{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Park Meadows Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":37.9,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":10562118,"projectId":10411252,"letterContent":"My students were so excited when they first saw our new materials! They immediately wanted to explore the flexible seating, sensory tools, and phonics resources. One especially meaningful moment was watching students use the magnetic phonics kit to build words. The wobble chair, wiggle seats, noise-canceling headphones, and sensory items have also helped students remain comfortable, focused, and ready to learn.\r\n\r\nOur next step is to introduce the finger-focus highlighters to help students keep their place while reading. Students will practice using these tools during small-group reading lessons to improve their focus, accuracy, and confidence. \r\n\r\nThanks to your generosity, my students now have more opportunities to feel successful, supported, and excited about coming to class!","fullyFundedDate":1786031958969,"projectUrl":"project/special-education-super-stars/10411252/","projectTitle":"Special Education Super Stars","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. L","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10562118_orig.png?crop=375,375,x0,y16&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1785181065110","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10562118"},{"teacherId":5202026,"projectId":10197616,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our classroom and helping make our learning environment more supportive, structured, and accessible for our students!\r\n\r\nOur classroom is filled with amazing Kindergarten through 3rd Grade students who have Autism and unique learning needs. Many of our students benefit from clear structure, visual supports, close guidance, and consistent adult support. Your generosity has helped us provide a horseshoe table that will make a meaningful difference in how we teach and how our students learn.\r\n\r\nWith our new horseshoe table, we can work with students in small groups while remaining close enough to provide immediate feedback, encouragement, prompting, and support. Being seated together creates opportunities for better engagement, increased attention, guided practice, and meaningful interactions. It also allows us to quickly recognize when a student needs additional assistance or a break.\r\n\r\nFor our students, proximity and structure can make all the difference. The horseshoe table gives us a space where students can feel supported while also developing greater independence and confidence in their academic and functional skills. Instead of feeling overwhelmed by a traditional desk arrangement, students can learn alongside their peers in a setting designed around their individual needs.\r\n\r\nYour donation is doing more than providing a piece of classroom furniture—it is helping create opportunities for our students to participate, communicate, practice new skills, and experience success.\r\n\r\nThank you for believing in our students and investing in their education. We are incredibly grateful for your generosity and for helping us create a classroom where every student feels supported, capable, and ready to learn!\r\n\r\nWith heartfelt gratitude,","fullyFundedDate":1778258437423,"projectUrl":"project/seat-meet-succeed/10197616/","projectTitle":"Seat, Meet, Succeed!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Tedford","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5202026_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1527085952391","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/miss-tedford"},{"teacherId":5202026,"projectId":10248916,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our schoolwide sensory room project! Your generosity is helping us create a safe, welcoming space where students can pause, regulate their emotions and bodies, and return to the classroom ready to learn.\r\n\r\nEvery day, our students come to school with unique sensory, emotional, and learning needs. For some students, a quiet space, movement activity, fidget, calming light, or flexible seating can make a tremendous difference in their ability to manage big emotions and stay engaged in learning. Your support is giving our students access to tools that help them practice coping strategies, build independence, and feel successful at school.\r\n\r\nWhat makes this project especially meaningful is that the sensory room will be available to students across our entire campus—including students in general education, special education, and intervention programs. This will truly be a space for our whole school community. Students will be able to use the room when they need a break, need help regulating, or simply need a supportive environment to reset.\r\n\r\nAs a Title I school, resources for these types of supports are limited, and your generosity is helping us provide opportunities that many of our students may not otherwise have. You are helping us create more than a sensory room—you are helping us create a place where students feel safe, understood, included, and ready to succeed.\r\n\r\nWe are incredibly grateful for your investment in our students. Thank you for believing in the importance of supporting the whole child and for helping us build a school community where every student has the opportunity to learn, grow, and thrive.\r\n\r\nWith heartfelt gratitude,\r\n\r\nOur Students, Staff, and School Community","fullyFundedDate":1777958005075,"projectUrl":"project/big-feelings-safe-spaces-for-all-studen/10248916/","projectTitle":"Big Feelings, Safe Spaces for All Students","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Tedford","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5202026_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1527085952391","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/miss-tedford"},{"teacherId":4819421,"projectId":10200936,"letterContent":"Your generosity has completely transformed our school's renovated sensory room, creating an extraordinary haven for our students. Because of your support, our children now have a dedicated, safe space where they can regulate their bodies and prepare their minds for learning.\r\n\r\nThe immediate impact on our daily routines has been remarkable:\r\n\r\nActive Regulation: Students are literal motion-in-action as they pedal their frustrations away, use the sensory plate to center their bodies, or safely burn off excess energy on the crash pad.\r\n\r\nVisual & Tactile Focus: The vibrant sensory bubble lamps offer a calming focal point, while the interactive activity wall, sequin wall, and tactile floor tiles give kids hands-on ways to decompress and refocus.\r\n\r\nEmotional Growth: Having access to these tools teaches our students self-awareness, giving them the agency to recognize when they need a break and the resources to self-regulate effectively.\r\n\r\nEvery single tool in this room plays a vital role in helping our students feel grounded, secure, and ready to tackle their academic day. Thank you for investing in their well-being and giving them a space where they can truly thrive.","fullyFundedDate":1778036923656,"projectUrl":"project/creating-calm-a-space-to-reset/10200936/","projectTitle":"Creating Calm: A Space to Reset","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Gould","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4819421_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1784661098483","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4819421"},{"teacherId":3840637,"projectId":7239776,"letterContent":"Thank you so much to the generous donors who made it possible for our music program to receive new alto xylophones through DonorsChoose!\r\n\r\nThese instruments will give our percussion students valuable opportunities to develop their mallet technique, learn melodies, and experience music in a whole new way. Having additional xylophones means more students can play at the same time, spend more time practicing, and build confidence as young musicians.\r\n\r\nOur students are excited to make music on these new instruments! Your generosity directly supports our classroom and helps us provide meaningful, hands-on music experiences for our students.\r\n\r\nThank you for investing in our students and helping us grow our music program!","fullyFundedDate":1683647754919,"projectUrl":"project/forget-the-sopranos-where-are-the-altos/7239776/","projectTitle":"Forget the Sopranos! Where Are the Altos?","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Bollman","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3840637_orig.jpg?crop=1136,1136,x0,y234&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1786508882625","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrsbollman"},{"teacherId":3840637,"projectId":7230319,"letterContent":"Thank you so much to the generous donors who provided our music program with new mallets through DonorsChoose!\r\n\r\nThese mallets will make a meaningful difference for our percussion students. Having quality equipment allows students to develop proper technique, improve their sound, and gain confidence as they learn and perform music.\r\n\r\nOur students are excited to put these new mallets to use, and we are incredibly grateful for your support of music education. Your generosity helps provide opportunities and resources that our students may not otherwise have access to.\r\n\r\nThank you for investing in our students and helping them make music!","fullyFundedDate":1679080024885,"projectUrl":"project/more-mallets-please/7230319/","projectTitle":"More Mallets Please!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Bollman","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3840637_orig.jpg?crop=1136,1136,x0,y234&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1786508882625","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrsbollman"},{"teacherId":4819421,"projectId":9894326,"letterContent":"My students love having the ability to move! They ride the trikes every day during recess. \r\nThey are practicing skills like turn taking, and role playing. They are getting out their extra wiggles so they can focus when we return to the classroom after recess. \r\n\r\nThe smiles on their faces for having their needs being met is so priceless. They are calm, they are regulated, and they are now ready to learn. \r\n\r\nHaving their sensory needs met is the best possible addition we could have to our school! It has even helped sparked conversation and has helped establish new friendships with neurotypical kids too!","fullyFundedDate":1769648960318,"projectUrl":"project/lets-get-moving/9894326/","projectTitle":"Let’s Get Moving!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Gould","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4819421_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1784661098483","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4819421"},{"teacherId":9893219,"projectId":10078178,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your support! 1st grade used the playground balls in a game with the folk song Bounce High. They were so excited to see the balls! They had fun singing and bouncing them. 5th grade used the tennis balls in a game with the same folk song, Bounce High. They had fun bouncing them back and forth. 4th grade enjoyed playing on bucket drums with the song This Little Light of Mine. Their faces lit up when they saw the bucket drums set up for class! I have offered the noise canceling headphones to several classes. So far the only class to use them was 2nd grade. I was surprised how many students asked to use them because I didn't realize they had sensory sensitivities. I used every pair that was donated for that class!\r\n\r\nThe bucket drums are going to be played by every grade level with a variety of songs. Because they have the poly spots on top, they sound more like real drums and allow for a greater variety of sounds that the bucket drums can make. The playground balls and tennis balls will be used with my recorder unit and the same folk song Bounce High. Students will play pitches on their recorders anytime the ball hits the floor, which is a fun challenge. The noise canceling headphones will be offered to every class. That way everyone is included and has the option to use them if it will help them.\r\n\r\nWe are so excited to use all of our new materials! We couldn't have done it without your support! Thank you!!!","fullyFundedDate":1770160929986,"projectUrl":"project/pmes-plays-music/10078178/","projectTitle":"PMES Plays Music!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Mercer","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9893219"},{"teacherId":8384199,"projectId":9476060,"letterContent":"🌟 Thank You for Your Generosity\r\nOn behalf of the students in my Kindergarten class, we extend our sincerest gratitude to you for your incredibly generous donation of primary writing journals to our classroom. This contribution has immediately and profoundly impacted our learning environment, transforming abstract lessons into hands-on, engaging experiences. Specifically, the journals have allowed my students to be better writers. They now have journals that allow them write by using lines that are perfect for beginning writers. These help them write the letters/words correctly and straight across the page. These journals also have a picture box to draw pictures. The excitement at how well they are writing and drawing is incredible. They see themselves as authors of their own writing. Your commitment to education is deeply appreciated, and you have provided an invaluable resource that will foster curiosity, collaboration, and success for our students for years to come.","fullyFundedDate":1756151948489,"projectUrl":"project/the-write-stuff/9476060/","projectTitle":"The \"Write\" Stuff","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Rogers","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8384199_orig.jpg?crop=271,271,x194,y245&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1647725629578","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8384199"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_58461","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":469,"numTeachers":40,"percentFrplEligible":83,"percentAsian":6,"percentBlack":5,"percentWhite":38,"percentIndigenous":2,"percentLatinx":39,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":0,"percentMultiracialImputed":8,"gradesServed":"Pre-K - 6","studentTeacherRatio":"11.7:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"UNCLASSIFIED","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":62.1,"schoolId":58461,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Park Meadows Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Park Meadows Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/arizona/deer-valley-unified-school-district/park-meadows-elementary-school/58461"}