{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Keonepoko Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":35.8,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":10249398,"projectId":10284085,"letterContent":"Thank you so much! For your generous donation. My students have spent the first week of school diving into a true true literary classic, my side of the mountain. It has given us an opportunity to have productive conversations about new vocabulary and literary devices. Having books for all of my students has also given each student an opportunity to follow along and improve literacy. \r\n\r\nLast year, my students loved following along to the stories we read in class. However, they did not have a copy of their own to follow along in and at times they would get lost. Now, I can point to their own copy and show them where we are. Students are now more invested in the story and, without realizing it, their literacy is growing little by little. \r\n\r\nThere was a neck and neck vote between My side of the Mountain and Kiki's Delivery Service. We look forward to reading Kiki's Delivery Service later this year. \r\n\r\nThank you again, we are truly in your debt.","fullyFundedDate":1779302305193,"projectUrl":"project/robots-mountains-and-broomsticks-oh-m/10284085/","projectTitle":"Robots, Mountains, and Broomsticks, oh my!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Kyle","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10249398_orig.jpg?crop=2160,2160,x243,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1757397246218","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10249398"},{"teacherId":4823658,"projectId":8216431,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your incredible generosity in supporting our classroom library project! Because of your kindness, our students are now surrounded by engaging, colorful books that bring excitement to our room every single day. These new resources are used constantly throughout our daily routines—during independent reading, focused small-group instruction, and interactive whole-class read-alouds. It has been a joy watching the children explore the shelves, discover topics that speak directly to their personal interests, and light up with pride as they choose their own reading adventures.\r\n\r\nYour gift has impacted far more than just our academic growth; it has nurtured our students' emotional development as well. \"The Little Dot\" books about emotions have become an invaluable cornerstone of our Social-Emotional Learning (SEL). These stories have given our young learners the language and tools they need to recognize, talk about, and manage their feelings in a healthy way. Seeing the kids connect with these characters and apply those lessons to their everyday interactions in the classroom has been truly inspiring.\r\n\r\nBeyond our own four walls, your generosity helped build meaningful connections across our entire school community. We partnered with 6th-grade reading buddies who came down to sit and share these books with our kindergarteners. This collaboration not only created a warm, supportive sense of community, but it also showed our youngest readers just how fun and magical reading can be when shared with others. Thank you again for investing in our students, enriching our classroom, and helping us cultivate a lifelong love of learning!","fullyFundedDate":1708023011685,"projectUrl":"project/grow-our-kindergarten-library/8216431/","projectTitle":"Grow Our Kindergarten Library","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Hinton","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-ahinton"},{"teacherId":4823658,"projectId":6870851,"letterContent":"Mahalo for all of your kindness! These donations allowed our students to have an abundance of recess equipment and the most wonderful thing, A HUGE PARACHUTE! I hope many of you remember the joy of those giant parachutes from our childhood! It was absolutely the most cherished item that we acquired thanks to your generosity! \r\n\r\nThe kiddos got to enjoy recess, use equipment while building prosocial skills, and learn science concepts such as push & pull, gravity, and many other concepts! \r\n\r\nI will forever be grateful for your generosity and am grateful that it brought so much joy to my students!","fullyFundedDate":1666489601528,"projectUrl":"project/rescue-recess/6870851/","projectTitle":"Rescue Recess","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Hinton","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-ahinton"},{"teacherId":7755266,"projectId":10156699,"letterContent":"Thank you so much! My students were super excited when they saw the boxes arriving into the classroom. They couldn't wait to start doing all the fun activities. \r\n\r\nThey really enjoyed creating fossils with the different supplies that they were later able to take home and show their parents and family members. Everyday they would ask what else they would be able to do, they really enjoyed the Dino dig. It really helped them to get into learning about dinosaurs and really made the learning more hands on and fun.","fullyFundedDate":1777491664516,"projectUrl":"project/summer-with-dinos/10156699/","projectTitle":"Summer With Dinos","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Nakamoto","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7755266"},{"teacherId":8818977,"projectId":10114090,"letterContent":"Mahalo for your incredible generosity! Your support provides our students with a steady supply of protein bars to curb hunger and distractions. Our classroom is always buzzing with energy, and students push themselves through tough academic challenges every day. To keep up the momentum, they need lasting nutrition rather than just a quick snack. Thanks to you, we can make sure hunger never stands in the way of a student's ability to learn.\r\n\r\nHaving these snacks available keeps everyone focused and ready to participate. Protein is excellent fuel for growing minds, keeping concentration steady and helping kids work together. By taking care of this basic need, you have given our students a solid foundation to engage fully with their lessons. We are deeply grateful for your investment in our classroom's daily success!","fullyFundedDate":1778061125951,"projectUrl":"project/fueling-focused-thinkers/10114090/","projectTitle":"Fueling Focused Thinkers","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Delacruz","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8818977_orig.jpg?crop=2307,2308,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1667161208852","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8818977"},{"teacherId":10439071,"projectId":10111688,"letterContent":"Our students were thrilled to receive the robots! Being that it was so late in the school year, we didn't get to do as much as I had hoped, but these resources still made a massive impact. It was wonderful for the students to build their foundational coding skills in a virtual world on Code.org, but being able to transition to hands-on, collaborative problem-solving with physical robots in the classroom was exactly what they needed to make that conceptual connection even stronger.\r\n\r\nWatching students who normally struggle with abstract concepts suddenly light up as they watched their code come to life in the physical world was incredible. They learned how to troubleshoot errors together, communication skyrocketed, and they are already eager to dive even deeper into robotics next term. Thank you for sparking this passion for STEM in our classroom!","fullyFundedDate":1771787340383,"projectUrl":"project/robotics-for-the-computer-science-classr/10111688/","projectTitle":"Robotics for the Computer Science Classroom","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Bell","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10439071_orig.jpg?crop=1242,1242,x0,y484&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1771551265088","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10439071"},{"teacherId":9370683,"projectId":10103537,"letterContent":"Mahalo Nui Loa for funding our attendance challenge incentive. Your generous contribution has left an indelible mark on our haumana here at school. The students look forward at spinning our attendance wheel every time they earn it. They earn spins by achieving 4 perfect attendance days in their class. Popcorn is always a crowd favorite, and the quick grab and go delivery makes it a favorite for teachers as well because of the quick turn around time that minimizes lost instructional time during the school day. Mahalo again for making these fun, exciting, and engaging attendance incentives a possibility for us!","fullyFundedDate":1771515073422,"projectUrl":"project/4ward-challenge-attendance-incentive/10103537/","projectTitle":"4ward Challenge Attendance Incentive","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Asakura","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9370683"},{"teacherId":2049725,"projectId":10103431,"letterContent":"I cannot thank you enough for your incredible generosity in bringing our shave ice project to life. When the packages of bright, colorful syrups and supplies arrived, my students were absolutely ecstatic. There was an immediate buzz of excitement in the air as they read the flavors and realized it was just for them. For a group of students who work so hard to navigate daily challenges, seeing these resources arrive made them feel incredibly seen, valued, and celebrated.\r\n\r\nWe put these resources to work for a special community celebration to reward our students' hard work and great attendance. The shave ice station became the ultimate shared experience—students were laughing, comparing tongue colors, and cheering each other on as they customized their treats. It completely transformed the energy on campus, breaking up the traditional school routine and replacing it with pure joy. It wasn't just about a sweet treat; it was a tangible reminder to them that \"being here\" matters and is worth celebrating.\r\n\r\nNow that we've had this amazing community-building moment, our next step is to channel this positive energy into our upcoming end-of-year goals. We are using the memory of this celebration to keep momentum high, tracking our daily attendance and support for one another as we wrap up our current academic units. Your support didn't just fund syrup and ice supplies; it created a core school memory that proved to my students how much their community believes in them. Thank you for making our school a more vibrant place to belong!","fullyFundedDate":1771439799593,"projectUrl":"project/shaving-away-absences-one-treat-at-a-ti/10103431/","projectTitle":"Shaving Away Absences: One Treat at a Time","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Lally","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2049725_orig.jpg?crop=1673,1673,x70,y221&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1690592270913","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2049725"},{"teacherId":6269118,"projectId":10110341,"letterContent":"I'd like to thank you for your kind contribution to our classroom. The students are very thankful to have a sturdy mailbox for their work, notices, and forms to be delivered into. We are also very excited to have a new shelf to store books. \r\n\r\nMy students were eager to unbox the items and help put them together. They helped organize the parts and read the directions in order to assemble the shelf. \r\n\r\nIt really means a lot to our keiki to see projects like this beautify and organize our class.","fullyFundedDate":1771761606765,"projectUrl":"project/building-an-organized-space-for-big-lear/10110341/","projectTitle":"Building an Organized Space for Big Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Erickson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6269118_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1646442425270","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6269118"},{"teacherId":1937613,"projectId":4133992,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting my classroom and my students, providing prize box items really encourages students to work hard to earn and new prize, especially at these young ages. Being able to change out the prize items also really motivates them to want to be able to get something new. Without the support of donations like yours I would not be able to make this happen. My students and I are very grateful for any donations and I feel absolutely thrilled to be able to meet my students needs through the use of donors choose and with the support of people like you. Thank you again. :)","fullyFundedDate":1559067744280,"projectUrl":"project/prize-box-goodies/4133992/","projectTitle":"Prize Box Goodies!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Laminman","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1937613_orig.png?crop=1008,1008,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1707954578228","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1937613"},{"teacherId":6269118,"projectId":9935769,"letterContent":"My students are very pleased with the options they now have to eat snacks when they are hungry. Several students have come to school without breakfast and have been able to access a quick snack to help them get through the morning. With access to a snack they are able to learn instead of listening to the rumble in their bellies. \r\n\r\nStudents used to feel ashamed to ask and be shy about saying they were hungry. Now they are at ease knowing that they will not go hungry and it is available anytime they need. This has really helped students concentrate on school rather than hunger. \r\n\r\nThank you for your generous donation to our students.","fullyFundedDate":1766067634468,"projectUrl":"project/nourish-our-keiki/9935769/","projectTitle":"Nourish Our Keiki","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Erickson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6269118_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1646442425270","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6269118"},{"teacherId":7755266,"projectId":10105539,"letterContent":"My students are super excited about the new resources that we got. They were super excited to see the boxes coming into the classroom and wanted to know what was inside of them. When I started opening the boxes, they kept asking when we would be able to do those new things. \r\n\r\nWhen the students come back from spring break, we are going to make dino eggs with the balloons and newspaper. Students will be able to make an egg the size that they want and after it dries, they will be able to paint it whatever color they want. Perfect for Easter. They are also really excited to create fossils using the dinosaurs and clay. \r\n\r\nThank you so much for your support, my students and I really appreciate it. 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