{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Harvey N Dondero Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":51.8,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":8507960,"projectId":10272467,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting \"Mastering Multiplication Tables!\" My goal is for every student to leave third grade feeling confident and proficient with their multiplication and division facts. Because we are still at the beginning of the school year, these materials have allowed us to begin working on multiplication right out of the gate, rather than waiting until later in the year.\r\n\r\nThe hands-on resources give students opportunities to practice facts through games, repetition, movement, and collaborative activities. This makes learning more engaging while helping students build the automaticity they need for more complex math. Research with third graders found that students who participated in a multiplication-fluency intervention improved their average correct responses in one minute by approximately 5–11 facts, depending on their starting level. Another study of third-grade students found significant growth in multiplication fact acquisition and retention after a 10-week intervention.\r\n\r\nThese facts are not just numbers to memorize—they are the foundation for future learning in long division, fractions, decimals, multi-digit multiplication, and multi-step problem solving. When students can recall basic facts more automatically, they have more mental energy available for reasoning and tackling challenging problems.\r\n\r\nThank you for helping me start this important work early and giving my students engaging tools to practice, build confidence, and see themselves as capable mathematicians. Your support is helping us build a strong mathematical foundation from the very first weeks of third grade!","fullyFundedDate":1778868430749,"projectUrl":"project/mastering-multiplication-tables/10272467/","projectTitle":"Mastering Multiplication Tables","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Rhodes","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8507960_orig.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1716518012755","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8507960"},{"teacherId":8507960,"projectId":10215423,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting \"Leveling Up in Third Grade!\" This project has been especially meaningful as I begin my first year teaching third grade after working in kindergarten and first grade. Because I was starting fresh at a new grade level, having access to the materials I needed was incredibly important. Your generosity helped me gather essential classroom supplies along with engaging math and literacy resources that I can use every day.\r\n\r\nThese materials allow me to create more hands-on and engaging learning experiences through manipulatives, collaborative activities, small-group instruction, and differentiated practice. Instead of simply listening to a lesson, students can touch, explore, discuss, practice, and apply what they are learning. Research consistently shows that active learning can improve student achievement and engagement; one meta-analysis of 225 studies found that students in active-learning classrooms performed better than students in traditional lecture-based settings.\r\n\r\nThis is particularly important for my students, who attend a Title I school and often face significant challenges outside of the classroom. Having the right materials allows me to meet students where they are, provide additional support when needed, and challenge those who are ready to go further. It also helps me create a classroom where students are excited to participate and feel successful.\r\n\r\nThank you for giving me the resources to build a classroom where learning is hands-on, meaningful, and engaging. Your support has helped me feel prepared for this new chapter and, most importantly, has given my students the tools and experiences they deserve to grow as confident third-grade learners.","fullyFundedDate":1779384909841,"projectUrl":"project/leveling-up-learning-in-third-grade/10215423/","projectTitle":"Leveling Up Learning in Third Grade!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Rhodes","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8507960_orig.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1716518012755","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8507960"},{"teacherId":8507960,"projectId":10007787,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting \"Lunar New Year Magic: Stories and Culture for My Classroom!\" Your generosity has provided my students with meaningful resources to explore Lunar New Year and learn about cultural traditions from around the world.\r\n\r\nIncluding different cultural traditions in the classroom is so important because it helps students develop curiosity, empathy, and respect for perspectives and experiences that may be different from their own. These resources will allow me to naturally integrate Lunar New Year into our Inquiry Ed curriculum and our focus on becoming global citizens. Students will have opportunities to ask questions, explore traditions, make connections, and understand that being a global citizen means appreciating and learning from the diverse cultures that make up our world.\r\n\r\nThank you for helping me create a classroom where culture is celebrated, differences are valued, and students are encouraged to become thoughtful, curious, and respectful global citizens.","fullyFundedDate":1778068735273,"projectUrl":"project/lunar-new-year-magic-stories-and-cultur/10007787/","projectTitle":"Lunar New Year Magic: Stories and Culture for My Classroom!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Rhodes","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8507960_orig.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1716518012755","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8507960"},{"teacherId":8507960,"projectId":10007588,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting \"Storytime Adventures Await: Award-Winning Read-Aloud Books for My Students.\" These books have become a special part of our classroom, and my students have truly loved listening to and talking about the stories. For many of my students, being read to at school is especially meaningful because they do not always have the opportunity to experience read-alouds at home. Your support has helped ensure that every child has access to the joy and learning that comes from hearing a great story.\r\n\r\nResearch shows that interactive read-alouds can strengthen vocabulary, listening comprehension, critical thinking, and engagement. In our classroom, I have seen these benefits come to life as students ask thoughtful questions, make connections, predict what will happen next, and confidently share their ideas with their classmates. The stories have sparked meaningful conversations and helped students develop a deeper love for reading.\r\n\r\nYour generosity has given my students more than wonderful books. It has given them time to slow down, imagine, wonder, and discover new worlds together. Thank you for helping create these special moments and for giving my students experiences that inspire curiosity, build confidence, and nurture a lifelong love of reading.","fullyFundedDate":1778006694728,"projectUrl":"project/storytime-adventures-await-award-winnin/10007588/","projectTitle":"Storytime Adventures Await: Award-Winning Read-Aloud Books for My Students","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Rhodes","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8507960_orig.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1716518012755","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8507960"},{"teacherId":4605358,"projectId":10448522,"letterContent":"Receiving building simple machines and a ramp will help my kindergarten students develop a deeper understanding of pushes, pulls, speed, direction, and force through hands-on learning. As students build and experiment, they can see how pushing or pulling an object changes its movement. Using ramps will allow them to explore how objects move faster or slower depending on the ramp's height and how force affects motion. Students will also observe how changing the direction of a push or pull changes where an object travels. These experiences will make abstract science concepts meaningful, engaging, and easy to understand.","fullyFundedDate":1786306003951,"projectUrl":"project/simple-machines-big-discoveries/10448522/","projectTitle":"Simple Machines, Big Discoveries!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. McCartin","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4605358"},{"teacherId":4605358,"projectId":10152079,"letterContent":"When students are comfortable using their technology, they can spend more time focusing on their STEM activities instead of becoming frustrated with the device. These skills will continue to benefit them as they use technology for research, coding, digital projects, presentations, and other classroom activities.\r\n\r\nOur students have also benefited from ramps that allow them to explore the STEM concepts of pushes and pulls. These materials help turn an abstract science concept into something students can see, touch, and test. Students can experiment with how objects move down a ramp and observe what happens when they change the height or angle. They can make predictions, test their ideas, observe results, and discuss what they discovered. These activities help students develop the habits of scientists and engineers while making learning fun and engaging.\r\n\r\nThe birdhouses provided for our second-grade students are another wonderful example of donor support bringing STEM learning to life. Students are able to design and create model birdhouses while practicing engineering and design skills. They must think about how their birdhouse should look, what materials they will use, and how the pieces should fit together. As they build, students learn that engineers often need to make changes and solve problems along the way.\r\n\r\nMost importantly, these donations help provide equitable STEM learning opportunities for our students. As a Title I school, having access to quality hands-on materials can make a tremendous difference. The generosity of our donors allows approximately 800 students to experience STEM in ways that are meaningful, interactive, and memorable.\r\n\r\nWe are truly grateful to the donors who invested in our students. Every computer mouse helps a child become more confident with technology. Every ramp provides an opportunity to explore forces and motion. Every birdhouse gives a young engineer the chance to design, build, and create. Together, these donations are helping our students discover that STEM is not just something they learn about—it is something they can experience, explore, and enjoy.","fullyFundedDate":1783684706029,"projectUrl":"project/click-build-discover/10152079/","projectTitle":"Click, Build, Discover!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. McCartin","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4605358"},{"teacherId":7279111,"projectId":7999101,"letterContent":"This project provided communication and Social Emotional Behavioral tools to help our students improve their ability to find their voices and name their emotions. They used them to learn to self regulate and gain coping strategies for their big feelings.\r\n\r\nIt also provided some extra tools for our kiddos struggling with reading and showing signs of dyslexia. We were able to create a very hands on reading center focused on multi modality learning of blending and decoding, helping one student who was previously unable to read, begin to soar. The tools also helped another student gain better foundations to move on from there. \r\n\r\nAll of our 8 students benefitted from the additions to our classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1700055765296,"projectUrl":"project/for-our-spectrum-of-needs/7999101/","projectTitle":"For Our Spectrum of Needs","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Jessica","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-6_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7279111"},{"teacherId":8507960,"projectId":10304455,"letterContent":"The project, \"George's Marvelous Socratic Conversations,\" made a meaningful impact on my students. Each student received their own copy of the book, giving everyone the opportunity to fully participate in reading, annotating, and discussing the story. I was also able to model how to have a thoughtful Socratic discussion—how to ask questions, listen to others, build on ideas, and use evidence from the text. These skills will help set the foundation for meaningful discussions throughout the rest of the school year.\r\n\r\nThe book also allowed me to incorporate fun, hands-on science experiences that connected the story to real-world learning. Students became excited to read, explore, and share their thinking with one another.\r\n\r\nI am so grateful to our donors for making this experience possible. Your generosity gave every student access to their own book while creating opportunities for curiosity, conversation, and discovery. Most importantly, you helped students see reading as something exciting and meaningful—not just something they have to do, but something they can truly enjoy.","fullyFundedDate":1781366098241,"projectUrl":"project/georges-marvelous-socratic-conversation/10304455/","projectTitle":"George’s Marvelous Socratic Conversations","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Rhodes","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8507960_orig.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1716518012755","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8507960"},{"teacherId":4605358,"projectId":10071404,"letterContent":"The glow-in-the-dark tape will have a positive impact on my STEAM classroom by helping students clearly identify designated areas for supplies, materials, and learning objectives. Using color-coded and glow-in-the-dark tape will create visual organization that makes it easier for students to locate and return materials independently. It will also help highlight important areas and objectives, allowing students to quickly see what they are learning and what materials they need. These visual cues will support classroom routines, increase student independence, reduce confusion, and create a more organized learning environment where students can focus on hands-on STEAM activities and engineering challenges.","fullyFundedDate":1772050462408,"projectUrl":"project/glow-code-and-create-powering-our-ste/10071404/","projectTitle":"Glow, Code, and Create! Powering Our STEM Classroom","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. McCartin","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4605358"},{"teacherId":6409832,"projectId":9177357,"letterContent":"Thank you so very much for your donations to my classroom, it has made such a difference for my students. They have loved using the various manipulatives during math time and it has helped solidify their understanding even more.\r\n\r\nMy students always love when new items are introduced to our classroom, so getting to open all of these items with them was amazing. They could not wait to see what was inside the boxes and got even more excited as I explained when we would learn about how to use different items.\r\n\r\nI am working on using more hands-on activities each year so students have fun while they're learning instead of only working on paper.","fullyFundedDate":1750084544095,"projectUrl":"project/interactive-independent-learning/9177357/","projectTitle":"Interactive Independent Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Woodward","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6409832_orig.jpg?crop=2316,2316,x92,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1556750045513","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/breanna-ballard"},{"teacherId":7319481,"projectId":10031100,"letterContent":"Thanks to your generous donations, our students are able to learn about different historical figures that have impacted our society. Through easy-to-read books with pictures, our little first grade learners were able to read, study, and relate to historical figures in ways they never knew they could before.\r\nStudents have taken a deep-dive into the qualities and characteristics of human leadership, perserverance, and morale character. Students learned about figures like Jackie Robinson, Helen Keller, Albert Einstein, Anne Frank, Neil Armstrong, and Ruby Bridges. It was very important to us that our even in first grade, that our students know the power of the human voice, the joys of triumph, and the impactful change even one person can have on the world. \r\nThank you for giving them that experience and making it all possible for even our future classroom students! We are so grateful for your support and are blessed to have been given this wonderful opportunity to grow in learning!","fullyFundedDate":1774377037661,"projectUrl":"project/living-museum/10031100/","projectTitle":"Living Museum","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Fangupo","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7319481_orig.jpg?crop=864,864,x832,y1336&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1597040451300","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/fang601"},{"teacherId":10407904,"projectId":10034804,"letterContent":"We have started the school year off strong, and I am so excited to see how much my fourth graders have already grown. One of the biggest things we have worked on during the first few weeks of school is learning how to take ownership of our classroom, including how to properly use, organize, and care for our supplies and materials. Thanks to your generous donations, I have been able to create a more organized and functional learning environment where my students know where materials belong and can access what they need independently.\r\n\r\nThe organization tools you provided have made such a meaningful difference in our daily routines. Instead of spending valuable instructional time searching for supplies, passing out materials, or trying to organize a cluttered workspace, my students have learned routines that allow them to take responsibility for their learning environment. They know where to find the materials they need, how to use them appropriately, and how to return them when they are finished. These small routines have made a BIG difference in helping our classroom run smoothly.\r\n\r\nBecause our classroom is more organized, I am also able to spend more time doing what matters most: teaching and helping my students reach their goals. Transitions are smoother, lessons can begin more quickly, and students are becoming more independent each day. I have already seen my students take pride in keeping our classroom organized and helping one another when materials need to be put away or shared.\r\n\r\nAs a new teacher, having access to these resources has been especially meaningful. Setting up a classroom and creating systems that work for 20 fourth graders can be overwhelming, and your support has helped make that process much easier. These donations have allowed me to create an environment that is not only organized but also welcoming, efficient, and ready for learning.\r\nMost importantly, your generosity is directly impacting my students. An organized classroom gives them a sense of structure and consistency while helping them develop responsibility, independence, and important habits that will benefit them far beyond fourth grade. Every time a student independently finds a supply, helps a classmate, or quickly gets ready for the next activity, I am reminded of how valuable your support has been.\r\nThank you for believing in my students and investing in their education. Your generosity has helped us start the year with strong routines, a positive classroom environment, and a greater focus on learning. I am incredibly grateful for your kindness and support, and I cannot wait to see all that my fourth graders accomplish this year because of opportunities like this one.\r\n\r\nThank you for helping make our classroom a place where students can learn, grow, and thrive!","fullyFundedDate":1769126218027,"projectUrl":"project/focus-on-independence/10034804/","projectTitle":"Focus on Independence","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Kirby","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10407904_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1769172189250","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/rocio-kirby"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_42204","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":678,"numTeachers":41,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":4,"percentBlack":12,"percentWhite":9,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":66,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":2,"percentMultiracialImputed":5,"gradesServed":"Pre-K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"16.5:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"SUBURBAN","ncesMetroType":"SUBURB_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":48.2,"schoolId":42204,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Harvey N Dondero Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Harvey N Dondero Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/nevada/clark-county-school-district/harvey-n-dondero-elementary-school/42204"}