{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Rio Del Norte Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":24.6,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":3780215,"projectId":10196435,"letterContent":"You so generously funded my Enhancing Outdoor Play Project on Donors Choose, and I am very thankful for the change that has resulted. Since receiving the materials, outdoor time has been transformed! The students have so many more options. They are more creative and engaged in play. We have the typical play structure and balls on our playground, but we were lacking alternate choices. We now have 2 sensory table areas with wonderful items to fill them with, such as kinetic sand, plastic animals, scoops and funnels, and more. We also have a balance beam and play equipment of throw and catch game that is sized appropriately for TK students. These small additions have kids playing in an area longer, communicating and cooperating, and looking forward to outdoor time more than anything else in our day. Outdoor time is so important in my transitional kindergarteners' development, and I am so happy to have had the opportunity to choose items that have made a profound difference in their day.","fullyFundedDate":1777051080973,"projectUrl":"project/enhancing-outdoor-play-everyday/10196435/","projectTitle":"Enhancing Outdoor Play Everyday!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Pearson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3780215"},{"teacherId":3826187,"projectId":10465187,"letterContent":"Thank you for supporting my students with new watercolor paints and watercolor paper!\r\nMy students enjoy art and the projects that they create during our learning units using watercolors are absolutely gorgeous. I am so excited to use the materials next week to paint our first project.\r\nI just love seeing the progress my students make over the course of the school year in using watercolors. Watercolors are difficult to teach but such a joy to see the improvement in painting.\r\nThank you again for supporting my classroom and our year long use of watercolors.","fullyFundedDate":1786542163815,"projectUrl":"project/watercolors-for-young-artists/10465187/","projectTitle":"Watercolors for Young Artists","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Zarate","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3826187_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1782242620634","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3826187"},{"teacherId":6658954,"projectId":10198789,"letterContent":"Our students were so excited and surprised to see the new additions to our playground. They couldn't believe we received such fun areas to play in. We did have to set limits on how many friends could be in each play area at one time because they were all so excited and tried fitting inside all at once. \r\n\r\nStudents enjoy playing in the Neat and Tidy Cottage Kids Playhouse by pretending to play house. They often assign someone to be the mom and dad then the baby or child. During some playtimes, students can bring babies from our dramatic play area inside and use them in the playhouse. Oftentimes, students combine play ideas with the Playtime Patio and Canopy Playset by making hamburgers or pizza and delivering them to the house for the 'family' to eat. \r\n\r\nThis has been an all around great play and learning experience for all of our students and I am excited to see how they build up on their ideas this school year.","fullyFundedDate":1778787557679,"projectUrl":"project/outdoor-imaginative-play/10198789/","projectTitle":"Outdoor Imaginative Play","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Mackie","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6658954_orig.jpg?crop=563,563,x0,y208&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1566692434723","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6658954"},{"teacherId":3826187,"projectId":10339293,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous support for my students! \r\nMy students were so excited to use the new notebooks for the first week of school and the notebooks will help us get through the school year for our subject areas of math, science and social studies.\r\nMy students are so excited to use the new white boards, dry erase markers and erasers to practice their math skills. We are already using the chart paper to list class rules and figure out what we will need to be learns in our classroom this school year.\r\nAgain, thank you for the donation to my project, without donors such as yourself our projects would not be able to come to life.","fullyFundedDate":1787140426748,"projectUrl":"project/back-to-school-supplies/10339293/","projectTitle":"Back to School Supplies","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Zarate","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3826187_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1782242620634","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3826187"},{"teacherId":3826187,"projectId":9571423,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for funding this project for my classroom!\r\nI have been able to print multiplication cards for my students that are struggling to learn their multiplication facts.\r\nMy class thoroughly enjoyed playing Multiplication War with the classroom set of Math War cards that were supplied. What fun students had, the classroom was busy with students cheering on each other and this motivated others to try there best.\r\nThe Math Wraps have been great to help students that are struggling with their multiplication facts, to use independently to strength their math skills.","fullyFundedDate":1758475966882,"projectUrl":"project/learning-multiplication/9571423/","projectTitle":"Learning Multiplication","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Zarate","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3826187_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1782242620634","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3826187"},{"teacherId":3826187,"projectId":9475078,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting my students! \r\nMy students are very excited to read books in class this year that are connected to our Science Curriculum. We are currently reading The Wild Robot and students are thoroughly enjoying the novel. We will be using The Who Harnessed the Wind later in the school year and the are just waiting to be read.\r\nMy students would not have access to these novels in a class set without donors such a as yourself. Donor's make a huge difference in classrooms across our country.\r\nThank you very much for","fullyFundedDate":1754327044337,"projectUrl":"project/reading-into-science/9475078/","projectTitle":"Reading into Science","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Zarate","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3826187_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1782242620634","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3826187"},{"teacherId":3826187,"projectId":9475249,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for providing my classroom with a class set of books to learn about the Gold Rush. Not only does this lead to learning about the Gold Rush but helps students understand the text structures of Non-Fiction books.\r\n\r\nAlso, thank you for the Map of California for our class bulletin board. We have been using the map already and the map is very useful for my students to understand different locations in California. We are able to now identify the Regions of California using the map and now are studying longitude and latitude to identify key","fullyFundedDate":1755709500237,"projectUrl":"project/bringing-the-gold-rush-to-the-classroom/9475249/","projectTitle":"Bringing the Gold Rush to the Classroom","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Zarate","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3826187_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1782242620634","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3826187"},{"teacherId":9829879,"projectId":9307481,"letterContent":"The day the new art and music supplies arrived felt like a celebration in our classroom! My students crowded around the boxes with wide eyes and huge smiles, whispering guesses about what might be inside. As soon as we started unpacking, the room filled with \"oohs\" and \"aahs.\" One student even said, \"This is like Christmas, but at school!\"\r\nWe've already jumped right in. \r\n\r\nDuring writing time, students are using the art materials to illustrate their stories, adding colorful details that make their words come alive. In music, they've been experimenting with rhythm, using beats and patterns to match the moods of their stories. It's been amazing to see how their creativity flows even more when they have the right tools in their hands.\r\n\r\nOur next big step is finishing our illustrated storybooks and then sharing them with one another. A few groups are even planning to perform little skits with musical sound effects, and the excitement is contagious. The room feels alive with imagination, laughter, and collaboration.\r\n\r\nThank you for giving my students this chance to shine. Your generosity didn't just give us supplies, it gave us joy, inspiration, and memories that my students will carry with them long after second grade.","fullyFundedDate":1752586474996,"projectUrl":"project/masterpieces-melodies-fueling-creati/9307481/","projectTitle":"\"Masterpieces & Melodies: Fueling Creativity Through Art and Music\"","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Trujillo","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9829879_orig.jpg?crop=1431,1430,x0,y114&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1731023192280","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9829879"},{"teacherId":9829879,"projectId":9476025,"letterContent":"The moment the STEM kits arrived, my students could hardly contain their excitement! They crowded around the boxes, eagerly pulling out the Building Brick STEM Challenge Kit and the Lego Creative Brick Box. Their eyes lit up, and hands shot into the air with ideas. One student exclaimed, \"We get to build ANYTHING we can imagine? This is the best day ever!\"\r\n\r\nSince then, we've been diving into hands-on challenges every day. Students are building bridges, towers, and creative machines, testing their ideas, and redesigning when things don't work the first time. They are collaborating, sharing strategies, and celebrating each success together. These materials are helping them think critically, solve problems, and take risks, while having a ton of fun.\r\n\r\nOur next steps include using the kits for a group challenge where students will design and build a \"community of the future,\" incorporating lessons in engineering, math, and creativity. They'll plan, prototype, and improve their designs, learning how to work together and persevere through mistakes. I can already see their confidence growing as they tackle bigger and more complex projects.\r\n\r\nThank you so much for making this possible! Your support has turned our classroom into a lively space for exploration, imagination, and discovery. 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