{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Kings Ridge Preparatory Academy","outOfStateSupporters":29.4,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":9933624,"projectId":10623088,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our classroom through our STEM Supply project! Your generosity has provided our students with exciting opportunities to explore science, develop problem-solving skills, and take responsibility for their learning environment.\r\n\r\nThe solar STEM kits allow students to explore renewable energy and discover how sunlight can be transformed into usable energy. These hands-on materials help bring science concepts to life and encourage students to ask questions, make predictions, test their ideas, and learn through experimentation. Our students are excited to explore how solar energy works and how it can help create a cleaner, more sustainable future.\r\n\r\nThe broom and dustpan are also valuable additions to our classroom. They help students learn the importance of keeping their learning space clean, organized, and safe. By taking turns cleaning up after activities, students practice responsibility, teamwork, and independence while developing habits that will benefit them beyond the classroom.\r\n\r\nOur next step is to use the solar STEM kits for hands-on investigations. Students will explore how light affects solar-powered devices, observe what happens when the amount of sunlight changes, and discuss how solar energy can be used in everyday life. We look forward to encouraging them to ask questions, share observations, and connect their discoveries to real-world environmental challenges.\r\n\r\nYour support makes learning more meaningful by giving our students the opportunity to learn by doing. Thank you for investing in our classroom, supporting our young scientists, and helping us create a learning environment where curiosity, creativity, and responsibility can grow. We truly appreciate your kindness and generosity!","fullyFundedDate":1790603170401,"projectUrl":"project/stem-supply/10623088/","projectTitle":"Stem Supply","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Maini","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9933624_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1789051690747","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9933624"},{"teacherId":9933624,"projectId":10585232,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our project, A Rainbow of Learning: Help Us Get a Color Printer! Your generosity has made learning more engaging, interactive, and accessible for our students. We are incredibly grateful for your investment in our classroom and our students' success.\r\nThe color printer helps us create colorful worksheets, science diagrams, visual aids, graphic organizers, and hands-on learning activities that make complex concepts easier to understand. These resources are especially valuable in science, where students benefit from seeing detailed illustrations, labeled diagrams, and real-world examples. Colorful materials also help students stay focused, recognize patterns, and connect new information to what they already know.\r\nWhat excites our students most is seeing their learning come to life through bright, visually appealing materials. They enjoy working with colorful activities, exploring science concepts through pictures and diagrams, and completing assignments that make learning feel fun and meaningful. These resources encourage curiosity, creativity, and active participation in classroom activities.\r\nThis technology is particularly helpful for students who benefit from visual learning, including English language learners and students with diverse learning needs. Color-coded instructions, illustrated vocabulary, and clearly organized materials help them follow lessons more independently and build confidence in their abilities. Watching students become more engaged and enthusiastic when learning feels accessible and enjoyable is truly rewarding.\r\nYour kindness has helped us create a more inclusive and stimulating learning environment where every student has an opportunity to participate, explore, and succeed. Thank you for believing in our students and helping us bring a rainbow of learning into our classroom. Your support makes a meaningful difference every day!","fullyFundedDate":1790603082073,"projectUrl":"project/a-rainbow-of-learning-help-us-get-a-col/10585232/","projectTitle":"A Rainbow of Learning: Help us Get A Color Printer","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Maini","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9933624_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1789051690747","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9933624"},{"teacherId":9207036,"projectId":10514152,"letterContent":"My students were so excited when they first saw the new materials! They immediately started asking what we were going to create and, of course, they were also very excited to see the new rewards for our classroom treasure box. It was wonderful to see how something as simple as new supplies could create so much excitement and motivation in our classroom.\r\n\r\nWe are currently using the STEM materials as we work through hands-on science and engineering activities. One of our current projects has students designing, testing, and improving paper airplanes. They are collecting data from their test flights, discussing which designs work best, and using what they learn to create a final group design. Our next steps are to use additional STEM supplies to turn their designs into larger 3D models and continue giving students opportunities to build, test, problem-solve, and work together.\r\n\r\nThe treasure box materials are also helping us celebrate students along the way. Students can earn rewards for positive behavior, participation, effort, and making good choices in class. They love being recognized for their hard work, and the treasure box gives us another fun way to celebrate both academic growth and positive classroom behavior.\r\n\r\nThank you for helping make our classroom a place where students can create, explore, and feel celebrated!","fullyFundedDate":1787177225142,"projectUrl":"project/stem-creations-treasure-box-celebratio/10514152/","projectTitle":"STEM Creations & Treasure Box Celebrations","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Jerrlyn Mae Pahit Libarios","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9207036_orig.png?crop=1024,1024,x81,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1785515790276","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9207036"},{"teacherId":9933624,"projectId":10585039,"letterContent":"I got a laminator and a diffuser for my classroom, and that helps me a lot with laminating stuff that should be going on my walls in my classroom and also laminating their work and many more materials. It also helped me to keep my room fresh with that diffuser that gives like a pleasant aroma to my students. Moreover, I also got laminated sheets .\r\nThat something is going to help my students to get their material laminated while they are working on periodic table and that will be laminated so that that will not ripped off and in case they will use it again .Additionally,in Biology as well they will get to complete punnet squares with help pf step guide which is laminated .That's going to help them to get laminated paper and they can keep with them for a long time, so that's a lot for my classroom at this point. Thank you so much for helping and giving me a chance to work with my students with productive material and supplies.","fullyFundedDate":1789412929095,"projectUrl":"project/flexible-seating-more-learning/10585039/","projectTitle":"Flexible Seating More Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Maini","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9933624_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1789051690747","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9933624"},{"teacherId":9454004,"projectId":10217250,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our classroom through this project! Thanks to your generosity, we now have an air purifier that will help create a cleaner and healthier learning environment for my students and me.\r\n\r\nWhen the air purifier arrived, my students were excited to learn about how it works and why clean air is important. We had a great discussion about germs, air quality, and ways we can help keep our classroom healthy. They were excited to know that we have another tool to help make our classroom a comfortable place to learn.","fullyFundedDate":1778793633782,"projectUrl":"project/breathing-easy-keep-our-classroom-air-c/10217250/","projectTitle":"Breathing Easy: Keep Our Classroom Air Clean and Healthy","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Labastida","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9454004_orig.jpg?crop=3024,3024,x0,y504&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1733242203033","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9454004"},{"teacherId":9454004,"projectId":10194242,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our classroom! My students were incredibly excited when the new resources arrived. As soon as they saw the materials, they immediately began asking questions and brainstorming ways they could use them in class. Their enthusiasm was contagious, and it was wonderful to see how eager they were to start learning with the new tools.\r\n\r\nWe are currently using these resources to support engaging, hands-on learning experiences that encourage collaboration, problem-solving, and creativity. One memorable moment occurred when students worked together on a classroom project and were able to apply concepts they had been learning in a more meaningful and interactive way. The new materials helped bring the lesson to life and allowed students to actively participate rather than simply observe.","fullyFundedDate":1776888659915,"projectUrl":"project/small-acts-big-impact-supporting-our-c/10194242/","projectTitle":"Small Acts, Big Impact: Supporting Our Community","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Labastida","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9454004_orig.jpg?crop=3024,3024,x0,y504&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1733242203033","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9454004"},{"teacherId":7061329,"projectId":8984624,"letterContent":"Living in Arizona, students experience heat daily. It has changed the lives of my students to be able to provide them with a cold drink when they come in from recess or PE. Students have taken on the job of filling water and ice stations to ensure that their peers have something cold to drink. \r\nHaving this water station in my room has impacted my classroom in that far fewer students are leaving the room to get water. Students are staying seated and hydrated, which is important to the learning environment. Thank you for your generous donation! You have made this awesome change possible!","fullyFundedDate":1736943167410,"projectUrl":"project/water-water-everywhere/8984624/","projectTitle":"Water Water Everywhere!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Gober","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7061329_orig.jpg?crop=998,998,x36,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1580225628381","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7061329"},{"teacherId":7061329,"projectId":8971674,"letterContent":"Thank you for funding my scrapbooking project! Your generous donation has allowed my students to experience another type of art that they would not have the opportunity to engage with if not for your kindness. \r\nOur school offers limited art classes, and usually only once a week. With these supplies, we can explore this art form in after school clubs, and it helps prepare students who want to be in our yearbook club to make interesting and exciting page concepts to share with the school. Thank you again for your kindness!","fullyFundedDate":1739373547743,"projectUrl":"project/scrapbooking-club-needs-a-craft-corner/8971674/","projectTitle":"Scrapbooking Club Needs A Craft Corner","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Gober","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7061329_orig.jpg?crop=998,998,x36,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1580225628381","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7061329"},{"teacherId":7061329,"projectId":8967394,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for funding my classroom. My students are incredibly appreciative of the resources they have been given - especially the extra seating! \r\nStudents often have to sit for long periods of time, especially during testing season. With the flexible seating options you have provided, they can do so in comfort, instead of using the chairs provided by the school, which are broken and uncomfortable. Thank you for your continued kindness! It makes a huge difference in the lives of the students in my room today as well as into the future.","fullyFundedDate":1733227939381,"projectUrl":"project/comfortable-seating-active-learning/8967394/","projectTitle":"Comfortable Seating = Active Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Gober","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7061329_orig.jpg?crop=998,998,x36,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1580225628381","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7061329"},{"teacherId":9207036,"projectId":10080481,"letterContent":"The Clean Air, Clear Minds, Ready to Learn\" project created a healthier and more productive classroom environment by improving both air quality and access to essential learning materials. The air purifier and air freshener helped maintain cleaner, fresher air, which supported students' focus, comfort, and overall well-being. Studies show that improving indoor air quality can reduce pollution exposure and enhance student attention and academic performance .\r\n\r\nWith the addition of classroom supplies such as markers, pencils, pencil toppers, and lined paper, students were better equipped to complete their work, stay organized, and actively participate in lessons. These materials allowed me to deliver more engaging activities and ensure that all students had the tools they needed to succeed.\r\n\r\nOverall, this project supported both student health and academic growth by creating a clean, well-equipped, and motivating learning environment where students could thrive.","fullyFundedDate":1776114467354,"projectUrl":"project/clean-air-clear-minds-ready-to-learn/10080481/","projectTitle":"Clean Air, Clear Minds, Ready to Learn","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Jerrlyn Mae Pahit Libarios","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9207036_orig.png?crop=1024,1024,x81,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1785515790276","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9207036"},{"teacherId":9207036,"projectId":10178135,"letterContent":"This project brought motivation and excitement into our classroom through a treasure box filled with candies and chocolates. These rewards were given to students who earned high scores on tests, finished tasks early, helped clean the classroom, or consistently showed responsibility and positive behavior.\r\n\r\nThis system encouraged students to stay engaged, work harder, and make better choices daily. Positive reinforcement through rewards has been shown to increase student motivation and help them repeat good behaviors .\r\n\r\nOverall, Treasure in the Box helped create a positive, supportive classroom where both academic achievement and good character were recognized and celebrated.","fullyFundedDate":1776109592745,"projectUrl":"project/treasure-box-refill/10178135/","projectTitle":"Treasure Box Refill","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Jerrlyn Mae Pahit Libarios","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9207036_orig.png?crop=1024,1024,x81,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1785515790276","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9207036"},{"teacherId":9454004,"projectId":10028307,"letterContent":"This project has made a meaningful difference in how my students experience learning each day. While many of our donors may use technology at home, in our classroom it is used intentionally to support engagement, access, and skill-building. 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