{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Allen Bowden Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":28.7,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":9708884,"projectId":9904132,"letterContent":"Thank you for providing a Chompsaw to bring my students' imaginations to life! Whenever we get to use the chompsaw, they are so engaged and so excited to get to create and build. This has truly changed the dynamic of my classes for the better. We have been using the Chompsaw weekly since we received it, and I cannot wait to see what we are able to create as the years go! I have only used the chompsaw with my seventh and eighth graders, but several of my younger grades have seen the things they have created and have been begging me to use the chompsaw as well!","fullyFundedDate":1764709805247,"projectUrl":"project/building-future-builders-with-chompsaw/9904132/","projectTitle":"Building Future Builders with Chompsaw","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Little","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9708884_orig.jpg?crop=1440,1440,x0,y57&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1724716426425","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9708884"},{"teacherId":9708884,"projectId":9849865,"letterContent":"Thank you all so much, not just for your kind and most generous donation to my school and library, but to the students. I teach at a school that is around 95% impoverished. Everyone qualifies for free lunch because of it. When SNAP benefits were threatened, I was worried about how my students would eat, but you all stepped up and gave me peace of mind because I had snacks to give to those who needed them. I have students ask me all the time if I have snacks, and I can now tell them yes, thanks to your kind donation, and for that, I am truly grateful.","fullyFundedDate":1762526603176,"projectUrl":"project/snacks-for-students/9849865/","projectTitle":"Snacks for Students","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Little","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9708884_orig.jpg?crop=1440,1440,x0,y57&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1724716426425","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9708884"},{"teacherId":9708884,"projectId":9856958,"letterContent":"Thank you all so much for the donation to my school and to my library. My students absolutely love utilizing the supplies you have helped to provide. The play rug has made them very excited for carpet time, and when they get to utilize makerspaces, they love to incorporate it into their play. The scanners I received have also allowed me to start self-checkout and self-check-in in the library, which has been a game-changer because they have allowed me to keep the library open even if I have to leave the building. They have also allowed students to develop their independence and take some responsibility for the library. Once again thank you all so much","fullyFundedDate":1761917618892,"projectUrl":"project/library-supplies/9856958/","projectTitle":"Library Supplies","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Little","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9708884_orig.jpg?crop=1440,1440,x0,y57&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1724716426425","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9708884"},{"teacherId":6582631,"projectId":9656379,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous donation that made BrainPOP available in our science classroom. Your support has had a powerful and lasting impact on my students' learning experiences.\r\nBecause of BrainPOP, science concepts are now more accessible and engaging for all learners. The animated videos, interactive quizzes, and discussion prompts help students visualize scientific processes, build background knowledge, and deepen their understanding. Students who once struggled to grasp abstract ideas are now more confident, curious, and willing to participate in scientific discussions.\r\nBrainPOP also supports different learning styles and promotes critical thinking. Students are able to review content at their own pace, ask meaningful questions, and make real-world connections to what they are learning. As a result, I have seen increased engagement and a greater enthusiasm for science throughout the classroom.\r\nYour generosity has directly enriched the instructional resources and created a more dynamic, enjoyable, and effective science learning environment. I am truly grateful for your investment in my students and their future success.\r\nThank you for helping inspire a love of science and learning.","fullyFundedDate":1758041447600,"projectUrl":"project/brainpop-for-the-win/9656379/","projectTitle":"BrainPOP for the Win!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Hitsman","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6582631_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1756309070549","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6582631"},{"teacherId":9708884,"projectId":9250224,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for pouring into my school's library. The Bluey books have been so popular with students of all ages. Has soon as I put them on the shelf it became a race to get them checked out. Just today, I had a student tell me she did not like to read, and I said we have Bluey books, and she took off running to get one. Because of you and your donations, I have been able to instill a love of reading in my students from pre-k through eighth grade! Without you, none of this would have been possible.","fullyFundedDate":1746785239637,"projectUrl":"project/bluey-books-for-real-life/9250224/","projectTitle":"Bluey Books? For Real Life?!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Little","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9708884_orig.jpg?crop=1440,1440,x0,y57&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1724716426425","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9708884"},{"teacherId":9708884,"projectId":9231155,"letterContent":"I want to thank you for your generous donations. When I took the library position at my school last year, I noticed that many popular books were missing from the library. I asked my students what books they wanted, and many of them told me that they wanted the Manga. Thanks to you all, I was able to provide over 100 Manga books for the library. These books include the entire Naruto series and the entire Dragon Ball Z series. These books have been flying off the shelves; students are so excited to check them out and read for pleasure. Many of the students getting these books are students I did not see last year, which tells me that providing books that are popular and that students want to read will have a positive impact for years to come. Once again, thank you so much for providing this precious gift for my students.","fullyFundedDate":1744224842202,"projectUrl":"project/books-for-ani-manga-iacs/9231155/","projectTitle":"Books For Ani-Manga-Iacs","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Little","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9708884_orig.jpg?crop=1440,1440,x0,y57&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1724716426425","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9708884"},{"teacherId":9708884,"projectId":9078935,"letterContent":"I want to thank you for your generous donations. When I took the library position at my school last year, I noticed that many popular books were missing from the library. I asked my students what books they wanted, and many of them told me that they wanted the Bad Guys books. Thanks to you all, I was able to provide the entire series to the library as well as 8 copies in Spanish for my ELL student. The books have been flying off the shelves students are so excited to check them out and read for pleasure. Many of the students getting these books are students I did not see last year, which tells me that providing books that are popular and that students want to read will have a positive impact for years to come. Once again, thank you so much for providing this precious gift for my students.","fullyFundedDate":1742912302551,"projectUrl":"project/bad-guys-make-good-readers/9078935/","projectTitle":"Bad Guys Make Good Readers","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Little","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9708884_orig.jpg?crop=1440,1440,x0,y57&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1724716426425","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9708884"},{"teacherId":5079131,"projectId":9038337,"letterContent":"Thank you so so much for contributing to this project for my classroom! The materials are and will continue to be used for years to come! My students always LOVE getting DC packages, and this time was no different. They patiently waited for me to open the boxes and then got right to work helping me sort everything and put everything away. They had so much fun using and learning with the new materials as well! The magnet boards are a class favorite and now we have enough for everyone to enjoy and utilize!","fullyFundedDate":1745459141441,"projectUrl":"project/little-hands-big-hearts/9038337/","projectTitle":"Little Hands Big Hearts","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Hamilton","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5079131_orig.jpg?crop=768,768,x0,y107&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1600437487563","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/j-hamilton918"},{"teacherId":9708884,"projectId":8789808,"letterContent":"Thank you all for your donations. I was very excited to receive funding for this project however, when the project was funded the item I was writing it for was out of stock. i waited as long as I could but was running out of time to use my funds. Because of that I decided to use the funds to get new books for the library. I asked my students what books they would like to see the library offer and they told me Bad Guys and Pokemon ne student specifically told me that he doesn't read so good but he loves Pokemon so he is going to try and read them all. That would not have happened if it was not for you and for that I am extremely grateful. Since adding these books to the library catalog reading scores at my school have been increasing and while I attribute that to the amazing teachers I get to work with I also give credit to the amazing donors who have provided me with funds to get books that students want to read. Thank you all so much!","fullyFundedDate":1733454251244,"projectUrl":"project/in-the-libr-air-y-tonight/8789808/","projectTitle":"In the Libr-Air-y Tonight","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Little","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9708884_orig.jpg?crop=1440,1440,x0,y57&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1724716426425","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9708884"},{"teacherId":9708884,"projectId":8790213,"letterContent":"Thank you all for your donations! Because of you I have seen a number of students who have not visited the library coming multiple times now to get a new Pokemon book. They are so excited to read them. One student specifically told me that he doesn't read so good but he loves Pokemon so he is going to try and read them all. That would not have happened if it was not for you and for that I am extremely grateful. Since adding these books to the library catalog reading scores at my school have been increasing and while I attribute that to the amazing teachers I get to work with I also give credit to the amazing donors who have provided me with funds to get books that students want to read. Thank you all so much!","fullyFundedDate":1736976180253,"projectUrl":"project/gotta-read-em-all-training-powerful-re/8790213/","projectTitle":"Gotta Read 'Em All! Training Powerful Readers With Pokémon Books","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Little","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9708884_orig.jpg?crop=1440,1440,x0,y57&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1724716426425","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9708884"},{"teacherId":4460366,"projectId":8969494,"letterContent":"We are always excited to receive mail, even more so when it it new materials for us to use!\r\n\r\nThe materials you helped to provide for my classroom are beneficial in so many ways. We passed them out to be used in phonics, but they use them during math and free time as well.\r\n\r\nFor phonics we use our boards to practice writing our letters correctly, writing our skill words, writing heart words, and even sentence writing. For math we practice writing numbers from the top to the bottom, addition and subtraction stories, and now we are using them for graphing as well. \r\n\r\nYour generous donation has helped this years students love to interact in our lessons and hopefully next years too!","fullyFundedDate":1737029142097,"projectUrl":"project/make-writing-fun/8969494/","projectTitle":"Make Writing Fun!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Tipton","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4460366"},{"teacherId":5079131,"projectId":9112418,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your contribution to this project! Materials like this is are necessary in our classroom! They help keep things running smoothly, and also help with transition times! \r\nMy students were ECSTATIC to get our new floor puzzles! That was the first thing they wanted to open and utilize! It may seem like a small thing. But puzzles utilize lots of critical early learning skills! Basic math and literacy as well as science and STEM, fine motor and critical thinking skills all get used!","fullyFundedDate":1741705593856,"projectUrl":"project/sensory-learning/9112418/","projectTitle":"Sensory Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Hamilton","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5079131_orig.jpg?crop=768,768,x0,y107&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1600437487563","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/j-hamilton918"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_86487","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":298,"numTeachers":25,"percentFrplEligible":91,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":2,"percentWhite":49,"percentIndigenous":16,"percentLatinx":14,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Pre-K - 8","studentTeacherRatio":"11.9:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"RURAL","ncesMetroType":"RURAL_FRINGE"},"inStateSupporters":71.3,"schoolId":86487,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Allen Bowden Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Allen Bowden Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/oklahoma/allen-bowden-school-district-35/allen-bowden-elementary-school/86487"}