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I couldn't have achieved this without you—thank you so much for your kindness and support!","fullyFundedDate":1778348641141,"projectUrl":"project/brighten-our-classroom-support-a-color/10239043/","projectTitle":"Brighten Our Classroom: Support a Color Printer for Creative Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Casarez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10235624_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1767930728577","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10235624"},{"teacherId":8629785,"projectId":10099578,"letterContent":"Thank You!\r\n\r\nThank you so much for supporting our DonorsChoose project and providing our students with new Pilates rings! Your generosity is helping bring exciting, engaging, and meaningful fitness activities to our physical education classes.\r\n\r\nThese Pilates rings will give our students new ways to build strength, flexibility, balance, coordination, and body awareness while having fun and being active. For many of our students, having access to new equipment makes physical education even more motivating and gives them opportunities to discover activities they may enjoy for a lifetime.\r\n\r\nYour support makes a real difference in our classroom. We are incredibly grateful for your generosity and for investing in the health, confidence, and success of our students.\r\n\r\nThank you for helping our Eagles soar!","fullyFundedDate":1771938865564,"projectUrl":"project/rainy-day-fitness-pilates-rings-for-str/10099578/","projectTitle":"Rainy-Day Fitness: Pilates Rings for Strong, Focused Students!","teacherDisplayName":"Coach Coyle","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8629785"},{"teacherId":1138300,"projectId":10299172,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your contributions to my class and to our project, \"Keeping Students Engaged and Excited.\" My students are very grateful for the support you have shown them and for the items you have helped them gain access to. Since 90% of my students have never been to school before, encouraging them to do their best in class is so much more enticing to the students because they are excited to work for gummy bears, Skittle or a Soir Patch treat. The treats are highly reinforcing. Also providing them with snacks has helped keep the behaviors down as now we have extra items to pass out for students who are unable to be given snack from home. This donation has really helped my students and I. 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Your donations means the world to us and we are so thankful.\r\n\r\nMy transitional kindergarten (TK) students are still developing their fine motor skills and oral language development, so these Slide Stamp and See Screen, stickers, and Flip crayons you helped get for us are just the perfect solution to help our littles make learning not just engaging but fun and exciting. They are able to share out what they created explain how they made it. They will be able to visually and physical create letters and pictures. The Flip Crayons are the perfect size for my students little fingers so I am not explicitly teaching them how to hold a writing tool properly. They age focus to hold them the right way. We have been using the stickers to practice our fine motor stills and the Velcro dots to add their photos name cards to their cubbies and clipboards. \r\n\r\nThank you for helping me bring unforgettable happiness into my students' lives. We are truly bless to have you fund our project.","fullyFundedDate":1783358951158,"projectUrl":"project/inspiring-transitional-kindergartners-th/10299174/","projectTitle":"Inspiring Transitional Kindergartners Through STEAM and Storytelling","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Koenig","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1138300_orig.jpg?crop=1226,1226,x401,y35&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1588639645647","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/www-donorschoose-orgpakoenig"},{"teacherId":1138300,"projectId":10332621,"letterContent":"Thank you again for donating to our project, \"Empowering Transitional Kindergartners Through STEAM and Storytelling.\" My transitional students and I appreciate your kindness and support in helping me provide a better learning experience for all of our students. Your donations means the world to us and we are so thankful.\r\n\r\nMy transitional kindergarten (TK) students are still developing their fine motor skills and oral language development, so these Roll–A–Dough mats and stickers are just the perfect solution to help our littles make learning not just engaging but fun. They are able to share out what they created explain how they made it. They will be able to visually and physical create letters and pictures.\r\n\r\nThank you for helping me bring unforgettable happiness into my students' lives. We are truly bless to have you fund our project.","fullyFundedDate":1783375934579,"projectUrl":"project/empowering-transitional-kindergartners-t/10332621/","projectTitle":"Empowering Transitional Kindergartners Through STEAM and Storytelling","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Koenig","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1138300_orig.jpg?crop=1226,1226,x401,y35&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1588639645647","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/www-donorschoose-orgpakoenig"},{"teacherId":1138300,"projectId":10299168,"letterContent":"Thank you for donating to our project, \"Keeping Storytelling Organized and With Flash Cards.\" My transitional students and I appreciate your kindness and support in helping me provide a better learning experience for all of our students. This is an amazing gift and we are so thankful.\r\n\r\nMy transitional kindergarten (TK) students are still developing their fine motor skills and oral language development, so these flash cards are just the perfect solution to help our littles show what they have learned. They are able to share out and use their storytelling skills to explain what they have listened to. They will be able to visually see basic words usually images to help them orally retell a story orally or through writing/drawing.\r\n\r\nThank you for helping me bring unforgettable happiness into my students' lives. We are truly bless to have you fund our project.","fullyFundedDate":1782567721242,"projectUrl":"project/keeping-storytelling-organized-and-with/10299168/","projectTitle":"Keeping Storytelling Organized and With Flash Cards","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Koenig","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1138300_orig.jpg?crop=1226,1226,x401,y35&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1588639645647","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/www-donorschoose-orgpakoenig"},{"teacherId":1138300,"projectId":10299170,"letterContent":"Once again, my transitional kindergarten students and I would like to say thank you for donating to our project, \"Improving Oral Language Through Storytelling With LEGO Bricks.\"\r\nI am beyond excited to bring these new LEGO sets into my classroom and provide my students with an engaging and meaningful learning experience. This is truly an amazing gift, and we are incredibly thankful for your generosity and support.\r\nMy transitional kindergarten (TK) students are still developing their fine motor skills and oral language abilities, so these LEGO sets are the perfect tools to help our littles show what they know and have learned. Through building and creating, they are able to share their ideas, practice communicating with others, and use their storytelling skills to explain and describe what they created with their LEGO bricks.\r\nYour generosity is making learning more exciting, hands-on, and meaningful for my students. Most importantly, you are helping create moments of joy, confidence, creativity, and unforgettable happiness in their young lives.\r\nThank you for believing in our students and helping bring our project to life. We are truly blessed to have your support and to have such generous people invest in the learning and growth of our littlest learners.","fullyFundedDate":1782401802679,"projectUrl":"project/improving-oral-language-through-storytel/10299170/","projectTitle":"Improving Oral Language Through Storytelling With LEGO Bricks","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Koenig","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1138300_orig.jpg?crop=1226,1226,x401,y35&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1588639645647","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/www-donorschoose-orgpakoenig"},{"teacherId":1138300,"projectId":10299169,"letterContent":"It is with the biggest smile on my face that I say thank you for donating to our project, \"Storytelling Through Legos.\" I am beyond thrilled to bring these new Lego sets to my students and help provide a better learning experience for all of our students. This is an amazing gift and we are so thankful.\r\n\r\nMy transitional kindergarten (TK) students are still developing their fine motor skills and oral language development, so these Lego sets are just the perfect solution to help our littles show what they have learned. They are able to share out and use their storytelling skills to explain what they created with their Legos. \r\n\r\nThank you for helping me bring unforgettable happiness into my students' lives. We are truly bless to have you fund our project.","fullyFundedDate":1782152808043,"projectUrl":"project/storytelling-through-legos/10299169/","projectTitle":"Storytelling Through Legos","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Koenig","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1138300_orig.jpg?crop=1226,1226,x401,y35&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1588639645647","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/www-donorschoose-orgpakoenig"},{"teacherId":1138300,"projectId":10299173,"letterContent":"It is such a blessing that our project, \"Can I Have a Snack, Please?\" got funded all thanks to you. When the snack boxes arrived, my students were so delighted to see all the new snacks you help buy for us. Most importantly, they were very excited that kind people like you are helping them get snacks to help them stay focus and do well in school instead of being hungry.\r\n\r\nThank you for providing lots yummy snacks. They love all the wonderful snacks to help them stay energize for more learning in the long afternoons because we have lunch at 10:00 and we end school at 1:16pm. It is such a long time to wait for food at home. Having these snacks are helping my students to not be hungry and have brain power to continue learning, especially when we had show and tell this week to learn more about our new classmates.\r\n\r\nAgain, thank you for showing my students that you care. We appreciate your generosity. Most of all, thank you for picking my project to donation to.","fullyFundedDate":1784236779643,"projectUrl":"project/can-i-have-a-snack-please/10299173/","projectTitle":"Can I Have a Snack, Please?","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Koenig","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1138300_orig.jpg?crop=1226,1226,x401,y35&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1588639645647","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/www-donorschoose-orgpakoenig"},{"teacherId":1138300,"projectId":10199110,"letterContent":"Thank you again for making this amazing opportunity possible for my students and all the students in our school. The supplies were absolutely incredible. We were able to make over 200 welcome bags for new students. The office says the response from families when the new student is given a bag has been tremendous. The student immediately feels welcomed and excited for their first day.\r\n\r\nWe have done character lessons to teach the students how to greet and care for new students on campus.\r\n\r\nThank you for providing the supplies to make our school campus one that truly welcomes new students!","fullyFundedDate":1784567444356,"projectUrl":"project/sending-happy-message-to-welcome-new-stu/10199110/","projectTitle":"Sending Happy Message to Welcome New Students at School","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Koenig","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1138300_orig.jpg?crop=1226,1226,x401,y35&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1588639645647","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/www-donorschoose-orgpakoenig"},{"teacherId":1138300,"projectId":10338445,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your wonderful donation and support to project, \"Storytelling for Transitional Kindergartner!\" My students and I appreciate your kindness. I started printing out some items from Teacherspayteacher.com that will not only help with storytelling but help enhance students love for learning with STEAM. I am also done printing them out and waiting for more ink to arrive so I can print the rest. This way, I can start laminating them to keep the resources safe so we can use them year after year in our academic centers. \r\n\r\nI was able to get a whole year set of STEAM activities for our science center so students can practice retelling what they will learn in our monthly ELA and reading picture books about pumpkins, plants/trees, shells, different holidays, human body, colors, apples, buildings, magnets, insects, snow/winter and etc. Every year, my students love to retell stories about what from read aloud books with each other. This year, they will get more opportunities to retell what they learn while getting their minds and hands busy in our science center. It is going to so priceless to see them not just engaged but excited to take what they have learned into exploring them through the eyes of a young scientists.\r\n\r\nOnce again, thank you so much for your generosity and kindness. Without your support and donation, these digital resources would not be available for me to print out for my students to have. 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About this school
Hemet Elementary School is
a suburban public school
in Hemet, California that is part of Hemet Unified School District.
It serves 766 students
in grades Pre-K - 5.
Its teachers have had 978 projects funded on DonorsChoose.
Supporting this school will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.
Public School
Title 1
Data about Title 1 status comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education.
Grades Pre-K - 5
766 Students
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633 E Kimball AveContact info is sourced from our partners at MDR Education, and DonorsChoose updates our site ahead of each school year.
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of students receive free or reduced price lunch
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84%
of students are Black, Latino, Native
American, or Asian
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Hemet Elementary School Support on DonorsChoose
Last updated Aug 31, 2026
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Hemet Elementary School
$243,099
raised using DonorsChoose
978
projects
funded
65
teachers
funded
1,058
donors
113
projects
for
basic supplies
100
projects for
technology
155
projects for
books
115
projects
for
art supplies
Hemet Elementary School has received support from
494 individuals from California and
564 individuals out-of-state.