{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Dorothy Height Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":60.5,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":3186451,"projectId":9839625,"letterContent":"I wanted to take this time to thank you for your generous donations. My students and I were so excited when the items arrived. They couldn't wait for me to set up the devices so they could use them. I have a student who has a visual impairment, and it is difficult for her to use regular laptops due to her Cerebal Palsy. She needs a tablet that is easy to manipulate the screen. She also uses the math manipulatives on a magnet board to assist her during math. These items are not easily accessible to students. And at times takes weeks or months to arrive. \r\n\r\nThat is why your donations are so important. Teachers are able to purchase items that their school may not be able to afford. I wanted to say thank you again. I really appreciate your kindness and will continue to pay it forward.","fullyFundedDate":1763574035020,"projectUrl":"project/technology-based-classroom/9839625/","projectTitle":"Technology-Based Classroom","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Orr","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3186451_orig.jpg?crop=2448,2448,x0,y408&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1638548725429","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3186451"},{"teacherId":6831542,"projectId":9446746,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to our Pre-K 4 classroom. Because of your kindness, my students were able to explore our study of the color system through the solar system in meaningful, hands-on ways that brought learning to life.\r\nWith the materials you provided, students didn't just hear about space — they experienced it. They sorted, matched, mixed, and explored colors while learning fascinating facts about the planets. As we read books about the solar system, students made powerful connections between science and the world around them.\r\nThe hands-on materials you donated made a tremendous difference. Students used models, art supplies, and sensory materials to create planets, mix colors to match what they saw in pictures, and build their own versions of the solar system.\r\nOne of the most exciting moments was hearing students say things like, \"Mars is red!\" and \"Earth is blue like water!\" while working with the materials. They were not only learning — they were making lasting connections through play and exploration.\r\nYour generosity helped turn abstract concepts into real, joyful learning experiences. Thank you for investing in our young scientists and artists. Your support truly helped our classroom shine.","fullyFundedDate":1760447430186,"projectUrl":"project/light-years-and-beyond/9446746/","projectTitle":"Light years and Beyond","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Maria","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6831542"},{"teacherId":6831542,"projectId":9446676,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support of our Pre-K classroom. Because of you, our students now have a wonderful set of LEGO building materials that they use every single day for both play and meaningful learning. Your kindness has truly made a difference in their classroom experience.\r\nThe children were beyond excited when the LEGO sets arrived. Their faces lit up with joy, and they couldn't wait to start building. What looks like simple play is actually packed with learning. As they sort and stack the bricks, students are exploring shapes, colors, patterns, and counting. They compare sizes, make predictions about what will balance, and practice early math skills without even realizing it.\r\nThe LEGOs have also become powerful tools for creativity and problem-solving. Students work together to design towers, houses, and imaginative structures, learning to plan, test ideas, and make improvements when something falls down. These moments build persistence and critical thinking in a fun and natural way.\r\nJust as important are the social-emotional skills the children are developing. Building together encourages sharing, turn-taking, communication, and teamwork. We hear phrases like \"Can I help you?\", \"Let's build it together,\" and \"That's a great idea!\" every day. These are big skills for little learners, and your donation helps make those moments happen.\r\nThank you for investing in our students' learning, creativity, and growth. Your generosity brings joy to our classroom and helps lay the foundation for lifelong learning.","fullyFundedDate":1760447429925,"projectUrl":"project/building-dreams/9446676/","projectTitle":"Building Dreams","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Maria","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6831542"},{"teacherId":8508611,"projectId":9524875,"letterContent":"Thank you for generously supporting my eager early learners! Children in my class have embraced the language of culture and musical expression since receiving the instruments and materials from this project. \r\n\r\nThanks to your donations, children have learned to make and keep a steady beat, how to begin and end a gathering with drumming, and play along with favorite songs. We have explored the source materials of many instruments, including the trees and nuts used to make them and connected it to our Tree Study. \r\n\r\nEvery school day there is drumming, shaking, tapping, and dancing to the rhythm we're creating. Thank you for making this possible.","fullyFundedDate":1756559414132,"projectUrl":"project/exploring-global-cultures-through-music/9524875/","projectTitle":"Exploring Global Cultures Through Music","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Norton","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8508611_orig.jpg?crop=1783,1783,x532,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1656198640962","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/msnortonslittles"},{"teacherId":5993860,"projectId":9746707,"letterContent":"My class was so excited to receive the packages that contained the Magnetic Building Tiles. They were eager to begin building various structures that morning and afternoon during their Center Time. These materials have encouraged them to use their imaginations to create detailed structures such as...castles with various rooms, a house for animals that need room to roam, houses that fly to other planets and even a pool house that contained a car and bike garage.\r\n\r\nThese materials are used everyday during the regular school day and during the afterschool program that occurs in my classroom. Students are motivated to build and share a detailed story about the structures they built. Some students will draw their structure on paper and then create it using as many magnetic building tiles as possible. Many times, there will be collaboration between students and they will create a very large structure that they are eager to showcase to everyone in class; even administrators that are visiting. It is great to see how these building materials spark excitement, creativity, collaboration and assist students in using their various motor skills to be architects.","fullyFundedDate":1758843692750,"projectUrl":"project/magna-tiles-for-imaginative-learning/9746707/","projectTitle":"Magna-Tiles for Imaginative Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Dennis","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5993860_orig.jpg?crop=1157,1157,x0,y604&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1700532523506","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5993860"},{"teacherId":8508611,"projectId":9508090,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for generously supporting my students! My early learners visit the art interest area in our classroom every day. With gratitude to you my students have appreciated how accessible our materials are with markers in a help yourself-style organizer and crayons and colored pencils sorted by color family in jars. \r\n\r\n\r\nSince receiving the materials from this project, children have created collages, painted rainbows and self-portraits, experienced various patterns and textures in clay, and expanded their understanding of what makes art \"art.\" \r\n\r\nThank you again for giving to my","fullyFundedDate":1758843689430,"projectUrl":"project/an-atelier-for-emerging-artists/9508090/","projectTitle":"An Atelier for Emerging Artists","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Norton","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8508611_orig.jpg?crop=1783,1783,x532,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1656198640962","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/msnortonslittles"},{"teacherId":3186451,"projectId":9807438,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for the sensory toys! My students love playing with them. It helps them focus in class and supports their learning. These items are a helpful tool in the classroom. Your kindness in providing these materials truly brightened our day and made us feel so supported. \r\n\r\nThese gifts will make a real difference in our classroom, helping our students with visual impairments learn and grow in new ways. Your sweet gesture really warmed my heart and made my day brighter. Thank you for your generosity and thoughtfulness.","fullyFundedDate":1760534655066,"projectUrl":"project/sensory-toys-and-more/9807438/","projectTitle":"Sensory Toys and More","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Orr","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3186451_orig.jpg?crop=2448,2448,x0,y408&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1638548725429","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3186451"},{"teacherId":3186451,"projectId":9631616,"letterContent":"I would like to thank you again for your generous donations. As soon as we received the supplies, they were put into use. Unfortunately, we do not have enough funding for the basic necessities. So, our schools have to share or go without. My classroom is growing every day, and these supplies are being put to great use.\r\n\r\nBecause of you, my students and I will be able to start the school year with the things they need to succeed. Your contribution lets them know that people care about their school experience. I'm so grateful for this support, and I will continue to pay it forward.","fullyFundedDate":1758832355516,"projectUrl":"project/organization-supplies/9631616/","projectTitle":"Organization Supplies","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Orr","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3186451_orig.jpg?crop=2448,2448,x0,y408&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1638548725429","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3186451"},{"teacherId":8508611,"projectId":9680521,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donations to help fund a new boombox with CD and Bluetooth capability. We utilize the boombox every school day to sing, dance, and sign along to songs to start and end our day strong. \r\n\r\nSongs like Nancy Kopman's \"Hello, Hello\" invite children in my class to wake up their bodies and follow directions. Music helps us greet our friends and classmates warmly like in Bari Koral's \"Give a Hug.\" My little learners look forward to closing the day with Dr. Jean's \"It Is Time to Say Good-Bye\" song. Without your support none of it would not be possible. \r\n\r\nThank you again for sending us the joy of music every day!","fullyFundedDate":1758229257532,"projectUrl":"project/movin-and-groovin/9680521/","projectTitle":"Movin’ and Groovin’","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Norton","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8508611_orig.jpg?crop=1783,1783,x532,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1656198640962","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/msnortonslittles"},{"teacherId":8508611,"projectId":9507188,"letterContent":"I cannot thank you enough for helping to fund this loose parts project. One of the biggest impacts has been an engaging \"base layer\" for children to manipulate in our Discovery interest area. Children in my class have been drawn to Discovery by the colorful wooden loose parts, nature sensory stones, and peg people and stay for the real-life specimens. I've used the wooden sorting trays to create a gorgeous means of displaying and organizing our found objects. Even my school principal has commented on how attractive our Discovery area. \r\n\r\nThank you again for your generous donations! If you'll forgive the pun-- you rock!","fullyFundedDate":1756946636801,"projectUrl":"project/open-minds-loose-parts-cant-lose/9507188/","projectTitle":"Open Minds, Loose Parts, Can’t Lose","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Norton","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8508611_orig.jpg?crop=1783,1783,x532,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1656198640962","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/msnortonslittles"},{"teacherId":10010003,"projectId":9421289,"letterContent":"As we near the end of the first quarter of the school year here in D.C., I reflect on where I was back in August before my students arrived. Even though I brought years of experience as a specialist to my new gen ed classroom, I couldn't have prepared it properly for them without your support. The materials that you funded have been (and continue to be) critical to student learning. Here are some highlights:\r\n- We use the colorful Lakeshore rug more than anything else in the classroom. Students circle up on it first thing in the morning for our Strong Start, where they greet, share, and do community building activities together. When something happens that we need to discuss as a class community, we circle up on the rug. And, of course, students sit on it throughout the day for math, reading, and other instructional time. We use the rug for \"turn and talks,\" read alouds, and as workspace for students who need more support during independent work time. (The clipboards you funded are also super helpful for this, and the kids LOVE them. We also used them on our trip to the school garden to observe flowering plants. The kids felt like real scientists sketching and labeling what they observed.) I'm grateful for this rug on a daily basis - for the bright colors that welcome students to the space but also for the structure it gives their day. Everyone has a clearly delineated carpet spot, and I can use the colored rows to differentiate everything from oral practice during phonics to dismissal to their seats. \r\n- The students may use the rug most, but I spend a fair amount of my time going up and down the ladder. As you can see from the pictures, much of our classroom wall space is beyond my reach. Thanks to the ladder I've been able to hang anchor charts, staple the data wall, and post resources all around the room - from high frequency words and math vocabulary to our reading rope and writing sentence starters, to name a few.\r\n- Many of the materials you helped purchase for our class have already been used in class while a few others are waiting for their time to shine. The hundreds chart is such a helpful resource during math. We use the dry erase markers during math, spelling/phonics, and small group. The money made its debut this week as we use dollars to demonstrate the concept of place value.\r\n\r\nWhile so many things outside of school are beyond my control, I can be confident that, because of your support, my students have what they need in our classroom. Thank you again so much for your generosity to our class community.","fullyFundedDate":1752928645855,"projectUrl":"project/get-set-for-second-grade/9421289/","projectTitle":"Get set for Second Grade!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Dodson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10010003_orig.png?crop=694,694,x99,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1750439147644","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10010003"},{"teacherId":7256370,"projectId":9072931,"letterContent":"Thank you for this wonderful easel. Thanks to your donation, our students can now reach the easel to write their names and more. Being able to fully reach the easel allows them to fully participate in all activities. Our classroom now has an actual easel to use during morning meeting and during our afternoon lessons.\r\n\r\nWith the size of this easel my students are able to come up in write on the board with no problems thank you so much for giving my students this opportunity of writing letters drawing on the board without me helping them thank you.","fullyFundedDate":1747683136410,"projectUrl":"project/classroom-easel/9072931/","projectTitle":"Classroom Easel","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Mildred","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7256370_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1692376666935","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7256370"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_108523","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":396,"numTeachers":44,"percentFrplEligible":54,"percentAsian":3,"percentBlack":51,"percentWhite":8,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":36,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Pre-K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"9.0:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":39.5,"schoolId":108523,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Dorothy Height Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Dorothy Height Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/district-of-columbia/dc-public-schools/dorothy-i-height-elementary-school/108523"}