{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Cedar Bluff Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":48.7,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":8625169,"projectId":10451978,"letterContent":"My students absolutely LOVE their new acrylic brush pens! Hundreds of pictures have already been drawn. I hope you love seeing their art. We are currently using them for a second project, and then throughout the school year, students can use them whenever they want to add details. \r\nTheir first project was to only use the acrylic paint pens. Now we are using them for a mixed media project. The Sharpie brand of acrylic paint pens that we received through this project have so much paint in them and show up amazing on the darker colored papers.","fullyFundedDate":1786542157904,"projectUrl":"project/awesome-acrylic-brush-pens/10451978/","projectTitle":"Awesome Acrylic Brush Pens!","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":10493616,"projectId":10430619,"letterContent":"Thank You!!!\r\n\r\nWhen I read several of these books to my kindergarten and first-grade students, their faces lit up with excitement and joy. Seeing their smiles as they recognized and repeated words—not only in English, but also in Spanish—was truly heartwarming. Hearing the entire class proudly say the words in both languages has been such a beautiful experience.\r\n\r\nThese books are so much more than stories on a page. They are helping my students see their languages and culture. They ❤️ these books!","fullyFundedDate":1789562448386,"projectUrl":"project/every-language-every-story-growing-our/10430619/","projectTitle":"Every Language, Every Story, Growing Our Bilingual Classroom Library","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. NDIAYE","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10493616_orig.jpg?crop=2544,2544,x0,y669&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1785806950260","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10493616"},{"teacherId":10652159,"projectId":10598086,"letterContent":"I wish I captured the genuine excitement on my students' faces when we received our books to share with you, it nearly brought tears to my eyes! My students are so eager to learn more about plants in fun ways, so these books being added to our library really helped fuel that desire to learn. We now have a great mix of fiction and non-fiction books to help our concepts come to life. We are starting to introduce centers and the reading center is a class favorite because of these books. As a kindergarten teacher, I take my job seriously in instilling a love of books and reading at a young age. Books take us on adventures and help us conceptualize difficult skills and make learning fun - I can't thank you enough for helping me provide these wonderful books to my students. I love that I will get to use them year after year with new students, the gift that keeps giving! What a wonderful first DonorsChoose project experience.","fullyFundedDate":1789572873840,"projectUrl":"project/rooted-rising-growing-plants-and-mind/10598086/","projectTitle":"Rooted & Rising: Growing Plants and Minds","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Jenkins","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10652159"},{"teacherId":8181884,"projectId":10641501,"letterContent":"I am so grateful. I've already used each supply to soothe a rough day for my student. My student with the goldfish had lunch but at the end of the school day her hungries were in full force. I was thrilled to share a packet of goldfish with my friend to soothe her hangry day. Watching a kindergarten friend fret over a small cut can stop several students from learning. A new bandaid when it's needed changes the class to a learning environment. \r\n\r\nWe are very pleased that you believe in this project and that you gave us the tools our students need to have a good school day. Thank you again for your support. I am beyond blessed because of your support Anonymous.","fullyFundedDate":1789562448614,"projectUrl":"project/supplies-to-soothe-a-rough-day/10641501/","projectTitle":"Supplies to Soothe a Rough Day","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":10442832,"letterContent":"Your generous donation has set up my school library for a healthy and safe school year. Students use all of these items daily. It's wonderful to know that we can minimize germs being transmitted in a widely used space such as the school library. \r\n\r\nWe teach hand hygiene to our students at the beginning of the year and as needed when we have illness outbreaks in the school. Staff and parents are grateful that we prioritize and teach an important life skill. \r\n\r\nAgain, your generosity is appreciated and will last all year.","fullyFundedDate":1787152471194,"projectUrl":"project/basics-for-a-healthy-school-library/10442832/","projectTitle":"Basics for a Healthy School Library","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":8625169,"projectId":10452029,"letterContent":"My students have been loving our new paint sticks! Thank you so much for giving us the opportunity to use new colors, along with our old ones. Tempera paint sticks allow children to apply lots of color very quickly, and dry fast, so that they can take their art home the same day, which they love so much! I hope you will enjoy seeing their creations so far. We still have a lot of paint left so this is only the tip of the iceberg. We will use them all year for a variety of projects. Another wonderful thing about this material is how easy it is to wash off. Thanks again for making my project possible!","fullyFundedDate":1786542156027,"projectUrl":"project/new-tempera-paint-sticks/10452029/","projectTitle":"New Tempera Paint Sticks","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":10501772,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to my project. The aprons and non-slip mat came in excellent condition. I did have to put the coat rack together, which took me longer than expected but I think it looks great! I hope you can see by the pictures what an awesome addition these items are to my art room.\r\nWe have not begun to paint yet, so the aprons are still neat and clean, but we will be painting next month, and I know it will take no time before they are covered with stains. The dark blue color will definitely hide a lot of that though. Please know that these items will impact thousands of students, because I have 500 students every year, and I know they will last a long time.","fullyFundedDate":1787152470252,"projectUrl":"project/lets-get-safe-clean-and-organized/10501772/","projectTitle":"Let's Get Safe, Clean, and Organized!","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":10460766,"letterContent":"Thank-you so much for providing my students with bilingual/inclusion books and reading buddies! My students were SO EXCITED this week when they arrived! They have named their reading buddies and have asked all week, \"Can we do this (activity) with our reading buddies?\" \r\nMy students are using their reading buddies throughout the day to practice their newly acquired reading skills. The reading buddies are motivating my students to practice their skills. This will help them become fluent readers, develop a life long love of reading and even encourage them to be responsible! This wouldn't have happened without your generosity! Thanks so much for encouraging my students and for making a difference in our lives! We appreciate it so much!","fullyFundedDate":1786620779979,"projectUrl":"project/reading-buddies-bilingualinclusion-bo/10460766/","projectTitle":"Reading Buddies & Bilingual/Inclusion Books!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Holloway","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9709149_orig.jpg?crop=1203,1203,x114,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1786213469778","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9709149"},{"teacherId":837461,"projectId":10214382,"letterContent":"The Volunteer State Books Award is a program in the State of Tennessee that allows students to read books and vote on their favorite. My students love this program because it gives them a voice. They take this assignment very seriously and have deep discussions about why a book is their favorite. \r\n\r\nThis program allows us to build strong readers and develop lifelong reading habits. Students will take this experience into their older years by recommending books they have read to their peers, siblings, and adults in their lives. \r\n\r\nProviding access to these books in the school library is what makes all of this happen. Thank you for your support.","fullyFundedDate":1779370989619,"projectUrl":"project/intermediate-volunteer-state-book-award/10214382/","projectTitle":"Intermediate Volunteer State Book Award Nominees for 2026-27","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":10213629,"letterContent":"The Volunteer State Book Award program in the State of Tennessee allows students to read books and vote on their favorite. This gives them a voice about what they like and enjoy. My students take this assignment very seriously and work to read as many of the books on the list by the time we vote in the spring. \r\n\r\nHaving these books available to my students in the school library allows them easy access and generates a lot of excitement about reading. Your support of this program means we are able to foster a love of reading.","fullyFundedDate":1778067935398,"projectUrl":"project/volunteer-state-book-award-nominees/10213629/","projectTitle":"Volunteer State Book Award Nominees!","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":10159718,"letterContent":"My students were over the moon about receiving these books. There's already a long list of students waiting their turn to check them out. This is what we want when we add new books to the school library, to encourage students to want to read! \r\n\r\nSupporters like you are the reason I am able to give my students the books they want to read. With the challenges facing school systems, it is not always possible to fully fund the needs of extra programs. The donations I receive through Donor's Choose helps to make up the difference.","fullyFundedDate":1776897161466,"projectUrl":"project/a-book-i-cant-resist/10159718/","projectTitle":"A Book I Can't Resist!","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":10258086,"letterContent":"My students were very excited to see these new picture books. We read aloud from the book series \"Skeletown\" which each book features two words. Every page has creative illustrations that reveal clues of how to read with expression. SO the book Mas o Menos is truly hilarious. Yes, the skeleton wants more candy. No the skeleton wants fewer leaves to rake up. My students were also pleased to see German, Gujarati, and Phoneipian a language from Micronesia represented too. One of our English Language Learner classes stopped by and we started reading \"My Two Border Towns,\" but in Spanish. My students forget I can read in English and Spanish. They can't wait for our next school year so they can read all of these new amazing picture books. Thank you for giving my bilingual students stories they can read and connect to their hearts.","fullyFundedDate":1778940905831,"projectUrl":"project/picture-books-for-bilingual-students/10258086/","projectTitle":"Picture Books For Bilingual Students","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":1053,"numTeachers":79,"percentFrplEligible":61,"percentAsian":2,"percentBlack":9,"percentWhite":55,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":22,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":1,"percentMultiracialImputed":7,"gradesServed":"K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"13.3:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":false,"metroType":"SUBURBAN","ncesMetroType":"SUBURB_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":51.3,"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"}