{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Bailey Gatzert Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":18.9,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":9693960,"projectId":10084361,"letterContent":"Thank you for helping us refresh our classroom for spring! As we enter the final months of the school year, these updates have brought new energy and excitement to our learning space. A fresh environment helps keep students engaged, inspired, and motivated as they continue building their skills.\r\n\r\nMy third graders love seeing changes in our classroom, and even small updates can spark curiosity and enthusiasm. These additions help us celebrate the new season while creating opportunities for creativity, collaboration, and meaningful learning experiences.\r\n\r\nYour support has helped us create a space where students feel excited to learn and proud of their classroom. We appreciate the opportunity to finish the school year in an environment that encourages growth, joy, and a sense of community!","fullyFundedDate":1772136923616,"projectUrl":"project/spring-updates/10084361/","projectTitle":"Spring Updates","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Birtchet","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9693960_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1727793532541","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9693960"},{"teacherId":9693960,"projectId":9367891,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to help us create a self-care bin for our classroom! Your kindness has provided our students with everyday essentials like hair ties, lip balm, and other personal care items that help them feel comfortable, confident, and ready to learn. Sometimes, it's the little things that make the biggest difference in a child's day!\r\n\r\nOur self-care bin gives students the opportunity to take care of their personal needs independently and discreetly, without having to worry about bringing these items from home. It also helps create an inclusive classroom environment where every student feels supported and cared for.\r\n\r\nThank you for recognizing that meeting students' basic needs is an important part of helping them succeed. Your generosity allows us to focus on what matters most—learning, growing, and building a classroom community where everyone feels valued!","fullyFundedDate":1748545183758,"projectUrl":"project/self-care-bin/9367891/","projectTitle":"Self Care Bin","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Birtchet","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9693960_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1727793532541","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9693960"},{"teacherId":9693960,"projectId":9367213,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to help us start the new school year! Your support has helped us create an engaging, organized, and welcoming classroom where students have the tools they need to thrive. Being prepared from the very first day allows us to spend more time exploring new ideas, building relationships, and enjoying meaningful learning experiences together.\r\n\r\nMy third graders are always excited to begin a new school year! Having access to fresh supplies encourages creativity, independence, and collaboration while helping students take pride in their work. Your generosity also ensures that every child can participate fully in classroom activities and feel confident as they take on new challenges.\r\n\r\nThank you for investing in our students and helping us begin the year with excitement and a sense of possibility. Your kindness makes a meaningful difference in our classroom and helps lay the foundation for a wonderful year of learning!","fullyFundedDate":1757979392660,"projectUrl":"project/classroom-refresh/9367213/","projectTitle":"Classroom Refresh","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Birtchet","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9693960_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1727793532541","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9693960"},{"teacherId":9693960,"projectId":9208905,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation of lights for our classroom! Your kindness has helped us create a cozy classroom library where students can curl up with a good book and discover the joy of reading. The soft lighting has transformed our reading area into a special space that encourages students to slow down, relax, and become immersed in a great story.\r\n\r\nMy third graders are so excited about their new reading space! Having a dedicated area for reading helps foster a love of books and makes independent reading time something students genuinely look forward to. It is especially wonderful for students who benefit from a calming environment where they can focus and enjoy reading at their own pace.\r\n\r\nThank you for helping us create a classroom library that inspires curiosity, imagination, and a love of reading. Your generosity is making a meaningful difference in our students' everyday learning experiences!","fullyFundedDate":1745510324464,"projectUrl":"project/a-cozy-library/9208905/","projectTitle":"A Cozy Library","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Birtchet","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9693960_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1727793532541","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9693960"},{"teacherId":9693960,"projectId":9206496,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation of lights for our classroom! These lights have helped create a warm, welcoming, and calming environment where my third graders feel comfortable and excited to learn. The softer lighting makes our classroom feel cozy and inviting, especially during independent reading, quiet work time, and moments when students need a peaceful space to focus.\r\n\r\nMy students absolutely love the new lights! They were so excited to see how the lighting transformed our classroom and made it feel like a special place just for them. Creating a positive classroom environment is such an important part of helping children feel safe, motivated, and ready to learn. Your generosity has made a meaningful difference in our everyday classroom experience, and we are so grateful for your support!","fullyFundedDate":1742908547521,"projectUrl":"project/light-it-up/9206496/","projectTitle":"Light It Up!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Birtchet","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9693960_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1727793532541","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9693960"},{"teacherId":135652,"projectId":10288518,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our Math Night project! Because of your generosity, our elementary students were able to celebrate math in a fun and exciting way.\r\n\r\nThe prizes you provided added an extra layer of excitement and motivation for our students as they participated in math games, activities, and challenges. It was wonderful to see their smiles, enthusiasm, and pride as they worked together and showed off their math skills.\r\n\r\nYour support helped make Math Night a memorable experience for our students and showed them that learning math can be joyful, engaging, and worth celebrating. We are incredibly grateful for your investment in our students and our school community.\r\n\r\nThank you for helping make Math Night such a special event!","fullyFundedDate":1779992591894,"projectUrl":"project/math-night-family-fun/10288518/","projectTitle":"Math Night = Family Fun","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Sanchez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-7_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/135652"},{"teacherId":9279033,"projectId":10340653,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our class this school year! We have already started using some of the items from the project and have started the year off successfully! \r\n\r\nOur students are always very grateful for the supplies we are able to give them throughout the year because of donors like you. Your continued support of our school and class means so much to us as teachers, but to the students as well. \r\n\r\nWe have already done several projects in the first week of school and have done lots of coloring, cutting, and gluing! We have also started writing in our journals and are keeping our supplies neat and organized in our bins. \r\n\r\nAgain, thank you so much for your support of our class and my students!","fullyFundedDate":1782364084520,"projectUrl":"project/classroom-restock/10340653/","projectTitle":"Classroom Restock","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Combs","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9279033_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1720466429624","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9279033"},{"teacherId":3665188,"projectId":9643145,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation of headphones to our classroom! Your kindness has made a meaningful difference in our students' daily learning experiences. With their new headphones, students are able to access technology more easily and participate in digital lessons, videos, activities, and educational programs without distractions.\r\n\r\nYour support has also helped make differentiated learning more accessible for every student. The headphones allow students to work at their own pace, listen to individualized directions, and engage with learning activities that meet their unique needs. Thank you for helping create a classroom where every student has the tools and opportunities they need to learn, grow, and succeed!","fullyFundedDate":1757124448993,"projectUrl":"project/class-set-of-headphones/9643145/","projectTitle":"Class Set of Headphones","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Quinn","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3665188_orig.jpg?crop=1351,1351,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1688148732303","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3665188"},{"teacherId":6738646,"projectId":10094973,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous contribution to our classroom! My students have loved the new prizes and have been working very hard to earn them. Positive reinforcement is such an important element of our classroom community. While we strive to build intrinsic motivation in our room, it's crucial that we also acknowledge hard work and perseverance. Other items in this project, including a paper organizer, have helped create new systems of organization in our classroom. Developing this skill is crucial to success in 3rd grade! \r\n\r\nYour support has had a tremendous impact on our classroom. Thank you!","fullyFundedDate":1778166798388,"projectUrl":"project/joy-and-fun-in-learning/10094973/","projectTitle":"Joy and Fun in Learning!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. De Mello","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6738646_orig.jpg?crop=417,417,x316,y247&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1629851110925","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6738646"},{"teacherId":6558392,"projectId":9258830,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for funding this project. As a first year teacher, I was really overwhelmed with all of the supplies needed to keep the classroom running smoothly. The organizational supplies have been useful in many situations and are multi-purpose, which is great!\r\n\r\nStudents were excited to have new tools to keep their supplies organized and saw the impact of it :) \r\n\r\nThe anchor chart paper and easel have been great resources for my class to be able to reference important information, instructions and learning targets. \r\n\r\nI am so grateful to you all.","fullyFundedDate":1746282413536,"projectUrl":"project/first-year-teacher-organization-supplie/9258830/","projectTitle":"First Year Teacher: Organization Supplies for a Successful Spring Quarter!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Cheng","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6558392_orig.png?crop=954,954,x0,y63&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1725842244376","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6558392"},{"teacherId":9737485,"projectId":10083496,"letterContent":"I cannot thank you enough for funding this project. This project helped breathe new life into the classroom and into our learning rotations. I realized over the first half of the year that our rotations needed more life skills groups that students can actually benefit from and use in their everyday life. I also had many new students join my room that needed more sensory options than what I had. The blankets and pillows are a calm corner favorite and has really helped soothe many students when they are feeling a sensory overload. The light toys, busy boards, and other cause and effect toys have been great additions to stimulate interest and grow connections about how cause and effect work. The kids and I were so excited to get these new supplies and it is all thanks to all of you.","fullyFundedDate":1771008236977,"projectUrl":"project/learning-through-the-senses/10083496/","projectTitle":"Learning Through the Senses","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Lee","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9737485_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1725827607628","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9737485"},{"teacherId":9737485,"projectId":9491117,"letterContent":"Thank you all for you kind and generous donations. These extra storage bins have been a huge help in organizing all of the fun activities that we do during our learning rotations. It has also been great for organizing choice time activities and replacing broken storage bins that needed serious replacing. \r\nHaving enough bins to store all our necessities helps us stay organized and makes clean up so much easier when everything has and place and can get put back where it belongs! Thank you all again for your generosity and support.","fullyFundedDate":1763961693362,"projectUrl":"project/too-much-stuff-not-enough-space/9491117/","projectTitle":"Too Much Stuff, Not Enough Space!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Lee","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9737485_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1725827607628","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9737485"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_35950","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":423,"numTeachers":28,"percentFrplEligible":66,"percentAsian":5,"percentBlack":59,"percentWhite":10,"percentIndigenous":1,"percentLatinx":11,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":1,"percentMultiracialImputed":10,"gradesServed":"Pre-K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"15.1:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":81.1,"schoolId":35950,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Bailey Gatzert Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Bailey Gatzert Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/washington/district-one-seattle-public-schools/bailey-gatzert-elementary-school/35950"}