{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"O'Block Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":11.6,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":5338628,"projectId":9585849,"letterContent":"Thank you for helping us get the Lego Taj Mahal for our library classes. Third and fourth graders teamed up to make it happen. We are really happy about how it turned out. \r\n\r\nThe box really caught their eye after it arrived on site and was delivered to the classroom. Everyone wanted to be one of the ones to work on. Many kids got to contribute. \r\n\r\nThe Taj Mahal is one of the featured buildings in the books that I read to students. Previous projects included Fallingwater, which we had to construct with miscellaneous pieces because we didn't have the official set. It was good enough, but this was much better. Our next project depends on what sets, if any, we get next, but we're hopeful to get materials to build ones like the Empire State Building or Notre Dame Cathedral.","fullyFundedDate":1758294300381,"projectUrl":"project/lego-taj-mahal/9585849/","projectTitle":"Lego Taj Mahal","teacherDisplayName":"Dr. Stevens","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5338628_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1525168924357","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/dr-stevens"},{"teacherId":5338628,"projectId":9245706,"letterContent":"These books go into my classroom library, but my classroom is the school library, so every kid in the school has access to them. We serve grades K-4 with about 90 kids in each grade level. \r\n\r\nKids get to pick whatever book they want each week. Some of these books are so popular, we had already run out of copies before the first week was over.\r\n\r\nSo, the students that have library special later in the week will be thrilled to see new copies of these titles waiting for them when they get here. Thank you for helping make this happen.","fullyFundedDate":1746852589377,"projectUrl":"project/graphic-novels-for-summer-2025/9245706/","projectTitle":"Graphic Novels for Summer 2025","teacherDisplayName":"Dr. Stevens","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5338628_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1525168924357","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/dr-stevens"},{"teacherId":5338628,"projectId":9091778,"letterContent":"The building blocks you helped to provide my students are off to a great start. We read the book Fallingwater by Anna Egan Smucker and Marc Harshman earlier this year. It described how Frank Lloyd Wright created it.\r\n\r\nWe were able to find instructions that we could adjust and use to build our model of Fallingwater. We didn't have the correct colors or exact pieces in some cases. This lead to a style reminiscent of Andy Warhol, creating something that has the same features except using different colors. \r\n\r\nWe are looking forward to creating other models, including the Seven Wonders of the World that we have also read about. The most likely candidates are either the Taj Mahl or the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Thanks again.","fullyFundedDate":1744841214366,"projectUrl":"project/lego-ratios-for-spring-2025/9091778/","projectTitle":"Lego Ratios for Spring 2025","teacherDisplayName":"Dr. Stevens","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5338628_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1525168924357","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/dr-stevens"},{"teacherId":5338628,"projectId":9005277,"letterContent":"Both groups of my students love the puppets. The autistic support classes have always loved when I brought a puppet out. It served as a narrator for whatever story we were reading that week. \r\n\r\nNow the fourth-graders also love using the puppets. Each puppet can represent a certain character in the story and help bring it to life. It also helps the two groups of students interact better.\r\n\r\nThanks to your generosity, the ideas we had are coming to fruition. It has even given the fourth-graders ideas of how they can incorporate the puppets into videos the are making. Thanks again.","fullyFundedDate":1740070075993,"projectUrl":"project/puppets-for-winter-24-25/9005277/","projectTitle":"Puppets for Winter 24-25","teacherDisplayName":"Dr. Stevens","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5338628_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1525168924357","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/dr-stevens"},{"teacherId":5338628,"projectId":8723143,"letterContent":"The new books have been a great addition to our library. Everyone loves the Pigeon and Dog Man books, of course. We were also all pleased to be able to get a Little Red Hiding Hood book kit. \r\n\r\nThe kit comes with 4 puppets: Red, Granny, Wolf, and Woodsman -- who we affectionately call Woody. This allows the Best Buddies to share stories with students in the autistic support classes and life skills classes. This engages both groups of students to better retain the key parts of the story.\r\n\r\nComprehension is important because our school is using a program called Accelerated Reader that gives students points for the reading that they do. Each point corresponds to an hour of reading. They earn points by answering questions correctly. The more engaged students are, the better they score...thanks in part to the new materials we got through our donors' generosity :)","fullyFundedDate":1733278376761,"projectUrl":"project/new-books-for-the-new-school-year/8723143/","projectTitle":"New Books for the New School Year","teacherDisplayName":"Dr. Stevens","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5338628_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1525168924357","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/dr-stevens"},{"teacherId":8193791,"projectId":8120688,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your donation to our imigination and flexible seating project. My students have been able to utilize their new flexible seating options to assist them in focusing on their work while engaging in a sensory experience. The dramatic play items that have been added to our play area have really assisted my students in growing their imaginative play skills. Growing play skills is such an important skill for students to gain in order to grow the rest of their skills. These new dramatic play items have really assisted them in this growth, so thank you!\r\n\r\nMy students and I would like to thank you for choosing our project to fund!","fullyFundedDate":1706811074983,"projectUrl":"project/imagination-flexible-seating/8120688/","projectTitle":"Imagination & Flexible Seating","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Billingsley","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8193791_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1753478671452","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8193791"},{"teacherId":8193791,"projectId":8265900,"letterContent":"Thank you for choosing to donate and fun our project that focused on sensory play. With this project getting funded. I was able to purchase sensory items and sensory bin fillers to create new experiences with my students. My students need and really enjoy sensory experiences and this project allowed me to create more of those opportunities for my students. We were able to create more individual bins for the students so they can all engage in sensory play at the same time, replace some items that have been loved over time, and provide the students with some new and innovative sensory items.\r\n\r\nThank you for growing our sensory experience within our classroom. The students and I are appreciative!","fullyFundedDate":1710715743091,"projectUrl":"project/sensory-play/8265900/","projectTitle":"Sensory Play","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Billingsley","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8193791_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1753478671452","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8193791"},{"teacherId":8193791,"projectId":8074223,"letterContent":"This fully funded project has been such an amazing addition to our sensory room. Not only have these donations been utilized by the students in my classroom, but they have been able to have been seen and utilized by all students. Students within our building have the option to visit the sensory room, if they choose. With these donations, we were able to hang clouds in our sensory room for a calming effect. I was also able to purchase tulle to drape from the ceiling to give the sensory room a wave feeling. This has really heightened our sensory room experience for all students by providing a relaxing and visually pleasing atmosphere.\r\n\r\nThank you for your donation and taking the time to follow our sensory experience as we built it together to benefit students within the learning enviroment!","fullyFundedDate":1706453732178,"projectUrl":"project/waves-waves-and-clouds/8074223/","projectTitle":"Waves, Waves, and Clouds","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Billingsley","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8193791_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1753478671452","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8193791"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_88720","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":512,"numTeachers":29,"percentFrplEligible":41,"percentAsian":4,"percentBlack":10,"percentWhite":76,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":3,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"K - 4","studentTeacherRatio":"17.7:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":false,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"SUBURBAN","ncesMetroType":"SUBURB_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":88.4,"schoolId":88720,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about O'Block Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"O'Block Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/pennsylvania/plum-borough-school-district/center-elementary-school/88720"}