{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Huegel Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":28.7,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":5380428,"projectId":9747280,"letterContent":"The materials we received immediately elevated the energy and excitement in our room-students were more motivated, more curious and more confident in their abilities. \r\nIn addition, the project helped build a stronger sense of community. Students saw that people outside of our classroom believed in them and wanted to invest in their success and that message made a powerful difference!\r\nIn short, this Donors Choose project didn't just provide materials-it created meaningful experiences, boosted student confidence, and helped create the kind of classroom every child deserves.","fullyFundedDate":1762267598847,"projectUrl":"project/bright-busy-and-beautiful/9747280/","projectTitle":"Bright, Busy and Beautiful","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Stair","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5380428_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1744294866463","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5380428"},{"teacherId":9831456,"projectId":9112560,"letterContent":"These materials have helped my students settle into the school year by allowing me to set up and organize a welcoming space for them. It has also supported their engagement and regulation in their general education classrooms.\r\n\r\nWe have started the school year off great and are ready to continue that in October and for the rest of our school year. Your support with materials will help us throughout the year and years to come as well.\r\n\r\nI can't express how much I appreciate you all and my students appreciate all the fun things as well!","fullyFundedDate":1743480940268,"projectUrl":"project/regulation-and-engagement/9112560/","projectTitle":"Regulation and Engagement!:)","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Wong","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-9_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9831456"},{"teacherId":5380428,"projectId":9245757,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous contribution to our project, Drop Everything and Read. Because of your support, we were able to receive new books that are already making a big impact on our students. \r\nOur classroom is now filled with excitement and curiosity as students dive into stories that inspire them, challenge their thinking and help them grow as readers. Your donation has not only provided materials but has also helped build a lifelong love of reading. \r\nWe are truly grateful for your kindness and investment in our students' futures.","fullyFundedDate":1745017528685,"projectUrl":"project/dear-drop-everything-and-read/9245757/","projectTitle":"DEAR - Drop Everything and Read!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Stair","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5380428_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1744294866463","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5380428"},{"teacherId":5380428,"projectId":9275117,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donations! I could not be more grateful for your generosity. Before Donors Choose, I would be spending a lot of my own money to purchase these items for my students. \r\nNow my small group \"book clubs\" can read updated, interesting and fun books. These are high interest books! \r\nMy goal is to instill a life long love of reading and learning. These books will help foster that! These are books that are for all my students, kids who are reading at grade level as well as students not quite there yet.","fullyFundedDate":1746787202601,"projectUrl":"project/the-best-book-club/9275117/","projectTitle":"The Best Book Club!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Stair","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5380428_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1744294866463","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5380428"},{"teacherId":5029003,"projectId":8925182,"letterContent":"The donation of flexible seating chairs, soft lighting, and books has had a transformative impact on the classroom environment. With the introduction of flexible seating, students are now able to choose spaces that best suit their learning styles—whether it's a cozy chair for independent reading, a collaborative spot for group work, or a quiet corner for focused study. This level of autonomy has noticeably boosted student engagement, comfort, and motivation. By fostering a sense of ownership over their learning space, the classroom has become a more inclusive and student-centered environment.\r\n\r\nThe addition of soft lighting has also contributed to creating a calm and welcoming atmosphere. It reduces the harshness of traditional overhead lighting, helping students feel more relaxed and focused. Paired with a diverse selection of books, this new environment encourages a love of reading and deeper exploration of literature. The books have expanded our classroom library, offering students greater access to high-interest texts across various genres and reading levels. Overall, this donation has not only enhanced the physical space but has also enriched the emotional and academic well-being of every student.","fullyFundedDate":1739455275687,"projectUrl":"project/mental-health-supports-for-the-classroom/8925182/","projectTitle":"Mental Health Supports for the Classroom","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Malaise","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5029003_orig.jpg?crop=455,455,x647,y121&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1750691332090","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/jennifer-malaise"},{"teacherId":6648471,"projectId":8965863,"letterContent":"Thank you for inspiring the first graders in Room 128 to complete puzzles! The students work in small groups and with partners to finish each puzzle. Some of these children had never worked on a puzzle and learned to find edge pieces, sort by colors and to try and try again!\r\nWe use puzzle time during indoor winter Wisconsin recesses, free choice time and center rotations. Puzzle making has become a favorite activity. Parents are impressed to know their 6 year old can complete 24, 63 and 100 piece puzzles!\r\nYour generosity has touched a whole group of creative little learners. Thank you again and again!","fullyFundedDate":1733231139320,"projectUrl":"project/puzzle-play-in-first-grade/8965863/","projectTitle":"Puzzle Play in First Grade","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Goulette","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-6_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6648471"},{"teacherId":5380428,"projectId":9045201,"letterContent":"I'm eternally grateful for your generosity. With the recent funding of this project my students are loving the craft supplies, bingo daubers and gel pens. Their creativity has soared and they are excited to use these items! \r\nMy students who have different needs, enjoy sitting in the green bucket chairs while doing their work, wearing the noise canceling headphones. \r\nWe were in need of new headphones for our computers, so these have gone to great use. \r\nThe book series Bad Guys and Ivy and Bean have become classroom favorites!\r\nAgain, thank you so much for your support!","fullyFundedDate":1739455238620,"projectUrl":"project/alternate-seating-stem-tools-and-headp/9045201/","projectTitle":"Alternate Seating, STEM tools, and Headphones for Harmonious Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Stair","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5380428_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1744294866463","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5380428"},{"teacherId":5380428,"projectId":8925438,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your support and generosity. Having a program like this helps me create the classroom that my students need, want and deserve. \r\nInstead of using the harsh overhead lights, the stand lights create a much more comfortable and pleasant environment. The books we received were an instant hit and I frequently hear facts about the mammals and reptiles in them. The stem toys help my scholars with their critical thinking skills. \r\nAgain, I'm grateful and honored that you chose our classroom community to support!","fullyFundedDate":1735436647228,"projectUrl":"project/flexible-seating-for-focused-learning-c/8925438/","projectTitle":"Flexible Seating for Focused Learning: Creating a Classroom for Everyone","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Stair","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5380428_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1744294866463","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5380428"},{"teacherId":8936678,"projectId":8650830,"letterContent":"I can't begin to tell you how grateful my students and I are to have received your generous donations! We are a veritable whirlwind of activity and learning! My kindergarteners are planning and building bridges for the glass lizard: an reptile that is threatened in Wisconsin due, in part, to their preference for black surfaces - highways and roads- to soak up the sun. The students are engineering designs to keep the lizards from crawling on the roads while simultaneously creating small, lizard sized bridges for them to safely gather sunrays! \r\nMy first graders are studying the bee to figure out how it uses sound and vibrations to open up tomato plants so that they can collect the pollen inside the flower! They wonder about the interconnectivity of the natural world. \r\nMy second graders spent today designing personalized 'fidget pencils' so they can concentrate better when they are reading and writing. During the last semester they were hard at work testing out materials to create a recipe for strong and durable glue with evidence about the properties of each substance - both heated and cooled! \r\nMy third graders are using the concept of balanced forces to create a strong bridge that can hold a container of pennies! Next week they will display their bridges to a real engineer who will give them 'pointers' on their own projects as well as tell them more about what being a real bridge designer is. She will also show them by example that an engineer can be a woman and a mom! \r\nMy fourth graders are building a model of an eyeball and then thinking about what could change (using systems thinking) to allow the eyeball to see in the dark, see more colors, see farther and/or more focused as well as other possible differences within the animal kingdom when it comes to survival in a specific environment. \r\nLast, our fifth graders have been testing out different substances, examining solubility, mixes that can create new substances as well as 'zooming in' to see these substances at the molecular level! They are using the materials donated to invent a phone finder, a wind-powered car and a tool belt for use in the classroom! \r\nWith all of these projects ongoing, students can explore new ideas and use their creativity within the makerspace portion of our classroom. Students were thrilled to get the building rods to create new structures, the magnets and magnet rods to test magnetism, engineering design and creativity. My younger students loved creating a marble maze on the magnetic white board to collaborate to force the balls to go in different areas of longer distances. Some students made a connection using the the cross cutting concept of energy and matter when they used the pixels to create large pictures made from tiny cubes of color! \r\nThe generous donations have enabled the students to dig deeper into their own questions and thinking that originate from their own experiences with tangible malleable tools! 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