{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Bruce Aiken Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":53.8,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":5006171,"projectId":9409347,"letterContent":"Dear Donors,\r\n\r\nThank you so much for supporting our classroom project and providing our students with big pencils, a pencil sharpener, Crayola jumbo crayons, pencil pouches, and child safety scissors. These materials have already made a wonderful impact in our ECSE classroom and have helped our students participate more successfully during daily learning activities.\r\n\r\nThe larger pencils and jumbo crayons are perfect for our little learners because they are easier for small hands to hold and control. The pencil pouches have helped students learn organization and independence by giving them a special place to keep their school tools, while the child safety scissors have allowed students to safely practice cutting skills during art and fine motor activities. We have been using these materials during coloring activities, name-writing practice, tracing letters, cutting projects, and fine motor centers. One special classroom moment was watching students proudly use their jumbo crayons and scissors to create colorful self-portraits during our \"All About Me\" lesson. Many students who normally become frustrated with smaller writing tools were able to participate longer and with more confidence using these adapted materials.\r\n\r\nWhen the students first saw the new supplies, they were so excited to open the boxes and immediately wanted to color, draw, and explore the new materials. They loved choosing the bright Crayola colors, organizing their supplies in their pencil pouches, and practicing cutting paper during classroom crafts. The excitement around these new materials made learning feel even more engaging and fun.\r\n\r\nThese resources are continuing to support important classroom goals such as strengthening fine motor skills, increasing pencil grasp and control, improving pre-writing skills, practicing safe scissor use, and encouraging creativity and communication. Our next steps include continuing letter formation practice, name writing, cutting along lines and shapes, and creating more student artwork connected to classroom themes and stories.\r\n\r\nYour generosity has provided our students with tools that help them feel successful, independent, and excited to learn. Thank you for making a difference in our classroom and in the lives of our little learners!\r\n\r\nWith gratitude,\r\nMary De Leon\r\nECSE Teacher","fullyFundedDate":1757683135604,"projectUrl":"project/school-supplies-to-the-rescue/9409347/","projectTitle":"School Supplies to the RESCUE!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Alvarez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5006171_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1620436251734","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-mdeleon"},{"teacherId":5006171,"projectId":9409351,"letterContent":"First of all Id' like to apologize for the very late thank you letter, it has been a year. \r\n\r\nThank you so much for supporting our ECSE classroom project and providing us with baby wipes. These simple but essential supplies have made a huge difference in our daily routines and in helping our young learners stay clean, comfortable, and ready to learn.\r\n\r\nIn our classroom, baby wipes are used throughout the day for so many important tasks. We use them to clean little noses, wipe messy hands and faces after breakfast and lunch, and sanitize student work areas and tables during activities. With our early childhood special education students, quick and gentle cleanups are an important part of helping them feel safe, cared for, and successful throughout the school day.\r\n\r\nWhen the students first saw the new supplies arrive, they were excited to help unpack the boxes and immediately recognized items they use every day. Having these materials readily available has helped our classroom routines run more smoothly and has allowed us to spend more time focused on learning, play, communication, and social interaction instead of worrying about running low on supplies.\r\n\r\nThese resources continue to support our students as they work on developing independence skills such as washing hands, cleaning up after meals, and participating in classroom routines. Our next steps include continuing to build self-help and hygiene skills while encouraging students to take more responsibility for caring for their personal space and classroom environment.\r\n\r\nYour generosity has helped create a cleaner, healthier, and more welcoming learning environment for our students. Thank you for caring about our classroom and for making a direct impact on the daily lives of our little learners!\r\n\r\nWith gratitude,\r\nMary De Leon\r\nECSE Teacher","fullyFundedDate":1757683099969,"projectUrl":"project/baby-wipes-to-the-rescue/9409351/","projectTitle":"Baby Wipes to the Rescue!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Alvarez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5006171_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1620436251734","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-mdeleon"},{"teacherId":5285376,"projectId":10027029,"letterContent":"My students, and I, are very excited and happy to have the opportunity to have access to a well of resources such as Teachers Pay Teachers. This resource has what seems an endless amount of practice pages, games, and learning center activities to keep my Kindergarten students engaged. We have been able to use the gift card from this project to purchase resources such as Bingo games for math and reading, substitute lesson plans for days that we need extra practice work, and sight word cards for students to have at home for practice. There are so many more possibilities that are now available for enrichment, practice, and learning for my kids, through this TpT gift card project that you helped get funded! We appreciate you!","fullyFundedDate":1773800599983,"projectUrl":"project/engaging-centers/10027029/","projectTitle":"Engaging Centers!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. M. Alvarado","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5285376_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1522791889305","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5285376"},{"teacherId":5282315,"projectId":9514645,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation of the Elephant & Piggie books and plushies to our kindergarten classroom. Your kindness has brought so much joy and excitement to our students. The children were thrilled to see their favorite characters come to life, and the books have already become a popular choice during reading time.\r\nYour donation helps us create a fun, welcoming, and engaging learning environment where students can build confidence in reading and develop a lifelong love of books. The plushies make story time even more interactive and meaningful, encouraging imagination, creativity, and participation among our young learners.\r\nWe truly appreciate your thoughtfulness and support of our classroom. Your generosity is making a positive difference in the lives of our students each and every day. Thank you for investing in their education and helping create memorable learning experiences they will cherish.","fullyFundedDate":1755029761567,"projectUrl":"project/kinders-that-love-books/9514645/","projectTitle":"Kinders that Love Books","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Sandoval","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5282315_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1730772113862","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5282315"},{"teacherId":5464685,"projectId":9934320,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generosity! We were so thankful for your donation! We will be warmer this winter because of your donation of gloves, beanies, scarves, and fuzzy socks. My students were delighted to choose from a variety of different colors. My students immediately kicked off their shoes to try on their fuzzy socks! Their eyes gleamed as they selected their gloves and beanies. Thank you for bringing many smiles to my students. Because of your kindness, my students will have warm hands and happy hearts.","fullyFundedDate":1769448075171,"projectUrl":"project/warm-hands-and-happy-hearts/9934320/","projectTitle":"Warm Hands and Happy Hearts!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Cantu","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5464685_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1531447109247","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5464685"},{"teacherId":5277295,"projectId":8433222,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your kind and generous donation. This much needed ink cartridges will help us print out the necessary activities to continue to support my students' visual learning throughout the day. My students thrive on resources, and colorful images. Ink is necessary to support their skills as well as create differentiated, engaging, and fun packets for students.\r\n\r\nThis ink will aid as a resource where students are able to receive printed assignments that assist them in creating projects that showcase their learning.\r\nHaving ink will allow my students to have printed instructional resources that meet their academic and social needs.","fullyFundedDate":1728178832881,"projectUrl":"project/essential-colorful-visuals/8433222/","projectTitle":"Essential Colorful Visuals","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Perez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5277295_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1593038833254","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-perez-chavez"},{"teacherId":5277295,"projectId":8299509,"letterContent":"Thank you for your kind and generous donation. This project helped me provide my students with chapter books to read during the summer to continue learning. They will also feel so cool as they move on to 3rd grade.\r\n\r\nHaving the ability to read chapter books opens doors they never knew existed!\r\nMany students have been reluctant to reading them for various reasons. I usually read chapter books to my students to spike their interest. Every year I read this very humorous book to my 2nd grade students, \"How to be Cool in Third Grade\". They really enjoy it because they can relate to it. At this point they are all ready to be cool in 3rd grade.","fullyFundedDate":1715546711520,"projectUrl":"project/cool-student/8299509/","projectTitle":"Cool Student","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Perez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5277295_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1593038833254","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-perez-chavez"},{"teacherId":5277295,"projectId":8860414,"letterContent":"Thank you for your kind and generous donation. We are so excited to have this project funded. We were off to a rough start without access to ink, but now we are ready to print out the necessary activities to continue to support my students' visual learning throughout the day. \r\nI now have the necessary Ink to support their skills as well as create differentiated, engaging, and fun packets for students.\r\nThis ink will aid as a resource where students are able to receive printed assignments that assist them in creating projects that showcase their learning.","fullyFundedDate":1733279510385,"projectUrl":"project/urgent-ink/8860414/","projectTitle":"Urgent Ink!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Perez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5277295_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1593038833254","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-perez-chavez"},{"teacherId":5277295,"projectId":9444138,"letterContent":"Thank you for your kind and generous donation. This was a much-needed ink so we can print out work to continue to support my students' visual learning throughout the day. My students thrive on resources that involve paper, cut-and-paste assignments, and images that take up a lot of ink and paper for their interactive journals. Ink is necessary to create differentiated, engaging, and fun packets for students.\r\n\r\nHaving ink will allow my students to have printed instructional resources that meet their academic and social needs, creating projects that showcase their learning.","fullyFundedDate":1755521828329,"projectUrl":"project/color-my-world/9444138/","projectTitle":"Color My World","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Perez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5277295_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1593038833254","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-perez-chavez"},{"teacherId":5277295,"projectId":7315701,"letterContent":"Thank you for helping me meet my goal so my students could become self-sufficient, considerate, and kind individuals. The bookmarks, tags, and other items personalized through sublimation or vinyl have given my students a sense of purpose.\r\n\r\nPromoting random acts of kindness among classmates has helped them demonstrate empathy, thoughtfulness, and selflessness.\r\nThese materials and activities have encouraged them to be kind and encourage others through RAK (Random Acts of Kindness). It has also helped them learn the value of friendship and to identify those who need encouragement.","fullyFundedDate":1693498208188,"projectUrl":"project/random-acts-of-kindness/7315701/","projectTitle":"Random Acts of Kindness","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Perez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5277295_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1593038833254","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-perez-chavez"},{"teacherId":9745103,"projectId":9906855,"letterContent":"Thank you for your donations to give my students a unique Christmas gift to spark curiosity and love for STEM. My students received their gifts wrapped and opened them at home. I did show them what they received for Christmas before I passed them out all wrapped with Christmas wrapping. They were so excited and looking forward to doing their own terrarium at home. I did have some parents send me some photos of the student's terrariums. They were turning out amazing! Science is an area where it should be expanded more at home and school because that helps our students learn more about the subject and what else is beyond it. This gift gave them a little knowledge of what terrariums are and the life cycle of a plant.\r\nAlso, the play-doh and play-doh cookie cutters are helping my students with their fine motor development. They enjoy using them almost every day for Letter of the week, ABC cards, numbers with ten frame counting, and using their imagination to create a work of art. Students practice their grasping movements and \"exercise their fingers\", as I tell them. They get excited and happy everytime I tell them they will use them. \r\nThank you so much helping me give my students the opportunity to expand their creativity.","fullyFundedDate":1764300009156,"projectUrl":"project/sparking-curiosity-with-stem-science/9906855/","projectTitle":"Sparking Curiosity With STEM Science","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. A. Lozano","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9745103_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1763723309225","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/am-lozano"},{"teacherId":5285376,"projectId":10019563,"letterContent":"My students and I have had so many amazing opportunities to use the materials from this project in the classroom. Thanks to your support and generosity, we have made been able to create, and complete, different group activities! \r\nMy students have enjoyed having new name plates on their desks to reference, and to showcase their unique creative personality. They have also enjoyed using the dry erase markers in their learning centers, and tune into their creative skills using the acrylic paints on the canvas! \r\nWe are truly blessed to have the support and generosity of our community to make resources available to us!","fullyFundedDate":1769949881887,"projectUrl":"project/keeping-up-with-our-learning/10019563/","projectTitle":"Keeping Up With Our Learning!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. M. 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