{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Cedar Bluff Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":48.6,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":8181884,"projectId":10065633,"letterContent":"My students had a fun Read Across America celebration this year. We read 16 books for our book bracket. We had a week of dress up days that matched our books. There was an additional calendar of books featured to read for every day of the month. These books arrived just in time to supply my eager readers with new books to read and devour. The books were devoured by my students. They showed off their favorite illustrations in several of the pictures. We laughed hard at \"Let's Be Bees.\" \"Pop Goes the Nursery Rhyme\" is going to be a new staple read among my kindergarten classes in the next school year. Thank you so much for making my students laugh and fall deeply in love with books.","fullyFundedDate":1773834450310,"projectUrl":"project/read-across-america-month-new-picture/10065633/","projectTitle":"Read Across America Month - New Picture Books","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Stansbury","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8181884_orig.jpg?crop=1030,1030,x1370,y120&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1716655693117","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/stansbury"},{"teacherId":8625169,"projectId":10214446,"letterContent":"These stools are awesome! They are an updated version of the older ones that I have and look amazing! I can tell they are made with high quality materials.\r\nThe photos I will upload are going to show you how they can fit under the variety of tables that I have in my room. They are the perfect height and size.\r\nThank you so much for supporting my project. These stools will be used by thousands of students by the time they need to be replaced. Hopefully that will be at least 20 years from now. We really appreciate your kindness!","fullyFundedDate":1777980359735,"projectUrl":"project/4-new-art-stools/10214446/","projectTitle":"4 New Art Stools","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Eng","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8625169_orig.jpg?crop=2741,2741,x537,y282&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1673010272588","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8625169"},{"teacherId":8625169,"projectId":10091767,"letterContent":"My students have enjoyed using the new watercolor paint sets this past week! The theme was their favorite video game, or they could make up a video game. I hope you can feel their joy through their art. \r\nNext we will be using the metallic sharpies/markers. We have been using the paper for regular drawing projects as well. Rest assured that the materials you have purchased are being used by all of my students in grades K-5. It is more than enough to get us through this school year and into the next one. We appreciate your kindness donation so much! Have a great day!","fullyFundedDate":1776459350048,"projectUrl":"project/new-art-supplies/10091767/","projectTitle":"New Art Supplies","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Eng","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8625169_orig.jpg?crop=2741,2741,x537,y282&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1673010272588","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8625169"},{"teacherId":9709149,"projectId":10100021,"letterContent":"Thank-you so much for funding our project! Not only will this help my students learn about important people in history it will also help the kiddos that are on the cusp of reading chapter books to take the plunge! \r\n This is a perfect end of the year project! It will help my student's in their reading confidence to realize that all of their hard work this year is paying off because they can read chapter books now! This is truly one of my favorite things about teaching!\r\n This will also help to reiterate to my students that knowledge is power! When you can read you can do anything! This is an amazing thing to be able to teach a child!\r\n Thank-you SO much for being a part of this project! You are truly helping inspire the next generation in so many ways!","fullyFundedDate":1776459350255,"projectUrl":"project/we-love-biographies/10100021/","projectTitle":"We Love Biographies!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Holloway","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9709149_orig.jpg?crop=2316,2316,x0,y772&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1726524586091","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9709149"},{"teacherId":8181884,"projectId":9784554,"letterContent":"We are so grateful for the signs. Our books are so much easier to locate and find. We have managed to finish our main section of nonfiction books. I still have Languages and fairy tales to add signs for in the next few weeks. Plus, we will be adding signs in Fiction identifying where each letter starts. We will also add series pictures or signs for shelves that feature fiction series to help friends find their favorite books. \r\n\r\nOur second grade students completed the bridging to third grade lesson this week. They visited the nonfiction books shelves and identified their favorite shelf among the shelves of a given bookcase. They were delighted to discover how to build Lego books, countries around the world, planets, cryptids, ghosts, biographies of famous people, and joke books. Our students were reminded that the books in this section can be quite challenging as some books are written at a much higher reading level than they might have read this school year. Then, our second grade friends perused several of our most popular books in the section that were written at a reading level that most could access with success. We are so grateful you have helped us find our books and bridge to successful nonfiction reading of our favorite science, social studies, and hobby books.","fullyFundedDate":1767241206632,"projectUrl":"project/nonfiction-signage-empowers-students-to/9784554/","projectTitle":"Nonfiction Signage Empowers Students to Find Favorite Books (Project 3)","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Stansbury","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8181884_orig.jpg?crop=1030,1030,x1370,y120&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1716655693117","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/stansbury"},{"teacherId":837461,"projectId":10002962,"letterContent":"We received the new scanners and my students are delighted. They are able to scan their books for check out and check in with no problems. These scanners work great and allow our library inventory to be correct because the students are scanning reliably. Giving students this responsibility makes them proud of what they are checking out. Students of all ages love to be independent and these new scanners give them a sense of accomplishment. \r\n\r\nThank you for your generosity and support of education.","fullyFundedDate":1769094507605,"projectUrl":"project/scanning-books-to-read-more/10002962/","projectTitle":"Scanning Books to Read More","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Richardson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp837461_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1699448197897","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/nicole-richardson"},{"teacherId":837461,"projectId":9696362,"letterContent":"Our School Stem Night has been rescheduled so I decided to hold a Stem Week in the Library instead. The students were extremely excited to get to make all the things they could think of with the supplies provided by this project. They were very creative and used these materials in ways I had never dreamed. \r\n\r\nThese materials will be used again when our Stem Night is held for the parents and students at a later date. Students are really looking forward to a night with their grown-ups to create and build. \r\n\r\nThank you for your generosity.","fullyFundedDate":1759090203136,"projectUrl":"project/stem-night-fun/9696362/","projectTitle":"STEM Night Fun","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Richardson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp837461_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1699448197897","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/nicole-richardson"},{"teacherId":789166,"projectId":9789894,"letterContent":"I am so grateful for your donations to my Lego Spike Essentials kit for my STEM classroom. There are so many things I LOVE about this kit and the many ways I am able to use it in my classroom. It has been a powerful tool for supporting STEM because it combines hands-on building with coding and problem-solving in an engaging, age-appropriate way. Students use colorful LEGO pieces, motors, and sensors to design and build interactive models, then bring them to life through simple programming, which introduces key concepts in engineering, computer science, and mathematics. All of the grade levels I work with have been able to complete guided challenges and open-ended projects where they have learned to develop critical thinking, creativity, and collaboration skills while exploring real-world STEM applications. The kit also supports differentiated instruction, allowing me to adapt lessons for all skill levels, making STEM accessible and exciting for all students.","fullyFundedDate":1766974943910,"projectUrl":"project/building-future-innovators-with-lego-spi/9789894/","projectTitle":"Building Future Innovators with LEGO Spike","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Kerstetter","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp789166_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1531369709662","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-kerstetter"},{"teacherId":837461,"projectId":10007955,"letterContent":"My students love the new winter books. We got them just in time to end the season and reprise them again when we had a spring snowfall. \r\n\r\nThe Seek and Find box was a huge hit. I created a checkoff sheet for each student to look for the items in the box. They had 5 minutes to count and record how many of each item they could see. They wanted to do the activity every time they came to library class during the season. I plan on continuing to update the box with different themes all through the year. \r\n\r\nThank you for your generosity.","fullyFundedDate":1770741838853,"projectUrl":"project/winter-time-fun/10007955/","projectTitle":"Winter Time Fun","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Richardson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp837461_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1699448197897","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/nicole-richardson"},{"teacherId":837461,"projectId":9568941,"letterContent":"The materials you provided with this project are in full implementation. I have been able to already save/repair dozens of books. \r\n\r\nStudents are always upset when they accidently damage a book by dropping it or loving it too much. And, let's be honest, some book bindings are not very strong. This repair machine has provided me the ability to repair many books that might have otherwise been discarded. The ability to used hot melt glue to repair a spine makes for a long-term solution to improve a weak binding or book damaged by dropping. \r\n\r\nThank you so much for your generosity.","fullyFundedDate":1762267503832,"projectUrl":"project/making-our-books-strong/9568941/","projectTitle":"Making Our Books Strong","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Richardson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp837461_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1699448197897","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/nicole-richardson"},{"teacherId":8181884,"projectId":9818007,"letterContent":"These new cryptid books were used in a fantastic research lesson. Students debated about which cryptid would win in a head to head battle using previous knowledge and the images I provided. We talked about how important it is to have a source to support claims. We looked at a published book on animal symbiosis that was vetted by experts that had \"facts\" that were easily proven false when deeper research was conducted to investigate and confirm animal relationships. Researching crytpids proved very helpful. All facts had to have a source as the very nature of cryptids are completely sourced from unreliable and unverified claims. \r\n\r\nThen, students were given time to research using books and approved databases to gather cryptid \"facts.\" I have two classes at a time. It was a showdown of red class versus blue class. Which class would have better facts to defend if big foot or yeti would win in a head to head confrontation? In one class, the student that had a bigfoot fact forgot to record the source information. The yeti geography fact won because sources were essential to defending any claims. After each class battled 3 pairs of cryptids, students had mini fact battles with their table partners. At one table, Chupacabra facts were pitted against the Kraken. The Kraken facts proved superior as the student who recorded Chupacabra facts did not include facts about eating habits. \r\n\r\nThis lesson taught students a valuable lesson. First, knowing source material and researching deeply is essential. Second, students need to evaluate which facts are most important to record and share with classmates. Our cryptid books have stayed checked out since this research unit ended. Thank you for inspiring my students. Bonus- I learned the best facts gathered were from students using books rather than databases. In the future, I will be adding more books on topics students will research during library classes. My goal is to increase student participation and engagement with research skills. Clearly, having more books on a topic is going to help my students become better at research and is the best path forward.","fullyFundedDate":1765725491680,"projectUrl":"project/creepy-cryptids-battle-head-to-head-in-b/9818007/","projectTitle":"Creepy Cryptids Battle Head to Head in Books","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Stansbury","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8181884_orig.jpg?crop=1030,1030,x1370,y120&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1716655693117","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/stansbury"},{"teacherId":8181884,"projectId":9549884,"letterContent":"My students love to earn special rewards. I have been giving out the googley eyed pompom for students that go above and beyond working with classmates. Teamwork can be a challenge especially when reading is involved and one student takes more time than a peer might take. When I see students using their heart and reading skills to help each other cross a finish line, then I love to reward them both. I gave another student an I Love Reading bracelet for sharing about a reading series they enjoy with the class. One class was very engaged in a World War II reading quiz. Every student received a reading tracker book mark to celebrate their reading chops at completing a reading quiz challenge and doing it with enthusiasm. Thank you for giving me reading rewards to encourage and motivate students with reading tasks and reading progress throughout the school year. \r\n\r\nAll students during library time have access to appropriate content and grade level reading levels that will grow their reading skills at each student's pace, but giving access to more challenging books to 1 or 2 students during a library class is challenging in terms of classroom management and serving the whole room's needs. The green lanyards are a big hit among my younger students who are ready for challenging content. The lanyard is a green light to additional areas of the library during morning open access checkout. I have a regular crew that shows up wearing their green lanyard in the mornings. Having access to more books means the world to them. I appreciate the student is reading books they enjoy and find appropriately challenging. I am especially grateful that students that need to be practicing reading at their level aren't being held back. I'm able to give these friends one on one time to help ensure the book they select is a good fit for their maturity level in addition to reading level. I prefer to give access to additional books whenever it is needed- the lanyards are giving us that freedom. Thank you so much for giving us the tools we need to empower student choice and challenge students with more robust reading level books where it is warranted.","fullyFundedDate":1761936834899,"projectUrl":"project/reading-rewards-books-marks-pom-pom-c/9549884/","projectTitle":"Reading Rewards - Books Marks, Pom Pom Creatures and More","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Stansbury","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8181884_orig.jpg?crop=1030,1030,x1370,y120&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1716655693117","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/stansbury"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_92781","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":1226,"numTeachers":79,"percentFrplEligible":19,"percentAsian":1,"percentBlack":9,"percentWhite":57,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":21,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":1,"percentMultiracialImputed":7,"gradesServed":"Pre-K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"15.5:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":false,"titleOne":false,"metroType":"SUBURBAN","ncesMetroType":"SUBURB_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":51.4,"schoolId":92781,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Cedar Bluff Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Cedar Bluff Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/tennessee/knox-county-schools/cedar-buff-elementary-school/92781"}