{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Westmoore Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":28.1,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":9324496,"projectId":9880917,"letterContent":"Thank you so very much for donating all the awesome \"bug\" cubes and magnifying glasses. The books are a wonderful addition to complete the whole set. Our Media Center has become infested with learning all about bugs. \r\n\r\nYour generous ways have truly been a blessing to our school's Media Center and the students that enter within its doors. I am so grateful for donors like you who give without wanting anything in return, except for maybe to hear how truly wonderful their gifts have impacted the students. \r\n\r\nHere at our school, we have a student population from preschool through eight grade. All of them have benefited tremendously from your selfless gifts. Our preschoolers cannot contain their joy when I break out the \"bug cubes\" as they call them. Kindergarten loves to look at all of the different creatures under the magnifying glasses. Our first graders like to sort the bugs into categories only to have the second graders come in and reorganize them according to what they deem as correct. All the way up through the ranks, the students really enjoy looking at a bug \"that isn't going to get away from them,\" as one of my fourth graders said. Even the middle schoolers have had fun exploring the bugs. Great conversations have come out of these cubed bugs- who has seen one like this one or who has stomped on one like that one or look how pretty this one is...and the list goes on. \r\n\r\nThank you again for all of your giving ways that have already brought so much joy into our Media Center. Who would have thought bugs could bring so many smiles into the Media Center? Not me. But I'm so glad they have, and I'm even more glad you decided to generously give these to our Media Center and to our students. Thank you, thank you, thank you.","fullyFundedDate":1765217464426,"projectUrl":"project/bugs-in-the-media-center-oh-my/9880917/","projectTitle":"Bugs in the Media Center, Oh my!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. G","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-9_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9324496"},{"teacherId":9324496,"projectId":9698979,"letterContent":"Thank you so very much for your generosity and your willingness to give to our Media Center so our students can have a more hands-on learning environment. Your gifts of a microscope and magnetic tiles (among other items) have been huge items that the students have longed to use and have in their own hands to operate. Your selfless ways have provided just that.\r\n\r\nOur students have been really enjoying looking through the microscope to see things on a slide up close. The little ones couldn't believe that this was even a possibility. Their shouts of joy and statements of wonder and amazement are so refreshing to hear. And it is all because of you! \r\n\r\nWe will also continue to pull out the magnetic tiles for our centers on Fridays. The students are allowed to rotate between centers made up of learning toys that also help develop their minds in areas technology doesn't. I see them create buildings or ships or modes of transportation they read about or saw in a video game. It is such a relief to see them get so much happiness and expressing their creativity with the magnetic tiles you have provided. \r\n\r\nI thank you once again for giving so much to our small, underserved school. You have made so many students in grades preschool all the way up through eight grade so excited to come to the Media Center so they can see the world around them in a different way and to show the world how creative they can be. Thank you sincerely from the bottom of my heart.","fullyFundedDate":1765217464722,"projectUrl":"project/microscopes-magnets-blend-stem-in-the/9698979/","projectTitle":"Microscopes & Magnets Blend STEM in the Media Center","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. G","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-9_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9324496"},{"teacherId":563407,"projectId":9510125,"letterContent":"My students and I have much gratitude for you and your generous donation. Many of my students were struggling with learning math facts. Multiplication by Heart has been a game changer. Students can have their own box that helps them keep up with their progress. They have been excited to know that they can learn the multiplication facts.\r\n\r\nBy fifth grade, it is a huge frustration to not know multiplication facts. When our project materials arrived, I explained to my students how to use these materials and told them that they would have their own Multiplication by Heart box to help them keep up with their progress. They were so excited to see a product that actually helped them to understand multiplication.\r\n\r\nThis has been a game changer. Getting better with multiplication facts and moving on to mastery has helped my students to better learn fraction work...which is big in fifth grade. This will definitely set them up for success in middle school and beyond.","fullyFundedDate":1757537687060,"projectUrl":"project/firm-math-foundation/9510125/","projectTitle":"Firm Math Foundation","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Early","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp563407_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1692405804062","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/dearly"},{"teacherId":9324496,"projectId":9248216,"letterContent":"Thank you so very much for your generous donation of all of the bilingual books to our school's library. We love them all! Our favorites are around is a Tortilla and the books about the insects and animals. Many of our students are bilingual and these books have really added books that our bilingual students can read. \r\n\r\nWe also have English speaking students who like to use the First Words Dictionary to look up English words and see what it is in Spanish. So many of them are learning new words every time they borrow these awesome books. \r\n\r\nSome of the small board books get used in the ESL room with our younger students in preschool and kindergarten. Even first graders enjoy reading them to their teacher.\r\n\r\nYour heartfelt and loving gifts to our school library ensure that so many students can now find a book they want to read and one they will understand reading.","fullyFundedDate":1754172422398,"projectUrl":"project/bilingual-books-for-a-more-diverse-libra/9248216/","projectTitle":"Bilingual Books for a More Diverse Library","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. G","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-9_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9324496"},{"teacherId":563407,"projectId":9379702,"letterContent":"My students were so excited to see the materials that were purchased in this project. They were even more excited to know that we had donors who cared enough to donate money for them. This has been a good example of generosity.\r\n\r\nWe have been able to use the tug-of-war rope to experience balanced and unbalanced force. The students were beside themselves when they found out that they would get to have a tug-of- war competition and that we could use it in science class. They made the connection that science really is fun and involved in physical activities. \r\n\r\nStudents were able to connect Newton's Laws with the game of soccer. Understanding how science is the backbone of sports has created an enthusiasm in my students' learning.","fullyFundedDate":1752671654488,"projectUrl":"project/interactive-content-learning/9379702/","projectTitle":"Interactive Content Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Early","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp563407_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1692405804062","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/dearly"},{"teacherId":563407,"projectId":9325986,"letterContent":"Flexible seating chairs have been a game changer for my class. My students were so excited when we received the shipment. They have always liked sitting on the floor, but that can get uncomfortable. It is so nice to see them reading, working, and doing projects while comfortably sitting around the room. \r\n\r\nThe flexibility of these seats makes it easy for my students to find a change of location in the room when they need to focus or when they need to get to themselves. The chairs allows my students to be successful because they get to have movement and comfort.","fullyFundedDate":1746641961416,"projectUrl":"project/flexible-comfort-to-engage-learners/9325986/","projectTitle":"Flexible Comfort to Engage Learners","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Early","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp563407_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1692405804062","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/dearly"},{"teacherId":9428789,"projectId":9071075,"letterContent":"Thank you for purchasing the items for my classroom. The light covers will help my classroom feel more inviting and will also help my students who get headaches due to light sensitivity. \r\nThe headphones will help my students to complete their diagnostic assessments without hearing the others in the classroom. I can also provide headphones when student headphones break. As for the play-doh, what Kindergartener doesn't love to play with play-doh? We use it to make letters, shapes, and words. I love allowing them to learn through play in Kindergarten! \r\nThank you to all who gave and made these items possible for my current and future students!","fullyFundedDate":1746785320102,"projectUrl":"project/building-shapes-and-learning-with-tech/9071075/","projectTitle":"Building Shapes, and Learning with Technology in a Calm Classroom!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Johnson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9428789_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1737228136184","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9428789"},{"teacherId":563407,"projectId":8940235,"letterContent":"We really appreciate the fluorescent light covers that we received in this grant. My students, who had suffered from migraines, say that they have not had any headaches since we have had these covers installed. We have had no absences, or early dismissals, due to migraines since receiving our fluorescent light covers.\r\n\r\nAll of my students have reported less, if any, eye strain. Fluorescent light covers help to create a relaxing environment and students love the \"mood.\" of the room. \r\n\r\nWe are very appreciative of your generosity. Thank you for caring about our classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1734311376971,"projectUrl":"project/relaxing-and-migraine-free/8940235/","projectTitle":"Relaxing and Migraine Free","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Early","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp563407_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1692405804062","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/dearly"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_3130","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":261,"numTeachers":25,"percentFrplEligible":83,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":3,"percentWhite":75,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":15,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"K - 8","studentTeacherRatio":"10.4:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"RURAL","ncesMetroType":"RURAL_DISTANT"},"inStateSupporters":71.9,"schoolId":3130,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Westmoore Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Westmoore Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/north-carolina/moore-county-school-district/westmoore-elementary-school/3130"}