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Thank you so much for helping support me and my students!","fullyFundedDate":1755703297181,"projectUrl":"project/relaxing-reading-retreat-for-special-edu/9401693/","projectTitle":"Relaxing Reading Retreat for Special Education Students","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Ally","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9592014_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1721004250367","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9592014"},{"teacherId":9592014,"projectId":9401652,"letterContent":"Thank you for your contribution to supporting the learning and engagement of students in my classroom. These materials have increased student engagement during small group academic stations. My students were so excited to use all of these new materials. These hands-on materials have increased the engagement of students during academic instruction.\r\n\r\nI plan to keep using these materials and rotate using them often to keep students actively engaged. My students have loved getting to explore and use these materials that have enhanced their learning.","fullyFundedDate":1753799941831,"projectUrl":"project/engaging-academic-stations-for-special-e/9401652/","projectTitle":"Engaging Academic Stations for Special Education","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Ally","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9592014_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1721004250367","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9592014"},{"teacherId":6862714,"projectId":7643253,"letterContent":"Thank you for supporting my classroom with the items in this project. These items included a laminator, pencil pouches, facial tissues, index cards, and a hot glue gun. We've used the laminator and index cards to create task boxes so that students can work independently on their Individual Education Plan goals. During the winter, the facial tissues have been so helpful with the colds that students have. The hot glue gun is useful when we work on crafts each week with the students. Pencil pouches help us stay organized with items each student needs. \r\n\r\nThank your for your support!","fullyFundedDate":1695216453406,"projectUrl":"project/basics-to-start-the-new-year/7643253/","projectTitle":"Basics to Start the New Year","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Myers","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6862714"},{"teacherId":6862714,"projectId":7237780,"letterContent":"My students are greatly blessed by the supplies in this project. The supplies included in this project were laminating sheets, dry erase markers, wet erase markers, binder clips, glue sticks, and scissors. \r\n\r\nThe staff in my room use these supplies frequently to create task boxes for the students. With these task boxes, the students are able to gain independence while demonstrating skills at their instructional level. The students are work on skills related to their specific goals based on their Individual Education Plans (IEPs). \r\n\r\nOur next steps are to create more task boxes so that students can demonstrate a wider array of skills and have variety of task boxes for each skill they are developing.","fullyFundedDate":1689443260337,"projectUrl":"project/task-boxes-lead-to-independence/7237780/","projectTitle":"Task Boxes Lead to Independence","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Myers","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6862714"},{"teacherId":6862714,"projectId":7267667,"letterContent":"Thank you for your support. The items in this project included pictures supported by a short paragraph and a comprehension question based on the passage. The reading passages focus on a variety of skills such as reading comprehension, inferencing, determining the main idea, reading for detail, and cause and effect. The cards have a differing reading levels so that students demonstrate their reading skills based on their reading level. \r\n\r\nThese are a valuable resource in my classroom. Students enjoy demonstrating their reading skills with these short paragraphs. They like that each paragraph has a picture to support the reading passage. \r\n\r\nOur next steps include having students read from these cards each day to continue developing their skills in reading comprehension, inferencing, determining the main idea, details in a story, and cause and effect. \r\n\r\nThank you for providing this resource for my students.","fullyFundedDate":1689278742824,"projectUrl":"project/reading-comprehension-is-vital/7267667/","projectTitle":"Reading Comprehension Is Vital!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Myers","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6862714"},{"teacherId":8982123,"projectId":9104790,"letterContent":"As an occupational therapist in the school setting, I work with a wide range of abilities. I have a few classes that have students who function at an extremely low level and it's difficult to find things that provide meaning to them in which we can use to gain more skills. These cause an effect toys have done just that. The kids gathered all around me when I brought the toys into the room. They were extremely engaged and didn't want me to leave. We worked on taking turns and learning how to use different grasp patterns to hold the tools or to turn the items on or how to make an toy function. These toys are at the just right level as most of the students could not operate them independently, but were very engaged and accepted help in learning how to play with them. Thank you so much for your generous donations to help make this possible.","fullyFundedDate":1739375885432,"projectUrl":"project/cause-and-effect-toys-to-develop-bilater/9104790/","projectTitle":"Cause and Effect Toys to Develop Bilateral Fine Motor Skills","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Finley","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8982123"},{"teacherId":8983872,"projectId":8827202,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous donation toward the new playground equipment. Your support has made a tremendous impact on the lives of our elementary students, creating a vibrant, safe, and engaging space for them to explore and develop new skills. The addition of the new equipment has provided a much-needed outlet for physical activity, fostering both creativity and teamwork. Our students now have the opportunity to enjoy their recess time in ways that inspire healthy play, social interaction, and physical fitness.\r\n\r\nThanks to your thoughtful contribution, we have seen an increase in student engagement and happiness. The playground has become a space where children not only have fun but also build important life skills such as communication, problem-solving, and cooperation. Your generosity is helping shape their well-being and success, and we are so grateful for your belief in the importance of nurturing our students' growth, both academically and physically. Thank you again for your invaluable support; it is making a lasting difference in the lives of our young learners.","fullyFundedDate":1733262879129,"projectUrl":"project/new-playground-equipment/8827202/","projectTitle":"New Playground Equipment!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Hammerquist","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8983872_orig.png?crop=308,308,x0,y46&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1690573749445","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8983872"},{"teacherId":4617123,"projectId":9206669,"letterContent":"I cannot thank you enough for your generosity and support! Your donation has brought so much excitement to my students, providing them with engaging and interactive ways to practice language skills in a meaningful and enjoyable way. From our youngest learners to our older students, everyone is eager to participate in these hands-on activities, making speech and language practice something they truly look forward to each day.\r\n\r\nBy incorporating tangible, context-based experiences, students are not just learning language skills—they are living them. Research shows that learning in real-world, interactive contexts significantly improves language development, retention, and overall engagement. When students flip pretend pancakes while playing the pancake game with If You Give a Pig a Pancake, go on an adventurous bug hunt with Bug Girl, launch frog hoppers while exploring Over and Under in the Pond, or enjoy a pretend meal with picnic toys while reading The Perfect Picnic, they are immersed in meaningful conversations, vocabulary expansion, and social interactions that make language learning both natural and fun.\r\n\r\nThese activities help bridge the gap between abstract language concepts and real-life application, reinforcing skills in ways that traditional methods simply cannot. Seeing my students' enthusiasm and progress has been incredible, and it's all thanks to your kindness and generosity.\r\n\r\nYour support is making a real, lasting impact on their learning journey, and I am truly grateful. Thank you for making such a difference in the lives of my students!","fullyFundedDate":1742899739115,"projectUrl":"project/hands-on-learning-games-objects-to-bu/9206669/","projectTitle":"Hands-On Learning: Games & Objects to Build Book-Inspired Vocabulary","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Jeni","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4617123_orig.png?crop=305,305,x52,y4&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1660505116229","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4617123"},{"teacherId":8982123,"projectId":8553992,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generosity. My students are absolutely thrilled to have these new games and activities to explore. I go to multiple schools and provide occupational therapy groups in the special education classrooms. Last week I introduced the new activities and you should have seen the excitement in their eyes! They were so excited to play the games and it was interesting to see who was drawn to which activity. One student who tends to be hand-over-hand with every activity loved the Squigz and was independently pulling them off the table surface and attempting to build with them. We rotated activities so everyone got to try different activities. The kids were so upset when I had to leave, begging me to bring the games back. They had no idea they were working on fine and visual motor skills. Thank you for providing the kids with new, fun activities that keep them motivated to engage.","fullyFundedDate":1733357511140,"projectUrl":"project/increasing-bilateral-fine-motor-and-visu/8553992/","projectTitle":"Increasing Bilateral Fine Motor and Visual Motor Skills Through Games","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Finley","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8982123"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_94692","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":590,"numTeachers":30,"percentFrplEligible":74,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":0,"percentWhite":42,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":52,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"19.7:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"SUBURBAN","ncesMetroType":"SUBURB_MIDSIZE"},"inStateSupporters":58.7,"schoolId":94692,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Endeavor Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Endeavor Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/idaho/nampa-school-district/endeavor-elementary-school/94692"}