{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Hickory Tavern Elementary - Middle School","outOfStateSupporters":67.8,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":2792323,"projectId":10236561,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support of our classroom project! Because of you, our classroom received much-needed cleaning supplies, including dish soap, hand soap, air freshener, face wipes, sanitizing wipes, and Kleenex, along with a very special Pete the Cat Marble Run. It is so nice to have the supplies we need to wipe little hands and faces clean after lunch and to sanitize our tables every afternoon. These may seem like small things, but they truly make a big difference in keeping our classroom clean, comfortable, and ready for learning. When the students first saw the boxes of materials, they were so excited to see what was inside!\r\n\r\n Of course, the Pete the Cat Marble Run was an immediate favorite, and they could hardly wait to start playing with it. Your generosity has provided our students with both practical necessities and something fun that encourages learning through play. \r\n\r\nWe are so grateful that you chose to support our classroom and our students. 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It is so nice to have the supplies we need to wipe little hands and faces clean after lunch and to sanitize our tables every afternoon. These may seem like small things, but they truly make a big difference in keeping our classroom clean, comfortable, and ready for learning. When the students first saw the boxes of materials, they were so excited to see what was inside!\r\n\r\n Of course, the Pete the Cat Marble Run was an immediate favorite, and they could hardly wait to start playing with it. Your generosity has provided our students with both practical necessities and something fun that encourages learning through play. \r\n\r\nWe are so grateful that you chose to support our classroom and our students. Thank you for helping make our classroom a happier, cleaner, and more engaging place to learn!","fullyFundedDate":1777110073445,"projectUrl":"project/calm-bodies-curious-minds-ready-to-lea/10155384/","projectTitle":"Calm Bodies, Curious Minds, Ready to Learn","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Wilson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2792323_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1719197635667","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/amanda-l-wilson"},{"teacherId":675189,"projectId":10380730,"letterContent":"Thank you for supporting our the art supplies for our Kindergartens and first graders. My students love to paint. The paint sticks, paint dobbers, brushes and paints will be utilized the whole school year. We are excited to fill our nature outdoor center with painted rocks and handmade artifacts. \r\nThe students painted dinosaur feet to share at our STEAM event. We painted with our new brushes, sponges, and paints on recycled cardboard. \r\nOur next projects include butterflies, flowers and ecosystems.","fullyFundedDate":1785329510817,"projectUrl":"project/k-1st-painting-their-stories-to-life/10380730/","projectTitle":"K-1ST Painting Their Stories to Life","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Lewis","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp675189_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1450318505879","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/connielewis"},{"teacherId":675189,"projectId":10404629,"letterContent":"Thank you for supporting our class Makedo project. The students were so excited when the Makedo tools arrived. We are building cardboard box activities this week. These tools, screws and cardboard saw should make our cardboard construction so fun. \r\n\r\nThese tools will allow my students to safely build without fear of cutting fingers or wasting materials. These Makedo tools will replace consumable supplies like masking tape and brads. \r\n\r\nYour generosity will be appreciated every time we build, deconstruct and build again.","fullyFundedDate":1785873017352,"projectUrl":"project/building-basic-with-makedo-cardboard-too/10404629/","projectTitle":"Building Basic With Makedo Cardboard Tools","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Lewis","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp675189_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1450318505879","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/connielewis"},{"teacherId":675189,"projectId":10312640,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our Affirmation project. This project will allow us to celebrate our students accomplishments both great and small. \r\nThe students loved the stickers that they can use on their water bottles, notebooks and clothes. They wear them proudly. \r\nThe picnic tables will be used for outside classroom activities that are messy and just require a breath of fresh air. We will also use these tables for our lunch celebrations for students of the month or week. Students will be able to enjoy their lunch with a friend and teacher.","fullyFundedDate":1781118963468,"projectUrl":"project/steam-daily-affirmations/10312640/","projectTitle":"STEAM Daily Affirmations","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Lewis","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp675189_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1450318505879","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/connielewis"},{"teacherId":2922557,"projectId":9998404,"letterContent":"We are incredibly thankful for the generous donations towards our Brain Food = Brain Power project! I cannot tell you how excited my students were when they saw all the boxes of snacks come through the door. They are going to be able to keep their bellies full and their brains focused because of you! Classrooms across America could NOT do what we do without the amazing support of people like you. Snack is an important part of our afternoon, seeing as how our lunch is from 10:30-11:00 in the morning. Thank you for thinking of and supporting the future of the world by your thoughtfulness and monetary donations.","fullyFundedDate":1780059719977,"projectUrl":"project/brain-food-brain-power/9998404/","projectTitle":"Brain Food = Brain Power","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Kate M Thomas","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2922557_orig.jpg?crop=200,200,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1742990885117","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/katethomas"},{"teacherId":675189,"projectId":10307499,"letterContent":"My STEM Pre-K and Kindergarteners are so excited to build with magnetic tiles. Their imaginations will soar as they build using the themed tiles. Students can create using dinosaurs, farm animals and ocean animals to build. \r\n\r\nYour generosity will allow us to create six different stations for students during our STEM hour. The students can use the magnetic tiles on the floor or on desk. They can work independently and in small collaborate groups. \r\n\r\nYour generosity will help inspire students to think outside the box. Our future engineers thank you.","fullyFundedDate":1780685583549,"projectUrl":"project/magnetic-building-blocks-engineers/10307499/","projectTitle":"Magnetic Building Blocks Engineers","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Lewis","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp675189_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1450318505879","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/connielewis"},{"teacherId":675189,"projectId":10191928,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our Hydroponic Garden project. Students will be able to experience alternative gardening ideas. We are excited to grow food- herbs, flowers and vegetables with water. \r\n\r\nThis project will hopefully encourage students to discover and experience science with hands on experiences. This hydroponic Garden will give students authentic real world experiences. Each kit contains seeds, starter plugs, lettuces, soil and 40 baskets so that all of my students will have the opportunity to grow items. \r\n\r\nThank you for your generosity.","fullyFundedDate":1778089750123,"projectUrl":"project/steam-hydroponics-garden/10191928/","projectTitle":"STEAM Hydroponics Garden","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Lewis","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp675189_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1450318505879","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/connielewis"},{"teacherId":675189,"projectId":10161501,"letterContent":"Reading to students is the most effective means of communication from 4 year olds to fourth graders. The teacher or reader can stop and discuss, show tone and allow interactions with the students. The actual book allows students to reread the text and share the text with others. \r\n\r\nWe begin each STEM lesson with a read aloud and literacy connection. The read aloud will also help hook the students engagement to the new learning or standard. Students can also make real world connections and real authentic examples of each of the science topics and units of study. \r\n\r\nThank you for helping our students grow as scientist and readers.","fullyFundedDate":1778089749181,"projectUrl":"project/steam-read-aloud/10161501/","projectTitle":"STEAM Read-Aloud","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Lewis","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp675189_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1450318505879","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/connielewis"},{"teacherId":2211237,"projectId":9483942,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to my students, or matching a donation to my project. My students have been able to fully enjoy the different equipments provided. I especially liked the team jerseys, as it helped students identify teammates and the fighting and arguments have been reduced. I will say there was a lesson or two on how to play with the equipment, as many students had no experience with them. I liked being able to help build that background knowledge. Thank you again for broadening their world!","fullyFundedDate":1760546340252,"projectUrl":"project/sports-matter/9483942/","projectTitle":"Sports Matter!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Schaefer","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2211237_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1598560658093","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/brittanyschaefer"},{"teacherId":675189,"projectId":10155188,"letterContent":"Our new STEM classroom thanks you for helping us to build our classroom library. These resources will be used in our PreK 4 class to 4th grade. \r\n\r\nThese books are filled with beautiful colorful illustrations and photos of habitats , animals and vegetation. Students will be using these resources for research as we study habitats and Earth units. These text are written with bolded text, maps and graphs to provide easy information engagement. \r\n\r\nThese text will also be used as rich engaging read alouds to build background knowledge and entice new interest with our science units.","fullyFundedDate":1773858477784,"projectUrl":"project/stem-storytime-read-alouds/10155188/","projectTitle":"STEM Storytime Read-Alouds","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Lewis","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp675189_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1450318505879","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/connielewis"},{"teacherId":675189,"projectId":9396107,"letterContent":"Thank you for providing resources that will fill our classroom library. These biographies of scientist, athletes and other important frontiers in this field. \r\nWe have used these informational text as read alouds to introduce new topics or engage students interest. \r\n\r\nMany students see theirselves through the stories we read. For example, Pete's biography as a soccer player made our Force and Motion unit personal and engaging for not only our athletes but all who could relate to the games they love. \r\n\r\nWe also have used these books as research for various topics and habitat interest. 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