{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Alimacani Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":24.3,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"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":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"},{"teacherId":9803938,"projectId":9327724,"letterContent":"It has been such an exciting week on our campus. Our librarian finished tagging all of our new multi lingual books so that they are now accessible to be checked out by all students. You have no idea! The size of the smiles and pure joy seen walking down the hall as students leave the media center with the new books checked out. I'm am shocked by how many books have been taken home in this first week alone. This is going to be such an amazing resource for our community and the word is spreading fast!!! Thank you for helping us organize this community service project for our English language learners.","fullyFundedDate":1749216324362,"projectUrl":"project/multilingual-community-service/9327724/","projectTitle":"Multilingual Community Service","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Clance","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9803938_orig.jpg?crop=532,533,x0,y14&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1728930681526","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/clance"},{"teacherId":9803938,"projectId":9145926,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your support with this project. The project \"Flexibility is Key for a Stable Classroom Economy\" has been a huge hit in my classroom! The students demonstrated immense joy upon receiving the huge bean bag chairs, lap desk activity trays, large art trays, flower floor pillows and meditation pillows. They couldn't wait to use them. I am so impressed with how much the kids enjoy doing their work away from their desks. They consistently demonstrate greater quietness, concentration, and task engagement. They enjoy learning more and their grades have improved. \r\n I am so proud of this project because flexible seating has given my students the option to control their physical environment, allowing greater flexibility and control of their surroundings. It has provided them the autonomy and comfort to stay engaged and focused. This has led to increased student engagement, increased motivation, better academic performance and improved overall behavior. I was so excited to add flexible seating choices into our classroom, and I could not be happier with the outcome. Thank you so much for your help funding this amazing project.","fullyFundedDate":1752777243940,"projectUrl":"project/flexibility-is-key-for-a-stable-classroo/9145926/","projectTitle":"Flexibility is Key for a Stable Classroom Economy","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Clance","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9803938_orig.jpg?crop=532,533,x0,y14&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1728930681526","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/clance"},{"teacherId":9803938,"projectId":9201485,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your support. The project \"Nurturing the Seeds of Independent Growth and Development\" has been a huge help in the classroom! The students demonstrated immense joy upon receiving the Seat Sacks and I am pleased to announce that I have seen great growth in both responsibility and organizational skills. They are learning how to be responsible for their materials and how to keep those materials neat and tidy. \r\n I am proud of this project because these Seat Sacks have helped my students remain organized with their materials and has helped to increase learning time. I believe that by keeping their Seat Sacks organized, it will teach them life skills that with nurturing will help them throughout their entire educational career. I truly appreciate your help getting this project funded.","fullyFundedDate":1742943584845,"projectUrl":"project/nurturing-the-seeds-of-independent-growt/9201485/","projectTitle":"Nurturing the Seeds of Independent Growth and Development","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Clance","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9803938_orig.jpg?crop=532,533,x0,y14&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1728930681526","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/clance"},{"teacherId":9803938,"projectId":9201577,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your support. The project \"Let's Get Organized! Teaching Students Responsibility and Organizational skills\" has been a huge success! The students demonstrated great joy upon receiving the folders, name plates, pencil holders, dry-erase sleeves, and book pouches. I am pleased to observe their growth in responsibility and organizational skills. They are learning how to be responsible for their materials and how to keep those materials neat and tidy. I am so happy to report that these materials, like the folders, pencil holders and book pouches, have greatly helped my students to keep their desk area both neat and organized. \r\n The project-funded items have increased learning time by making materials easily accessible and organized. Therefore, your support and generosity has given us the gift of time! My students spend less time getting and locating things and more time learning.\r\n I am proud of this project because I believe that keeping their desk area organized is teaching them responsibility and life skills that with help them throughout their educational and professional career. Thank you all so much for making this possible.","fullyFundedDate":1742921592454,"projectUrl":"project/lets-get-organized-teaching-students-r/9201577/","projectTitle":"Let's Get Organized! Teaching Students Responsibility and Organizational Skills","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Clance","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9803938_orig.jpg?crop=532,533,x0,y14&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1728930681526","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/clance"},{"teacherId":7830544,"projectId":9337331,"letterContent":"I am so thankful to be able to have a class set of the book Wonder to put in the hands of each student. This novel allows them to work with others to make a difference in the entire school and community. This book challenges the students to reflect on their treatment of others as well as what they see in the school and community as a whole. \r\n\r\nWhile I am passionate about reading in all areas - making sure students have time each reading class to actually read is the most important thing to me. When each student has the same book it provides a community and commonality that truly makes a world of difference. \r\n\r\nThe students are loving the book Wonder and excited to see where the journey takes Auggie and the other characters.","fullyFundedDate":1749132566741,"projectUrl":"project/a-wonderful-peer-study/9337331/","projectTitle":"A \"Wonder\"ful Peer Study","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Trice","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7830544_orig.jpg?crop=1061,1061,x389,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1619716005933","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7830544"},{"teacherId":7185662,"projectId":9159077,"letterContent":"Our library is the hub of the school. It is so great to see the excitement of the students when they come in to find fresh new books on display, waiting to be checked out and read. The welcome feeling for those who have not been here in the US for very long to see we care enough to have books available for them to read in their own language is satisfying for me as a libararian. \r\n\r\nThe fact that there are random people like you who support what we do in our schools brings me peace. My hope for humanity is restored by your kindness and support. You are truly making the world a better place and I thank you for that!","fullyFundedDate":1744388172865,"projectUrl":"project/native-language-books/9159077/","projectTitle":"Native Language Books","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Matchett","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7185662_orig.png?crop=652,652,x0,y36&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1732543310291","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/matchettj1"},{"teacherId":3157208,"projectId":9144459,"letterContent":"Being able to provide switch adapted toys for my students has been a game changer to break through to some of my students with the most severe language impairments. We take for granted that we don't have to consciously think to activate the muscles in our diaphragm to control our breathing, where to place our tongue, and jaw placement when trying to speak. Learning how to isolate and control muscle movements within our body and mouth begins with learning to control and imitate movements outside our body and with their arms and hands. Using cause and effect toys with a switch are an amazing first step to teach students how their actions have meaning. It's been so exciting to see their progress thanks to your support. Thank you, thank you, thank you!","fullyFundedDate":1741559094129,"projectUrl":"project/look-at-me-increasing-engagement-and-co/9144459/","projectTitle":"Look at Me! 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