{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Forest Lane Academy","outOfStateSupporters":36.3,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":9027930,"projectId":10384841,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation of Pete the Cat and David story props to our Pre-K Title I classroom!\r\nThese wonderful props have made reading come alive for our students. Our children love using them to act out their favorite stories, retell events, practice language, and use their imaginations while they learn.\r\nBecause of your kindness, our students are not only enjoying books—they are discovering that reading can be fun, exciting, and something to look forward to! Your support helps us create joyful, hands-on learning experiences for every child.\r\nThank you for helping our little readers grow their love of books and storytelling!","fullyFundedDate":1784825135672,"projectUrl":"project/retelling-stories-with-david-pete-the/10384841/","projectTitle":"Retelling Stories with David & Pete the Cat!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Pinilla","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9027930_orig.png?crop=384,384,x24,y14&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1684680013498","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9027930"},{"teacherId":9027930,"projectId":10384928,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support in bringing Book Buddies and wonderful books to our Pre-K Title I classroom!\r\nOur students are so excited to have special reading buddies to share their stories with. These cuddly companions and new books make reading time extra special and help our children develop a love for books, storytelling, and learning.\r\nYour kindness is helping create joyful reading experiences and giving our students opportunities to build their imaginations, language skills, and confidence. We are truly grateful for your support and for helping make our classroom a place where every child can fall in love with reading!","fullyFundedDate":1784582519152,"projectUrl":"project/buddy-up-with-a-mo-willems-book/10384928/","projectTitle":"Buddy Up With a Mo Willems Book!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Pinilla","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9027930_orig.png?crop=384,384,x24,y14&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1684680013498","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9027930"},{"teacherId":9027930,"projectId":10336521,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation of story-retelling toys and props to our Title I Pre-K classroom!\r\nYour thoughtful gifts have made storytime and learning so much more fun and engaging for our students. Our children love using the props to act out stories, practice new vocabulary, build their imaginations, and share their own ideas.\r\nThese hands-on materials help bring stories to life and encourage our students to become confident storytellers and enthusiastic learners. Your generosity is making a wonderful difference in our classroom each day.\r\nThank you for helping us make learning exciting, meaningful, and full of smiles!","fullyFundedDate":1784128994637,"projectUrl":"project/puppet-pals-story-tales/10336521/","projectTitle":"Puppet Pals & Story Tales!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Pinilla","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9027930_orig.png?crop=384,384,x24,y14&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1684680013498","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9027930"},{"teacherId":9027930,"projectId":10284442,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation of wonderful zoo animal books and a Pete the Cat snow book for our Pre-K students!\r\nOur Title I students absolutely love books, and these new stories will bring so much excitement to our classroom. The colorful animal books will inspire curiosity and learning, while Pete the Cat will give our children another fun character to enjoy as they build a love of reading.\r\nYour generosity helps us create a classroom filled with opportunities to explore, imagine, learn, and fall in love with books. We are so grateful for your kindness and for supporting our youngest learners!","fullyFundedDate":1781887771113,"projectUrl":"project/building-little-readers-one-book-at-a-t/10284442/","projectTitle":"Building Little Readers, One Book at a Time !","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Pinilla","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9027930_orig.png?crop=384,384,x24,y14&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1684680013498","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9027930"},{"teacherId":9027930,"projectId":10407445,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to our Pre-K Title I classroom! Your gift of colorful cubes, engaging science books, and light table toys will provide our young learners with exciting opportunities to explore, discover, and learn through play.\r\nThese wonderful materials will help our students build important skills in science, math, problem-solving, language, and creativity while making learning fun and meaningful.\r\nWe are truly grateful for your support and for investing in our youngest learners. Your generosity makes a difference every day in our classroom!","fullyFundedDate":1785171470692,"projectUrl":"project/bright-colors-bright-minds/10407445/","projectTitle":"Bright Colors, Bright Minds","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Pinilla","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9027930_orig.png?crop=384,384,x24,y14&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1684680013498","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9027930"},{"teacherId":10159366,"projectId":10291683,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donations and for taking an interest in our classroom. Your support means more to us than words can fully express. Because of your kindness, our students have access to resources, materials, and learning opportunities that help make their classroom experience more engaging, meaningful, and enjoyable.\r\n\r\nYour generosity allows us to create an environment where students can explore new ideas, develop important skills, and feel excited about learning. Whether it helps provide books, classroom supplies, technology, creative materials, educational activities, or special learning experiences, every contribution makes a positive difference. Your support helps us give our students opportunities to learn in ways that meet their individual needs and encourage their natural curiosity.\r\n\r\nWe are especially grateful that you have chosen to invest in our students and their education. Your interest in our classroom shows our students that there are people beyond their school community who believe in them and want to see them succeed. Knowing that others care about their education can inspire students to work harder, take pride in their accomplishments, and believe in their own abilities.\r\n\r\nYour donations also help us make our classroom a welcoming and supportive place where students can feel comfortable asking questions, making mistakes, trying new things, and celebrating their successes. These experiences are an important part of helping young learners become confident, responsible, and lifelong learners.\r\n\r\nWe want you to know that your generosity does not go unnoticed. Each item purchased, activity supported, and opportunity made possible through your donations contributes to the growth and development of our students. Your gifts help turn ideas into real classroom experiences and allow us to provide learning opportunities that our students may not otherwise have.\r\n\r\nMost importantly, your support reminds us that education is a community effort. Teachers, families, donors, and community members all play an important role in helping students reach their potential. We are incredibly thankful to have people like you who are willing to support our classroom and encourage the next generation.\r\n\r\nThank you again for believing in our students, supporting our classroom, and making a difference in their educational journey. Your generosity helps us create lasting memories and meaningful learning experiences that our students will carry with them. We sincerely appreciate your kindness, thoughtfulness, and continued interest in our classroom.\r\n\r\nWith heartfelt gratitude,\r\n\r\nOur Classroom and Students","fullyFundedDate":1786891333640,"projectUrl":"project/building-confident-readers-through-hands/10291683/","projectTitle":"Building Confident Readers Through Hands-On Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Smith","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10159366_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1754848516737","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10159366"},{"teacherId":4940770,"projectId":10294471,"letterContent":"Thank you for supporting my classroom with center making materials. My students have loved having time to work with partners to practice reading skills. With all of the cardstock I have been able to print and make fun games students can play while reviewing skills. I am excited about the possibilities with the materials I have. \r\n\r\nMy students are really loving the clipboards. They have made it easy for those who need to be closer to the board to see as well as made centers available in comfy spaces around the classroom.\r\n\r\nThank you for your kindness.","fullyFundedDate":1784521579591,"projectUrl":"project/center-making-materials/10294471/","projectTitle":"Center Making Materials","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. C.","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4940770_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1784656959849","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-cruickshank"},{"teacherId":4940770,"projectId":10269282,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for filling my bookshelves with lots of books that my students enjoy. They were so excited to see lots of graphic novels and their favorite titles. I was told by a few students that my books were way better than the classroom they were in before. I am excited to see this continued love and excitement for reading in our class.\r\n\r\nOne of my students was so excited about the Dog Man series that he grabbed all of the books on the shelf and put them in his desk. I had to remind him that we have to share.\r\n\r\nThanks for loving my readers!","fullyFundedDate":1780088941437,"projectUrl":"project/turning-pages-growing-minds/10269282/","projectTitle":"Turning Pages, Growing Minds","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. C.","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4940770_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1784656959849","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-cruickshank"},{"teacherId":4940770,"projectId":10135852,"letterContent":"Thank you for supporting our classroom on refreshing our basic supplies. We are already using our composition notebooks, pencils and mesh bags. It has been very helpful for me as a teacher to have supplies at the ready and be organized for the year before students arrived. This project helped take some stress off of our families as materials were provided. \r\n\r\nI am excited to see how much learning and growth we have using our interactive notebooks for reading and writing. \r\n\r\nYour kindness does not go unnoticed!","fullyFundedDate":1778020777244,"projectUrl":"project/refresh-on-the-basics/10135852/","projectTitle":"Refresh on the Basics","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. C.","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4940770_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1784656959849","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-cruickshank"},{"teacherId":4940770,"projectId":10135838,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generosity and helping fulfill our Little Bit of Color project. With this project all of our students supply caddies are filled with markers, crayons and colored pencils. This is very helpful for those students who could not bring supplies in. We have already made use of our supplies while creating our all about me pages and our fourth grade trading cards. I am excited to see my students creative side and all the fun we can have this year. \r\n\r\nWe appreciate your kindness in fulfilling this project.","fullyFundedDate":1778020777615,"projectUrl":"project/a-little-bit-of-color/10135838/","projectTitle":"A Little Bit of Color","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. C.","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4940770_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1784656959849","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-cruickshank"},{"teacherId":4940770,"projectId":10127750,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping fill our prize box. We were able to create a prize shop in our classroom to provide our students with lots of different options to choose from. When we showed our students the prize cabinet they were full of smiles and excitement. One of the favorites in our prize cabinet are the squishy balls. The first week of school that was one of the things that all students want!\r\n\r\nI am so excited to reward and celebrate my students this year with our prize shop! I know it will be a great motivator for all of our kids.","fullyFundedDate":1778031481059,"projectUrl":"project/prize-box-palooza/10127750/","projectTitle":"Prize Box Palooza","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. C.","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4940770_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1784656959849","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-cruickshank"},{"teacherId":4940770,"projectId":10135828,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our classroom. My students have really enjoyed having a cozy spot to sit while listening to instruction or during independent time. The addition of the rug has helped build a positive classroom culture and provided opportunities for students to build oral language skills. \r\n\r\nI am excited to see how else we can utilize this rug space throughout the year. 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