{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Alice Maxwell Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":39.4,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":7736112,"projectId":10017527,"letterContent":"Thanks to your generosity, my students are using our new phonics games daily during small groups and intervention time. These resources help them practice important skills like letter sounds, blending, and letter formation in an engaging, hands-on way.\r\n\r\nWhen the materials first arrived, my students were so excited to try them out! They love learning through play, and even my more reluctant learners are eager to participate. One special moment was watching a student successfully blend sounds to read a word independently\r\n.\r\nAs we move forward, we'll continue using these games to build strong foundational reading skills and begin applying them to reading simple texts and writing. Thank you for making learning fun and meaningful for my students!","fullyFundedDate":1768764864802,"projectUrl":"project/building-brains-with-phonics-games/10017527/","projectTitle":"Building Brains with Phonics Games","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Bolanos","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7736112_orig.jpg?crop=2481,2481,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1636068774078","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7736112"},{"teacherId":8170875,"projectId":9998493,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous support of our classroom and students at Alice Maxwell Elementary School. Because of your investment through Donors Choose, our students now have access to essential instructional, organizational, and sensory resources that support learning, safety, and social‑emotional growth every day.\r\n\r\nYour funding provided hands‑on instructional tools such as magnetic dry‑erase boards, counters, manipulatives, planners, and writing materials that allow students to actively engage in lessons. These materials are especially valuable for our younger learners and students who benefit from visual, tactile, and structured learning opportunities. Being able to reuse materials through lamination and dry‑erase surfaces also helps us maximize learning while being mindful of sustainability.\r\nIn addition, the sensory tools and fidgets have greatly supported students who benefit from movement, calming strategies, and emotional regulation supports. These resources help students stay focused, manage stress, and fully participate in learning and social interactions.\r\n\r\nYour support also ensured our classroom remains a safe and welcoming environment through the inclusion of cleaning supplies, tissues, and organizational materials. These often‑overlooked necessities make a significant difference in maintaining student health, comfort, and readiness to learn.\r\n\r\nThank you for believing in our students and investing in their future.","fullyFundedDate":1768165397110,"projectUrl":"project/helping-little-learners-feel-safe-suppo/9998493/","projectTitle":"Helping Little Learners Feel Safe, Supported, and Ready to Learn","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Carthen","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8170875_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1639247613904","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8170875"},{"teacherId":8170875,"projectId":9448743,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support in providing rewards for our students at Alice Maxwell Elementary School. Because of your kindness, we are able to recognize and celebrate students for demonstrating great behavior, positive choices, and social growth in a meaningful and motivating way.\r\nThe variety of items you donated—including colorful sunglasses, scented pencils, fidget keychains, stretchy sensory toys, fun erasers, mini notepads, stickers, and fruit snacks—has been incredibly exciting for our students. These rewards are used to reinforce behaviors such as kindness, respect, self‑control, cooperation, and effort, especially within our social groups.\r\nFor many of our students, positive reinforcement plays a critical role in building confidence and encouraging success. Having access to small, fun, and age‑appropriate incentives gives students a clear and tangible way to see that their hard work and positive behavior are noticed and valued. Students are eager to participate, set goals, and make good choices, knowing their efforts truly matter.\r\nWe have already seen an increase in motivation, engagement, and pride as students earn rewards for meeting expectations. One student shared, \"I really try my best so I can earn something and show I did a good job.\" Moments like this highlight the powerful impact your generosity has on our school community.\r\nBecause of you, our classroom and social groups feel more rewarding, encouraging, and joyful. Thank you for investing in our students and helping us create a positive environment where children feel supported and celebrated.","fullyFundedDate":1755710957506,"projectUrl":"project/bright-rewards-for-bright-minds-motivat/9448743/","projectTitle":"Bright Rewards for Bright Minds: Motivating Students with Fun Supplies","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Carthen","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8170875_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1639247613904","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8170875"},{"teacherId":8170875,"projectId":9446195,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation of board games for our K–3 social group at Alice Maxwell Elementary. Your support has already had a meaningful impact on our students, and we are so grateful for your kindness.\r\nThese board games are being used during our social skills groups to help students practice turn‑taking, cooperation, communication, problem‑solving, and emotional regulation in a fun and engaging way. For many of our students, learning social skills can feel challenging—but when lessons are wrapped in play, learning feels safe, motivating, and joyful.\r\nSince receiving the games, we've seen students:\r\n\r\nPractice waiting patiently for their turn\r\nUse appropriate language to express feelings and needs\r\nCelebrate wins and handle losses with growing confidence\r\nBuild friendships through shared play experiences\r\n\r\nOne student shared, \"This is my favorite group because we get to play together and learn how to be kind.\" Moments like this remind us how powerful your support truly is.\r\nBecause of you, our students now have tools that will be used again and again to strengthen social connections and build confidence—skills they will carry far beyond the classroom. Your generosity has created smiles, learning opportunities, and a sense of belonging for our youngest learners.\r\n\r\nThank you for investing in our students and helping them grow academically, socially, and emotionally. We couldn't do this important work without you.\r\nWith heartfelt thanks,","fullyFundedDate":1752518125855,"projectUrl":"project/games-that-grow-hearts-and-minds-social/9446195/","projectTitle":"Games That Grow Hearts and Minds: Social-Emotional Learning for K–6","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Carthen","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8170875_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1639247613904","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8170875"},{"teacherId":10282565,"projectId":10031943,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generosity and support of our classroom. Because of you, our students now have flexible seating options that truly allow each child to find a space where they can focus, feel comfortable, and do their best learning. We use these new resources throughout the day during reading, writing, math, and small group instruction. One of the most powerful moments was during independent reading time, when students spread out, chose seating that fit their needs, and stayed engaged longer than ever before. Students who once struggled to sit still are now able to concentrate and participate more fully in lessons.\r\n\r\nWhen the materials first arrived, the excitement was immediate. Students were eager to explore each seating option and took pride in helping organize our classroom. More importantly, they quickly learned how to make thoughtful choices about where they work best. We have had meaningful discussions about responsibility, respect, and making good decisions to support our learning. This has helped build independence and a stronger sense of ownership in our classroom community.\r\n\r\nAs we continue through the year, these resources will support small group learning, partner work, and independent practice across all subjects. Students are already showing increased focus, collaboration, and confidence. Your donation has made a lasting impact—not just by providing materials, but by helping create a positive, student-centered learning environment where every child has the opportunity to succeed. We are truly grateful for your support.","fullyFundedDate":1768702282399,"projectUrl":"project/a-seat-that-fits-every-learner/10031943/","projectTitle":"A Seat That Fits Every Learner","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Waechter","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10282565"},{"teacherId":9931694,"projectId":9854517,"letterContent":"Thank you for donating to my project and supporting our early childhood classroom. Young children learn best in an environment that is clean, organized, and welcoming. Having clearly organized materials helps me find what I need quickly and ensures that students can easily access the tools and supplies that support their learning and creativity throughout the day.\r\nIn early childhood education, hands-on materials are essential for exploration, play, and discovery. With an organized classroom, students can independently choose activities, practice responsibility, and return materials to their proper places. This structure helps build important early skills such as problem-solving, cooperation, and confidence while allowing more time for meaningful learning experiences.\r\nHaving proper cleaning materials is also incredibly important for the health and well-being of young learners. A clean classroom helps reduce the spread of germs so students stay healthier and miss fewer days of school. When children feel safe, comfortable, and healthy in their environment, they can focus on learning, growing, and building the strong foundations they need for future success.","fullyFundedDate":1766786326063,"projectUrl":"project/no-mess-no-stress/9854517/","projectTitle":"No Mess, No Stress","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Palmer","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9931694"},{"teacherId":9931694,"projectId":9989749,"letterContent":"Thank you for funding Literacy in Play. Your generous support helps create meaningful learning experiences for young children at a critical stage in their development. Because of you, we are able to provide engaging materials and activities that make learning both fun and impactful.\r\nLiteracy in Play is important because it builds the foundation for young learners. Through play-based experiences, children develop essential skills such as language, communication, problem-solving, and early reading and writing. These foundational skills prepare them for future academic success and foster a lifelong love of learning.\r\nYour investment in Literacy in Play is an investment in our children's future. By supporting early literacy development in creative and interactive ways, you are helping young learners grow in confidence, curiosity, and capability. We are truly grateful for your commitment to empowering the next generation.","fullyFundedDate":1768058654689,"projectUrl":"project/literacy-in-play/9989749/","projectTitle":"Literacy in Play","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Palmer","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9931694"},{"teacherId":9931694,"projectId":9854574,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for funding my Snacks for Success project. Because of your generosity, the children now have the snacks they need to stay focused, energized, and ready to learn throughout the day. Your support is truly making a meaningful difference in our classroom.\r\nHaving consistent access to snacks helps our preschoolers maintain their attention, regulate their emotions, and fully participate in daily activities. When children's basic needs are met, they are better prepared to explore, create, and grow academically and socially. Your contribution directly supports their success and well-being.\r\nThe preschoolers especially love the variety of snacks that were provided. They are excited to try different options, and snack time has become enjoyable. Thank you again for your kindness and commitment to supporting our young learners.","fullyFundedDate":1763498166478,"projectUrl":"project/snacks-for-success/9854574/","projectTitle":"Snacks for Success","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Palmer","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9931694"},{"teacherId":10400011,"projectId":9998948,"letterContent":"Thank you again for supporting our classroom. The materials you provided have already made a noticeable difference for my fifth graders. The Math in a Flash Discovery Cans have been especially helpful during small groups—students are now able to build and represent decimals in a concrete way, and many have begun using them independently for extra practice. Their confidence has grown so much. \r\n\r\nThe magnetic place value and fraction manipulatives have also become essential tools during whole-class lessons. Modeling decimal operations and fraction skills on the whiteboard has helped all students clearly see the steps and deepen their understanding. I captured several photos of these moments so you can see how they've strengthened our instruction. \r\n\r\nThe surprise favorite has been the Grab and Match cards. I thought they'd be used mostly for small groups, but students now choose them independently as soon as they finish their work. They challenge themselves to move through each level and even turn them into memory games to test mastery. Engagement has never been higher, and it's already helping them prepare for upcoming state testing. When we transitioned from dividing decimals to our fractions unit, the fraction Grab and Match cards helped them enter the new content with more confidence—their daily work and assessments showed clear improvement. \r\n\r\nThese materials have motivated my students, strengthened their skills, and brought excitement back into math practice. Thank you for making an enormous impact on our learning.","fullyFundedDate":1768179110881,"projectUrl":"project/help-us-with-math-success/9998948/","projectTitle":"Help Us with Math Success!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Hill","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10400011_orig.jpg?crop=1287,1287,x0,y51&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1767996416309","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10400011"},{"teacherId":9359579,"projectId":8015453,"letterContent":"Students used materials as part of social emotional learning both in a centers type format and in large group format like circle time. Whole group, like circle time provided the time to not only read and discuss books with a social emotional focus but also to teach students how to use the materials that became part of the calming corner. For example, after reading the Calm Down Jar, one student who was feeling frustrated with a peer interaction used a calm breath technique, the sand shapes and \"blue\" jar in the calming corner then was able to return to the activity. \r\nAnother big hit with the students were the interactive books. They were engaged in conversational turn-taking, expanding phrase length and identifying feelings in a role-playing format. The affirmation chart was also a big hit. We even expanded the activity to count and graph what classmates chose throughout the day. It was a great followup opportunity to talk again about \"why'' and identify linking emotions. \r\nCommunication and Social Emotional learning impact every student. For our youngest learners and those who have disabilities, the need for a solid foundation is even more significant. These skills are essential building blocks for them as they move up through grades and critically impact how they will interact with academic material with their classroom peers throughout their educational path. Beyond skill impact, it is also important that these early years are fun and positive. Helping create positive, enjoyable ties with learning reinforces their sense of belonging making school a place where they feel excited to grow.","fullyFundedDate":1700688560087,"projectUrl":"project/meet-my-new-friends-building-social-emo/8015453/","projectTitle":"Meet My New Friends! Building Social Emotional Language in Preschool","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Gates","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9359579"},{"teacherId":5261878,"projectId":9988952,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support of our special education preschool classroom. Because of you, our students now have engaging new materials that make learning meaningful, fun, and accessible.\r\n\r\nThe books, toy cars, street signs, car rug, sensory bin materials, and kinetic sand have already made a huge impact. Our students are using the cars and rug to build early language, social skills, and imaginative play, while the street signs help introduce basic safety concepts and routines. The sensory materials and kinetic sand provide calming, hands-on experiences that support fine motor development and self-regulation.\r\n\r\nYour kindness has created joyful learning moments and meaningful opportunities for our young learners to grow, explore, and succeed. We are incredibly grateful for your support and belief in our students.","fullyFundedDate":1768054989378,"projectUrl":"project/hands-on-learning/9988952/","projectTitle":"Hands on Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Barrette","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5261878_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1626356840790","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/learningthroughplayinprek"},{"teacherId":10233461,"projectId":9665832,"letterContent":"I apologize that this thank-you is arriving behind schedule. All organizational tools and displays have a while to get into place and are still an ongoing project. It is incredibly time-consuming and heavy to move and reorganize books. I was also out on a 6-week leave as I continue my fight against breast cancer, but I am back in the library as I continue down my path of remaining in remission. Again, I appreciate your donation to this project and patience as I implemented all the amazing tools this project gave to our library.\r\n\r\nOur community library space has been transformed and continues to get better every day. Now that our space has been reorganized and proper signage is in place, students can be more independent and are discovering new series to read and enjoy! They also get introduced to books with our new book stands. Every couple of weeks, Hermione (the hamster that lives in the non-fiction section of our library) recommends a new Dewey Decimal number to explore, and the book stands help display those books to students. \r\n\r\nStudents have been enjoying read-alouds in comfort with our brand new rug and cushions. Parents and teachers have told me that the kids look forward to visiting the library and talking about it at home! \r\n\r\nWe have amazing local partners who have been donating books to our students for years, and we have been able to implement a book swap every few weeks in our new library space. We encourage parents and students to bring books from home and swap them for new books to continue to build and circulate their home library. \r\n\r\nAgain, our community cannot thank you enough for your support in transforming our space.","fullyFundedDate":1758816685018,"projectUrl":"project/community-library-refresh/9665832/","projectTitle":"Community Library Refresh","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Murray","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10233461_orig.jpg?crop=1493,1493,x483,y355&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1757741214968","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10233461"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_83075","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":368,"numTeachers":30,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":4,"percentBlack":2,"percentWhite":17,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":71,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":1,"percentMultiracialImputed":2,"gradesServed":"Pre-K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"12.3:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"SUBURBAN","ncesMetroType":"SUBURB_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":60.6,"schoolId":83075,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Alice Maxwell Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Alice Maxwell Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/nevada/washoe-county-school-district/alice-maxwell-elementary-school/83075"}