{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Paradise Professional Development School","outOfStateSupporters":57.1,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":8172145,"projectId":10040588,"letterContent":"On behalf of our staff and our youngest learners, I want to express our deepest gratitude for your vibrant donation of kindergarten-sized, colorful tables to our school. Walking into the classroom and seeing furniture designed specifically for them has brought an immediate wave of joy and excitement to our students. These fun, bright pieces have completely transformed the environment, turning the classroom into an inviting, cheerful space where our kindergartners are eager to learn, play, and explore each day.\r\n\r\nThe developmental impact of having furniture that is \"just the right size\" cannot be overstated. For five- and six-year-olds, sitting at ill-fitting furniture can be a major barrier to focus and physical comfort. Your donation provides ergonomically appropriate seating that fosters student independence, improves posture, and drastically enhances their ability to concentrate on foundational lessons. Furthermore, the design of these tables naturally encourages collaboration, sharing, and social interaction, which are critical milestones for our students at this age.\r\n\r\nYour generosity does so much more than just furnish a room; it sends a powerful message to our students that they matter and that their community is invested in their success. Thank you for partnering with us to build a beautiful, functional space where our littlest learners can thrive, create, and grow. We are incredibly grateful for your kindness and support.","fullyFundedDate":1768852214369,"projectUrl":"project/tiny-tables-big-learning/10040588/","projectTitle":"Tiny Tables, Big Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Wade","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8172145"},{"teacherId":8172145,"projectId":9823098,"letterContent":"On behalf of our entire school community, I want to extend our heartfelt gratitude for your generous donation of toys and kid-friendly products to our student store. These items play a pivotal role in our Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) program, which is the cornerstone of our school's daily culture. Through this initiative, students earn \"Wildcat tickets\" by actively demonstrating responsibility, kindness, and focus, meeting both classroom and school-wide expectations. The student store is where their hard work truly comes to life, allowing them to trade their well-earned tickets for the exciting rewards you have provided.\r\n\r\nThe impact of your contribution goes far beyond the tangible items on the shelves. Having a vibrant, well-stocked student store creates an incredible sense of excitement and serves as a powerful motivator for our students. When kids see the high-quality toys and products available, it reinforces the direct connection between making positive choices and achieving meaningful goals. Your generosity ensures that we can maintain this momentum, fostering a joyful learning environment where students feel genuinely celebrated for doing the right thing.\r\n\r\nThank you for investing in our students and partnering with us to build a thriving school community. Your support does not just fill our store; it helps shape the character and daily habits of our young learners. We are incredibly grateful for your kindness and dedication to making our school a place where positive behavior shines.","fullyFundedDate":1764739034911,"projectUrl":"project/student-store-stock-up/9823098/","projectTitle":"Student Store Stock Up!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Wade","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8172145"},{"teacherId":3523952,"projectId":10010411,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generosity to my classroom and education. It takes many things to make a classroom run smoothly and effectively. My class and I appreciate your help and support for these items. We will put them to good use. \r\n The snacks will help my students when they come to school hungry or don't have anything to eat for lunch. The copy paper and other school supplies will help my room run smoothly. The paper allows me to run off homework packets at my convenience The reward prizes allow me to have a prize chest to reward the good behavior. \r\n Again, I am so grateful to you for supporting education and my classroom. I am honored and humbled.","fullyFundedDate":1768445390244,"projectUrl":"project/success-in-learning/10010411/","projectTitle":"Success in Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Ground","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3523952_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1457923488887","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3523952"},{"teacherId":5398715,"projectId":9997753,"letterContent":"I cannot thank you enough for bringing the Classroom Photo Vocabulary Library to our classroom. When the boxes arrived, my students were buzzing with curiosity. As we unpacked the photo cards, their eyes lit up—seeing real-world images that represent the abstract words they are learning makes a world of difference. One student immediately pointed to a photo of a bridge and started describing a trip they took, using the exact vocabulary words we had just introduced. It was a beautiful moment of instant connection.\r\n\r\nCurrently, we are using these photo libraries during our small-group literacy rotations. The students use the cards to build \"context sentences\" and play matching games that reinforce their reading comprehension. Having high-quality, visual representations of complex words allows my visual learners and English Language Learners to participate with much more confidence. They are no longer guessing what a word means; they can see it, describe it, and own it.","fullyFundedDate":1768153150911,"projectUrl":"project/classroom-photo-vocabulary-library/9997753/","projectTitle":"Classroom Photo Vocabulary Library","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Lissa Pilar Love","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5398715_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1540867718914","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5398715"},{"teacherId":8112244,"projectId":9988985,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our Fueling Minds project! Because of your kindness, our classroom is now stocked with snacks that help keep our students energized, focused, and ready to learn.\r\n\r\nFor many of our kindergarteners, a small snack can make a big difference. These treats are more than just food—they are incentives that motivate students to stay engaged, try their best, and celebrate their efforts. Whether it's completing a task, showing kindness, or making great choices, these snacks help reinforce positive behaviors and build excitement for learning.\r\n\r\nYour generosity is creating a warm and supportive classroom environment where students feel cared for and encouraged every day. We are truly grateful for your support and the impact you are making on our young learners.\r\n\r\nWith heartfelt appreciation,\r\nOur Classroom Family","fullyFundedDate":1768747585728,"projectUrl":"project/fueling-young-minds-one-snack-at-a-time/9988985/","projectTitle":"Fueling Young Minds, One Snack at a Time","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Galentine","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8112244_orig.png?crop=1254,1254,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1777916714445","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8112244"},{"teacherId":7885559,"projectId":9992780,"letterContent":"The resources received from your generosity helped fuel our students for the NWEA MAP Test, SBAC Practice test as well as the Performance Task. Students were able to focus for sustained periods of time because they were not distracted by hunger or thrist. Every student had equal access to the fuel. The stress level during testing was lessened and students felt more supported and prepared for the task at hand. Finally, their endurance was heightened and performance was more consistent throughout.\r\nWhen I showed studets the resources, they were surprised and super excited. I explained that the snacks were for participation, everyone got a baseline healthy snack just for showing up and giving effort. I also offered a special premium snack for students who beat their own personal best or reached a specific mastery goal. Once they realized the snacks were part of the \"game plan\" the energy shifted. Instead of dreading the clock, they started talking about strategies.","fullyFundedDate":1768093421508,"projectUrl":"project/fueling-brain-power-for-testing-success/9992780/","projectTitle":"\"Fueling Brain Power for Testing Success!\"","teacherDisplayName":"Dr. Seals","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7885559_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1636914856676","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7885559"},{"teacherId":7060999,"projectId":10011833,"letterContent":"Your donation is an investment that will serve hundreds of students this year, and thousands more in the years to come. In a world where school budgets are often stretched thin, your decision to prioritize the physical comfort and safety of our artists is a beautiful act of kindness.\r\nThank you for seeing the value in our art program. Thank you for helping us create a space where students feel safe to take risks, have fun while learning, and sit comfortably as they bring their imaginations to life.","fullyFundedDate":1768358940267,"projectUrl":"project/stools-for-art-creating-a-safe-space-to/10011833/","projectTitle":"Stools for Art, Creating A Safe Space To Be Creative!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Greco-Gaham","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7060999_orig.jpg?crop=1536,1536,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1744916865246","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7060999"},{"teacherId":7060999,"projectId":10026894,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your support. They say that \"art is caught, not taught,\" but catching it is a whole lot easier when you have the right tools in your hands. On behalf of our entire school community—and approximately 600 pairs of very colorful, very busy hands—I want to express my deepest gratitude for your incredible generosity.\r\nBecause of your support through DonorsChoose, we received an abundance of high-quality polymer clay that did something truly remarkable: it reached every single student from Kindergarten through 5th grade.","fullyFundedDate":1768685046364,"projectUrl":"project/create-a-successful-fun-experiences-for/10026894/","projectTitle":"Create a Successful Fun Experiences for Our Students in art.","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Greco-Gaham","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7060999_orig.jpg?crop=1536,1536,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1744916865246","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7060999"},{"teacherId":8125604,"projectId":10024298,"letterContent":"Thank you very much for investing in occupational therapy services for Paradise Professional Development Elementary School! The packages were super exciting for me to open and so fun for the students to explore! Through these activities, special education students have been able to build their functional skills. From students who are working on basic inset puzzles, letter identification, and basic tool use to students who are working to refine their handwriting and overall written expression skills, all of the students on my caseload have benefitted from the new materials. New materials are exciting and really help to engage students in learning, plus they allow for greater generalization of skills through task variation. \r\nI really enjoyed working with the Construct-A-Letter Activity Center. This kit was great for my students who are working on upper extremity strength, bilateral hand skills (use of two hands together), and constructive praxis. Using these materials gave them a new way to \"see\" the letters and how they are formed through fun activities and provided the proprioceptive sensory inputs that so many of my students need. On the other end of the range of students on my caseload, I really found the \"Creating Sight Word Sentences Center\" to be helpful in helping my students to \"ideate\" or come up with what to write. Having a variety of \"sentence starters\" and picture ideas to choose from made this task less daunting and allowed for choice-making. When written composition is hard, handwriting seems harder, so providing this scaffolding in a fun way is really important for my students. Many of the other materials I ordered were interest-based and great for engaging my students in sessions. Yet others were hands-on-learning activities intended to assist students in learning how to use their hands or bodies more effectively. I used the \"Snap and Design Monster Trucks\" for all this and more! One student would focus hard and even write about the trucks so he could play with them. Another worked on fine motor strength to snap the accessories on, as they fit tightly. Yet another, who has a neuromotor disorder, worked on stabilizing himself in a crawling position to play with the trucks in order to build core strength, shoulder stability, and reflex integration skills needed for neurological development. With more tools come more possibilities and ways to engage students in the therapeutic tasks they need to thrive. Thank you!","fullyFundedDate":1768683713143,"projectUrl":"project/occupational-therapy-tools-building-ski/10024298/","projectTitle":"Occupational Therapy Tools- Building Skills for Life","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Rieck","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8125604"},{"teacherId":8112244,"projectId":9691326,"letterContent":"My kindergarteners love our new alphabet carpet. They express excitement about the color and size of it and the space it gives them to move around while learning in whole and small group activities. We use the carpet to learn letters and letter-sound correspondence through a simple game named Find, Say, Act (the student finds the letter, say the letter and sound, then act out or make a movement for the sound.) We've also used the carpet to spell CVC words. During a Small-Group activity, the students suggested using the alpha-carpet to spell CVC words. One student reads a word and the other three stand on the letters used to spell the word. Repeating activity until all students have had a chance to say and spell a word. Again, this was a student led activity that demonstrates the impact this material has on improving the student learning experience in our classroom.\r\n\r\nWe all thank you for supporting our learning environment.","fullyFundedDate":1765934836473,"projectUrl":"project/sit-learn-and-shine-our-classroom-rug/9691326/","projectTitle":"Sit, Learn, and Shine: Our Classroom Rug Project","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Galentine","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8112244_orig.png?crop=1254,1254,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1777916714445","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8112244"},{"teacherId":9353208,"projectId":9991027,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your contributions to my project: \"Phonics for Success!\"\r\n\r\nWith your financial assistance, I was able to create my own materials to help struggling readers better conceptualize the phonic rules and vowel patterns we encounter daily. When the students first saw the crowns with the diacritics taped on them, their eyes became wide open and smiles were on their faces as they were filled with awe. They now understand that vowels have more than one sound and as a scaffold, they place \"crowns\" above vowels to help them read the word correctly.\r\n\r\nAll the more, it was the laminating sheets and the laminator that became invaluable so I can preserve all the novel and original material I created for my students.\r\n\r\nWith your help, our students (indeed they are ours) say they love coming to the intervention group. Closing their reading gaps could not have been possible without YOU...THANK YOU!!!","fullyFundedDate":1768091050952,"projectUrl":"project/phonics-for-success/9991027/","projectTitle":"Phonics for Success!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Raymond","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9353208"},{"teacherId":10075302,"projectId":10003341,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to our classroom. Because of your kindness, we now have essential supplies such as paper, folders, and filing cabinets that help keep our learning space organized and running smoothly.\r\n\r\nThese materials make a meaningful difference in our day-to-day activities. With the new supplies, students are better able to stay organized, keep track of their work, and focus on learning. Having access to these resources allows us to spend more time engaged in meaningful lessons and less time worrying about missing or limited materials.\r\n\r\nYour support not only provides physical supplies, but also shows our students that there are people who care about their education and want to see them succeed. That encouragement means more than you know.\r\n\r\nOn behalf of my students and myself, thank you for investing in our classroom and helping us create a positive and productive learning environment.","fullyFundedDate":1768297664495,"projectUrl":"project/restarting-with-the-basics-in-order-to-s/10003341/","projectTitle":"Restarting With the Basics in Order to Succeed!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Jackson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10075302_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1752173459503","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10075302"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_82973","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":429,"numTeachers":34,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":4,"percentBlack":31,"percentWhite":6,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":50,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":0,"percentMultiracialImputed":6,"gradesServed":"Pre-K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"12.6:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_MIDSIZE"},"inStateSupporters":42.9,"schoolId":82973,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Paradise Professional Development School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Paradise Professional Development School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/nevada/clark-county-school-district/paradise-elementary-school/82973"}