{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Claiborne Pell Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":37.2,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":4726292,"projectId":9594111,"letterContent":"I am extremely grateful for your generous contributions to my Unlocking Potential: A Project for MLLs in Reading and Math Project. My students were ecstatic when they opened the boxes and saw the games. These valuable, engaging tools help children understand abstract concepts by providing a \"hands-on\" way to interact with and visualize mathematical ideas. \r\n\r\nFidget Game reading games support and reinforce reading skills and align with the Science of Reading while also reinforcing their listening, speaking, and social emotional skills. that will help them build the strong math and literacy skills needed for success in the classroom and beyond. The Uzzle puzzle games help my multilingual learners build problem solving, pattern recognition and spatial reasoning skills necessary for effective math learning and understanding.\r\n\r\nIn addition to learning to speak English my students are eager to improve their early literacy and math skills. Your generous donations provided them with engaging, hands on games that will help them build the strong math and literacy skills needed for success in the classroom and beyond.\r\n\r\nThese tools will be used throughout the year to engage students and stimulate learning.\r\n\r\nThank you so much for your generosity and for giving me the opportunity to provide my students with resources that will meet their diverse needs and make learning fun.","fullyFundedDate":1755714125146,"projectUrl":"project/unlocking-potential-a-project-for-mlls/9594111/","projectTitle":"Unlocking Potential: A Project for MLLs in Reading and Math","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. DeComo","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4726292_orig.jpg?crop=3024,3024,x443,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1665500642367","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4726292"},{"teacherId":4802056,"projectId":9844099,"letterContent":"I have never had my students spend so long and work so hard on puzzles in my classroom before! The concentration and the stamina they showed was tremendous. Working together was a bonus, high-fiving each other at the end was fabulous to see, and they told me that they really enjoyed the challenge! Puzzles are great for logical thinking and paying attention, the Legos are fabulous for creativity, and the magnetic tile blocks are the newest toy to get kids interested in stem fields. Not only are they creating, but they're asking me how these pieces are sticking \"magically\" together. It's great to have a conversation about science and magnetism while they are creating these towers and structures. You made this happen! Thank you.","fullyFundedDate":1762111037592,"projectUrl":"project/part-2-full-steam-ahead-with-learning/9844099/","projectTitle":"Part 2 Full STEAM ahead with Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Seidman","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4802056_orig.jpg?crop=278,278,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1631974263448","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4802056"},{"teacherId":4802056,"projectId":9820206,"letterContent":"My students are absolutely IN LOVE with their new STEM toys! Many have never played with LEGOS before and are creating the most imaginative creations, as well as buildihg the various designs within the LEGO manual- which is a great practice in following directions! What an added bonus! The magnetic tiles are also a great big hit. The scope of the towers and carts that the students are building are wonderful. They are also learning how to share materials and work together- a great skill for kindergarteners!\r\n\r\nYou can't imagine how much a NEW puzzle excites kindergarteners, especially a dinosaur puzzle! I was able to secure two identical dinosaur puzzles with your donation, so groups of students have side by side puzzle races on our front rug, which adds an excellent amount of playful competition in our classroom! The play dough designs the students are making are intricate and allow students to practice fine motor skills outside of holding a pencil or crayon. Play dough is also quite calming and theraputic! Over all I am impressed with how much the students enjoy returning over and over to these STEM toys. Your donations allowed this! Thank you so much!","fullyFundedDate":1760809897043,"projectUrl":"project/full-steam-ahead-with-learning/9820206/","projectTitle":"Full Steam Ahead With Learning!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Seidman","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4802056_orig.jpg?crop=278,278,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1631974263448","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4802056"},{"teacherId":4802056,"projectId":9577311,"letterContent":"My students LOVE to move! They get the \"wiggles.\" They get the \"zoomies,\" especially the boys. Your donation has given them an outlet to move their bodies when they need those brain and movement breaks in our classroom. I can tell a student to take a quick movement break on the stationary bicycle, or on the kiddy treadmill, to get the wiggles out, and then they are back to focusing for the next lesson. Of course EVERYONE wanted to try on the first day, so turn taking was also practiced! \r\n\r\nAnother great use of our new exercise toys is during indoor recess time when we cannot easily get outside due to extreme cold or extreme rain. This is the most opportune time to use our new toys to keep moving and to keep growing. My students practicing and playing games on our classroom stepping stones builds strength, balance, agility, and a sense of accomplishment in themselves that is as important as tradiitional reading, writing, and math. Their favorite game by far is \"The rug is lava! Don't fall in! \" Young children need to move AND use their imaginations. Your generous donation has allowed them to do both! Thank you from all of us.","fullyFundedDate":1759671094038,"projectUrl":"project/move-our-bodies-strong/9577311/","projectTitle":"Move Our Bodies Strong!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Seidman","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4802056_orig.jpg?crop=278,278,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1631974263448","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4802056"},{"teacherId":7919161,"projectId":9713989,"letterContent":"Thanks to you I have a classroom of excited and engaged students! We have received all of our brand new, hands on materials. The patterning, sorting, shape, number identification, and counting games have been added to our monthly math centers. The class is having so much fun sharpening our foundational skills and learning new things. \r\n\r\nDonors like you truly make a huge differences in classrooms all over the country! We cannot thank you enough for the generosity you have shown with your donations! We feel so lucky to be on the receiving end of your kindness.","fullyFundedDate":1758546519932,"projectUrl":"project/math-early-learning-fun/9713989/","projectTitle":"Math: Early Learning Fun!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. LaVallee","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7919161_orig.jpg?crop=480,480,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1626880988382","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7919161"},{"teacherId":4802056,"projectId":9650417,"letterContent":"We cannot thank you enough for your generous donation to our classroom project. My students love their new kitchen supplies for dramatic play, and I am loving seeing them play cook and serve and have conversations with each other. The play toys allow students to role play, in addition to problem solve. It is truly wonderful to watch children using their imaginations and not just focusing on academics in their seats. The funding of our project by generous donors like you creates an excellent balance between play and academics, the learning of letters, letter sounds, and numbers at this early age. You can see in the smiles and hear in the conversations that students are truly engaged in this type of play. Again, thank you for your generous donation. Keep up the great work and we will as well!","fullyFundedDate":1757606615744,"projectUrl":"project/dramatic-play-for-kindergarten/9650417/","projectTitle":"Dramatic Play for Kindergarten!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Seidman","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4802056_orig.jpg?crop=278,278,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1631974263448","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4802056"},{"teacherId":9817063,"projectId":8905123,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for contributing to the purchase of a new, high quality rug for my classroom. Focusing on light blues this year, I worked tirelessly with my student teacher to transform our classroom into a beautiful oasis for ourselves and our students. It was a new classroom and grade level for me this year. On the first day of school we entered a room that clashed with primary, pastel, and black and white color patterns. We quickly and admittedly haphazardly assembled bulletin boards and rearranged furniture to the best of our ability with the time restraints and work load we were faced with. At the end of those first few busy weeks, my student teacher turned to me and said, \"This room is ugly.\" I couldn't have agreed more. As she began to slowly take over different elements of our curriculum, I was offered a chance to stand back and take in the classroom and all of it's aesthetic and decorative flaws. We then jumped into action. In every spare moment we tore down old bulletin board paper, cleared bookshelves, and ordered new posters. Slowly but surely, beauty emerged in our space, with exception to one major flaw, our rug. Bold primary squares of red, green, blue, and stained yellow squares, outlined in black stood out against our vision of tranquility. When I went to look at rugs, I was shocked at the high price, but I knew my students deserved high quality. So I found Donors Choose and thanks to all of your generous giving, our room is complete! Now when people enter, they all say, \"this room is so beautiful\", not ugly! My students love the space. They have so much room to spread and stretch out. We sit together for morning meetings, and in the afternoon to listen to a read aloud. Throughout the day, students take space alone or with partners and small groups with clip boards or Chromebooks, or just a book, to take a break from their desk and chair and truly lean in to their learning. Thank you for making this all possible.","fullyFundedDate":1733182977202,"projectUrl":"project/a-beautiful-rug-to-enhance-our-learning/8905123/","projectTitle":"A Beautiful Rug to Enhance Our Learning Environment","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Kaela O’Neil","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9817063"},{"teacherId":4726292,"projectId":8664502,"letterContent":"I am extremely grateful for your generous contributions to my Grade Two MLL Classroom Manipulatives Project. My students were ecstatic when they opened the boxes and saw the manipulatives. These valuable, engaging tools help children understand abstract concepts by providing a \"hands-on\" way to interact with and visualize mathematical ideas, allowing them to learn through active manipulation rather than just seeing symbols on a page. \r\nManipulatives are particularly helpful for young learners who are still developing their understanding of abstract concepts, allowing them to move from a concrete to a more abstract understanding of math. \r\nThese tools help my students understand math concepts through hands-on activities. In addition to learning to speak English my students are eager to improve their early literacy and math skills. Your generous donations provided them with engaging, hands on manipulatives that will help them build the strong math and literacy skills needed for success in the classroom and beyond.\r\nThese tools will be used throughout the year to engage students and stimulate learning.\r\nThank you so much for your generosity and for giving me the opportunity to provide my students with resources that will meet their diverse needs and make learning fun.","fullyFundedDate":1726690008184,"projectUrl":"project/grade-two-mll-classroom-manipulatives/8664502/","projectTitle":"Grade Two MLL Classroom Manipulatives","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. DeComo","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4726292_orig.jpg?crop=3024,3024,x443,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1665500642367","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4726292"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_104948","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":716,"numTeachers":63,"percentFrplEligible":71,"percentAsian":1,"percentBlack":9,"percentWhite":32,"percentIndigenous":2,"percentLatinx":39,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Pre-K - 4","studentTeacherRatio":"11.4:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"SUBURBAN","ncesMetroType":"SUBURB_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":62.8,"schoolId":104948,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Claiborne Pell Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Claiborne Pell Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/rhode-island/newport-public-schools/pell-elementary-school/104948"}