{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Lower Lake Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":19.7,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":6348726,"projectId":10058513,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our TK classroom and helping us create an art center where my students can explore, create, and learn!\r\n\r\nHaving these art materials available to my students has made such a difference in our classroom. At this age, children often have so much they want to share but are still developing the language and writing skills to express all of their ideas. Our art center has given them another way to show their creativity, express themselves, and demonstrate what they are learning. I love watching their confidence grow as they proudly create something that is completely their own.\r\n\r\nThe Play-Doh and Play-Doh tools have also become a favorite part of our classroom! While my students think they are simply playing and having fun, they are strengthening the small muscles in their hands and fingers that they will eventually need for writing, cutting, drawing, and other important classroom skills. Rolling, squeezing, pinching, cutting, and shaping the Play-Doh gives them meaningful fine-motor practice in a way that feels exciting instead of like work.\r\n\r\nThank you for investing in my students and giving them opportunities to learn through creativity and play. Your generosity has helped make our classroom a place where our youngest learners can explore, create, build confidence, and truly enjoy learning.\r\n\r\nWe are so grateful for your support!\r\n\r\nWith appreciation,\r\nMs. Lauwers and her TK students ❤️","fullyFundedDate":1779294030118,"projectUrl":"project/tk-art-center/10058513/","projectTitle":"TK Art Center","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Lauwers","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6348726"},{"teacherId":10345202,"projectId":10289354,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous and thoughtful donations to our classroom! Your support has made it possible to provide our students with much-needed classroom supplies that we would not otherwise have been able to purchase. We are especially grateful for the dramatic play materials, including a cash register and dress-up vests, as well as the language arts hands on alphabet toys.\r\n\r\nThese supplies will make such a meaningful difference in our classroom. The dramatic play materials will encourage our students to use their imaginations, practice social skills, build confidence, and develop language through play. The language arts materials will give them additional opportunities to explore letters, sounds, vocabulary, and early literacy skills in fun and engaging ways. Thank you for investing in our students and helping us create a classroom where they can learn, play, and grow. Your generosity truly makes a difference!","fullyFundedDate":1787179989799,"projectUrl":"project/build-dramatic-play-center/10289354/","projectTitle":"Build Dramatic Play Center","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Doolaege","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10345202_orig.jpg?crop=4284,4284,x0,y714&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1762484223255","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10345202"},{"teacherId":10345202,"projectId":9881074,"letterContent":"Thank you for your incredible contribution. Our students have been so excited to have a planter box in their play area. The seeds have begun sprouting and we have started our plant unit. The students are able to experience growing are carrying for plants first hand. They all want water and care for our plants and look for how it's contributing to our environment. They look for insects and are excited to get the caterpillars and release them when the plants have blooms. \r\nI have waited until the weather was sure to be nice and flowers grown before getting the caterpillars delivered. \r\nYour contribution will have a lasting benefit for our students for years to come as they will be able to use this gardening area again and again. This purchase helps support science, sel, and literature curriculum. Your support is much appreciated and doing great work.","fullyFundedDate":1762925089728,"projectUrl":"project/butterfly-haven/9881074/","projectTitle":"Butterfly Haven","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Doolaege","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10345202_orig.jpg?crop=4284,4284,x0,y714&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1762484223255","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10345202"},{"teacherId":3711997,"projectId":9434689,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous contribution to our classroom and school as a whole. Students now have access to materials necessary to create close classroom bonds and ties. When our packages arrived students were overjoyed. We have made major changes to our classroom to get materials into student hands. This project has allowed us to make connections not only in our classroom but amongst our student and staff body as a whole. We are overwhelmed with the support received from the Donor's Choose community that in turn has brought our school, grade levels, and classroom cultures even more closer together.","fullyFundedDate":1756730143080,"projectUrl":"project/community-building-through-cricut/9434689/","projectTitle":"Community Building Through Cricut","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Edwards","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3711997_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1522290532147","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3711997"},{"teacherId":6636355,"projectId":9507421,"letterContent":"I wanted to take a moment to say thank you for your donations to my classroom. My students are becoming confident writers in and the donated supplies have helped them feel like professional writers. For example, my students love the author's chair. Every Friday, a few students volunteer to sit in this chair and read their stories. I know they can read their stories standing or in an ordinary chair. However, this special seat dedicated just for authors has really brought some pride to those who choose to sit in it and read their stories. Thank you for this gift to my students and my classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1756730143379,"projectUrl":"project/pen-to-paper-and-beyond-for-ms-du-vall/9507421/","projectTitle":"Pen to Paper and Beyond for Ms. Du Vall's Class","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. DuVall","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6636355_orig.jpg?crop=2208,2208,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1753724680283","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6636355"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_79726","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":721,"numTeachers":25,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":1,"percentWhite":31,"percentIndigenous":2,"percentLatinx":54,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":0,"percentMultiracialImputed":9,"gradesServed":"Pre-K - 6","studentTeacherRatio":"28.8:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"TOWN","ncesMetroType":"TOWN_DISTANT"},"inStateSupporters":80.3,"schoolId":79726,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Lower Lake Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Lower Lake Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/california/konocti-unified-school-district/lower-lake-elementary-school/79726"}