{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Kihei Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":54.8,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":10084872,"projectId":10106841,"letterContent":"Thanks to your generous support, our classroom has been transformed with resources that make learning more engaging, creative, and accessible for all students. Our new classroom printer has made a huge impact by allowing me to quickly provide meaningful, differentiated materials that meet students right where they are. Whether it's printing phonics activities, math practice, or creative projects, students now have immediate access to the tools they need to practice and grow. This has helped maximize our learning time and keep students engaged throughout the day.\r\n\r\nThe air dry clay has been one of the most exciting additions for my students. They absolutely love the opportunity to create, build, and express their ideas in a hands-on way. This resource has supported fine motor development, creativity, and confidence as students bring their imaginations to life. Even some of my quieter students have really come alive during these activities, eagerly sharing their creations and ideas with others.\r\n\r\nOverall, these resources have helped create a more dynamic and student-centered classroom environment. My students are more motivated, engaged, and excited to learn each day. Your support has truly made a lasting difference, and I am so grateful for the opportunities you've helped provide for my class.","fullyFundedDate":1771641208204,"projectUrl":"project/classroom-supplies/10106841/","projectTitle":"Classroom Supplies","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Kurtz","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-7_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10084872"},{"teacherId":8363656,"projectId":10106539,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donations for my students' school supplies.\r\nNow the students have the school supplies they need to complete our classroom work. They are using these tools to help them succeed in reading, and writing. Their penmanship are improving more and more with the clipboards and writing tools (magnetic white board, lap whiteboards and clipboards) that were provided, their reading fluency is enhancing more and more with these wonderful tools. \r\nTheir eyes lit up when they saw their new tools that were provided to them to help them throughout the school year. \r\nAgain, thank you so much for making our classroom more and more homey to our students, where they can learn more and more everyday!","fullyFundedDate":1771785687550,"projectUrl":"project/essentials-for-next-school-year/10106539/","projectTitle":"Essentials for Next School Year","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Fulgencio","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-9_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8363656"},{"teacherId":5737755,"projectId":10107893,"letterContent":"This new library has already made a meaningful impact. Students are excited to explore new stories, discover authors they've never read before, and develop a deeper love for reading. The joy on their faces as they select books that truly interest them is something I wish you could see firsthand—it's a direct result of your generosity.\r\n\r\nYour contribution goes far beyond providing books; you are helping to foster curiosity, confidence, and a lifelong passion for learning. For many of our students, these books open doors to new perspectives and opportunities they may not otherwise have experienced.\r\n\r\nThank you for believing in our students and investing in their futures. Your support truly makes a difference every single day in our classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1771683575200,"projectUrl":"project/classroom-library/10107893/","projectTitle":"Classroom Library","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Hoffert","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5737755_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1677802108002","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/nhoffert"},{"teacherId":8974758,"projectId":9775912,"letterContent":"Thanks to your generosity, my students now have access to high-interest books that truly meet them where they are as readers. These new texts allow me to explicitly teach and reinforce essential skills such as fluency, decoding, comprehension, and vocabulary in a way that feels engaging rather than frustrating. With leveled and culturally relevant books about Hawaiʻi, students are able to make meaningful connections, which strengthens both their understanding and their confidence. The containers you helped provide are also making a big difference by keeping our books organized, protected, and easy for students to access.\r\n\r\nIn my classroom, reading is active, supportive, and student-centered. We work in small groups where students practice reading aloud, build fluency through repeated readings, and discuss what they've read to deepen comprehension. The excitement is real—students eagerly come to group, often asking if they can take books home or read just one more page. Having access to books that interest them has transformed reading from a challenge into something they look forward to. The hand vacuum has also been incredibly helpful in quickly cleaning up small messes, helping us maintain a tidy and welcoming reading space.\r\n\r\nSeveral of my students who previously struggled the most are now showing incredible growth and enthusiasm. One student who was once hesitant to read aloud now volunteers regularly, while another proudly tracks their increasing reading speed and accuracy. These moments are powerful reminders that the right resources—and a well-organized, comfortable environment—can truly change a child's relationship with reading. Your support has made this possible, and I am so grateful.","fullyFundedDate":1760116667658,"projectUrl":"project/clean-organized-and-engaging-leveled-r/9775912/","projectTitle":"Clean, Organized, and Engaging Leveled Readers for Growing Minds","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Dawn Renee Henderson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8974758_orig.jpg?crop=1814,1814,x1747,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1754943425597","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8974758"},{"teacherId":8826229,"projectId":10106233,"letterContent":"Thanks to your contribution, our students are going to benefit in several areas of the school. One of the popcorn sets is for our computer science classroom and the other for special education.\r\n\r\nThank you for supporting our lowest level learners and our students in the deaf and hard of hearing program with tools and rewards for learning to write.\r\nHandwriting without tears is a research based program and the concrete letters, workbooks, and teacher tools will allow us to follow the program with success.\r\n\r\nWe are so excited for our new sentence writing materials.\r\n\r\nThank you!","fullyFundedDate":1771772643242,"projectUrl":"project/writing-time/10106233/","projectTitle":"Writing Time","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Marchand","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8826229_orig.png?crop=528,528,x0,y45&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1667602388603","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8826229"},{"teacherId":4825181,"projectId":10020446,"letterContent":"While a library is built on its collection, it is defined by its community. Before your contribution, our seating was very limited. In fact, our library is in a temporary building and has been for years. I only have 4 chairs, which has been a challenge for students with hardly any space for them to sit except on the floor. Today, I saw older students, younger students and even a teacher's aide sit on the little chairs that were provided. I am so grateful for the few pieces I was able to receive. Furniture is so costly and these pieces really brightened up our space and made it much more welcoming. Thank you so much for your kindness and generosity.","fullyFundedDate":1771441825284,"projectUrl":"project/grow-the-library-enrich-young-minds-for/10020446/","projectTitle":"Grow the Library, Enrich Young Minds for the Future","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Pau","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4825181_orig.jpg?crop=3024,3024,x0,y504&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1722585019560","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4825181"},{"teacherId":8829037,"projectId":8888944,"letterContent":"Thank you for supporting our classroom! \r\nThe Lego kit will expand what I already have allowing students to grow with their engineering skills!\r\nThe white boards, colored pencils and reward stickers are supplies that will help with our math curriculum with having options to show our learning of the standards. The students and I are looking forward to using these supplies, building with the Lego, and earning some really cool new stickers.\r\n\r\nThank you for supporting our learning and making school a place we want to be.","fullyFundedDate":1729399866041,"projectUrl":"project/classroom-upgrade/8888944/","projectTitle":"Classroom Upgrade","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Espinoza","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-9_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8829037"},{"teacherId":7941123,"projectId":9988183,"letterContent":"Mahalo for your generous support in helping supply my classroom with supplies to provide project-based learning opportunities. In our classroom, we have used these materials to create poster boards of what we are learning in class. Right now, students are learning how to research and are creating an informative animal poster report. We also celebrated girls' day, a Japanese Holiday, where we used the construction paper to make flowers to pass out to the girls to share our appreciation. \r\n\r\nMy students were excited to see our construction paper drawer filled up and were excited to see the big poster board they were going to use for upcoming projects. This was the first time they had ever had a poster this board to work on. \r\n\r\nOur next project will be about fossils, and we will continue to use these resources to enhance student mastery. Students will continue to create and present their works to the classroom.\r\n\r\nThank you again for all of your support. \\","fullyFundedDate":1769751580617,"projectUrl":"project/classroom-basic-supplies-for-student-sha/9988183/","projectTitle":"Classroom basic supplies for student shared learning opportunities","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. L","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/missnunez"},{"teacherId":3341480,"projectId":10103935,"letterContent":"Thanks for your genours gift to our special education classroom.\r\n\r\nThank you for supporting our classroom with all kinds of hands-on experiences that will allow our low level learners to have things to write about.\r\nMany of our students would rather do anything other than write. These toys, puzzels, crafts, games, and supplies will allow for a hands on approch to what they will write about. They can be used for informational, informative, opinion, and non fiction writing. The added bonus is that in many cases, they will be able to take home the project with the writing!","fullyFundedDate":1771600404784,"projectUrl":"project/writing-what-we-do/10103935/","projectTitle":"Writing What We Do","teacherDisplayName":"Dr. Aronin","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3341480_orig.jpg?crop=3024,3024,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1663451127056","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3341480"},{"teacherId":10294404,"projectId":10103997,"letterContent":"Thank you for the donation to help the classes reading corner. The kids love the \"I survived\" series so having new books will help us to continue learning about history and keeping the kids excited. The new binders will help them keep all their reading materials in one place, that they can decorate with their names. We have story time every day and its so important for the group to continue doing it because they get a chance to continue improving their skills and talking about the books with their classmates.","fullyFundedDate":1771458866216,"projectUrl":"project/reading-center/10103997/","projectTitle":"Reading Center","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Rice","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10294404"},{"teacherId":6398458,"projectId":10103421,"letterContent":"I cannot begin to describe how excited the students were to receive these items. I left it as a surprise, so every time they opened a box, they were more and more pumped. \r\n\r\nEven though we also got some fun flexible seating chairs, the snacks definitely took the top spot of \"favorite item\" that was donated to our room. A lot of our students come from low income, and most families in Hawaii experience some level of food insecurities. I only have the students for about six hours a day, but at least I can help alleviate some of that stress. \r\n\r\nStudents cannot learn without their basic needs being met, so an organized classroom filled with useful supplies and snacks is exactly what they needed!","fullyFundedDate":1771439877140,"projectUrl":"project/mid-year-restock/10103421/","projectTitle":"Mid Year Restock","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Rajski","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6398458_orig.jpg?crop=894,894,x3,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1555906477170","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6398458"},{"teacherId":9135530,"projectId":9778107,"letterContent":"Kindergarten has evolved dramatically in the 30 years I have been teaching. While our \"Littles\" now face much more rigorous academic instruction, your generous donation ensures they don't lose the vital social development that happens during playtime.\r\n\r\nThanks to your support, our classroom has been transformed into a vibrant center for building, creating, and connecting. My students are now more motivated than ever to complete their learning tasks. They are actively practicing our Leader in Me Habit 3: Put First Things First, learning the valuable lesson of \"Work First, Then Play.\" They know that once their hard work is done, a world of blocks, art, and collaborative play is waiting for them. \r\n\r\nThank you for recognizing that social growth is just as important as academic success. Your kindness has truly preserved the joy of the Kindergarten experience for my class. \r\n\r\nMahalo for your generous support for our children's education!","fullyFundedDate":1759608261713,"projectUrl":"project/lights-color-action/9778107/","projectTitle":"Lights! 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