{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Chartiers Early Child Center","outOfStateSupporters":14.5,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":4363844,"projectId":9838899,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your donation toward our project, \"My Very Own Magazine.\" We receive the Scholastic magazines each month. They are full of great pictures and photographs, not to mention the wonderful, relevant information that our kids love to learn. The topics always seem to come at the right time, and go right along with what we are covering in our curriculum.\r\n\r\nThe children love taking them home to share with their families. They are proud to be able to tell their parents and love ones what they learned at school and share the pictures in the magazine.\r\n\r\nThank you again!","fullyFundedDate":1764599265598,"projectUrl":"project/my-very-own-magazine/9838899/","projectTitle":"My Very Own Magazine!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. McKee","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4363844_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1521221666728","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4363844"},{"teacherId":4363844,"projectId":9927343,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating toward our project, \"Meet Them Where They Are.\" All of the great literacy items that we received were a huge hit. We use our alphabet/photo mats each day during our learning circle time. These mats include the letter, both capital and lower case, along with a photograph of an object that begins with that letter. The colorful photo is a great way to help them remember the name of the letter and the sound/s it makes. \r\n \r\n Our students also really enjoy the sensory toys. We have a large sensory, calming center in our classroom and any new addition is exciting for the kiddos. \r\n\r\n Thank you so much! We appreciate you!","fullyFundedDate":1764598807939,"projectUrl":"project/meet-them-where-they-are/9927343/","projectTitle":"Meet Them Where They Are!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. McKee","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4363844_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1521221666728","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4363844"},{"teacherId":4363844,"projectId":9716300,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating toward our project, \" Blast Off\". This project had so many awesome things for our students to experience and do. We used all of these great space items during our lesson on Mae Jemmison. We created a space ship and covered it with our space picture cards! We read our books and used our telescope to look for planets and stars. \r\n The children loved the sensory bins with all of the outer space items! These included colorful aliens, moons, stars and squishy outer space items. Another big hit was the astronaut projector. This shines on our ceiling and shows the stars and Nebula. \r\n Thank you again for making this possible for our classroom!","fullyFundedDate":1764600689460,"projectUrl":"project/blast-off/9716300/","projectTitle":"\"Blast Off!\"","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. McKee","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4363844_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1521221666728","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4363844"},{"teacherId":4363844,"projectId":9892198,"letterContent":"We are having a great time with our Earth day materials! The students in our class absolutely love the stem activities, such as the earthquake game and the exploding volcanos! These activities are interesting to all of the children and they love learning about them!\r\n Another big hit is the stick and branch blocks! They are so creative in making their own structures, as well as following the blueprints (photos) that are included in the kit! Attached are some photos of some of our students building with the blocks. The racetrack was one structure that they really enjoyed. \r\n Thank you again for making this possible. We appreciate you!","fullyFundedDate":1764606374517,"projectUrl":"project/earth-day-can-be-every-day/9892198/","projectTitle":"Earth Day Can Be Every Day!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. McKee","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4363844_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1521221666728","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4363844"},{"teacherId":7030236,"projectId":9986616,"letterContent":"I am so excited to have these new laminators to preserve projects and to laminate my teacher materials for longevity. The students help assist with the cold laminator and are loving the experience. They are happy that some of their work is protected, The hot laminator helps me to keep things that are flimsy protected, such as some of our bulletin board decorations, projects, and curriculum items. The different film sleeves are adapted to each project that we are doing. Having these laminators available have enabled me to really embrace my projects.","fullyFundedDate":1769181428677,"projectUrl":"project/preserving-memories-for-the-future/9986616/","projectTitle":"Preserving Memories for the Future","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Harrison","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-9_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7030236"},{"teacherId":7030236,"projectId":10011809,"letterContent":"Our classroom is having so much fun taking photographs with our polaroid cameras. They are learning how to create photos of their peers posing, or building, or just catching things happening in the moment. Some are waiting patiently for just the right photo.\r\nWe placed objects like the fake food to get photos for healthy eating habits to go along with our curriculum. We also, built a zoo from Leggo building blocks to photograph and considered it a favorite field trip they wanted to go on. Their imagination in photography is endless.","fullyFundedDate":1769207023517,"projectUrl":"project/photography-with-pre-k/10011809/","projectTitle":"Photography with Pre-K","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Harrison","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-9_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7030236"},{"teacherId":7030236,"projectId":9989271,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for funding my new printer and ink. It is wonderful and has allowed me to print, scan, and copy. I have given my portfolios an update of color and further documentation. Having easy access right in the classroom enables me to have ready access to name papers, and art projects. I am so excited to be able to utilize all the different options that this printer offers. \r\n My students love the fact that I can scan the things they do for their portfolios to share with their families.","fullyFundedDate":1769798741934,"projectUrl":"project/collection-by-color/9989271/","projectTitle":"Collection by Color","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Harrison","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-9_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7030236"},{"teacherId":4363844,"projectId":9716301,"letterContent":"We are beyond grateful for your donations toward our project \"Stop and Save Our Noses.\" We are the luckiest class in our school building to have soft quality tissues and real paper towels that actually absorb water. It sounds funny, I know, but it's so nice!!\r\n Our kiddos are always in need of tissues, as you can imagine. The number of runny noses in our classroom, especially in the winter, is ridiculous. But that's a whole other topic! Thank you again for saving our noses! We appreciate you so much!","fullyFundedDate":1758294519358,"projectUrl":"project/stop-and-save-our-noses/9716301/","projectTitle":"Stop and Save Our Noses!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. McKee","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4363844_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1521221666728","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4363844"},{"teacherId":4363844,"projectId":9704959,"letterContent":"We are so excited about our new CD player and books! The children love to sit at the table with a good book and wear the very cool headphones! It is nice to have a CD player that works and is easy to manipulate. The children can actually do it themselves. \r\n The books we received are special, because we can read the book in class and then listen to another reader with our player and headphones. The students seem to pay close attention when they are listening and looking at the book on their own. They aren't distracted by other things that are happening in the classroom. \r\n We are very thankful and grateful for your help in reaching our goal. We appreciate you!","fullyFundedDate":1760477869695,"projectUrl":"project/headphones-a-good-book-and-off-we-go/9704959/","projectTitle":"Headphones, a Good Book and Off We Go!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. McKee","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4363844_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1521221666728","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4363844"},{"teacherId":7030236,"projectId":9916560,"letterContent":"The kwik stix paints are easy to use and even offer multicultural skin tone colors. We are able to use these for many projects. I am looking forward to using them to create our self portraits and for Black History Month The students will be able to match their skin tones with the paints to create a more accurate photo.\r\n My goal is to show my students that creating things through art can be very rewarding.\r\nI want my students to realize we are all unique and special in our own ways and creativity can mean something different to everyone.","fullyFundedDate":1764600546223,"projectUrl":"project/creative-painting-for-pre-k/9916560/","projectTitle":"Creative Painting for Pre K","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Harrison","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-9_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7030236"},{"teacherId":7030236,"projectId":9681723,"letterContent":"Thank you one and all. Your donations are what keep our classrooms current and competitive. Allowing my students creative means to express their selves and striving to do better each day.\r\n The magnetic sensory blocks allow the students to work together or through parallel play to build, create, and share with their friends. the students love making things like houses, towers, roadways, and whatever else their imaginations can think of.\r\n The bubble fish aquarium allows students to choose a color and the fish they want put in the tank, they watch and talk about the fish(especially Nemo).\r\n Having Lego baseplates allows individual creativeness. The hexagonal building blocks and the geometric shapes help the students learn the shapes.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n0","fullyFundedDate":1764599282200,"projectUrl":"project/enhancing-the-stem-area/9681723/","projectTitle":"Enhancing the STEM Area","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Harrison","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-9_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7030236"},{"teacherId":7030236,"projectId":9724715,"letterContent":"I am so excited that you all helped to get my project funded. My students were so excited to receive the colorful poster board. They are busy designing hoses, snowmen, and abstract art. They are working together, sharing ideas, and helping include every student. \r\n The children came together using the paint stixs to make brightly colored projects that we laminated to put in their portfolios. We also made projects for the parents that they can save.\r\nThe printer ink helps me be able to photograph and keep track of all the things we are\r\naccomplishing in our classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1764603416295,"projectUrl":"project/design-by-colors/9724715/","projectTitle":"Design by Colors","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Harrison","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-9_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7030236"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_94654","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":141,"numTeachers":6,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":7,"percentBlack":56,"percentWhite":21,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":2,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Pre-K - Pre-K","studentTeacherRatio":"23.5:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":false,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":85.5,"schoolId":94654,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Chartiers Early Child Center on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Chartiers Early Child Center","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/pennsylvania/pittsburgh-public-schools/chartiers-early-child-center/94654"}