{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Longfellow Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":40.4,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":10504959,"projectId":10278038,"letterContent":"I am incredibly grateful for the opportunity to bring Bringing Stories to Life Through Art and Play to our first-grade classroom. The materials have made learning more engaging, creative, and meaningful for my students. The Safari Buddies hand puppets became a favorite for storytelling, helping students act out stories, practice sequencing, and build confidence in speaking.\r\n\r\nThe Crayola classpack allowed students to create drawings, characters, and illustrations for their own stories while developing creativity and fine motor skills. We also used the paper plates to make masks and character props for Hispanic Heritage Month and Day of the Dead, connecting art, culture, writing, and storytelling.\r\n\r\nThank you for your generosity and support. These materials have given my students opportunities to create, communicate, collaborate, and express themselves with confidence. Your kindness has truly made a difference in our classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1782837666611,"projectUrl":"project/bringing-stories-to-life-through-art-and/10278038/","projectTitle":"Bringing Stories to Life through Art and Play","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Conde","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10504959_orig.jpg?crop=2208,2208,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1788488748623","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10504959"},{"teacherId":9715961,"projectId":10263312,"letterContent":"Having access to quality art supplies truly makes a difference in our classroom. My students have enjoyed having more options to explore their creativity, and the Tempera Sticks, in particular, have been incredibly helpful. They allow students to achieve bright colors and beautiful finishes without the challenges that often come with managing brushes and liquid paint.\r\n\r\nThese materials have also made a meaningful difference in my classroom management. Painting is often associated with spills, messes, and the additional time needed to set up and clean up. The Tempera Sticks have simplified the process while still allowing students to experience the joy and creative possibilities of painting.\r\n\r\nMy special education students have especially benefited from these materials. They have been able to explore the medium more independently and create artwork with strong and visually effective results. It has been wonderful to see how accessible materials can help students feel more confident and successful in their artistic process.\r\n\r\nThe supplies have even caught the attention of other teachers, who have asked me where I found them because they are innovative and produce such satisfying results. I am always happy to tell them that we were able to provide these materials for our students thanks to the generosity of donors through DonorsChoose.\r\n\r\nMy students and I are truly grateful. They love exploring these supplies, and I love watching their creativity awaken through experimentation and discovery. Even more importantly, I have seen how art can give students a way to focus, explore their emotions, and practice self-regulation while creating.\r\n\r\nThank you for helping make these meaningful artistic experiences possible for my students! Your generosity is making a real difference in our classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1778062026600,"projectUrl":"project/unleashing-creativity-essential-art-sup/10263312/","projectTitle":"Unleashing Creativity: Essential Art Supplies for Young Artists","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. NUNEZ","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9715961_orig.png?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1726214686555","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9715961"},{"teacherId":9715961,"projectId":10263486,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to our project and school!\r\n\r\nThese materials have given my students wonderful opportunities to explore new art techniques while engaging in meaningful, hands-on STEAM challenges. It was truly wonderful to see them using the materials, experimenting with different ideas, and creating artwork that connected to their own experiences and identities, making the creative process even more meaningful to them.\r\n\r\nOne of the activities that brought us so much joy was creating small pieces of artwork and adding magnets to the back. This simple step transformed their artwork into something they could proudly display on their refrigerators or other magnetic surfaces at home. Seeing their excitement as they showed off their creations and took them home was incredibly rewarding.\r\n\r\nYour generosity has helped make these creative experiences possible. More than just providing art supplies, your donation has given my students opportunities to explore, create, problem-solve, and express themselves through art. Thank you for helping us make art learning more engaging, meaningful, and memorable for our students!","fullyFundedDate":1778062019605,"projectUrl":"project/building-creative-thinkers-magnetic-art/10263486/","projectTitle":"Building Creative Thinkers: Magnetic Art & Design for Grades 3–5","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. NUNEZ","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9715961_orig.png?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1726214686555","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9715961"},{"teacherId":10389243,"projectId":10249556,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to my project! It has been so rewarding to see the students engagement with the materials. They enjoy retelling the stories with the visual velcro pictures, but they also have fun making up their own stories.\r\nWe have enjoyed that most of the materials are connected to books that are available in both Spanish and English, so it has appealed to so many of my students! They have continued building on these skills, from simple retelling of stories to adding detailed and complex sentences. It has been a very versatile project.\r\nWe truly appreciate your donation and hope you know it has brought a lot of fun engagement for my students.","fullyFundedDate":1778061942646,"projectUrl":"project/storytelling-magic/10249556/","projectTitle":"Storytelling Magic!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Sgroi-Sowder","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10389243_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1766172938916","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10389243"},{"teacherId":10476206,"projectId":10186173,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our k4 classroom. Your generosity has provided our students with exciting hands on materials that make learning fun and meaningful. Our students are able to practice counting, number recognition, colors, fine-motor skills and early math concepts through play.\r\n\r\nThe emotion blocks and play materials are helping our students learn about their feelings, practice communication and social skills. Even something as simple as Play-Doh gives our students an opportunity to strengthen their fine motor skills while being creative. \r\n\r\nBecause of your kindness, our students have more opportunities to learn through hands on experiences everyday. These resources will continue to support our classroom as we help our little learners become confident and excited about learning. Thank you for inventing in our students and helping make our classroom a place where learning, creativity and play can all come together.","fullyFundedDate":1778062026744,"projectUrl":"project/help-me-give-my-students-a-better-future/10186173/","projectTitle":"Help Me Give My Students a Better Future","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Capdevila","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10476206_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1777055654081","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10476206"},{"teacherId":10487532,"projectId":10235510,"letterContent":"Bilingual Minds-Under construction 10235510\r\n \r\nI was a 4th grade teacher when my classroom's \"Bilingual Minds-Under Construction\" was funded. I am currently a 5th grade teacher and thanks to your donation I was able to continue to build upon a classroom that provides students with a safe and engaging environment. A classroom that believes that all minds need to be nourished because as lifelong learners our minds are always under construction, especially a bilingual mind. \r\n \r\nTo culminate the year we were able to share treats and gather together at our new kidney table. Although, it's a place to conduct small group instruction it also serves as a spot to celebrate. Students truly enjoy this spot because it is a place to step away from their usual assigned seats and be able to concentrate. It also serves as a space for students to receive and navigate emotional, mental abilities to build resiliency skills. \r\n \r\nOther materials that are vital in our classroom were the curtains. The curtains blocked materials from students so that they are able to engage and focus on their work and lessons. It also enhanced our classroom to be visually appealing and welcoming. As well as provides both teacher and students easy access to retrieve materials. \r\n \r\nFinally, providing students with other materials for independent and/or group work such as dry erase markers and boards were truly handy in the classroom. Markers are consumables that we use a lot of and are engaging for students. In a world full of technology it is nice to provide students with the ability to access and develop motor skills. It is also direct access to their own creativity. \r\n \r\nI have pictures of students constructing their minds while utilizing our cherished materials. Students also wrote their own personal letters conveying how the materials have impacted their learning. \r\n \r\nI truly appreciate your generosity and will continue to advocate for students and their needs in the classroom for a mind that is always under construction.","fullyFundedDate":1778062010894,"projectUrl":"project/bilingual-minds-under-construction/10235510/","projectTitle":"Bilingual Minds-Under Construction","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Aldape","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-7_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10487532"},{"teacherId":6058139,"projectId":10301052,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for the new art supplies! The students loved the brand new paint brushes, and the smocks worked so well to help protect their clothing so they could enjoy the sensory experience of painting. We are so happy to have big, thick paper to paint on--it makes for a great canvas with lots of room for kids to explore and be creative. And I cannot tell you how excited the kids are that we now have every color of the rainbow in stock.\r\n\r\nWe were so excited to use the pain daubers to practice stamping different fruits on trees when were learning about apples and fruit vocabulary! They were great for practicing our shape of the week--circle--and labeling different and requesting different colors. And the kids absolutely loved the foam sensory paint--it was such a fun and engaging way to practice making requests and labeling colors.\r\n\r\nWe hope you enjoy the thank you cards that the kids painted for you!","fullyFundedDate":1781659276471,"projectUrl":"project/paint-and-paper-for-preschool-picassos/10301052/","projectTitle":"Paint and Paper for Preschool Picassos!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Brinks","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6058139"},{"teacherId":6058139,"projectId":10215708,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for funding our sensory path! It has been such a great way for students to take a break and safely get some extra movement when they need it. The kids love to jump around on the squares and watch the colors swirl around in the liquid.\r\n\r\nThe kids also love the sand timers, which we use for many different things in the classroom. They provide an important visual to help students take turns using popular materials and centers, like the water table, a favorite puzzle, and, of course, our super fun new sensory path! \r\n\r\nThank you for helping me give our students tools to build skills for self regulation, so that they can be ready to learn. We so appreciate your generous support!","fullyFundedDate":1778061942029,"projectUrl":"project/leaping-into-learning-a-sensory-path-to/10215708/","projectTitle":"Leaping Into Learning: a Sensory Path to Preschool","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Brinks","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6058139"},{"teacherId":6058139,"projectId":10222290,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for the for all the great sensory supports! My students have really been enjoying exploring all the different materials. The biggest hit this fall has been the dough rollers and tactile stones--the kids love using them to make faces in our sensory sand trays, and it has been a really fun and engaging way to work on naming body parts and talking about different feelings and emotions. I'm so excited to break out the dough stampers next week to extend their learning and engagement and do a similar center with play doh! We have also enjoyed some fun gross motor play using the beanbags to practice naming our feelings, which have cute little faces with different emotions. \r\n\r\nThe textured sensory toys and weighted plush toys have been great supports for students to stay in their space and remain engaged during large group lessons. And the sensory bottles have been a great addition to our classroom calm down space--the kids love to watch the material move and the little faces on them is another way we can reinforce emotion related vocabulary. Thanks so much for helping my students learn!","fullyFundedDate":1778061957750,"projectUrl":"project/sensory-supports-for-spectacular-speech/10222290/","projectTitle":"Sensory Supports for Spectacular Speech!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Brinks","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6058139"},{"teacherId":4452533,"projectId":10269037,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation of markers and calculators to my 8th-grade bilingual classroom! These supplies have made a meaningful difference in how my students participate, practice, and demonstrate their learning.\r\n\r\nThe calculators are especially helpful during math instruction. They allow students to focus on important 8th-grade skills such as solving equations, working with percentages, scientific notation, functions, and other challenging concepts. For my bilingual and English-language learners, having calculators readily available helps build confidence and allows them to concentrate on understanding the mathematical process and vocabulary.\r\n\r\nThe markers have also been a wonderful addition to our classroom. Students use them for group activities, posters, vocabulary work, projects, and showing their mathematical thinking. They especially enjoy using the markers when working collaboratively because they can organize their ideas, highlight important information, and make their work more creative and engaging.\r\n\r\nMost importantly, having these materials available means that every student has access to the supplies they need, regardless of whether they are able to bring them from home.\r\n\r\nThank you for believing in my students and supporting our classroom. Your generosity has helped create a more engaging and welcoming learning environment where my students have the tools they need to be successful.\r\n\r\nWe truly appreciate you for making a difference in Room 222!\r\n\r\nWith gratitude,\r\nMrs. Rodriguez-Thomas and Her 8th Grade Bilingual Students\r\nRoom 222","fullyFundedDate":1787157194873,"projectUrl":"project/small-tools-big-dreams/10269037/","projectTitle":"“Small Tools, Big Dreams”","teacherDisplayName":"Teacher Rodriguez Thomas","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4452533_orig.jpg?crop=405,405,x482,y93&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1727042150733","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4452533"},{"teacherId":9715961,"projectId":10263550,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation!\r\n\r\nI loved seeing my students' creativity in action. The cardboard cutters completely transformed their experience of creating large-scale artwork by recycling and repurposing cardboard boxes. They made the process much safer, easier, and more precise—and my students and their hands are very grateful!\r\n\r\nMy students truly enjoyed tracing, cutting, constructing, and painting as they transformed simple cardboard into different artistic pieces. We used some of their finished creations to decorate our Art Hall, contributing to the beautification of our school and helping create an environment that celebrates art, creativity, and inclusion.\r\n\r\nI love providing my students with meaningful connections between Visual Arts, science, technology, engineering, and real-world problem-solving. These materials gave us the right tools to explore those connections through hands-on learning, and we will continue using them in future projects.\r\n\r\nMost importantly, my students had the opportunity to see that everyday materials can become meaningful works of art when we use creativity, imagination, and problem-solving skills.\r\n\r\nOnce again, thank you from the bottom of our hearts for supporting my students, their creativity, and their artistic learning. Your generosity is helping us create, explore, and learn in meaningful ways!","fullyFundedDate":1778062029754,"projectUrl":"project/creative-minds-at-work-visual-arts-st/10263550/","projectTitle":"Creative Minds at Work: Visual Arts & STEAM","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. NUNEZ","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9715961_orig.png?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1726214686555","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9715961"},{"teacherId":9715961,"projectId":10268726,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping us obtain the materials we need to explore the wonderful world of printmaking.\r\n\r\nThese materials arrived at the perfect time, as printmaking will be the second unit we will be exploring in our Art curriculum this school year. As an art teacher, I am truly excited! This is the first time I have had access to the specialized and high-quality materials needed to teach this unit in the way it deserves.\r\n\r\nThis opportunity is very meaningful to both my students and me. They deserve access to quality art materials and enriching learning experiences, but unfortunately, the limited budgets of public schools often make it difficult to provide specialized materials for every student.\r\n\r\nThanks to your generosity, our students will be able to experiment, create, explore new techniques, and develop their creativity through a truly meaningful learning experience.\r\n\r\nI cannot wait to start using these materials with my students! 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