{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Meeker Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":21.0,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":558393,"projectId":10741376,"letterContent":"A Big Thank You from Our Kindergarten Classroom!\r\n\r\nThank you so much for your generous support of our classroom snack project! We are incredibly grateful for your kindness and generosity. We especially want to thank you for providing some of our favorites like pirate's booty puffs, pudding, and granola bites. These snacks will make a wonderful difference in our classroom and bring lots of smiles to our kindergarten friends!\r\n\r\nYour donation means so much more than simply providing snacks. It helps us take care of one of the most important parts of a successful school day: making sure our little learners have the fuel they need to learn, grow, and do their best. Kindergarten is a busy day filled with exploring, creating, problem-solving, listening, playing, and learning new things. All of that hard work takes energy! Having nutritious snacks available throughout the day helps keep our students fueled, focused, and ready to participate in all of the exciting learning opportunities that come their way.\r\n\r\nWe also love being able to offer our students a variety of snack choices. Every child is different, and having choices helps make snack time a happy part of our day. Whether students are enjoying a favorite snack or trying something new, having options allows everyone to find something they enjoy. It is a simple way to help our classroom feel welcoming, inclusive, and positive while supporting healthy habits and growing independence.\r\n\r\nWe are also thankful for your belief in and support of public education. It takes a community of caring people to help create meaningful learning experiences for children. Your generosity reminds us that there are people beyond our classroom walls who believe in our students and want to see them succeed. That support is truly special, and we never take it for granted.\r\n\r\nThank you again for helping keep our kindergarten friends happy, healthy, and ready to learn! Your kindness is making a difference in our classroom every single day. We appreciate you more than you know!","fullyFundedDate":1792588769326,"projectUrl":"project/snacks-for-full-day-fun-in-kindergarten/10741376/","projectTitle":"Snacks for Full Day Fun in Kindergarten!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Prochaska","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp558393_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1468967921004","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/teri-prochaska"},{"teacherId":558393,"projectId":10760683,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support of our classroom snack project! We are incredibly grateful for your kindness and generosity. We especially want to thank you for providing some of our classroom favorites like cereal bars, cheese crackers and nuts! These snacks will make a wonderful difference in our classroom and bring lots of smiles to our kindergarten friends!\r\n\r\nYour donation means so much more than simply providing snacks. It helps us take care of one of the most important parts of a successful school day: making sure our little learners have the fuel they need to learn, grow, and do their best. Kindergarten is a busy day filled with exploring, creating, problem-solving, listening, playing, and learning new things. All of that hard work takes energy! Having nutritious snacks available throughout the day helps keep our students fueled, focused, and ready to participate in all of the exciting learning opportunities that come their way.\r\n\r\nWe also love being able to offer our students a variety of snack choices. Every child is different, and having choices helps make snack time a happy part of our day. Whether students are enjoying a favorite snack or trying something new, having options allows everyone to find something they enjoy. It is a simple way to help our classroom feel welcoming, inclusive, and positive while supporting healthy habits and growing independence. \r\n\r\nWe are also thankful for your belief in and support of public education. It takes a community of caring people to help create meaningful learning experiences for children. Your generosity reminds us that there are people beyond our classroom walls who believe in our students and want to see them succeed. That support is truly special, and we never take it for granted.\r\n\r\nThank you again for helping keep our kindergarten friends happy, healthy, and ready to learn! Your kindness is making a difference in our classroom every single day. We appreciate you more than you know!","fullyFundedDate":1792592945782,"projectUrl":"project/fun-and-healthy-snacks-for-kindergarten/10760683/","projectTitle":"Fun and Healthy Snacks for Kindergarten!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Prochaska","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp558393_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1468967921004","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/teri-prochaska"},{"teacherId":355447,"projectId":10696215,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to my classroom! My students are using these books to supplement our new reading curriculum and strengthen their reading comprehension skills. Through these engaging texts, students are practicing identifying the main idea and supporting details, making inferences, using text evidence to answer comprehension questions, and developing a rich vocabulary.\r\n\r\nThe impact of these books is already evident in my classroom! One of my students has already finished an entire novel and is eager to dive into more of the books. Seeing this level of enthusiasm for reading is incredibly rewarding and highlights the difference these resources are making in my students' learning experiences.\r\n\r\nHaving access to these complete texts is helping my students deepen their understanding, build confidence, and grow as readers. Thank you for your generosity and for investing in my students' education. Your support is making a meaningful difference!","fullyFundedDate":1790771742695,"projectUrl":"project/putting-books-in-kids-hands/10696215/","projectTitle":"Putting Books in Kids' Hands","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Sloan","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/jenisloan"},{"teacherId":6646415,"projectId":10402684,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous donation to our classroom! The snacks have been dug into to start the year! The cereal bars and fruit snacks have been the favorite with the Ritz crackers not far behind! \r\n\r\nStudents have used the items for snacks during the school day, and some students have used them as motivators during their work times. The variety helps provide each of them with a choice since each one of them likes slightly different things. There are also a couple of allergies in the classroom, so the variety helps give choices to all students.\r\n\r\nYou donation is greatly appreciated!","fullyFundedDate":1787152402911,"projectUrl":"project/snacks-to-fuel-our-brains/10402684/","projectTitle":"Snacks to Fuel Our Brains!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Beckie","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6646415_orig.jpg?crop=315,315,x0,y27&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1651115597061","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6646415"},{"teacherId":7447112,"projectId":10213668,"letterContent":"Now that school is officially underway the students have greatly enjoyed our afternoon snacks! My class gets the first lunch of the day at 10:45am. By the time 1:00pm rolls around if you ask them, they would say they are \"starving\"! The snacks donated help ward off the hangries so that students can focus on learning all afternoon! Not only do we have snacks, but a good variety of snacks to choose from and the help with students who have food restrictions or allergies.\r\n\r\nThank you again for your kindness and generosity in supporting our classroom and students.","fullyFundedDate":1778198570215,"projectUrl":"project/fuel-up-for-learning/10213668/","projectTitle":"Fuel up for Learning!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. McEvoy","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7447112_orig.jpg?crop=1080,1080,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1597620078053","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7447112"},{"teacherId":558393,"projectId":10354382,"letterContent":"Thank you for helping us to get our Kindergarten year off to a great start! The supplies from this project will support our learning and our fun in many ways! We have some fun snacks and treats to fuel our learning and the sweet treats are a great reward for our hard work of listening and learning these first few weeks! \r\nThe cleaning spray and wipes of course are a classroom staple with young students and all our germs! We have been working hard to stay healthy! New classroom bins help keep our snacks and supplies organized and visible, which helps our classroom run smoothly! \r\nWe will soon be having fun with our sidewalk chalk for our outdoor play - and the gel pens will be a exciting writing tool for our handwriting pages! \r\nWe appreciate all your support for our classroom - Thank you!","fullyFundedDate":1787174947533,"projectUrl":"project/basic-supplies-needed-in-kindergarten/10354382/","projectTitle":"Basic Supplies Needed in Kindergarten","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Prochaska","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp558393_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1468967921004","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/teri-prochaska"},{"teacherId":558393,"projectId":10267001,"letterContent":"Thank you for the yummy and nutritious snacks! Having these snacks at the ready for when school started was so helpful for our first week of school! The favorites snacks have been the popcorn, cheese crackers and the scooby snack graham cracker bites! \r\nI am thrilled to have so many options for our students so that everyone gets something nutritious to fuel their body for our learning! The granola bars and cereal bars have been a great grab and go snack for those needing a little extra. I have been using some of our sweeter snacks - like the mini cookies - as a motivator and reinforcer for the students when they are doing their assignments and getting used to doing hard things at school. \r\nI am so thankful to my generous donors and to DonorsChoose.org for all their classroom support!","fullyFundedDate":1778296816133,"projectUrl":"project/snacks-fuel-our-learning-in-kindergarten/10267001/","projectTitle":"Snacks Fuel Our Learning in Kindergarten!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Prochaska","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp558393_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1468967921004","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/teri-prochaska"},{"teacherId":558393,"projectId":10218432,"letterContent":"Thank you for all the amazing and essential classroom supplies to keep our Kindergarten room stocked! The exciting part for the teacher is the necessities like paper towels, napkins and wet wipes - while the students are thrilled with new pens, blank notebooks, clean and new glue sticks (they seriously react with a shock and smile every time they open a brand new one!), and new 'thin' markers for our special projects! \r\nThank you for supporting our classroom needs - our classroom funding was cut for the end of the year, so DonorsChoose and generous donors like you have come to the rescue.\r\n\r\nI am so grateful for all your support throughout this year, all these little 'extras' help make our classroom organized, efficient and support our great learning environment so we still have time for some fun in Kindergarten...I couldn't do it without you!","fullyFundedDate":1777982944054,"projectUrl":"project/basic-supplies-needed-in-kindergarten/10218432/","projectTitle":"Basic Supplies Needed in Kindergarten","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Prochaska","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp558393_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1468967921004","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/teri-prochaska"},{"teacherId":6652493,"projectId":10102652,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to provide STEAM materials for our students. Your support is giving them opportunities to explore, create, experiment, and learn in ways that go far beyond a traditional lesson. As students work with these materials, they are discovering that there is more than one way to solve a problem and that their ideas can become something real. They are designing, building, testing, revising, and trying again—all while developing important skills such as collaboration, critical thinking, problem-solving, and perseverance.\r\n\r\nOne of the most rewarding parts of watching students use these materials is seeing how creative they become when given the freedom to explore. Their excitement is contagious as they share ideas, experiment with new possibilities, and proudly show one another what they have created. They are learning important skills, but most importantly, they are having fun while they learn. Your generosity is helping create meaningful learning experiences where students can use their imaginations, take risks, and discover that learning can be both challenging and incredibly enjoyable. Thank you for investing in our students and helping make these opportunities possible!","fullyFundedDate":1774980460446,"projectUrl":"project/full-steam-ahead/10102652/","projectTitle":"Full STEAM Ahead!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Abraham","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6652493_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1606021114088","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/meeker-library"},{"teacherId":558393,"projectId":10188321,"letterContent":"Our classroom loves lego and loves wheels and legos even more!! This project has provided hours and hours of building and creating. The open ended pieces in this set require students to use their problem solving and thinking to create all types of vehicles that move. Their creations have been amazing when they are not held back by what 'the picture looks like'...they just connect pieces and explore how their vehicle functions! \r\nWe could not do these fun projects without your support. I am so grateful for your contributions to our classroom in our public school! Thank you so very much!","fullyFundedDate":1776177916781,"projectUrl":"project/stem-building-we-play-to-learn/10188321/","projectTitle":"Stem Building - We Play to Learn!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Prochaska","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp558393_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1468967921004","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/teri-prochaska"},{"teacherId":6448565,"projectId":9852520,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for funding our project! The amazing artists at my school have used the supplies in so many ways! My oldest students, 5th graders, used the markers to decorate fish. The fish were turned into a large mural that is left behind as these students move on to middle school. The brand new scissors were added to the general supplies and many students have shared their thanks for new and SHARP scissors. Many of the other supplies will be used more in the future! I am so grateful for your generosity and support of my amazing young artists!","fullyFundedDate":1771010826865,"projectUrl":"project/bits-and-bobs-to-create-like-an-independ/9852520/","projectTitle":"Bits and Bobs to Create like an Independent Artist","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Mathias","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6448565_orig.jpg?crop=3024,3024,x0,y887&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1722186663782","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6448565"},{"teacherId":6652493,"projectId":10044088,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping me motivate my students to read the Iowa Children's Choice Award (ICCA) books and reward those that made an extra effort to complete the challenge, by providing the funds to buy prizes. \r\n\r\nI believe I will have enough prizes for next year too, which is wonderful! The students that saw the prizes this school year were in awe of what others got for reading 3 or more ICCA books throughout the school year. They are looking forward to next year's challenge. \r\n\r\nIt was so fun to see the joy in the students faces when receiving the prizes. I even heard \"it was totally worth it to read all those books!\" It was a special celebration for them. A favorite prize for reading were the fidgets.\r\n\r\nI have already hung posters of next years ICCA book nominees and students are easterly awaiting the 26-27 challenge (and already trying to read ahead)! 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