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{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Downey Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":29.0,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":5090676,"projectId":9986689,"letterContent":"Fairy tales are so part of every child's childhood! With these fractured fairy tale books a whole new avenue of literacy is open to my young readers.\r\nWe not only hear the classic but we get to listen to the newer version and share some laughs.\r\nOur school library has no budget at all so without donors choose I would not be able to offer these great readers. My students get so excited when there are new books and always tell them it is thanks to Donors Choose.\r\nFractured Fairy Tales are so much fun for read alouds. Seeing the student's faces when they can make a connection to the original story is so,rewarding.","fullyFundedDate":1768246716277,"projectUrl":"project/once-upon-a-time/9986689/","projectTitle":"Once Upon a Time….","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Walkama","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5090676_orig.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1689042659260","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5090676"},{"teacherId":5090676,"projectId":9968473,"letterContent":"Graphic Novels are the most requested books in our school library. As soon as a graphic novel is returned it is checked out again.\r\nDogman, Diary of a Wimpy Kid even a graphic Anne Frank Book are always in circulation.\r\nDeveloping an early reader creates a life long reader. The love of these books are shared across the board. The students introduce each other to the new graphic novels as soon as they come into the library.\r\nAcross the grades and even hesitant readers feel comfortable choosing these books.\r\nThank you","fullyFundedDate":1767664464761,"projectUrl":"project/where-are-the-graphic-novels/9968473/","projectTitle":"Where Are the Graphic Novels?","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Walkama","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5090676_orig.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1689042659260","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5090676"},{"teacherId":5090676,"projectId":9965685,"letterContent":"We are a very excited school community. Our state is one of the hosts for World Cup this year and a stadium very close to us are the site of the state held games.\r\nBut most importantly two of our very large school population Haitian and Cape Verdean are playing in the World Cup. The students are so excited to know their home countries are playing in the World Cup one for the first time ever.\r\nThese books have been very excitedly welcomed in our library. We are a school with no budget for supplies or new books so thank you is sent along to,you.","fullyFundedDate":1767626255953,"projectUrl":"project/goal-score/9965685/","projectTitle":"Goal Score!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Walkama","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5090676_orig.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1689042659260","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5090676"},{"teacherId":5090676,"projectId":9963305,"letterContent":"Dogman books are the absolutely most requested books in our library. It is hard to keep them in circulation because of their popularity.\r\nWe are an inner city Title 1 school with no budgeting at all for books or supplies. It is only because of Donors Choose I am able to request the popular books that students love.\r\nCreating the love of ready early on created a love of reading life long. Graphic novels are eye appealing and a draw to young readers. The love of reading is contagious when there are books that are popular such as these.\r\nThank you","fullyFundedDate":1768705530875,"projectUrl":"project/where-are-the-dogman-books/9963305/","projectTitle":"Where are the Dogman Books?","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Walkama","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5090676_orig.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1689042659260","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5090676"},{"teacherId":5090676,"projectId":9961138,"letterContent":"Lunar New Year is one of the most highly anticipated events in our school. For one week library classes are hearing books about the holiday, trying chop sticks, learning a special fan song among activities.\r\nOur 5th grade peer leaders created a beautiful dragon that they parade around each of the lunches one day.\r\nAll of these activities are able to happen because of Donors Choose and Panda Express. \r\nWe are a school library without out any funding each year. Because of your support we are able to have beautiful books to celebrate this holiday. All the craft supplies used that week are thank to you. Our special dragon we have each year is thanks to you all.","fullyFundedDate":1765921207404,"projectUrl":"project/celebrate-lunar-new-year/9961138/","projectTitle":"Celebrate Lunar New Year!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Walkama","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5090676_orig.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1689042659260","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5090676"},{"teacherId":5090676,"projectId":9988794,"letterContent":"Graphic novels are the most popular and requested books in our school library. From my youngest to my oldest students graphic novels are quickly on the shelf and quickly checked out of my library.\r\nEspecially the series graphic novels the students eagerly keep track of what they have read and what they still have to read.\r\nCreating the love of early reading is so important. Most of my students the only access they have to books is through our school library.\r\nEven our more hesitant readers are excited seeing new graphic novels in our library.","fullyFundedDate":1768070089768,"projectUrl":"project/any-new-graphic-novels/9988794/","projectTitle":"Any New Graphic Novels?","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Walkama","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5090676_orig.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1689042659260","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5090676"},{"teacherId":5090676,"projectId":10015721,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting my students. My school library has no budget at all so having the support of Donor's Choose is such a true gift to my wonderful students.\r\nApril is Poetry month and these new books helped and excited my students. These books showed the kids how funny poetry can be.\r\nThe students were so engaged and showed their funny side as they laughed after each poem read in class.\r\nHaving the new books opened their eyes to a new love of poetry. Poetry is something that can be a hard sell with younger kids but humor ignites their interest.","fullyFundedDate":1768710620664,"projectUrl":"project/we-love-poetry/10015721/","projectTitle":"We Love Poetry!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Walkama","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5090676_orig.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1689042659260","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5090676"},{"teacherId":5090676,"projectId":10043753,"letterContent":"Having Donors Choose support is such a gift to my students. Having no budget at all to run my library is very difficult but being able to create a project that I know will allow the kids to create is so special.\r\nThese books are wonderful for my students to take home and learn new things like crocheting or creating origami crafts. Many of my students would not have access to books like this.\r\nMy students enjoy learning and doing crafts. It is something that they share with each other and creating a stronger school community.\r\nThank you,","fullyFundedDate":1769195141401,"projectUrl":"project/wow-look-what-i-made/10043753/","projectTitle":"Wow Look What I Made!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Walkama","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5090676_orig.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1689042659260","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5090676"},{"teacherId":5090676,"projectId":9982475,"letterContent":"The Olympic Books were a huge hit in our school library. We had an Olympic theme during the games. The students learned about various sports that they were not familiar with as well as Olympic history.\r\nThe Olympics are a wonderful way to also celebrate our school community's wonderful diversity. My students represent all parts of the globe and always am looking for ways to to celebrate that.\r\nThank you so much for supporting my students with your kind donations. We unfortunately have a budget of 0 dollars to fund out library. Without Donors Choose my students would not have access to popular books.\r\nThank you","fullyFundedDate":1767808516393,"projectUrl":"project/reach-for-the-gold-olympic-books/9982475/","projectTitle":"Reach for the Gold Olympic Books","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Walkama","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5090676_orig.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1689042659260","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5090676"},{"teacherId":1967870,"projectId":9455088,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous donations to support our Preschool classroom! We are having so much fun with our new gross motor materials. The hula hoops have added a fun new option for indoor recess and children are using them to hula, to jump through, as basketball hoops, and more. \r\nWe love our bubble machine when we go outside and are very excited to bring it outside again when some of our snow melts. The egg shakers and scarves add interest during whole group activities and keep students more engaged in their learning. \r\nI am very grateful for your generosity. My students love our new supplies.","fullyFundedDate":1762267658963,"projectUrl":"project/movement-and-music/9455088/","projectTitle":"Movement and Music","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Montemagni","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1967870_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1664732702355","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrsmontemagni"},{"teacherId":5090676,"projectId":9800641,"letterContent":"Having supplies to create a fun library experience is such a gift to my students. As well as a read a loud and something connected with the book the students can then do puzzles, legos, or things such as the sticker mural.\r\nMy students often don't have access to these items at home. Working cooperatively in the library carries over to their home rooms as well. Creating a cohesive school community develops better behavior and a better learning environment as well.\r\nWe are so lucky to have Donors Choose supporting my students.\r\nThank you","fullyFundedDate":1761924957975,"projectUrl":"project/library-fun/9800641/","projectTitle":"Library Fun!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Walkama","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5090676_orig.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1689042659260","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5090676"},{"teacherId":5090676,"projectId":9547908,"letterContent":"We are an inner city Title 1 school with a library with a budget of 0 dollars. We are also a school with a very large population of special needs students. We have a multitude of students with autism, emotionally impaired, as well as motor challenges.\r\nHaving supplies that helps them to be included a the daily library creativity is so important. Many kindergarteners come to school needing special supplies to help them to use scissors or even hold a crayon the right way.\r\nHaving the support of Donors Choose is such a special gift for my special students so thank you.","fullyFundedDate":1756847203057,"projectUrl":"project/special-supplies-for-special-kids/9547908/","projectTitle":"Special Supplies for Special Kids","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Walkama","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5090676_orig.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1689042659260","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5090676"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_62733","usesÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":602,"numTeachers":39,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":1,"percentBlack":59,"percentWhite":12,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":18,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Pre-K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"15.4:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"SUBURBAN","ncesMetroType":"SUBURB_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":71.0,"schoolId":62733,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Downey Elementary School on @ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½:","schoolName":"Downey Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/massachusetts/brockton-school-district/downey-elementary-school/62733"}