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Thank you so much for making this possible!","fullyFundedDate":1787175099358,"projectUrl":"project/cute-new-office/10380045/","projectTitle":"Cute New Office!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Fischer","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8041325_orig.jpg?crop=808,808,x870,y1361&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1783569734557","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8041325"},{"teacherId":3645334,"projectId":10471818,"letterContent":"My students and I are using the new resources to create a more engaging, comfortable, and interactive classroom environment. The flexible seating options give students opportunities to choose seating that helps them focus and participate in lessons. We are also using the laminator, reusable laminating pouches, and easel paper to create anchor charts, hands-on learning activities, and reusable worksheets that reinforce important fifth-grade skills. These materials allow me to provide students with different ways to practice, review, and demonstrate what they have learned.\r\n\r\nWhen my students saw the new materials, they were excited and curious about how they would be used in our classroom. They especially enjoyed seeing the flexible seating options and learning how these resources would become part of our daily routines. Their excitement reminded me how much a welcoming classroom environment can encourage students to take an active role in their learning.\r\n\r\nOur next steps are to continue incorporating these resources into reading, writing, math, and social studies lessons. Students will use the reusable materials to practice skills, work collaboratively, review important concepts, and share their thinking with classmates. The easel paper will help us display student ideas and create anchor charts that we can refer to throughout our lessons. Thank you to our generous donors for helping us start the semester with resources that support student engagement, creativity, and academic growth. Your kindness is making a positive difference in our classroom!","fullyFundedDate":1787144874770,"projectUrl":"project/small-group-family/10471818/","projectTitle":"Small Group Family","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Cotton","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3645334_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1528887845353","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/v-cotton"},{"teacherId":3645334,"projectId":10471971,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to help provide our students with both print and online subscriptions to Scholastic News! These resources give students exciting opportunities to strengthen their reading skills while learning about real-world topics. As students explore the articles, they practice identifying main ideas and supporting details, building vocabulary, making inferences, and thinking critically about the world around them. The engaging photographs, text features, and interactive online resources help bring learning to life and make reading more meaningful.\r\n\r\nIn our classroom, reading involves exploring new ideas, asking questions, sharing discoveries, and making connections to our own lives. Scholastic News encourages students to become curious, confident readers while building their background knowledge and comprehension skills. Students who may be less interested in traditional books often become excited about reading when they discover articles about animals, science, sports, technology, and current events that interest them. Having both print and digital resources allows us to reach learners in different ways and provide more opportunities for every student to succeed.\r\n\r\nYour generosity makes a meaningful difference in our classroom by helping us provide engaging, high-quality reading materials that inspire students to learn. Thank you for investing in our students, supporting their literacy development, and helping foster a lifelong love of reading and discovery!","fullyFundedDate":1787138481997,"projectUrl":"project/weekly-online-and-print-reading/10471971/","projectTitle":"Weekly Online and Print Reading","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Cotton","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3645334_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1528887845353","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/v-cotton"},{"teacherId":5025445,"projectId":10022008,"letterContent":"Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart for funding our classroom's new microphone system! Your incredible generosity and belief in our students mean more than words can express.\r\n\r\nIn a busy classroom, clear communication is essential for learning. With this new voice amplification system, every single student, no matter where they are seated in the room, will be able to hear instruction, directions, and read-alouds clearly without any struggle. It allows me to teach naturally without straining my voice and helps create a calm, focused, and inclusive learning environment where every child can stay engaged and confident.\r\n\r\nKnowing that someone like you chose to support my classroom and invest in my students' education is deeply inspiring. You have made a direct and lasting impact on our daily classroom experience.\r\n\r\nThank you again for your kindness, generosity, and support!","fullyFundedDate":1778061894811,"projectUrl":"project/back-on-the-mic-restoring-our-classroom/10022008/","projectTitle":"Back on the Mic: Restoring Our Classroom Sound","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. K.","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5025445_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1524170732616","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrsnknox"},{"teacherId":5025445,"projectId":10134875,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your incredible generosity in funding our classroom greenhouse through DonorsChoose!\r\n\r\nBecause of your support, our students now have a hands-on learning lab right at their fingertips. They are thrilled to get their hands dirty, plant seeds, and watch biology come to life. This greenhouse isn't just a fun addition to our room. It's a powerful educational tool that helps us teach plant life cycles, ecosystems, environmental responsibility, and scientific observation in a way that textbooks simply can't match.\r\n\r\nSeeing the excitement on my students' faces as we set up the greenhouse and planted our very first seeds was unforgettable. Your investment in our classroom shows my students that there is a whole community of people outside our school walls who care about their education and future.\r\n\r\nWe are deeply grateful for your kindness and belief in our class. Thank you for helping our knowledge grow!","fullyFundedDate":1775402442659,"projectUrl":"project/harvesting-seeds-of-success/10134875/","projectTitle":"Harvesting Seeds of Success","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. K.","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5025445_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1524170732616","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrsnknox"},{"teacherId":5025445,"projectId":9148347,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your incredible generosity in funding our Scholastic News subscription for \"Reading Around the World.\" Because of you, my students now have a weekly window into the world that is both engaging and accessible.\r\n\r\nThese magazines bring real-world news into our classroom in a way that is age-appropriate and exciting. My students no longer just \"read to read\"—they are reading to learn about science, history, and global cultures. \r\n\r\nThe colorful layouts and compelling photography capture the attention of even my most reluctant readers. We use the digital features to build vocabulary and practice informational text features together as a class.","fullyFundedDate":1746698851253,"projectUrl":"project/reading-around-the-world/9148347/","projectTitle":"Reading Around the World","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. K.","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5025445_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1524170732616","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrsnknox"},{"teacherId":4750411,"projectId":9720871,"letterContent":"THANK YOU for donating to our Tiger Store!\r\n\r\nWe had our first Tiger Store this last week and students were so excited to see all the fun, new items to choose from. They especially loved the water bottles, fidgets, building blocks, and hot chips. It is so nice to have a refresh on the materials for the store and to be able to offer our students choices for being safe, respectful, responsible, and kind Tigers. \r\n\r\nThank you for your generous donation to restock our store. We will have enough supplies for this school year, and that is such a gift!","fullyFundedDate":1760579628124,"projectUrl":"project/help-refill-our-tiger-store/9720871/","projectTitle":"Help Refill our Tiger Store!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Steeves","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4750411_orig.jpg?crop=828,827,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1592239401850","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4750411"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_37785","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":311,"numTeachers":19,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":84,"percentWhite":1,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":9,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":0,"percentMultiracialImputed":3,"gradesServed":"K - 8","studentTeacherRatio":"16.4:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":74.2,"schoolId":37785,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Fifty - Third Street Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Fifty - Third Street Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/wisconsin/milwaukee-public-schools/fifty-third-street-elementary-school/37785"}