{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Mason School - Academic & Cultural Literacy","outOfStateSupporters":37.2,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":8436101,"projectId":9897075,"letterContent":"This year, our School made history with the creation of an inclusive pep squad! For the first time ever, students of all abilities had the opportunity to try out and be part of our school cheer and dance team. The tryouts were competitive, but every student brought excitement, energy, and school spirit. Our inclusive pep squad allows every student to participate, learn a cheer, and help get the school ready for game days. This experience has boosted confidence, teamwork, and pride, giving all students a chance to shine and contribute to our school community in a meaningful way.","fullyFundedDate":1763408017927,"projectUrl":"project/pep-squad/9897075/","projectTitle":"PEP Squad!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Rodriquez-Joos","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8436101_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1709782602654","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8436101"},{"teacherId":8436101,"projectId":9653144,"letterContent":"When the students first saw the Tonies materials, their eyes lit up with excitement. Some pointed to the figurines, some used their AAC devices to say \"read\" or \"listen,\" and others immediately wanted to start exploring the stories. It was amazing to see their curiosity, engagement, and joy as they interacted with the new materials.\r\n\r\nAn extra special feature we are excited to use is the ability to record our own stories directly onto the Tonies figurines. This allows students to hear familiar voices reading stories, retell their own stories, or share personal experiences, which builds confidence, communication skills, and ownership over their learning.\r\n\r\nNext, we plan to extend this project by having students create their own storyboards, act out the stories they listen to, and record their own versions on the Tonies figurines. This will deepen comprehension, support sequencing and language skills, and give students a sense of pride in sharing their creations.\r\n\r\nThank you again for making this possible and for giving our students such a fun, interactive way to engage with stories. Your generosity is making a real difference in our classroom!","fullyFundedDate":1758821657979,"projectUrl":"project/tonies-resource/9653144/","projectTitle":"Tonies Resource","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Rodriquez-Joos","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8436101_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1709782602654","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8436101"},{"teacherId":8436101,"projectId":9649216,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our classroom with the Tonies books, reader, and figurines! Our students have been thrilled to use these new resources in their daily lessons. One of our favorite classroom projects has been our \"Storytime Adventure,\" where students choose a Tonies figurine and listen to the story on the reader. They follow along with picture cards, act out parts of the story, and even retell key events with peers, practicing communication, literacy, and social skills in a fun, interactive way.\r\n\r\nWhen the students first saw the Tonies materials, their eyes lit up with excitement. Some pointed to the figurines, some used their AAC devices to say \"read\" or \"listen,\" and others immediately wanted to start exploring the stories. It was amazing to see their curiosity, engagement, and joy as they interacted with the new materials.\r\n\r\nYour contribution has truly given our students a hands-on way to experience stories and build language skills. Next, we plan to extend this project by having students create their own storyboards and act out the stories they listen to, making connections between reading, comprehension, and creative expression. This will allow students to deepen their understanding of the stories while continuing to practice communication, sequencing, and turn-taking.\r\n\r\nThank you again for making this possible and for giving our students a fun and meaningful way to engage with books and storytelling. Your generosity is making a real difference in our classroom!","fullyFundedDate":1757009580554,"projectUrl":"project/tonies-library/9649216/","projectTitle":"Tonie’s Library","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Rodriquez-Joos","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8436101_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1709782602654","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8436101"},{"teacherId":8436101,"projectId":9677092,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for providing our pebble ice machine to support our dirty soda cart and coffee shop. The cart is bright and colorful, stocked with sodas, flavor syrups, creamer, cups, and now perfectly crushed ice from the pebble ice machine. Students take turns scooping ice, pouring drinks, adding flavors, and serving staff, using picture cards or AAC devices to communicate choices. The ice machine makes the drinks more fun and realistic, giving students a hands-on way to practice real-life skills, teamwork, and communication. Your generosity has brought joy, independence, and meaningful learning to our classroom every day.","fullyFundedDate":1757509842764,"projectUrl":"project/ice-machine/9677092/","projectTitle":"Ice Machine","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Rodriquez-Joos","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8436101_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1709782602654","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8436101"},{"teacherId":8436101,"projectId":9676948,"letterContent":"Picture a colorful drink cart stocked with sodas, flavor syrups, creamer, ice, and cups—each labeled with picture symbols so every student can participate. Students take turns rolling the cart to staff and asking for their drink choices using AAC, picture cards, or verbal communication. They pour the soda, add the chosen flavors, mix the drink, and hand it to the staff member with a proud smile. The cart becomes a fun, hands-on way for students to practice communication, teamwork, and real-life functional skills while bringing joy to the whole building.\r\nThank you for providing our classroom with everything we needed to make dirty sodas. Our students were so excited to mix flavors, make choices with pictures or AAC, and enjoy a fun sensory experience together. Your support helped create meaningful learning moments and a lot of happy smiles. We truly appreciate you!","fullyFundedDate":1757521131705,"projectUrl":"project/flavored-drinks/9676948/","projectTitle":"Flavored Drinks","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Rodriquez-Joos","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8436101_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1709782602654","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8436101"},{"teacherId":8436101,"projectId":9692378,"letterContent":"Step into our classroom and you'll instantly feel the energy, curiosity, and joy of our students at work. Recently, we received new plants, and they've become the heart of our daily routine. Students eagerly gather around our plant table each morning, pointing, looking closely, feeling the leaves, and proudly helping with watering. Some use AAC devices or picture cards to label water, grow, leaf, and plant, while others share their observations with excited voices or gestures.\r\n\r\nThis simple addition has created meaningful learning moments—students are building responsibility, practicing communication, and developing nurturing skills. They are noticing changes in color, height, and texture, learning patience as they wait for new growth, and celebrating every little sprout together. Our classroom is full of teamwork, science exploration, and hands-on learning. These plants have become more than a project—they're a way for every student, no matter their ability, to connect with something living and feel proud of their role in helping it grow.","fullyFundedDate":1757508807113,"projectUrl":"project/plant-growth/9692378/","projectTitle":"Plant Growth","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Rodriquez-Joos","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8436101_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1709782602654","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8436101"},{"teacherId":8436101,"projectId":9457363,"letterContent":"I am constantly using the magnet supplies needed for each lesson. Are they go on our blackboard or by the Promethean board and it's usually the pencil and the crayons and the notebook or paper? It's a visual for the students to know what they need. The grade book has helped me tremendously with the three weeks of school that we have been in with each task in less than that we have done so far. I usually don't do a grade book but I'm glad I decided to get a grade book this year because we went to a new software system and it's not everything that we thought it was going to be so having a paper hardcopy will mean when the system is acting right I will be able to put grades in correctly. I had to choose a replacement item because one of them was out of stock and I chose a laptop stand pink and it's cute. Goes with my cute cows that are on my wall so thank you so much for your donations.","fullyFundedDate":1753406882056,"projectUrl":"project/look-reminders/9457363/","projectTitle":"Look Reminders","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Rodriquez-Joos","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8436101_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1709782602654","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8436101"},{"teacherId":8436101,"projectId":9405751,"letterContent":"we just completed week three of the 3925-2026 school year. My students love to use the phones for a phonemic awareness, they get a kick of the echoing voices. Sometimes when they have a brain break, they ask if they could talk in the phones and it's so cute. Just hearing them talk to themselves, that's a big achievement because most of my students are considered nonverbal and receive speech in language services. The puppet games have been a brain break success we have not done the plaster mold yet, but I can't wait for them to try their occupational skills.","fullyFundedDate":1749651987696,"projectUrl":"project/sensory-fun/9405751/","projectTitle":"Sensory fun","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Rodriquez-Joos","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8436101_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1709782602654","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8436101"},{"teacherId":8436101,"projectId":9402160,"letterContent":"You don't know what it means for this project to be funded. A lot of times we think of the educational projects, what's going to help support a student get a concept, but we forget about the nontraditional student that needs a little extra support. Thank you so much for the wipes and the poop bags. It is making such a difference. I originally had a bathroom in my classroom, but now since we moved classrooms, we have to use the preschool bathroom and having those poop bags has made a world of difference along with the plug-ins and the air fresheners thank you so much.","fullyFundedDate":1749497265569,"projectUrl":"project/basic-needs-restroom-edition/9402160/","projectTitle":"Basic Needs Restroom Edition","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Rodriquez-Joos","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8436101_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1709782602654","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8436101"},{"teacherId":8436101,"projectId":9402050,"letterContent":"We just completed week three of the new school year. And in those three weeks, we have made quite a few bracelets with our name. The new beads have come in handy, and I even have my students in dragon Academy asking if they can make bracelets with the new beads. I go through poster paper like it's crazy so thank you for my restock in my poster paper. I cannot wait to introduce the sand bins and the glitter thank you so much for giving to my classroom this year is off to a great start because of your donations.","fullyFundedDate":1749497328691,"projectUrl":"project/fine-motor-skills/9402050/","projectTitle":"Fine Motor Skills","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Rodriquez-Joos","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8436101_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1709782602654","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8436101"},{"teacherId":8436101,"projectId":9497079,"letterContent":"A lot of the items in this project were out of stock at the time and Donors Choose asked me to pick replacements. The replacements that I picked was a speaker to go with a Promethean board because the Promethean board is so old and the sound is so low the binders were out of stock, but I was able to find other binders as a replacement And I was able to get to Wi-Fi extenders because we are in the basement and the Wi-Fi signal is very low. We can already tell the difference with the Wi-Fi extender. It has made a huge difference. I thank you you for every donation because you have helped me be successful and make teaching look easy, but you have also enhanced my students Lives","fullyFundedDate":1755883959145,"projectUrl":"project/lets-get-organized/9497079/","projectTitle":"Let's Get Organized","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Rodriquez-Joos","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8436101_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1709782602654","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8436101"},{"teacherId":8436101,"projectId":9456886,"letterContent":"It takes a lot of supplies to make a classroom function that you don't even think about. A lot of the items get overlooked and you just don't think about them.Thank you for all the supplies that are help supporting. Make my classroom run efficient and look great. The lanterns are staying on the ceiling. The pictures are staying on the walls. We got all the stuff that we need and it's actually working out. The magnet hooks are the most epic thing ever, I'm so impressed with my flags and laterns hanging from the ceiling.","fullyFundedDate":1752426978681,"projectUrl":"project/behind-the-curtain/9456886/","projectTitle":"Behind the Curtain","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Rodriquez-Joos","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8436101_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1709782602654","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8436101"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_48674","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":337,"numTeachers":33,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":4,"percentBlack":32,"percentWhite":48,"percentIndigenous":1,"percentLatinx":11,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Pre-K - 6","studentTeacherRatio":"10.2:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":62.8,"schoolId":48674,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Mason School - Academic & Cultural Literacy on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Mason School - Academic & Cultural Literacy","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/missouri/st-louis-public-schools/mason-elementary-school/48674"}