{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Silver Stage Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":42.3,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":8185709,"projectId":10574005,"letterContent":"hank you so much for supporting our Pre-K classroom by providing us with our new blocks! Your generosity has given our students a wonderful opportunity to learn, explore, create, and use their imaginations through hands-on play.\r\n\r\nOur students love building, and these blocks will allow them to create everything from houses and towers to bridges and imaginative structures. While they are having fun, they are also developing important skills such as problem-solving, spatial awareness, fine motor skills, creativity, and communication.\r\n\r\nThe blocks also encourage our students to work together, share ideas, take turns, and solve problems as a team. It is exciting to see their confidence grow as they plan a structure, build it, and make changes when something doesn't work the way they expected.\r\n\r\nThank you for investing in our young learners and helping make our classroom a place where children can learn through play and discovery. Your kindness will make a difference in our students' learning experiences for years to come!","fullyFundedDate":1788537372397,"projectUrl":"project/building-big-ideas-through-blocks/10574005/","projectTitle":"Building Big Ideas Through Blocks","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. O","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8185709_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1780270125178","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8185709"},{"teacherId":1890297,"projectId":10564452,"letterContent":"This project is truly a game-changer for our little Nighthawks! In a rural school where extra resources can be hard to come by, these supplies turn our classroom into a cozy, comforting sanctuary. Instead of getting overwhelmed by bright lights or big feelings, the kids now have sweet, comforting ways to take a breather, reset, and jump right back into learning with a smile.\r\n\r\nHaving these tools means our days run so much smoother. The kids are learning how to manage their own time and take real pride in caring for their own supplies, which builds their confidence in leaps and bounds. Best of all, it makes moving between the resource room and their main general education classrooms completely stress-free. Whether we are practicing handwriting, reading stories together about empathy and friendship, or using durable visual charts that follow them wherever they go, our students are getting the exact love and support they need to feel safe, included, and ready to thrive every single day.","fullyFundedDate":1788495520864,"projectUrl":"project/bright-minds-supporting-inclusion-and-s/10564452/","projectTitle":"Bright Minds: Supporting Inclusion and Skill Building in K–2","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Rogers","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1890297_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1722969983530","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1890297"},{"teacherId":8593897,"projectId":10204288,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping bring our Grocery Store and Kitchen Play Center to life! Your generous donation has created an exciting, hands on learning space where my kindergarten students can learn through play, exploration, and real world experiences.\r\n\r\nOur students are using the grocery store and kitchen center to practice important skills such as counting, sorting, identifying foods, recognizing letters and words, using pretend money, taking turns, communicating with one another and solving problems. In the kitchen, students are also learning about following directions and working together to prepare pretend meals. What looks like play to them is providing meaningful opportunities to build academic, social and language skills. \r\n\r\nThe students were ao excited when they first saw the new center. They immediately wanted to shop, cook, become cashiers and serve food! I have loved watching even my quiet students become more engaged. \r\n\r\nOur next step is to turn this play center into a student led project. We will work together to plan and create our own grocery store creating signs and prices which will connect with upcoming math lessons. \r\n\r\nBecause of your support. My students now have a space where they can learn, create, communicate, and imagine while developing skills they will you every day.","fullyFundedDate":1780511213027,"projectUrl":"project/building-life-skills-through-play/10204288/","projectTitle":"Building Life Skills Through Play","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Hogue","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8593897_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1788572946771","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8593897"},{"teacherId":8185709,"projectId":10245041,"letterContent":"My students love coming to school and seeing the brightness of our classroom. It makes them feel happy and ready to learn for the day. Families enjoy coming to school and seeing the bright colors of the classroom and all the activities that coincide with our classroom. \r\nPre-k is the beginningof their learning journey and having bright colors to come and forget about sadness, worries at home helps each student start the day fresh and ready to learn. It is more than just school. It is an endless rainbow of opportunities.","fullyFundedDate":1783053374582,"projectUrl":"project/where-every-color-tells-a-story/10245041/","projectTitle":"Where Every Color Tells a Story….","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. O","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8185709_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1780270125178","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8185709"},{"teacherId":1890297,"projectId":10002394,"letterContent":"My students love the couch we recieved from you.\r\nThey use it when doing independent work on iReady math and reading. They love sharing the space with a friend and working quietly. They have a habit of rushing to get to it when they come into my room. I have to remind them to walk and share, but their faces light up when coming in.\r\n\r\nThank you so much for donating and helping my kids grow in their reading and math skills! Seeing their faces motivates me to be a better teacher and invigorates me to help them more. So from the bottom of my heart thank you!","fullyFundedDate":1768170491301,"projectUrl":"project/calming-corner/10002394/","projectTitle":"Calming Corner","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Rogers","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1890297_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1722969983530","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1890297"},{"teacherId":8158280,"projectId":10013594,"letterContent":"Thank you for the stuff we got. My students love the opportunity to get out of their desks and read on the floor. The cushions allow them comfort to read longer. We also like to use the cushions for incentives for following expectations. Kids love to earn them and are allowed to sit anywhere in the room for the day. This comfort keeps them reading. \r\nMy students were so excited when the boxes arrived. It felt like Christmas to them! I also received a sharpener for both colored pencils and crayons. These have made the kids so happy because our regular pencil sharpener couldn't sharpen the others. Thank you again for supporting us!\r\n\r\nAmy","fullyFundedDate":1768500463702,"projectUrl":"project/reading-with-cushion-seating/10013594/","projectTitle":"Reading With Cushion Seating","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Frontino","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-1_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8158280"},{"teacherId":5847292,"projectId":10012415,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your donation to my computer project. The lap Desks have been used daily and have enriched our classroom so much.\r\n\r\nThe computer cart has been invaluable to moving our computers from one place to another. We no longer have to worry about dropping our computers when we are outside!\r\n\r\nThank you again for all your help! The children in my class have really benefitted from the things that were purchased for our classroom. My kids really enjoy driving the computer cart and taking responsibility for driving the computers around!","fullyFundedDate":1768406830421,"projectUrl":"project/classroom-computer-needs/10012415/","projectTitle":"Classroom Computer Needs","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Kuntz","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5847292_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1704770309756","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5847292"},{"teacherId":9371387,"projectId":9989239,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your contribution to the classroom the students enjoyed using the headphones every single day for their use on their computers they also enjoyed the new rug that was supplied for the classroom so the students can count comfortably learn. The impact you have made has made such a difference to the students so they continue to learn and have a safe space to do so every single day. The games that you also supplied to the students has allowed them to learn and fun and interesting ways and makes their day a little brighter when we have indoor recess.","fullyFundedDate":1768052930307,"projectUrl":"project/technology-is-a-must/9989239/","projectTitle":"Technology is a Must!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Gore","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9371387"},{"teacherId":9370170,"projectId":10015324,"letterContent":"The donated items have been incredible to adding creativity and fun to my occupational therapy sessions. These items will be entertaining for my students year after year.\r\n\r\nThe letter-matching eggs are such a hit! While fun, they also build bilateral coordination, visual-motor integration, and visual perceptual skills.\r\n\r\nThe Snap Circuits have been really exciting for my older students (3rd grade and up). They are so excited to see what they create.\r\n\r\nThe AFL Board has been an excellent tool for ALL ages. Seriously, pre-K to middle school.","fullyFundedDate":1768680493125,"projectUrl":"project/hands-on-tools-for-building-fine-motor-s/10015324/","projectTitle":"Hands-On Tools for Building Fine Motor Skills!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Sarah","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9370170_orig.jpg?crop=1563,1563,x0,y93&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1700156724450","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9370170"},{"teacherId":9367493,"projectId":10020765,"letterContent":"Your donation of prizes for our positive behavior has been a huge hit! Students are highly motivated to engage in our classroom discussions. Student involvement is on the rise. They love to be able to pick a prize for their efforts in the classroom. \r\n\r\nStudents who normally wouldn't want to participate in our discussions are now more engaged, which in turn is adding to them believing in themselves. It is great to see the growth in their academics, and it all stems from them understanding that the more they are involved the better they understand the skills. So, in short, your funding has allowed for this kind of participation.","fullyFundedDate":1768672111090,"projectUrl":"project/the-power-of-positive-participation/10020765/","projectTitle":"The Power of Positive Participation","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Bingham","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-7_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9367493"},{"teacherId":10403834,"projectId":10018422,"letterContent":"I want to thank you for your generous donation and let you know about the impact your donation has had on my students.\r\n\r\nMy students are so excited to have a new set of headphones to help them better hear and focus on their digital lessons, tests and read-to-me books. \r\n\r\nI also have one student who is hearing impaired that finds it uncomfortable to wear her hearing aid with her old personal headphones, however these new headphones are so clear and easy for her to hear out of that she is able to remove her hearing aid during this time and still hear loud and clear! \r\n\r\nThank you, again!","fullyFundedDate":1768532062329,"projectUrl":"project/can-you-hear/10018422/","projectTitle":"Can You Hear?","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Medeiros","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10403834"},{"teacherId":6451274,"projectId":10008644,"letterContent":"Thank you for your kind support. My students were so excited to see the hands on games and activities. Then, when the caterpillars came out, they were ecstatic. Watching the caterpillars change and transform has been the highlight of the year.\r\n After spring break, our classroom will use the Darkling beetle materials and observe the life cycle. The purchased posters and sorting activities will make the steps and growth cycle more concrete. My students will be very excited. \r\n Thank you again for your continued support.","fullyFundedDate":1768194221090,"projectUrl":"project/gift-the-power-of-science/10008644/","projectTitle":"Gift the Power of Science","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Arends","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6451274"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_48525","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":383,"numTeachers":24,"percentFrplEligible":69,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":1,"percentWhite":74,"percentIndigenous":1,"percentLatinx":18,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":0,"percentMultiracialImputed":3,"gradesServed":"Pre-K - 4","studentTeacherRatio":"16.0:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"RURAL","ncesMetroType":"RURAL_DISTANT"},"inStateSupporters":57.7,"schoolId":48525,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Silver Stage Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Silver Stage Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/nevada/lyon-county-school-district/silver-springs-elementary-school/48525"}