{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"New River Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":35.5,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":8257702,"projectId":8963109,"letterContent":"My students are absolutely loving all the items you have supported. The students are building their fraction knowledge through hands on manipulative tools and are able to practice written fractions through the purchased practice books. In the Crochet Club, the students are showing success due the beginner yarn that I was able to give the students. This makes learning all those tricky new stitches much simpler. The Ecology Club students picked a radish to taste just last week! We will sample a watermelon next, then on to more vegetables in our wonderful garden. \r\n\r\nI can't thank you enough for your generosity and thoughtfulness you have shown our classroom. The students love to see new boxes come into the room, and then they are very motivated to learn. Thank you again!","fullyFundedDate":1733254872249,"projectUrl":"project/math-ecology-gardening-oh-my/8963109/","projectTitle":"Math, Ecology, & Gardening, Oh My!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Hancock","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8257702_orig.jpg?crop=473,473,x33,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1640900101974","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8257702"},{"teacherId":6965885,"projectId":9312047,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous contribution to our volleyball equipment project! Your support means the world to my students and me. Because of your kindness, my students will now have the opportunity to learn and practice volleyball skills with proper equipment that builds teamwork, confidence, and physical fitness.\r\n\r\nYour donation is helping create an engaging and inclusive learning environment where every student can participate and grow. We can't wait to put the new equipment to use and see the excitement on our students' faces as they learn new skills and enjoy the game together.\r\n\r\nThank you for investing in our students and helping make our gym a place where learning, movement, and teamwork come alive!","fullyFundedDate":1746467004870,"projectUrl":"project/wildcats-pickleball/9312047/","projectTitle":"Wildcats Pickleball","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Peper","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6965885"},{"teacherId":6468085,"projectId":8985698,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for the kind donations that led to the purchase of drum pads. It has been an amazing tool to teach rhythm and rudiments. It also has allowed me to introduce drumming concepts at an earlier age and make it exciting!\r\n\r\nI have used these materials with 6th, 5th, 3rd and 2nd grade this quarter and it has been a nice alternative to bucket drumming. The students have loved using these practice pads as it looks and feels professional in terms of quality.\r\n\r\nThank you again for funding these for our students. I look forward to the continue use of these throughout the years.","fullyFundedDate":1735408570849,"projectUrl":"project/drum-pads-and-drum-sticks-for-general-mu/8985698/","projectTitle":"Drum Pads and Drum Sticks for General Music","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Stevens","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6468085_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1559225639726","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6468085"},{"teacherId":8257702,"projectId":8964494,"letterContent":"We are totally loving the yarn, hooks, kits, and odds & ends that your donation has allowed us to purchase. A special thank you to the Donors Choose Community for helping us achieve our goals, one of which was to create and begin a Crochet Club on our little campus! \r\n\r\nCrochet Club is teaching students new, creative skills. Counting stitches and skip counting while increasing in each row involves a lot of math. Reading a pattern tests their knowledge of abbreviations, planning ahead, and really increases student's focus. Also, repetitive movements, like in the consistent stitching used in crocheting, has been proven to calm and regulate students. Therefore, I have also been teaching basic crochet chaining in my classroom of special needs students. The students can crochet when they need a break and/or have achieved a learning goal in a subject. This has helped nicely with student motivation toward their academic learning. \r\n\r\nWe are so grateful that you thought of us and we will definitely continue the Crochet Club next year and hopefully for many years to come.","fullyFundedDate":1733254871960,"projectUrl":"project/crochet-calculations-weaving-math-into/8964494/","projectTitle":"Crochet Calculations: Weaving Math Into Art","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Hancock","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8257702_orig.jpg?crop=473,473,x33,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1640900101974","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8257702"},{"teacherId":8257702,"projectId":8134674,"letterContent":"The students at our small school are so very grateful for your donation. The STEAM supplies purchased were used for classroom STEAM days, rewarding projects in the special education classroom, and for our yearly STEAM Night. Because we are the smallest school in our district, it's often very hard to find extra funds to support projects outside of the required curriculum. However, because of your generosity, the students have been excited to learn. \r\n\r\nWith each STEAM project, our students are encourage to solve a problem through the engineering design process. We love failure on the first round, so students can go back to the drawing board and redesign their creation. The students have also grown by leaps and bounds in their ability to explain their process of creation. It is amazing to witness.","fullyFundedDate":1704905894766,"projectUrl":"project/full-steam-ahead/8134674/","projectTitle":"Full STEAM Ahead","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Hancock","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8257702_orig.jpg?crop=473,473,x33,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1640900101974","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8257702"},{"teacherId":8257702,"projectId":8046822,"letterContent":"The reading, writing, math, and social skills books we purchased for our classroom have been such a great time saver! I can make packets for a week or two and then spend my precious time planning targeted lessons on missing skills. On the days I need a substitute, my day off practically plans itself. I can stop when needed to review important skills too. \r\n\r\nThe daily lessons they provide the students go over skills repeatedly, which is so important for students with learning disabilities. Best of all, the students learn the routine and can enter my classroom and begin working while I am finishing up with another group of students. It's so awesome. \r\n\r\nThank you again for supporting students with special needs:)","fullyFundedDate":1701182453586,"projectUrl":"project/practice-makes-perfect-2/8046822/","projectTitle":"Practice Makes Perfect #2","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Hancock","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8257702_orig.jpg?crop=473,473,x33,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1640900101974","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8257702"},{"teacherId":8257702,"projectId":7839882,"letterContent":"The reading, writing, math, and social skills books we purchased for our classroom have been such a great time saver! I can make packets for a week or two and then spend my precious time planning targeted lessons on missing skills. On the days I need a substitute, my day off practically plans itself. I can stop when needed to review important skills too. \r\n\r\nThe daily lessons they provide the students go over skills repeatedly, which is so important for students with learning disabilities. Best of all, the students learn the routine and can enter my classroom and begin working while I am finishing up with another group of students. It's so awesome. \r\n\r\nThank you again for supporting students with special needs:)","fullyFundedDate":1701182267416,"projectUrl":"project/practice-makes-perfect/7839882/","projectTitle":"Practice Makes Perfect","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Hancock","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8257702_orig.jpg?crop=473,473,x33,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1640900101974","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8257702"},{"teacherId":8257702,"projectId":6268852,"letterContent":"The technological tools that you have helped our classroom acquire have been really amazing. The students were quite goofy at first when lessons were filmed. However, the students soon learned that odd and unwanted behaviors can be changed for the better with just a little practice. \r\n\r\nThe students have enjoyed creating videos to go along with essays they have written, creating teaching videos on math concepts such as long division and tricks on learning their multiplication tables. \r\n\r\nThese tools have increased students motivation and excitement for learning. I can't tell you how grateful I am that you chose us!!!","fullyFundedDate":1647018691482,"projectUrl":"project/self-reflection/6268852/","projectTitle":"Self Reflection","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Hancock","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8257702_orig.jpg?crop=473,473,x33,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1640900101974","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8257702"},{"teacherId":8257702,"projectId":6729365,"letterContent":"I can't believe all the fun my students are having by doing projects on the Ipads! The frist project I had most of my student do was to use an app with a writing assignment. The students were assigned a section of the school, took pictures, then wrote an essay about that part. It made learning so much fun, that the students forgot this was a writing assignment. Another assignment we did was with math. The student created a short video and how to teach a certain math concept to younger students or students that my not have learned that concept yet. Becoming the teacher and making a video really forced the students to learn the concept well. \r\n\r\nThank you again for your very generous donation!","fullyFundedDate":1661379674610,"projectUrl":"project/presentations-assignments-with-ipad-te/6729365/","projectTitle":"Presentations & Assignments With iPad Technology Like the Real World","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Hancock","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8257702_orig.jpg?crop=473,473,x33,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1640900101974","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8257702"},{"teacherId":8257702,"projectId":6173964,"letterContent":"The students are absolutely loving the sensory input items you donated! The chair bands keep their feet moving and wiggling, which helps their minds pay more attention to the teacher. The cushion keep their seats nice and comfortable which enables the students to stay in place a little longer. This gives them more chances to complete the challenging work assigned to them. It is often very tough in today world with so much technology and instant gratification to hold the attention of the students. By giving them the tools to satisfy some sensory cravings, it brings them closer to success. 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