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{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Benjamin E Mays IB World School","outOfStateSupporters":23.4,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":10345471,"projectId":9882126,"letterContent":"I can not tell you how much this donation has meant to me and my students. It has truly impacted every day of school for the better. I wish you could have seen their faces as they wheeled the boxes into the room. I had many students screaming and jumping out of their chairs. I even had one so excited that he rolled on the floor. \r\n\r\nThe most used items in the donation were the coats, hats, and mittens. They have all been distributed to students who need them and did not have them before. Minnesota winter recess is no joke haha. The kids were so excited to get these items. I was even able to give a spare to one of my students 5 year old siblings as they did not have a hat as well. She still comes up to me in the morning to show me her beautiful hat. \r\n\r\nEvery other item has been used and well loved. The football has brought us so much joy, the recess bag is the perfect size to carry all the goodies outside with us. The headphones help my students complete math programs online. The headphones are especially helpful for my students who are not able to read yet. It makes the technology accessible for them so they do not feel left out from their peers. \r\n\r\nThe snacks I would love to give a specific thank you for. At the school I work at 92% of students qualify for free and reduced lunch. They often come to school hungry and are not able to focus as well because they need food. The food that you donated was a saving grace. I am able to have snacks on hand for students who need that pick me up. To be able to have the students feel happy, healthy, and comfortable in school is all that I hope for. Thank you for helping me do this for them.","fullyFundedDate":1763498235336,"projectUrl":"project/a-coat-a-day-keeps-the-shivers-away/9882126/","projectTitle":"A Coat a Day Keeps the Shivers Away!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Gurno","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-6_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10345471"},{"teacherId":10233975,"projectId":9666651,"letterContent":"I wanted to share a little glimpse of what your generosity has done in our classroom. When the new carpet arrived, my students rushed to it right away. They hurried over, found their own little spot on the carpet, and sat down like they had been waiting for it all along. It was such a pure, joyful moment.\r\n\r\nDuring lessons or even when we're watching videos, they point at the colors on the screen and then point back to their square — proud, excited, and so connected to their new space. It has become more than just a rug; it's where they feel grounded and ready.\r\n\r\nHaving these individual squares has helped us find a calmer rhythm during SEL circles and morning meetings. Transitions feel smoother, and everyone knows exactly where they belong. It has added structure, comfort, and a sense of \"this is my place\" for each child.\r\n\r\nOur next step is building longer sharing routines and more connected circle times, and this carpet is helping us get there. It's amazing how something so simple can bring so much joy and belonging.Thank you for making this possible, and for giving my students a space that truly feels like theirs.","fullyFundedDate":1766957538307,"projectUrl":"project/a-carpet-for-calm-play-and-growth/9666651/","projectTitle":"A Carpet for Calm, Play, and Growth","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Sanchez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10233975_orig.jpg?crop=3893,3893,x427,y1576&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1756590049544","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10233975"},{"teacherId":6639752,"projectId":8955132,"letterContent":"Your support has made a meaningful difference. The vaccine helps ensure the health and safety of our students, giving parents peace of mind and allowing our children to learn and play without unnecessary worry. The broom, though simple, has become an essential tool in keeping our space clean and welcoming every day. A tidy classroom makes a big impact on how our little learners feel about their environment—it encourages responsibility, pride, and a sense of care.\r\n\r\nThanks to your kindness, our students are healthier, happier, and learning in a cleaner, safer space. We are truly grateful for your generosity and thoughtfulness.\r\n\r\nWith sincere appreciation,","fullyFundedDate":1736211684227,"projectUrl":"project/keeping-it-clean/8955132/","projectTitle":"Keeping It Clean","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Christina","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6639752_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1720467009991","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/jajpreschool"},{"teacherId":9294339,"projectId":9300096,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donations! These picture books, biographies, and graphic novels will be great to have in the library. Some of the books will be used for read alouds with Pre K- 2nd grade classes in the library when they visit and all of the books will be available for all students to checkout in the library. I already read one of these books as a read a loud to my students, Locs Not Dreads by Tonya Abari. Students really loved and connected with this story.\r\n\r\nStudents are so excited to read these books! Many of my students love the Narwhal series and now we have the new book in that series, board books by the same author, and the another series by the author. Students will love reading these books and will be so happy that we have new ones and more for them to read by that author.","fullyFundedDate":1746472917923,"projectUrl":"project/promoting-literacy-through-books-in-the/9300096/","projectTitle":"Promoting Literacy through Books in the School Library","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Taylor","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/eastafricanlibrary"},{"teacherId":9294339,"projectId":9325173,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donations! These picture books will be great to have in the library. Some of the books will be used for read alouds with Pre K- 2nd grade classes in the library when they visit and all of the books will be available for all students to checkout in the library. Students ask for the Grumpy Monkey books which we did not have any of in the school library. Now thanks to your donation, we will have some of these books for students.\r\n\r\nStudents are so excited to read these books! A lot of these picture books are appealing to my older students to in 3rd-5th grade. Many of my students always want creepy or scary stories, but some of them struggle to read the creepy chapter books in the library, so some of these creepy picture books will provide more options for these students. Students love the book There's a Ghost in This House and are excited to read these other ghost picture books.","fullyFundedDate":1746664662339,"projectUrl":"project/picture-books-promote-literacy/9325173/","projectTitle":"Picture Books Promote Literacy","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Taylor","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/eastafricanlibrary"},{"teacherId":9294339,"projectId":9144393,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donations. My students in all grades Pre K-5th love checking out picture books. Your donation provided more picture books and increased the amount of diverse picture books we have in the library. These books will help keep our growing readers reading and excited about the new books we have in the library.\r\n\r\nStudents are thrilled that we have these new books in the library. The books in this project feature a diverse mix of cultures and identities. Books like Lion on the Inside, Dear Muslim Child, and Ramadan and Eid-al-Fir increase the amount of Muslim representation in the library and many students have been asking for more books like these. Thank you so much for providing these books for students. I am so grateful, as well as the students at our school for these new picture books.","fullyFundedDate":1744203272091,"projectUrl":"project/picture-books-promoting-diversity/9144393/","projectTitle":"Picture Books Promoting Diversity","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Taylor","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/eastafricanlibrary"},{"teacherId":8693724,"projectId":8860296,"letterContent":"I want to thank you for your help in giving my students the resonator bells. We've been playing songs together and reviewing colors, letters, and big vs little sizing concepts along the way. Students love the resonator bells and get very excited whenever I bring them out in class. \r\n\r\nWe've played several nursery rhyme classics such as \"Old McDonald\" and \"Mary Had a Little Lamb.\" Even my preschoolers have started learning when to take their turns. I've also only handed out certain combinations of the bells to create different musical soundscapes. Pentatonic improvisation has been really regulating. For my slightly older students, we've been using them as another option instead of boomwhackers to play songs with play-along videos. \r\n\r\nThe bells have also worked wonderfully for practicing impulse control, turn-taking, and sharing materials. Students have at times traded for a different color, or waited for a different song that used the color they wanted to play. Students have also practiced instrument care and have demonstrated they value the bells as part of our classroom materials. We're looking forward to more bell activities in years to come.","fullyFundedDate":1733176249365,"projectUrl":"project/learning-that-resonates-using-resonator/8860296/","projectTitle":"Learning That Resonates: Using Resonator Bells in Preschool and Kindergarten","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Kaiti","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8693724_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1673330767764","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/kaiti-shelton-music"},{"teacherId":9294339,"projectId":9144245,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping me get these books for students! All of them have already got checked out by students and they were so excited to see these titles that they been asking for in the school library. A lot of my 4th-5th graders have been asking for Cat Ninja, it is one of the most requested books by students in the library and now we have the full series for students. Thank you so much for providing these books for students. They have been loving reading them already.\r\n\r\nStudents will return these books to the library when they are done reading and students at the school will get to enjoy these books for many years to come. Thank you for helping create excitement around literacy and reading in the school. Students were thrilled to have these books to read in the library.","fullyFundedDate":1742931739558,"projectUrl":"project/graphic-novels-promoting-love-for-litera/9144245/","projectTitle":"Graphic Novels Promoting Love for Literacy","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Taylor","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/eastafricanlibrary"},{"teacherId":9211214,"projectId":8987662,"letterContent":"Thank you for the fun, engaging activities that you so generously provided. Our scholars have loved playing the phonics games as part of our small group rotations and with the volunteers that frequently come to our room. They were so excited to unbox each game and give each one a try.\r\n\r\nThe clip-on game has lead to a lot of collaboration and excitement as scholars work together to solve the \"puzzle\" of each word. Scholars are also supporting other scholars learning by helping each other read the words in the Spash games. Having different versions of this game has allowed me to better differentiate and tailor instruction to each students level. Scholars also love how similar some of the games are to other games they know, like UNO.\r\n\r\nAs a result of your donation, scholars are showing improvement in reading CVC words and reading words with digraphs. My higher students are getting faster and faster at spelling out words with more complex vowel teams. It is fun to see them learn through play!\r\n\r\nWe will continue to use these games for small groups and scholars will stay engaged as they work to master one Splash game to move onto the next as their phonics skills grow.\r\n\r\nThank you for supporting our school and classroom and helping us put a little more f-u-n into our phonics instruction!","fullyFundedDate":1734099438251,"projectUrl":"project/putting-the-f-u-n-into-phonics/8987662/","projectTitle":"Putting the F-u-n into Phonics!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Ruvelson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9211214"},{"teacherId":6737680,"projectId":5394156,"letterContent":"Thanks to your generous donations I was able to greatly enhance my classroom's ability to support the unique scholars that come there. The specialized furniture and hands-on learning activities made it way more accessible and engaging for my students with significant cognitive disabilities. Having a classroom that's focused on providing a multi-sensory learning experience is so crucial to meeting their needs and enabling them to have the kind of education they deserve. They especially loved the floor rocker chairs!","fullyFundedDate":1620403422020,"projectUrl":"project/help-make-it-safe-and-sensory-friendly/5394156/","projectTitle":"Help Make It Safe and Sensory Friendly!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. M","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6737680_orig.jpg?crop=859,859,x106,y286&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1612029041706","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6737680"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_76134","usesÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":336,"numTeachers":32,"percentFrplEligible":92,"percentAsian":7,"percentBlack":62,"percentWhite":6,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":7,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Pre-K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"10.5:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":76.6,"schoolId":76134,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Benjamin E Mays IB World School on @ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½:","schoolName":"Benjamin E Mays IB World School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/minnesota/saint-paul-public-schools/benjamin-mays-int-l-magnet-school/76134"}