{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Fredrick J Gaenslen School","outOfStateSupporters":29.8,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":3027265,"projectId":10197664,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your incredible generosity and for bringing these vital resources to our classroom! Your support has provided my students with a beautiful collection of tools designed to help them regulate, focus, and thrive.\r\nHere is how your amazing gifts are making a difference in our daily routines:\r\n\r\n• Calming Strategies Flash Cards are an absolute game-changer. They serve as a portable mindfulness toolkit, giving students concrete emotional regulation tools to manage big feelings, take meaningful breaks, and build self-awareness right when they need it most.\r\n\r\n• Smooth Transitions & Time Management: The magnetic digital timers provide excellent visual and auditory cues. They help students track their independent work time, manage small group rotations, and practice independent pacing with confidence.\r\n\r\n• Engaging & Colorful Learning: The flower-shaped petal highlighters have brought so much excitement to our reading and editing lessons! The vibrant, fluorescent colors make highlighting key concepts engaging, transforming routine classwork into a creative and joyful experience.\r\n\r\nYour investment in our education goes far beyond the physical items. You have helped create a predictable, structured, and emotionally supportive classroom environment where every child feels capable of succeeding. We are profoundly grateful for your kindness!","fullyFundedDate":1778061880426,"projectUrl":"project/focus-attention-timers-oh-my/10197664/","projectTitle":"Focus, Attention, Timers-Oh My!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Hurst Turner","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3027265_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1536801686396","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3027265"},{"teacherId":3027265,"projectId":10130351,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your incredible generosity in providing our classroom with these amazing new supplies! We just received the Crayola Twistables Colored Pencils, Sharpie Metallic Markers, waterproof Pencil Pouches, and colorful Sticky Notes.\r\n\r\nOur classroom is buzzing with excitement. The students are already loving the Twistables because they never have to stop what they are doing to find a sharpener, and the metallic Sharpies have made our special projects feel incredibly official and creative. Having individual, durable pencil pouches has also given each student a sense of ownership over their new tools, keeping our room organized and ready for learning.\r\nYour support means the world to us. You haven't just given us supplies; you've given us the tools to express our creativity, stay organized, and thrive every single day.\r\nWith deep gratitude","fullyFundedDate":1775753942236,"projectUrl":"project/refresh-for-the-last-three-months-of-sch/10130351/","projectTitle":"Refresh for the Last Three Months of School","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Hurst Turner","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3027265_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1536801686396","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3027265"},{"teacherId":4548216,"projectId":10233683,"letterContent":"These materials are already improving my students ability to increase their attention span, fine motor skills, focus, brain function and have fun while learning. When they are participating in such table top activities, they are starting to learn to share materials, work together and have fun, while being productive members of our Pre-K special education, Autistic, non speaking classroom. \r\nMy goal was that each individual student would be able to complete one puzzle, stack one set, and complete one workbook as independently as possible. Being that we are just completing the first month of school, the students are activity still working on meeting these goals. \r\nRight now, their attention span and ability to focus is extremely short for most of the 8 students I have. I have seen some improvements though with planned centers working with these wonderful academic toys that have been provided for me. I believe that with these materials, all of them will participate and be able to complete an activity, independently and in a timely manner. \r\nEvery single material that has been purchased has already had a positive impact on every student. Pictures will be coming tomorrow!","fullyFundedDate":1778061947309,"projectUrl":"project/brain-power/10233683/","projectTitle":"Brain Power!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Kumbalek","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4548216_orig.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1763059747576","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4548216"},{"teacherId":4548216,"projectId":10188136,"letterContent":"The \"Interactive Reading Books\" supplies that you generously provided for my classroom have had a wonderful impact on my students! I have been able to prepare; copy, laminate and Velcro books together providing an interactive way for my Autistic students to actively participate in reading/listening books. \r\nMost of my students have a higher level of energy than most students and really like to have fidget things in their hands while listening to stories being read to them. By providing them a piece of the book, they have something to hold onto while I am reading. This gives their hands something to do while listening. \r\nThese supplies are expensive for a teacher to purchase year after year. Through Donors Choose, this school year, I have already been able to produce 5 different interactive books for my students. I am very thankful and appreciate of having these supplies readily available to me. Thank you very much!","fullyFundedDate":1778061941024,"projectUrl":"project/interactive-reading-books-and-buddies/10188136/","projectTitle":"Interactive Reading Books and Buddies","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Kumbalek","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4548216_orig.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1763059747576","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4548216"},{"teacherId":6333639,"projectId":10280705,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting the visual learning resources in our classroom.\r\n\r\nMy sixth graders have a wide range of learning needs, and being able to present information visually as well as verbally makes lessons much more accessible. These materials have helped me provide students with another way to understand directions, organize information, make connections, and participate in what we are learning.\r\n\r\nVisual resources are especially valuable because they aren't limited to one subject or one lesson. We can use them throughout the day in reading, math, science, social studies, and our classroom routines. They help make abstract ideas more concrete and give students something they can refer back to when they need additional support.\r\n\r\nYour generosity has helped me create a classroom where students have multiple ways to access learning and demonstrate what they know. Thank you for helping me meet my students where they are and giving them more tools for success.","fullyFundedDate":1778514956952,"projectUrl":"project/show-what-you-know-visual-learning-for/10280705/","projectTitle":"Show What You Know: Visual Learning for 6th Grade","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Z","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6333639_orig.jpg?crop=2316,2316,x0,y285&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1777835966433","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6333639"},{"teacherId":6333639,"projectId":10254935,"letterContent":"Thank you for providing the everyday materials that help our classroom run smoothly and allow my students to focus on learning.\r\n\r\nClassroom essentials may not always be the flashiest supplies, but they are some of the things we rely on most. Having the materials we need readily available means students can get started, stay organized, and participate without worrying about whether they have the right supplies. It also allows me to create a classroom where students know that the tools they need to be successful are there for them.\r\n\r\nThese resources are used throughout our school day and across subjects, so their impact reaches every student in my classroom. Your support has helped make our room a more prepared, welcoming, and functional learning environment.\r\n\r\nThank you for investing in my students and making sure that the little things don't become barriers to their learning.","fullyFundedDate":1778061950610,"projectUrl":"project/first-class-learning-supplies-rewards/10254935/","projectTitle":"First-Class Learning: Supplies & Rewards for Student Success","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Z","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6333639_orig.jpg?crop=2316,2316,x0,y285&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1777835966433","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6333639"},{"teacherId":6333639,"projectId":10291406,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping put a copy of Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief into the hands of each of my sixth-grade students.\r\n\r\nThe impact of this project has already been wonderful to see. My students have become genuinely excited about our daily reading time. They follow along together, turn the pages together, discuss what is happening, and regularly ask to keep reading. For students with a wide range of reading abilities, having their own copy has allowed everyone to participate in the same story and be part of our classroom reading community.\r\n\r\nThe novel has also connected beautifully with our word study and history lessons. We have been learning Greek and Latin roots, and my students get especially excited when they recognize one of those roots in the book. Those moments help them see that vocabulary, mythology, history, and reading aren't separate subjects—they are connected.\r\n\r\nMost importantly, this project has helped my students experience reading as something enjoyable that we do together. Thank you for giving them that experience and for helping us build a classroom of enthusiastic readers.","fullyFundedDate":1786300829873,"projectUrl":"project/hooking-reluctant-readers-through-high-i/10291406/","projectTitle":"Hooking Reluctant Readers Through High-Interest Novels","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Z","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6333639_orig.jpg?crop=2316,2316,x0,y285&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1777835966433","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6333639"},{"teacherId":2426212,"projectId":10230303,"letterContent":"I'm writing to express my gratitude for your generous support of our DonorsChoose project. Thanks to your kindness, our library now has a Polaroid camera, and we have been having a blast documenting our learning!\r\n\r\nIn a world with so many screens and digital photos, it is really special to take and print a physical photo. Some of the Polaroids, students have taken home with them, and some we have posted on our bulletin board. It's a really cool camera in that it can not only print a Polaroid after you immediately take it, but you can connect a phone to it through Bluetooth to send to it any pictures you've taken on a phone.\r\n\r\nOne of the most fun things to document this past spring was the 27 garden beds we have behind our school and our work on rejuvenating the space - students weeding, raking, and then planting sunflower, zinnia, and pumpkin seeds.\r\n\r\nFor this fall, I printed out some photos from the spring as I created a bulletin board for our new project of raising chickens!","fullyFundedDate":1777987691964,"projectUrl":"project/say-cheese-a-polaroid-camera-in-the-li/10230303/","projectTitle":"Say Cheese!! A Polaroid Camera in the Library","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Loosen","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2426212_orig.jpg?crop=618,618,x0,y43&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1651779264898","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2426212"},{"teacherId":8459381,"projectId":10196602,"letterContent":"Thank you for helping me to continue to instill kindness and giving back to others. My students and the other staff who work with me have enjoyed being able to decorate the bags that we are using to put the items in for our kindness bags for the other students within our school community.\r\nMy students have learned how to place one and two items within the bags. We will be handing the bags out next week to the other students within our school community to bring a smile to their face. Thank you again for helping my students about community service and giving to others as this is a skill that we work on every single day.","fullyFundedDate":1779984386156,"projectUrl":"project/kindness-bags-for-all/10196602/","projectTitle":"Kindness Bags for All","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Deall","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8459381_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1685926003830","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8459381"},{"teacherId":8459381,"projectId":10229181,"letterContent":"Thank you for your continued support to my classroom. This new cabinet is exactly what we needed to help get our items organized. The students were able to watch how to build the cabinet using tools such as drills. The students also enjoyed to help put items within the cabinet. The cabinet that we got we are able to fit more this as well as hang items on the inside of the cabinet door. We are excited to use this cabinet to help organize all of our classroom materials that we have to help with our daily life skills. Thank you again for your support with supporting my students and I.","fullyFundedDate":1778504157972,"projectUrl":"project/organization-is-key-to-the-classroom/10229181/","projectTitle":"Organization is Key to the Classroom","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Deall","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8459381_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1685926003830","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8459381"},{"teacherId":3027265,"projectId":10083246,"letterContent":"We extend our sincere gratitude to all who generously donated American Revolutionary–themed books in celebration of the 250th anniversary. Your contributions help preserve the stories, values, and legacy of our nation's founding, while inspiring current and future generations to learn from this pivotal chapter in history.\r\n\r\nThrough your support, these resources will educate, engage, and foster a deeper appreciation for the courage and vision of those who shaped our independence. Thank you for honoring this milestone in such a meaningful and lasting way.","fullyFundedDate":1770993607843,"projectUrl":"project/america-250/10083246/","projectTitle":"America 250","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Hurst Turner","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3027265_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1536801686396","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3027265"},{"teacherId":2426212,"projectId":9951730,"letterContent":"What an absolute blast we are having with the puppets' theaters!\r\n\r\nWe launched the use of the puppets at a Family Literacy Night event. So much fun to be making crabs, sharks, whales, beavers, and fish. Seeing how the students design their puppets as individuals is especially fun. They especially love to bedazzle them a bit.\r\n\r\nI have out dozens of sea animal-related books in the library, along with related posters. Something that's been especially neat has been in using the puppets in classes with students with special needs. A recent class of 1st-3rd graders with profound autism were in the library, and while most of the students are non-verbal, they were definitely working to communicate through their puppets. It's awesome that students are able to keep their puppets and continue to have it to play with. It's also nice that the puppets' theaters came with a lion and a zebra puppet that I now always have out as a general station in the library available to students.\r\n\r\nThank you again for your generosity and for enabling this amount of fun for our students!","fullyFundedDate":1773172448383,"projectUrl":"project/puppet-theater-in-school-library/9951730/","projectTitle":"Puppet Theater in School Library","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Loosen","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2426212_orig.jpg?crop=618,618,x0,y43&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1651779264898","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2426212"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_37727","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":720,"numTeachers":40,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":81,"percentWhite":2,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":9,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":0,"percentMultiracialImputed":5,"gradesServed":"Pre-K - 8","studentTeacherRatio":"18.0:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":70.2,"schoolId":37727,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Fredrick J Gaenslen School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Fredrick J Gaenslen School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/wisconsin/milwaukee-public-schools/fredrick-j-gaenslen-school/37727"}