,x0,y115&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1637524720135","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/victoriawatkbs"},{"teacherId":470313,"projectId":10606787,"letterContent":"Fully funding this project helped my students in so many ways and with great supplies they have already loved using. We are finishing our clay projects of melting popsicles, pumpkins, sour patch kids and candy corn while other classes are creating sock donuts, cardboard animals, folk art and steel wool rubbings. It's amazing they have these wonderful opportunities to create art with the best supplies. \r\n\r\nThank you for your support, generosity and kindness and making my kids feel that their needs and education matter. They are getting the best I can give them and it wouldn't happen without your help and involvement. We are so grateful!","fullyFundedDate":1789603762633,"projectUrl":"project/basic-supplies-for-a-well-run-classroom/10606787/","projectTitle":"Basic Supplies for a Well-Run Classroom","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Watkins","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp470313_orig.jpg?crop=1087,1087,x0,y115&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1637524720135","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/victoriawatkbs"},{"teacherId":470313,"projectId":10649020,"letterContent":"Culture Night is coming up in a couple weeks and we are so appreciative of the supplies you provided us so we will have a great time creating masks with scratch art. I get about two hundred students at this event coming into the art room to see what they can make.\r\n\r\nHaving tablecloths to catch the paint scratched off and fun skull masks that can be made into hanging ornaments, will capture their attention and keep them busy creating during the time alloted. \r\n\r\nI ussually pay for this project myself every year, so having these donated is a great weight lifted off my shoulders. Thanks so much for all your support and for showing my students that you care about their education and enrichment.","fullyFundedDate":1789933293835,"projectUrl":"project/day-of-the-dead-supplies/10649020/","projectTitle":"Day of the Dead Supplies","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Watkins","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp470313_orig.jpg?crop=1087,1087,x0,y115&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1637524720135","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/victoriawatkbs"},{"teacherId":470313,"projectId":10580568,"letterContent":"Your help in obtaining these snacks and fidget toys was gratefully received by all my classes. Keeping our Treasure Box filled adds incentive, motivation and excitement to every art experience they have at our school. \r\n\r\nThe fidgets are almost a necessity at this time, as so many children suffer from anxiety. They all carry some sort of stress toy or fidget with them to every class and they seem to relax them like nothing else. \r\n\r\nMy students are deserving, amazing and so resilient. I try to keep them engaged and motivated to do their best but every little bit helps. We thank you for your support, your generosity, and for caring about elementary children and their education.","fullyFundedDate":1789663431141,"projectUrl":"project/fidget-toys-and-snacks/10580568/","projectTitle":"Fidget Toys and Snacks","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Watkins","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp470313_orig.jpg?crop=1087,1087,x0,y115&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1637524720135","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/victoriawatkbs"},{"teacherId":470313,"projectId":10604836,"letterContent":"I don't like the fact that I needed to make a project like this, but it's a reality these days. I want to be prepared and have my students prepared. \r\n\r\nThe blackout curtains are wonderful and really keep the window nicely covered with a little style. The fidgets, slime, stress toys, crayons, notepads, and more, will be so helpful during an evacuation and will keep the students busy and distracted which can be a blessing if we are evacuated for a long period of time.\r\n\r\nUnfortunately, we need these items, and thanks to donors like you, we are ready for anything that could happen. Thanks so much for caring about our safety and security, and for constantly being a helping hand to children in the school system.","fullyFundedDate":1789730815644,"projectUrl":"project/lockdown-essentials/10604836/","projectTitle":"Lockdown Essentials","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Watkins","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp470313_orig.jpg?crop=1087,1087,x0,y115&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1637524720135","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/victoriawatkbs"},{"teacherId":470313,"projectId":10558069,"letterContent":"Thanks so much for your help in keeping our room smelling wonderful. Being in a new building where workers still come in every day after school to finish areas, we have lots of paint, dry wall, and epoxy smells. These room deoderizers were the answer and now, we have only good scents wafting through our room. \r\n\r\nWithout your help and support, this would not be a choice for us and I would have to purchase these on my own. We are very grateful for donors like you, and know you are always helping students get what they need to have a successful education.","fullyFundedDate":1789673803894,"projectUrl":"project/plug-in-scented-oils/10558069/","projectTitle":"Plug-In Scented Oils","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Watkins","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp470313_orig.jpg?crop=1087,1087,x0,y115&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1637524720135","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/victoriawatkbs"},{"teacherId":470313,"projectId":10289954,"letterContent":"You would not believe how much fun my students have had with these supplies! We have already started on giant gumdrops and twisted licorice sticks, making cellophane wrapped malted milk balls and tubular candies. \r\n\r\nThe decorations are going to be such a hit this Spring when we have our Art Show. Students are already giving me their ideas and talking about it. I love when a buzz is created about our department. \r\n\r\nWithout your input, generosity and kindness, none of this would be possible, so we are very grateful for your ongoing help. We thank you so much for all you do for children, their education, and public school special area classes. With so much going on in the world, it's so nice to know there are truly kind people out there that want to give kids the best possible.\r\n\r\nThanks again!","fullyFundedDate":1787584892407,"projectUrl":"project/candlyland-art-show/10289954/","projectTitle":"Candlyland Art Show","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Watkins","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp470313_orig.jpg?crop=1087,1087,x0,y115&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1637524720135","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/victoriawatkbs"},{"teacherId":470313,"projectId":10341021,"letterContent":"You can see in the pictures the thousand sheets of paper we went through the first week of school in the art room. Each week that most classes draw or paint, we will use a thousand sheets. This is why we are so grateful for the reams of paper you funded for us.\r\n\r\nI try to use white construction paper for my kindergarteners since they are new to all this, but the eighty pound paper you funded will be used for all other classes. Teaching art to nine hundred students a week requires so much preparation and I usually prep the week before. Not having to worry if we can get through the week with enough paper, is one less thing to worry about.\r\n\r\nThanks for caring about my art students and their education. Giving them the best of me will help them do their best and have an engaged, fun class each week. We appreciate all you do for kids!","fullyFundedDate":1787585084758,"projectUrl":"project/paper-paper-paper/10341021/","projectTitle":"Paper, Paper, Paper!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Watkins","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp470313_orig.jpg?crop=1087,1087,x0,y115&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1637524720135","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/victoriawatkbs"},{"teacherId":470313,"projectId":10529794,"letterContent":"Thanks so much for helping me replace some important lost art supplies in our new school move. We always have a black light gallery at our annual art show and the neon oil pastels are so important for all nine hundred students needing to complete a drawing. \r\n\r\nMy kindergarteners started painting this week and having new paint sticks eliminated the water and brushes that are always so time consuming to prep and clean up. They loved the experience and called the paint sticks \"Magic Paint\" because it dries so quickly.\r\n\r\nThe end of the week is our clean up time to wash tables and sweep our floor so the new broom and dust pan came in handy. Students love to clean so having what they need helped get the job done.\r\n\r\nThanks for making this happen for us and for caring about my students and the arts. We have had a great start to the school year and having what we needed was the best of all!","fullyFundedDate":1787584936264,"projectUrl":"project/pastels-paint-sticks-and-a-broom/10529794/","projectTitle":"Pastels, Paint Sticks and a Broom","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Watkins","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp470313_orig.jpg?crop=1087,1087,x0,y115&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1637524720135","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/victoriawatkbs"},{"teacherId":470313,"projectId":10342807,"letterContent":"We are super excited to begin these projects and when I told the students this week about the theme, \"Candyland\", their eyes widened and their mouths opened. Thanks so much for providing the supplies needed to make giant candy such as Twizzlers, Tootsie Rolls, StarBurst and malted milk balls. These will be the cutest!!\r\n\r\nStudents working in groups have to talk, problem solve, compromise and build, all great activities and skills needed for their whole lives These projects will allow all that and have such an impact on their learning. \r\n\r\nWe are deeply appreciative all of your support and for caring about education and the arts. We can't wait to show you pictures of our creations! Thank you again!","fullyFundedDate":1787585356351,"projectUrl":"project/candy-props-giant-size/10342807/","projectTitle":"Candy Props-Giant Size","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Watkins","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp470313_orig.jpg?crop=1087,1087,x0,y115&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1637524720135","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/victoriawatkbs"},{"teacherId":470313,"projectId":10421303,"letterContent":"we are so grateful for your ongoing support and for helping us receive some essential supplies for the art lessons this year. With such a large amount of students, I have already used one thousand pieces of drawing paper in our first week of school. Thank you for helping us receive paper plates, watercolor sets, Sharpies and more, all items we use every week.\r\n\r\nThe students are truly excited with their new school, the new art room, seeing all their friends and being a grade older. So many have matured and it's such a pleasure to see how one grade makes a big difference. \r\n\r\nThey loved their first week in Special classes and we even started our first drawings and paintings. All of this happiness would not happen to this extent if we didn't have support from outside sources. It makes a huge impact in their learning. We appreciate you and thank you very, very much for bringing such happiness to our lives.","fullyFundedDate":1787143835469,"projectUrl":"project/just-what-we-need-in-art/10421303/","projectTitle":"Just What We Need in Art","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Watkins","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp470313_orig.jpg?crop=1087,1087,x0,y115&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1637524720135","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/victoriawatkbs"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_1593","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":329,"numTeachers":39,"percentFrplEligible":19,"percentAsian":3,"percentBlack":10,"percentWhite":71,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":9,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":0,"percentMultiracialImputed":4,"gradesServed":"3 - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"8.4:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":false,"titleOne":false,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":61.5,"schoolId":1593,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Dilworth Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Dilworth Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/north-carolina/charlotte-mecklenburg-school-district/dilworth-elementary-school/1593"}