{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"River Heights Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":38.7,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":4549843,"projectId":10218616,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping with our classroom economy by purchasing incentives for my fifth graders. When I showed my students they were so excited to see all of the different things that they can earn. I think the thing that surprised them the most was the variety. This next week, as a class we are going to price each of the items so they can be purchased. I can't wait to see how it affects student behavior. I have some very competitive students on my class list this year and I think this will be a game changer!","fullyFundedDate":1778061896990,"projectUrl":"project/economy-incentives-for-superkids-2/10218616/","projectTitle":"Economy Incentives for SuperKids 2","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Bauer","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4549843_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1500816106096","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4549843"},{"teacherId":4549843,"projectId":10218555,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping to fund this project for our classroom. Many of my students did bring the required items to school in the Fall but now that we are close to the end of the year they are needing new items. Often times pencils and notebooks get lost throughout the year. It was great to be able to give them the items that they needed to be successful for the rest of the school year. Next year I plan on offering the left over items to my new fifth graders who do not come with the required or requested items! It's a great way to start the school year, feeling prepared!","fullyFundedDate":1778061910476,"projectUrl":"project/sharp-composed-and-organized-5th-grader/10218555/","projectTitle":"Sharp, Composed and Organized 5th Graders 2!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Bauer","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4549843_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1500816106096","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4549843"},{"teacherId":4982665,"projectId":10066468,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your contribution to fund my project, \"Calm Minds, Ready to Learn.\" Because of your generosity, my students are able to use appropriate tools for regulating their emotions and bodies throughout the day. In turn, they are able to maintain stamina in their classrooms for longer periods of time and when needed can come into my room to take breaks and use the provided tools.\r\n\r\nMy students are especially enjoying putting the sensory lights, owl breathing pal, and squish balls to good use to help them calm their big emotions. In addition, students who are meeting their behavior goals are rewarded with the figuring erasers and the Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head set will be used in my small groups for teaching emotion regulation. \r\n\r\nMy students were so excited when they first saw these materials had arrived in our classroom. They immediately ran over and all wanted to start using them. The excitement and smiles on their faces was priceless! Thank you again!","fullyFundedDate":1778061929252,"projectUrl":"project/calm-minds-ready-to-learn/10066468/","projectTitle":"Calm Minds, Ready to Learn","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Vahlenkamp","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4982665_orig.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1770061166100","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4982665"},{"teacherId":3738150,"projectId":10003938,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to our classroom. Your generosity has allowed us to reach our goal to reorganize our classroom library. I am excited to use these bins to organize our bins into genres, series, topics, etc. This organization will help students find books of their interest easier, hopefully promoting more and more books being read. This will also help our classroom library stay organized with the stickers. When books need to be re-shelved, the stickers will have numbers of the bin they should be placed back in.\r\n\r\nThank you again for supporting our classroom!","fullyFundedDate":1778017873686,"projectUrl":"project/library-bins/10003938/","projectTitle":"Library Bins","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Creaser","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3738150_272x272.png?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1505394421414","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3738150"},{"teacherId":3738150,"projectId":10103948,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to our classroom. Your generosity has helped us reach our goal of funding snacks for all of our end of the year assessments. With your donation, we received some healthy snack options, mints and gum to help push us through. We know that our basic needs need to be met before students are able to perform their very best. If a student is hungry, successful testing sessions will be very difficult. Providing healthy snacks will help fill these needs. Also, gum and mints have shown to help concentration, which will come in handy during some of our longer sessions!","fullyFundedDate":1778061885930,"projectUrl":"project/snacks-to-fuel-state-testing/10103948/","projectTitle":"Snacks to Fuel State Testing","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Creaser","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3738150_272x272.png?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1505394421414","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3738150"},{"teacherId":3738150,"projectId":10207928,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to our classroom. Your generosity helped us reach our goal of filling our classroom store with brand new goodies! They are so thrilled to see a stocked classroom store!\r\n\r\nEach student in our classroom has a specific \"job\" to do at the end of the day or throughout the day. Some of these jobs include our mail person, stool stacker, pillow patrol, tech team plus many more. Having each student help take care of our classrooms gives them pride and ownership in our \"home away from home\". Students are then paid for doing their jobs in our classroom economy and are able to purchase items in our classroom store. The takis are a big hit!\r\n\r\nWith gratitude,\r\nMrs. CreaserThank you so much for helping us","fullyFundedDate":1778061916023,"projectUrl":"project/classroom-community-store/10207928/","projectTitle":"Classroom Community Store","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Creaser","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3738150_272x272.png?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1505394421414","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3738150"},{"teacherId":4058880,"projectId":9876875,"letterContent":"Our Science Olympiad competition was last Saturday, and the students did incredibly well! Their success is a direct result of both their hard work and your generous donation.\r\n\r\nBecause we had access to prepackaged event materials, I was able to spend less time gathering supplies and more time supporting students as they experimented, practiced, and prepared for their events. This year's events included Mission Possible, where students designed and built their own Rube Goldberg machines; Mystery Liquids, where they solved a crime by identifying unknown substances; Disease Detectives; and many more.\r\n\r\nOne of the highlights was watching students use the chromatography kit. Their curiosity and excitement were evident as they observed how different inks separated into unique patterns, colors, and lengths. Moments like these truly brought science to life for them.\r\n\r\nI am confident that these hands-on experiences made a lasting impression on my students, and they were all made possible because of your support. Thank you again for your generosity.","fullyFundedDate":1762971990503,"projectUrl":"project/science-olympiad-materials/9876875/","projectTitle":"Science Olympiad Materials!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. J","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4058880_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1479693426003","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4058880"},{"teacherId":4982665,"projectId":10066634,"letterContent":"It was a rewarding experience to see my students react when they first opened the materials that you donated to our classroom. They were excited and eager to try everything out. They especially like the magnetic building blocks and magnetic men. \r\n\r\nSTEM play can have a meaningful impact on children's social-emotional development and behavioral regulation. When children engage in hands-on problem solving, building, experimenting, and collaborative exploration, they naturally encounter challenges that require patience, persistence, and flexible thinking. These experiences help them develop emotional resilience, as they learn to cope with frustration, manage setbacks, and celebrate small successes. \r\n\r\nSTEM play often occurs in group settings, which fosters communication, cooperation, and empathy; children must share ideas, negotiate roles, and listen to others' perspectives, strengthening their social skills. My students have been using the donated materials in small social-emotional learning groups to achieve these goals.\r\n\r\nMy students have been using the donated materials by themselves as well to help them regulate their emotions when they come to take breaks. The structured yet open-ended nature of STEM activities supports behavioral regulation by encouraging focus, planning, and self-monitoring. As children work toward a goal—such as completing a design or solving a problem—they practice controlling impulses, following sequences, and adjusting their behavior based on feedback. \r\n\r\nThank you for donating toward our project!","fullyFundedDate":1774443282789,"projectUrl":"project/building-calm-through-stem-play/10066634/","projectTitle":"Building Calm Through STEM Play","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Vahlenkamp","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4982665_orig.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1770061166100","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4982665"},{"teacherId":4549843,"projectId":9818358,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation for our classroom. With your donation we were able to buy waterproof gloves, hats and socks. Already this year these items have some in handy helping my students stay warm. You would not believe the amount of kids who show up to school without gloves and hats or who lose theirs between home and school. These have been a daily lifesaver for our grade level. Typically students take what they need to wear for recess, set out to dry after (Wisconsin winters get really wet) and then I wash them when needed and store. These items have worked great!","fullyFundedDate":1764707346345,"projectUrl":"project/gloves-hats-and-socks-for-5th-graders/9818358/","projectTitle":"Gloves, Hats and Socks for 5th Graders!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Bauer","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4549843_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1500816106096","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4549843"},{"teacherId":4549843,"projectId":9818274,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to our classroom. Your generosity has helped us reach our goal of refilling our snack shelf. With your donation, we received some healthy snack options that are available day to day. We know that our basic needs need to be met before we are ready to learn and alert for the day. One of these basic needs is food/hunger. Not all of my students receive the proper nutrition and I love being able to hand them a healthy snack when they need it. My students love the crackers and the granola bars. Being able to hand them a snack is a great source to help them feel full.\"","fullyFundedDate":1763494163153,"projectUrl":"project/healthy-snacks-for-5b/9818274/","projectTitle":"Healthy Snacks for 5B!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Bauer","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4549843_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1500816106096","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4549843"},{"teacherId":3738150,"projectId":9850945,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to our classroom. Your support and genorocity has helped us reach our goal in funding some classroom essentials. With your donation we are now stocked with pencils...and our classroom can never have too many pencils! My students also love the new pencil sharpener that sharpens perfectly with no more jammed sharpeners! We were also able to get some privacy dividers for test taking, quiet reading or any time a student may want a little more privacy as they work. \r\n\r\nWe also love having the sturdy mesh baggies. We can organize our indoor recess game and math manipulatives for easy access and and organized classroom!\r\n\r\nThank you so much!","fullyFundedDate":1764215415629,"projectUrl":"project/classroom-essentials/9850945/","projectTitle":"Classroom Essentials","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Creaser","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3738150_272x272.png?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1505394421414","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3738150"},{"teacherId":4608732,"projectId":9648705,"letterContent":"Wow! Who knew that fresh, new, shiny, squeaky clean whiteboards could be so exciting! Our old dry erase boards were in rough shape and these new boards are a great addition during our large group instruction time on the carpet. We love that the boards are 2-sided! The front side is great for math because there is plenty of open space for students to share their thinking! The back side of the boards are lined, which is fantastic to use during writing and phonics. We use the lines for writing our snap words and practicing our handwriting with proper letter formation using thin markers.\r\n\r\nThank you so much for your generous donation to our classroom. My students and I are very appreciative of your support!","fullyFundedDate":1757082737317,"projectUrl":"project/check-out-my-thinking/9648705/","projectTitle":"Check Out My Thinking!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Anderson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4608732_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1503196822228","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4608732"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_37284","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":427,"numTeachers":29,"percentFrplEligible":65,"percentAsian":20,"percentBlack":2,"percentWhite":66,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":3,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":0,"percentMultiracialImputed":6,"gradesServed":"K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"14.7:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"TOWN","ncesMetroType":"TOWN_DISTANT"},"inStateSupporters":61.3,"schoolId":37284,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about River Heights Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"River Heights Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/wisconsin/school-district-of-the-menomonie-area/river-heights-elementary-school/37284"}