{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Lawrence Orr Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":43.6,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":9401965,"projectId":9498796,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for the donation of the Disc Golf Baskets. I have already set one of the disc golf outside in our field for students to use during recess. Students come to the gym to sign out the discs before recess and than return after recess is over.\r\n\r\nThe other two disc golf baskets have been used by our PE teacher in the gym to teach the students how to play. The Kindergarten students are learning basic throwing skills while the older students learn how to putt and score for disc golf. All students are having a great time including students with special needs.\r\n\r\nDuring our Fall Festival the Disc Golf Baskets were set up as a game where students who make the basket get a prize.\r\n\r\nThank you for helping to bring the game of Disc Golf to our school. We really appreciate your donation.","fullyFundedDate":1755882467206,"projectUrl":"project/disc-golf-fun/9498796/","projectTitle":"Disc Golf Fun","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Becker","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9401965_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1701737058557","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9401965"},{"teacherId":9473979,"projectId":9429076,"letterContent":"Thanks to your generous donation of Quill Neenah Exact Vellum Bristol 67 lb. Cardstock Paper, my kindergarten students now have access to durable materials that support daily learning. We've used the cardstock to create alphabet flashcards, phonics puzzles, and homework calendars—tools that help reinforce literacy skills and keep students organized.\r\nWhen my students first received their personalized letter-sound cards, they were thrilled. Jayden shared, \"Ms. Brown, these cards are so strong! I can flip them and play games with them and they don't break. I showed my mom how I can match the letters and sounds all by myself!\" The excitement and pride they felt was a joy to witness.\r\n\r\nNext, we're starting a phonics mini-book project using the cardstock to create sturdy pages for each student's personal reading book. Your support has helped us build lasting materials that promote growth, independence, and confidence in early literacy. Thank you for being part of our classroom journey!","fullyFundedDate":1755887231686,"projectUrl":"project/awards-and-achievements/9429076/","projectTitle":"Awards and Achievements","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. BROWN","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9473979_orig.jpg?crop=1040,1040,x0,y364&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1750723895657","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9473979"},{"teacherId":9401965,"projectId":9047345,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your donation to my music classroom in Charlotte, North Carolina. My school is a Title 1 school where every student is on free breakfast and lunch. As you know, North Carolina is sending less and less money to schools. Your donation means so much to me and my students.\r\n\r\nThe colorful chairs are used every day by students. We sit, play games and even use them as instruments. These chairs make my classroom more colorful and inviting for students.\r\n\r\nDuring ukuleles and recorders, when students are sitting on these chairs, they help me walk around and assist the students while they are playing.\r\n\r\nThank you again for your donation, we really need it and appreciate it.","fullyFundedDate":1746810811145,"projectUrl":"project/stackable-chairs-for-students/9047345/","projectTitle":"Stackable Chairs for Students","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Becker","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9401965_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1701737058557","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9401965"},{"teacherId":9401965,"projectId":9047405,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your donation to my school and classroom. We are a Title 1 school in Charlotte, North Carolina where all the students are on free breakfast and lunch. As you might know, North Carolina is giving less and less to schools to spend on students so this donation means so much to us.\r\n\r\nThis traveling sound system will allow me to have performances outside of our gym/auditorium. We will be doing our first ever outdoor performances at Fall Festival at the end of October. \r\n\r\nI am so excited to show the parents what these students have been learning in a non-formal new atmosphere (outdoors)!\r\n\r\nThank you again for helping our school.","fullyFundedDate":1746810175504,"projectUrl":"project/traveling-sound-system/9047405/","projectTitle":"Traveling Sound System","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Becker","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9401965_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1701737058557","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9401965"},{"teacherId":2399687,"projectId":9017527,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for providing my students multiple copies of high-interest books they enjoy reading. These books helped them create a strong foundation for them to build their reading lives!\r\n\r\nHaving multiple copies of these books allowed every child to take ownership and be an active participant in their book clubs or while reading with a buddy to foster discussions, make connections, laugh together, and build upon each other ideas and thoughts.\r\n\r\nI just wish you were a fly on the wall to see and here the excitement you brought to my classroom. Once again thank you so much.","fullyFundedDate":1741556614659,"projectUrl":"project/book-talks-to-the-rescue/9017527/","projectTitle":"Book Talks to the Rescue!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Eric Harmon","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2399687_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1524778333025","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/eric-harmon"},{"teacherId":2399687,"projectId":9006570,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for seeing fit to support. My students were ecstatic when the books arrived. These books brought more excitement to their daily independent reading.\r\n\r\nI wish you could see their faces when they opened the boxes when the books arrived. Once again thank you so much.\r\n\r\nThese books provided fun and engaging stories that piqued the interests of my students.\r\n\r\nThe addition of these books allowed me to provide new exciting adventures as we learned.\r\n\r\nMy students loved listening to a great story. I used these books to aid in teaching characters, setting, major events, and cause and effect.","fullyFundedDate":1734373235159,"projectUrl":"project/books-books-and-more-books/9006570/","projectTitle":"Books, Books, and More Books","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Eric Harmon","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2399687_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1524778333025","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/eric-harmon"},{"teacherId":2399687,"projectId":9016964,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generosity and support. It is because of kind hearted people like yourself that will keep the love of reading alive for my students now and for decades to come. \r\n\r\nThese were a great addition to out classroom library. My students can understand these books easier than some others and the fun caricatures (pictures) helped them engage with the books on a different level. Because of the important information being presented at a lower comprehension level, my students can now understand informational text a little better.","fullyFundedDate":1734968372072,"projectUrl":"project/who-was-book-collection/9016964/","projectTitle":"Who Was Book Collection","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Eric Harmon","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2399687_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1524778333025","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/eric-harmon"},{"teacherId":2399687,"projectId":8998744,"letterContent":"I wish you could have seen the smiles on my students' faces when they opened the amazon boxes. You would have thought we won the lottery. My students immediately grabbed books and began reading.\r\n\r\nThis project brought a variety of new books into my classroom, the majority of which were chapter books. Not just any chapter book will do, chapter books with characters that looked like them.\r\n\r\nThese chapter books were written with them in mind. Also illustrated chapter books or graphic novels were a hit. Thanks once again for helping me continue to foster a love of reading by bringing these books to the classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1734619947945,"projectUrl":"project/books-please/8998744/","projectTitle":"Books Please","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Eric Harmon","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2399687_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1524778333025","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/eric-harmon"},{"teacherId":2399687,"projectId":8905435,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your donations. I wish you could have seen their faces when the office manager brought the packages to the door. It was like Christmas. Eyes were wide and smiles were bright with anticipation and excitement.\r\n\r\nMy students enjoyed using our new mess bags and colorful index cards. I packed all our math manipulatives into mesh bags so they could stay organized. This also helped with storing them. We used the index cards for fun quick math games.\r\n\r\nThe laminating pouched helped me to laminate the cards we used for vocabulary and math sorts. Now they will last for years to come.","fullyFundedDate":1730415027864,"projectUrl":"project/organizing-for-success-math-manipulativ/8905435/","projectTitle":"Organizing for Success: Math Manipulatives and More","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Eric Harmon","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2399687_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1524778333025","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/eric-harmon"},{"teacherId":9401965,"projectId":8702488,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for the keyboard for my classroom. We have a piano but it does not stay in tune because of the changes of temperature. Having a keyboard in a general music class is very important and your purchase helps me help my students. I use the keyboard every day to help with students singing the correct pitch to playing melodies for recorders or other instruments. Students who take private lessons (I have 3) have gotten to play this keyboard and they love it. I have also used it during PLC with other music teachers.\r\n\r\nThank you so much for this addition to my music classroom, it sounds amazing!","fullyFundedDate":1729857182332,"projectUrl":"project/piano-keyboard-for-success/8702488/","projectTitle":"Piano Keyboard for Success","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Becker","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9401965_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1701737058557","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9401965"},{"teacherId":9516386,"projectId":8729094,"letterContent":"We are so grateful you donated to our past project, \"Help Reduce Noise In My Class To Promote Optimal Learning!\"It has been a blessing to have our project fully funded and we thank you for making it happen. \r\n We were excited to receive your contribution and we have benefited by having less noise during testing and reading time. Students are more comfortable getting up from their seats knowing that they are not making a huge amount of noise. Thank you, thank you, thank you for your kindness. I hope you will consider contributing to future projects to support our class.","fullyFundedDate":1725899194276,"projectUrl":"project/help-reduce-noise-in-my-class-to-promote/8729094/","projectTitle":"Help Reduce Noise In My Class To Promote Optimal Learning!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Coppadge","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9516386_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1720639893622","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9516386"},{"teacherId":2654715,"projectId":7498275,"letterContent":"Thank you for the new supplies. The moment my students walked in and saw the new supplies—fresh pencils, colorful dry erase markers, and boxes of tissues—their eyes lit up with excitement. One student hugged the tissue box and said, \"Now we don't have to use our sleeves!\" It was a lighthearted moment, but a powerful reminder that having even the most basic supplies makes students feel seen and cared for. We immediately used the pencils and markers during our reading groups and math centers, and students loved being able to write, erase, and share their thinking without fear of mistakes. These tools have already made learning more interactive and accessible for everyone.\r\n\r\nThese essential items are now part of our daily routines. Pencils are helping students complete their writing journals with confidence, and the dry erase markers are a go-to tool during small group instruction and whole-class games. Having tissues readily available has also helped students stay focused and comfortable, especially during allergy season. As we head into our next project on descriptive writing, students will use their pencils to sketch and describe real-life objects, using the markers to highlight key words and sensory details. Your donation did more than just stock our shelves—it helped build a space where students can thrive. Thank you for investing in their growth!","fullyFundedDate":1691949029732,"projectUrl":"project/empowering-learning-through-essential-to/7498275/","projectTitle":"Empowering Learning Through Essential Tools: Fueling Minds, Brightening Futures","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. DeBerry","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2654715_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1534092568145","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/d-deberry"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_108266","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":629,"numTeachers":43,"percentFrplEligible":89,"percentAsian":7,"percentBlack":31,"percentWhite":4,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":53,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"14.6:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":56.4,"schoolId":108266,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Lawrence Orr Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Lawrence Orr Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/north-carolina/charlotte-mecklenburg-school-district/lawrence-orr-elementary-school/108266"}