{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Alimacani Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":24.6,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":9079937,"projectId":9931280,"letterContent":"I would like to say thank you for the items you have purchased for the class. The items are being used almost daily in the classroom. The students are learning social skills and using imagination during play. The use of the animals and little people encourages the students to interact with each other and practice turn taking and sharing. The students also problem solve and differentiate by placing the animals and people in specific areas such as the cows in the barn and people in the houses. The students worked on math skills by sorting and counting the animals. Overall, the students are enjoying all the items and they are learning to take care of them. Again, thanks for your generosity.","fullyFundedDate":1764599236763,"projectUrl":"project/head-shoulders-knees-and-toes-hands-o/9931280/","projectTitle":"Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes: Hands on Resources to Grow","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Traill","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9079937_orig.jpg?crop=1056,1056,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1690407577222","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9079937"},{"teacherId":10308870,"projectId":9817992,"letterContent":"The best way to become better at anything is to practice. It is true with reading as well. You want students read because they want to, not because they have to. This is where discovering the love and pleasure of reading comes in. This is harder to teach than just learning to read. \r\n\r\nTeaching the love of reading can be difficult especially when the text needs to be lengthier and more complex in structure. This particular book that you purchased for my class hits all the notes for second grade kids. It still has some pictures, uses animal characters, superheroes vs. villains and their favorite, potty humor. I have found that once you show them how fun longer books can be; they are hooked. I then like to do a bait and switch strategy with more books in the series. I ask, \"I know how much you enjoyed listening and reading along with this first book; now don't you want to read this one or this one. It works wonderfully. It just takes the right book.\r\n\r\nThank you for purchasing these books for my students. We have not completed the book yet but the students are enjoying them. They laugh out loud as we read and I already have a waiting list of students that want to independently read the next two books in the series. Mission accomplished. I will continue to use these books year after year. Therefore, your generous gift will impact many students in the years to come as well. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!","fullyFundedDate":1760474024620,"projectUrl":"project/love-of-reading/9817992/","projectTitle":"Love Of Reading","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Brantley","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10308870_orig.jpg?crop=1932,1932,x0,y212&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1762374358475","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10308870"},{"teacherId":9079937,"projectId":9735805,"letterContent":"First I would like to say thanks for your support and donations towards my project. The items came in and the students, likewise myself were very grateful and excited. The items from \"Shine the Light to Learning\" has been a huge help in enhancing our curriculum and learning. The students used the blocks to build structures and create their names. They also used the blocks on the light table to see from a different perspective. The pattern blocks with shapes were used as the students learned about AB, AAB and ABC patterns. The trays helped with organizing and separating the pieces. The students are encouraged to take care of the items and use them appropriately.","fullyFundedDate":1762265267739,"projectUrl":"project/shine-the-light-on-learning/9735805/","projectTitle":"Shine the Light on Learning!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Traill","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9079937_orig.jpg?crop=1056,1056,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1690407577222","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9079937"},{"teacherId":3157208,"projectId":9812607,"letterContent":"We have had such an exciting season, diving into learning vocabulary using our sensory boxes. You might not have expected my students to become obsessed with 'acorns' and 'gingerbread' people as their new favorite vocabulary words of the week but yet they were. By making vocabulary hands on it has opened up a brand new world for them. I cannot wait to continue to present them with more sensory learning opportunities as the year progresses and we hit the next season or theme set you have provided for them. I am so excited for our future lessons - it's going to be a great start to 2026. Thank you, thank you, thank you!","fullyFundedDate":1761139749626,"projectUrl":"project/through-my-senses-the-world-appears/9812607/","projectTitle":"Through My Senses the World Appears","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Emel M.A. CCC-SLP","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3157208_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1524015538074","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lora-emel"},{"teacherId":3157208,"projectId":9769733,"letterContent":"Thank you so very much for your generosity and support. Having the ability to implement 'speedy speech' and organize our articulation cards has made such an impact on our campus and we are already seeing results. Being able to implement speedy speech is allowing my students to make quicker progress while missing less class time. They've actually asked to borrow the books themselves to continue to practice as they see themselves how much progress they are making. Students make so much more progress when they are invested in their learning and thanks to you they are accessing that intrinsic motivation on their own. Thank you, thank you, thank you for your support!","fullyFundedDate":1759952381837,"projectUrl":"project/talk-2-learn-finding-independence-in-c/9769733/","projectTitle":"Talk 2 Learn: Finding Independence in Classroom Communication","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Emel M.A. CCC-SLP","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3157208_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1524015538074","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lora-emel"},{"teacherId":3157208,"projectId":9663509,"letterContent":"We have had such an amazing start to our school year thanks to your support. The children have absolutely adored and dove into learning using the mini animals and matching flashcards you provided. When learning language, we understand the concept of the word being associated with the target itself and then with a mini version of the same target before they can associate that a picture can also represent that word. The impact of being able to make those connections is beyond what you can imagine. Seeing the faces of my students as they realize they have a word and can actually say it is priceless. Thank you for helping to make that happen!","fullyFundedDate":1757631708130,"projectUrl":"project/head-shoulders-knees-and-toes-hands-o/9663509/","projectTitle":"Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes: Hands on Resources to Grow","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Emel M.A. CCC-SLP","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3157208_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1524015538074","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lora-emel"},{"teacherId":10231670,"projectId":9663446,"letterContent":"I am incredibly thankful for the generous donation of speech therapy materials and games—including the barn, kinetic sand, treasure hunt language game, cutting pretend food, Guess Who, and carpet circles. These resources have brought so much excitement and engagement into our sessions, giving my students hands-on, meaningful ways to practice essential skills. Your kindness has truly enriched our therapy environment and allowed me to provide more creative and motivating activities for every child I work with.\r\n\r\nMy kindergarten through fifth-grade students have already benefited greatly from these materials. The new tools have encouraged them to participate more, use more expressive language, and increase their overall speech production in ways that feel fun and natural. It has been wonderful to see their confidence grow as they explore and learn with these resources. Thank you again for your generosity—your support is making a real difference in their progress and their joy for learning.","fullyFundedDate":1756857763781,"projectUrl":"project/speech-therapy-materials/9663446/","projectTitle":"Speech Therapy Materials","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Becker","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10231670_orig.jpg?crop=1269,1269,x13,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1756481357786","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10231670"},{"teacherId":3157208,"projectId":9807396,"letterContent":"I could never imagine the impact that this project would have for my students. On a typical day, my students have very independent play and struggle with interactive play and 'stealing' all the resources to play with themselves. \r\n\r\nWe approached this project differently requesting multiple sets of of the figures so that there were enough animals for each child to have their own set as to not have to steal cows and goats from each other. It has been amazing to watch their interactive play skills grow. Just yesterday, I had a student walk up and hand me an animal to 'trade' for a new one to share for the first time instead of trying to snatch a desired item without communicating with anyone. This is such an exciting period of growth in the lives of my students! \r\n\r\nThank you, thank you, thank you!","fullyFundedDate":1762267457680,"projectUrl":"project/planting-the-seeds-to-harvest-a-strong-e/9807396/","projectTitle":"Planting the Seeds to Harvest a Strong Education","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Emel M.A. CCC-SLP","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3157208_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1524015538074","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lora-emel"},{"teacherId":3157208,"projectId":9667227,"letterContent":"I wish it was possible for you to understand the difference having accessible resources, that every child enjoy, available in your classroom. The classroom becomes so much more inclusive and I see students of from a wide rage of skills and abilities, who normally struggle to play together, thoroughly engaged in the activity together. Just this week, I got to see one student who has never previously showed awareness of his peers or engaged with them previously suddenly want to join in their play and follow what was going on - All thanks to our adapted resources. Thank you for making this dream become a reality!","fullyFundedDate":1757423222861,"projectUrl":"project/adaptive-and-switch-enabled-resources-to/9667227/","projectTitle":"Adaptive and Switch Enabled Resources to Play Independently!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Emel M.A. CCC-SLP","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3157208_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1524015538074","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lora-emel"},{"teacherId":3157208,"projectId":9328082,"letterContent":"Words cannot describe the impact of this gift to our campus. The first day these books became available to students we immediately saw big, bright smiles from our students. The thrill and and excitement from the service project welcoming them to the local community is huge and they are so excited to have books to read in their language but still join in the book clubs. Ironically, as students see the new Spanish print editions we have English only speakers jealous of the options in the Spanish collection. This has become such a successful service for our local ELL community. Thank you, thank you, thank you for bringing this to our community.","fullyFundedDate":1748894026110,"projectUrl":"project/mentoring-duel-language-learners-to-deve/9328082/","projectTitle":"Mentoring Duel Language Learners to Develop a Love of Literacy","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Emel M.A. CCC-SLP","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3157208_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1524015538074","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lora-emel"},{"teacherId":4802364,"projectId":9155434,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donations. These materials that were receive through this project have been a game changer in therapy for several of my students. \r\n\r\nI primarily use them with a classroom dedicated to students with Autism. They have loved these stories. They get excited each week to participate in language therapy and see the familiar characters of Matt and Molly each week. I think by far their favorite part has been getting to act out the stories week tackle each week. Their reactions, expressions of emotions, and understanding on language concepts through these hands on stories have been priceless! I also use these stories with my general education students as well, some of my friends who have a harder time with comprehension have also been so successful with these materials! \r\n\r\nMy favorite part is that it saves so much time which can be invaluable as an educator. The lessons and visuals are done for you in such a clear and concise manner. As a therapist it allows me to tackle so many targets such as comprehension with WH questions and story retell, higher order thinking questions, vocabulary, and active listening all with in one lesson. It truly has been game changing!","fullyFundedDate":1746472546299,"projectUrl":"project/teaching-communication-and-literacy-skil/9155434/","projectTitle":"Teaching Communication and Literacy Skills with Fun Stories!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Straka","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4802364_orig.jpg?crop=499,500,x0,y96&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1658240194175","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4802364"},{"teacherId":9079937,"projectId":9315429,"letterContent":"First I would like to say how grateful I am for your support and generosity. Your donations have helped my students to enjoy learning in a hands on manner. \r\nThe students were extremely excited to see the new items. The bugs for the light table were a big hit because they were able to explore with the bugs, along with the letters to make words and patterns. The students also enjoyed touching the cards seeing the different textures on them. The students also enjoyed using their hands to create tall and short towers with the linking blocks. The alphabet blocks will be used to form words which will later used to form sentences. \r\nAgain, I would like to say thank you for investing in my students education as they continue to learn and grow.","fullyFundedDate":1746699560200,"projectUrl":"project/beyond-paper-and-pencil/9315429/","projectTitle":"Beyond Paper and Pencil","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Traill","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9079937_orig.jpg?crop=1056,1056,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1690407577222","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9079937"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_55351","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":802,"numTeachers":61,"percentFrplEligible":85,"percentAsian":3,"percentBlack":8,"percentWhite":62,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":19,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Pre-K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"13.1:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":false,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":75.4,"schoolId":55351,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Alimacani Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Alimacani Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/florida/duval-county-public-schools/alimacani-elementary-school/55351"}