{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Heeia Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":31.6,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":10296058,"projectId":9781629,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your incredible generosity in providing my classroom with colorful index cards, vibrant Expo markers, card rings, colored pends, motivational stickers, and more. These resources are more than just school supplies; they are essential tools that help my students organize their thoughts and stay engaged during lessons. My students have loved having colorful notecards to practice their multiplication and division. They've also used traditional notecards for continued practice at home. My students have used colored pens, markers, and sticky notes daily to make spelling corrections, complete quick exit passes, and take quick notes. \r\n\r\nWith the help of these engaging and useful materials, my students have shown a new level of excitement for peer-to-peer tutoring, independent review, group and individual board work, and even writing. Using these tools help the kids feel that are learning things of importance, and that they can use these techniques to learn anything they want. Thank you for investing in our classroom and for providing the bright, tactile tools that make learning a much more interactive and joyful experience.","fullyFundedDate":1761094987041,"projectUrl":"project/building-the-classroom-building-the-kid/9781629/","projectTitle":"Building the Classroom, Building the Kids","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Saffery","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10296058"},{"teacherId":7928143,"projectId":9775167,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation. Your support has made a meaningful difference in my kindergarten classroom and I am truly grateful. \r\n\r\nBecause of your kindness, I was able to purchase individual writing dry erase boards, practice writing boards and organizer bins for student supplies and classroom toys and manipulatives. These materials have already had a positive impact on student learning and engagement. \r\n\r\nStudents are excited to use the new dry erase boards and writing practice boards as they learn to form letters and practice writing skills. They are more eager to participate and share when they are learning in Language Arts, Science and Social Studies. The boards make learning interactive and fun, while also giving students the opportunity to practice and build confidence. \r\n\r\nThe organizer bins have also been incredibly helpful. They allow us to keep essential tools like pencils and crayons in one easily accessible container. This has made it much easier for students to find what they need, stay organized, and focus on learning rather than searching for supplies. \r\n\r\nThank you for supporting my students and helping create a more engaging and organized learning environment. My students are benefitting every day from your generosity.","fullyFundedDate":1759454590631,"projectUrl":"project/write-it-organize-it/9775167/","projectTitle":"Write It! Organize It!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Lee","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7928143_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1729394917244","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7928143"},{"teacherId":2599122,"projectId":9772355,"letterContent":"We received many items and we are very thankful to all donors who helped to get this to my computer lab. Unfortunately, we have not used all of the items. I plan to use the code books to help me learn more about coding and then maybe have a club to teach students what I learn. This would probably won't happen till next school year, since our after school classes were already in session.\r\n\r\nThe crawlers for the Ozobots are so fun. It's another way for use to explore what the Ozobots can do. The BBC Micro:bit V2 Newbit Arcade Shield Expansion Boards have not been used yet since I don't have enough of them for each student. I plan to make another project to obtain more of these.\r\n\r\nThe Indi Spero kit allowed me to preview what I was going to do with my students. I was able to borrow 10 kits from our district's lending library and my students coded them.","fullyFundedDate":1759417960473,"projectUrl":"project/coding-the-future-today/9772355/","projectTitle":"Coding the Future, Today","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Annette Ahuna","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2599122_orig.jpg?crop=695,695,x0,y23&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1622914891093","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/a-ahuna"},{"teacherId":2599122,"projectId":9895398,"letterContent":"My students have been busy with Computer Science activities. We haven't used the coding stickers yet, but we used coding magnets that we received from a donor at our school. Both make coding the Ozobots easier for my students . Drawing the lines have proved difficult for students especially because of the limited time they have in rotation classes.\r\n\r\nThe students have so much fun doing physical coding. This gives them a hands on experience in coding. They always tell me this is their most fun class.\r\n\r\nThank you for your support in bringing Computer Science alive in my Computer Lab.","fullyFundedDate":1763140814807,"projectUrl":"project/yay-for-color-code-stickers/9895398/","projectTitle":"Yay for Color Code Stickers","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Annette Ahuna","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2599122_orig.jpg?crop=695,695,x0,y23&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1622914891093","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/a-ahuna"},{"teacherId":7892845,"projectId":9528489,"letterContent":"Thank you for your support in funding this Donors Choose project for my students. Preschool is a time for exploration and creativity. The children have enjoyed playing music, singing songs, creating their own books, and learning through the world around them. \r\n\r\nMost recently, we have been using the materials to create our own books. We have journaled our observations and discoveries of the nature around us, created short stories about family adventures during the weekend, and have just started our own class alphabet book!\r\n\r\nEarly exposure to literacy and language are the foundations of childhood development and later on academic success in students. Thank you for your support in funding this project!","fullyFundedDate":1754434761634,"projectUrl":"project/musical-instruments-and-book-creation-to/9528489/","projectTitle":"Musical Instruments and Book Creation Tools for Creativity","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Liu","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7892845_orig.jpg?crop=1814,1814,x447,y957&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1753150211413","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/gwen-liu"},{"teacherId":2599122,"projectId":9368534,"letterContent":"My students had so much fun coding these Beebot robots. They told me they want to use these again. As you can see from the pictures, they were so focused and collaborating so well. \r\n\r\nCoding in the elementary school is providing my students with experiences to one day explore more Computer Science topics. I appreciate the opportunity that your generosity gave me to allow me to use these Beebots with my students.\r\n\r\nThese Beebots are chargeable so these charging stations are ideal. Thank you again for helping me get these. Your generosity allows me to charge them so easily.\r\n\r\nMahalo for funding my project.","fullyFundedDate":1747765658125,"projectUrl":"project/rechargeable-robots-are-good-for-our-env/9368534/","projectTitle":"Rechargeable Robots are Good for Our Environment","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Annette Ahuna","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2599122_orig.jpg?crop=695,695,x0,y23&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1622914891093","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/a-ahuna"},{"teacherId":9074848,"projectId":9157817,"letterContent":"Thank you for the essential school supplies and games. It helped build community and SEL connections. The art supplies brought creativity and imagination into our classroom, and the cleaning supplies help keep the classroom tidy.\r\n\r\n Bringing art activities back into the classroom provided my students with the freedom to express themselves through creativity, develop fine motor skills, enhance self-expression, foster problem-solving skills, and build confidence. They also enable children to express and understand their emotions, promoting critical thinking and emotional intelligence.","fullyFundedDate":1742083552908,"projectUrl":"project/supporting-creative-minds/9157817/","projectTitle":"Supporting Creative Minds","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Brown-Santiago","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9074848"},{"teacherId":9161898,"projectId":9168392,"letterContent":"Mahalo for your generosity and support towards the education of my students. Thanks to this amazing opportunity, my students have gained a new communication tool with technology from the iPad. The iPad gives us access to autism specific learning apps that are used throughout the school day. Additionally, other items such as lamination sheets have been used to create communication visuals and activities. Finally, the standing desk has allowed more floor space for my students to use during direct instruction. We aren't bound to a floor desk that took up quite a bit of space. Overall, the iPad is a huge student favorite. My students love the apps that give them more functional communication.","fullyFundedDate":1742175155687,"projectUrl":"project/adapted-learning/9168392/","projectTitle":"Adapted Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. S","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9161898_orig.jpg?crop=2316,2316,x0,y540&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1692503141381","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9161898"},{"teacherId":8363152,"projectId":9154729,"letterContent":"Thank you for your continuous support and generous donations to support our project. This project helps to create a dynamic and interactive learning environment so that our students can gain confidence, build foundational skills, and stay motivated. The magnetic coordinate plane and magnetic cubes have had a great impact on our students' confidence levels. \r\nThey are not afraid to come up to the board and use the coordinate plane during independent and small group practices to work out their problems. They have a better understanding of the 4-quadrants as they can see it more clearly than on graph paper or their worksheets. \r\nThe ability to use magnetic cubes has provided a hands-on approach to their thinking of volume concepts. It allows them to manipulate their figures so they can visually see how many cubes take up space, without having to balance or tape cubes together. It helps them to see he concepts not only on paper, but when modeling it off the paper as well. This year we only used the magnetic cubes for volume concepts, next year I would like to explore using it for ratio and proportion concepts as well. \r\nThank you again for your generous support. With these educational supplies, I know our students will learn to enjoy math and better understand the concepts being presented to them. We can't wait to see what other projects we can come up with.","fullyFundedDate":1741715017989,"projectUrl":"project/help-keep-math-engaging/9154729/","projectTitle":"Help Keep Math Engaging","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Hirakawa","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8363152_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1646879565806","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8363152"},{"teacherId":8823917,"projectId":9156423,"letterContent":"When our students first saw the new individual dry erase boards, their faces lit up with excitement. It was like giving them a new voice in the classroom. We now use the boards daily for quick check-ins, math problem solving, brainstorming, and group activities. One memorable moment was during a math review game—students wrote their answers and proudly held them up, excited to see if they got it right. It instantly turned a review session into an engaging and interactive challenge. The boards have become essential tools for fostering participation, especially for students who are more hesitant to speak up in large group discussions.\r\n\r\nLooking ahead, we're integrating the dry erase boards into our upcoming science unit on ecosystems. Students will be using them to sketch food chains, jot down hypotheses during experiments, and collaborate in peer-led review sessions. The boards not only promote active learning but also give us a flexible way to assess understanding in real time. Thanks to our donors, we now have a simple but powerful tool that has transformed how we teach and how our students express their learning. We're so grateful!","fullyFundedDate":1741810184873,"projectUrl":"project/move-collaborate-create-dry-erase-boa/9156423/","projectTitle":"Move, Collaborate, Create! Dry Erase Boards for Dynamic Group Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Hilley","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8823917_orig.jpg?crop=806,806,x297,y62&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1741718630213","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8823917"},{"teacherId":7718176,"projectId":9153954,"letterContent":"Our new resources have been beneficial to how our classroom runs. It has been such a great tool for the students to gain access to independence in their programs. The bin system that the cubbies have created a way for the students to follow steps to grab their first to last activity. Now that we have letters A-Z it makes the system more organized. \r\nThe treadmill has allowed our students who need that sensorimotor intervention within the classroom for their morning routines. Students also use this as an incentive and mand for the treadmill. Along with this, they have been enjoying the sing a long book which provides a different incentive vs the ipad and youtube. Our students have been enjoying and using all the new gadgets in the classroom! Thank you!","fullyFundedDate":1741705923789,"projectUrl":"project/active-learning-in-a-multi-sensory-learn/9153954/","projectTitle":"Active Learning in a Multi-Sensory Learning Environment","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Rawlins","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7718176_orig.jpg?crop=1284,1284,x0,y303&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1741686154510","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/rrawlins"},{"teacherId":7929373,"projectId":9156424,"letterContent":"Thank you for equipping our school with supplies to support more well rounded physical education classes. We also now have the necessary supplies to support English learners in their daily activities. \r\n\r\nYour generosity is much appreciated and will go to use for years to come. Our students will benefit from this equipment as it will enrich tennis and pickleball lessons across all grade levels. \r\n\r\nThese materials will also bring academic support to students who often come to school with little to no supplies for their school work. We thank you again for the support for our physical education and EL program. \r\n\r\nMahalo.","fullyFundedDate":1741969536379,"projectUrl":"project/pe-nets-and-k-6-ell-student-supplies/9156424/","projectTitle":"PE Nets and K-6 ELL Student Supplies","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Tanaka","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-7_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7929373"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_50927","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":358,"numTeachers":31,"percentFrplEligible":55,"percentAsian":7,"percentBlack":0,"percentWhite":8,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":24,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Pre-K - 6","studentTeacherRatio":"11.5:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"SUBURBAN","ncesMetroType":"SUBURB_MIDSIZE"},"inStateSupporters":68.4,"schoolId":50927,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Heeia Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Heeia Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/hawaii/windward-school-district/heeia-elementary-school/50927"}