{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Sewells Point Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":32.9,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":9108099,"projectId":9898079,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for this text reader and language translating pen! It is incredible. It can read a book, handwritten note, or anything else with text that you roll it over. It is so easy to use. The language translation feature is easy to use as well and is going to help so much with teaching my students who speak a different language than I do. You can translate to so many different languages using this device. This is going to open so many doors for teaching and learning. I already have other teachers who want to use it with some of their students as well. I couldn't be happier for my students who need to have this resource available. Thank you for your generosity!!!","fullyFundedDate":1763430113320,"projectUrl":"project/translator-reading-pen-communicatel/9898079/","projectTitle":"Translator & Reading Pen - Communicate/Learn In Any Language","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Cargill","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9108099"},{"teacherId":9108099,"projectId":9677032,"letterContent":"Thank you, thank you thank you!! These puppets are already a huge hit not only with my students but with my fellow teachers. The students have been so creative with the way they use them and with their dialogue. We have used them for eliciting language for my students who have communication difficulties. They have used the puppets to act out stories they have written and to retell stories they have heard. My students who come for speech therapy, who have articulation deficits, also love using the puppets to say words during articulation drills. It is interesting to see that many of them are more focused on their correct sound productions when using the puppets than when not using them. Thank you so much!!!","fullyFundedDate":1762267657858,"projectUrl":"project/lets-talk/9677032/","projectTitle":"Let's Talk","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Cargill","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9108099"},{"teacherId":9108099,"projectId":9175907,"letterContent":"Thank you SO MUCH!!! You have provided so many useful tools and resources to our speech classroom! The students are using the resources on a regular basis already and showing good progress toward their speech and language goals! They request them and show increased confidence when they are done using them. I provide speech therapy services to students in grades PK4 through 5th grade. These resources have been useful for students with needs across all grade levels that I work with. Thank you again for your generosity and care.","fullyFundedDate":1752992963141,"projectUrl":"project/keep-it-in-sequence/9175907/","projectTitle":"Keep It In Sequence","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Cargill","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9108099"},{"teacherId":9493621,"projectId":9112310,"letterContent":"Thank You from Sewells Point Elementary School's PE Department\r\nThe Sewells Point Elementary School PE Department would like to extend our sincere gratitude to DonorsChoose and its supporters for funding our recent project. Thanks to your generosity, we received an iPad, new basketballs, and 2-inch vinyl spot decals—funded as a replacement for the 26' GaGa pit, which was unfortunately out of stock at the end of last school year and the start of this one.\r\nThe iPad will be a tremendous asset for our program. Each year, we host an annual PE Program that is orchestrated to music and includes participation from all of our students. Having the iPad will make it much easier to stream music for our routines, replacing the need to use personal phones. It will also be used daily to play music during warm-ups, fitness activities, and games, helping us create an energetic and engaging atmosphere for our students.\r\nThe basketballs are another much-needed addition. They will replace our old, warped balls, ensuring students can develop their skills with safe and reliable equipment.\r\nFinally, the vinyl spot decals will help bring more organization and efficiency to our PE classes. With clear and visible spots, students can quickly find their assigned places, making transitions smoother and maximizing active time.\r\nWe are truly grateful for this support, which directly impacts the quality of our students' physical education experience. Thank you for helping us create a fun, active, and well-equipped learning environment for every child at Sewells Point Elementary.","fullyFundedDate":1746787168280,"projectUrl":"project/ga-ga-ball/9112310/","projectTitle":"Ga Ga Ball!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Davis","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-1_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9493621"},{"teacherId":9108099,"projectId":9176012,"letterContent":"From the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU SO MUCH!! Dolls are a great way to bring out speech during speech therapy sessions, but we needed more clothes for the dolls as they came with bibs and panties only. Thanks to you, they now have a complete wardrobe. The students always ask for bottles for the babies and now we have them. I have had multiple opportunities to use the Perfection and Don't Break the Ice games with the students for positive reinforcement, cognitive, fine motor, and social interaction activities. These activities are motivators for students to do their best during speech therapy sessions when they know they can earn a fun activity like these after they complete their work or for breaks during their therapy sessions for students who need more frequent motivators. I cannot say thank you enough!","fullyFundedDate":1746705556378,"projectUrl":"project/i-need-a-break/9176012/","projectTitle":"I Need a Break","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Cargill","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9108099"},{"teacherId":9108099,"projectId":9176001,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating and fully funding my project for my students! These have been great resources to use in my speech therapy sessions. They also allow for a healthy way for my students whose communication skills are more severely impacted, to express their emotions in an appropriate way. It provides them with a way to explore safe and meaningful ways to manage frustration. The magnetics facial expressions have been a huge hit for my students to relay their emotions no matter what they are: sad, happy, mad, worried, etc. Your generosity is greatly appreciated, and I only hope that you are blessed 10 times more than the blessing you have been to my students.","fullyFundedDate":1746345576964,"projectUrl":"project/expressing-emotions/9176001/","projectTitle":"Expressing Emotions","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Cargill","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9108099"},{"teacherId":9108099,"projectId":9175930,"letterContent":"I am so excited to use the Teachers Pay Teachers Gift Card to purchase teaching resources to further my students speech and language skills! Have you ever had the privilege to see all that is available on TPT? It is incredible. Through this gift, not only will you be supporting my students but also teachers with experience who created the resources on TPT. We are going to have a great year, and I can't wait to see how much my students progress this year through the resources you have made available to them. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!!!","fullyFundedDate":1746345577222,"projectUrl":"project/teachers-supporting-teachers/9175930/","projectTitle":"Teachers Supporting Teachers","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Cargill","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9108099"},{"teacherId":9871146,"projectId":9001187,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your support! My students love the new materials. The letter buckets have been especially popular. I heard \"letters, please\" from students who rarely speak before I had even opened the box. Luckily, my kiddos were happy to help me set up while practicing their language skills. We were able to work on answering questions, building descriptive vocabulary, using longer, more complete utterances while talking about items as we sorted them by letter sound. \r\n\r\nWe were down to our last drop of ink when the supplies arrived, so my office mate was as excited about the ink as the children were about the learning toys. We've been putting it to good use printing out new classroom communication boards so the children who cannot reliably speak can point to symbols instead. I've also been able to make personalized visual supports with enough color copies to keep in their classroom and send home. Your support has made a huge difference in my classroom!","fullyFundedDate":1745970935943,"projectUrl":"project/colorful-materials-for-kids-on-the-spect/9001187/","projectTitle":"Colorful Materials for Kids on the Spectrum","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Megan","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9871146"},{"teacherId":9108099,"projectId":9120452,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for funding my classroom project. We have already been able to use the valuable resources that you provided to our classroom. I can now project what I want to share with students or parents in meeting on the white board with my laptop while also being able to view other related materials on the second screen that you provided. When working with students, I can turn the second screen towards my students while continuing to type on my laptop information for my students. We have been able to use the charging blocks to charge the classroom iPads and other electronic devices. And how about that wireless keyboard and computer riser! It is wonderful being able to use and view the laptop at a more ideal level and height. Thank you for making this possible!! I hope that you are greatly blessed for your generosity.","fullyFundedDate":1744032960233,"projectUrl":"project/technology-works-best-with-accessories/9120452/","projectTitle":"Technology Works Best With Accessories","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Cargill","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9108099"},{"teacherId":9108099,"projectId":8965962,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generosity! These family figurines have become a favorite activity for my students and have been a wonderful resource during their speech therapy sessions. They are a wonderful way to elicit language and create opportunities for practicing interactive communication and role playing. Some of my students who are more fearful of communicating in general will communicate more freely when doing so through use of these play based characters. They have surpassed my expectations for the benefit that they have been to my students. Thank you for making this happen!\r\n\r\nWishing you joy in return for the joy you have provided my students,","fullyFundedDate":1732584748959,"projectUrl":"project/multicultural-pretend-play/8965962/","projectTitle":"Multicultural Pretend Play","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Cargill","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9108099"},{"teacherId":9108099,"projectId":8781190,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for providing the black toner cartridge that we needed for our speech therapy room printer. We have been able to print learning materials for our students, lesson plans, and progress reports. You made this possible! Thank you also for the tape dispenser and stapler. These are necessary products for organization and attaching paper materials together. The beautiful color of the tape dispenser and stapler make them easy to spot and pleasant to look at when displayed on the resource table or desk. Thank you for providing these necessary items for our speech room.","fullyFundedDate":1736767154230,"projectUrl":"project/print-and-staple/8781190/","projectTitle":"Print And Staple!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Cargill","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9108099"},{"teacherId":9108099,"projectId":8781347,"letterContent":"Let me start by saying Wow!! First wow, to how amazingly generous you are! Second wow, to how beneficial the resources you donated to our classroom have been for my students. I am a speech-language pathologist and have been able to see first hand how much more practice opportunities with interactive play these calming yet language stimulating activities and resources have provided. Some of my students are more out going and just enjoy talking while they play with the sensory items. Other students who are more reluctant to speak, seem to lose their fear of talking while playing with and talking about the sensory toys. Lots of conversational opportunities have come from these items in the form of both peer to peer interactions and student to teacher. Thank you for making this possible!","fullyFundedDate":1733229426532,"projectUrl":"project/sensory-delight/8781347/","projectTitle":"Sensory Delight!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Cargill","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9108099"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_34880","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":495,"numTeachers":38,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":1,"percentBlack":32,"percentWhite":36,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":20,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Pre-K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"13.0:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":false,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_MIDSIZE"},"inStateSupporters":67.1,"schoolId":34880,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Sewells Point Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Sewells Point Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/virginia/norfolk-public-schools/sewells-point-elementary-school/34880"}