{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Stevens Forest Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":23.9,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":6833014,"projectId":9558900,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping our students learn more about their feelings and how to express them safely in kindergarten. They love using the feelings the mirrors to identify their feelings. We've added the feelings pop-its to our emotional calm down bins. Kyle the Calm Down Koala has been helping us to learn to slow down and breathe.\r\n The laminating sheets have been very helpful as we make individualized materials for each of students to help them deal with their emotions and to create new games and learning activities for all three of the kindergarten classrooms at my school.\r\n\r\n Although some of our first choice activities weren't available, we were able to get some new magnetic blocks to use at self select time to let out some energy and a coloring book to talk about feelings words. We are saving the cocoa and marshmallow fidgets as a fun surprise to use in January when we come back from winter break.\r\n Thank you for your continued support of our students. We are so lucky to have donors like you that want to help out and let us provide fun, engaging materials for our students to use. We greatly appreciate it!","fullyFundedDate":1755699384415,"projectUrl":"project/how-do-you-handle-your-emotions/9558900/","projectTitle":"How Do You Handle Your Emotions?","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Lakey","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6833014_orig.jpg?crop=2110,2110,x618,y631&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1568865464723","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6833014"},{"teacherId":1500996,"projectId":9582948,"letterContent":"Our LCD board make a simple lesson very interactive and fun. The students love picking which color board they want to use and drawing on it. It's much simpler than using whiteboards with expo markers and erasers when the markers or erasers don't work.\r\nAlso my students loved seeing the bunch bands added to their desks. Since only selected students have the bouncy bands, it made them feel special. It has helped active students stay focused on class. Thank you for contributing these items for my 5th grade classroom!","fullyFundedDate":1755768734909,"projectUrl":"project/bounce-write-succeed/9582948/","projectTitle":"Bounce, Write, Succeed!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Berkowitz","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1500996_orig.jpg?crop=480,480,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1699625307995","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-greenblatt"},{"teacherId":9813301,"projectId":9530744,"letterContent":"My students were immediately drawn to the new materials at the start of the school year. The sensory tools and flexible seating options caught their attention. Many students couldn't wait to try out the wobble cushions. For some of my students who struggle with attention and sensory regulation, these tools have quickly become an essential part of our routine. The students appear more focused and eager to participate in activities. They are also working hard to earn the squishy fidgets during evaluations which keep them motivated and engaged.\r\n\r\nWe've already used the new materials in several engaging lessons. During individual and small group speech sessions, students have used the voice recording buttons to practice using core vocabulary words (e.g. \"more\", \"go\") and to answer \"yes\" and \"no\" questions. The magnetic tiles and balloon launcher sets have been a hit for language building. Students are learning to take turns, describe (e.g. \"the balloon is getting bigger\", \"ready, set, go\"). Even the kinetic sand and felt board pieces have become go to tools for hands-on vocabulary building helping my students bring their words to life through touch and movement.\r\n\r\nThanks to your generosity, my students now have a classroom that meets their needs. These materials have transformed our space into one that encourages creativity and communication. As we continue our work, students are using these tools to strengthen their social communication and receptive and expressive language skills in ways that are both fun and meaningful. Thank you for helping every child find their voice!","fullyFundedDate":1755768734777,"projectUrl":"project/my-project/9530744/","projectTitle":"My Project","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Mannion","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9813301_orig.jpg?crop=1824,1824,x846,y574&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1755470409409","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9813301"},{"teacherId":7152159,"projectId":9199677,"letterContent":"All the fresh supplies have made a positive impact in my classroom! Kindergartener go through a lot of crayons as they learn how to color without pressing too hard. Now, we have 2 huge boxes of triangular crayons that are excellent for helping students develop an appropriate grip and can be used to replace broken crayons!\r\nThe pretty, colored clipboards take up much less space than my very old and damaged clipboards. My students love using them when we have a write the room rotation during reading or math. When we begin science, my students will also use them when making science observations. \r\nThe dry erase, yellow hexagons will be used in a few weeks when we begin reading groups. Students will enjoy using something bright to practice writing high frequency words we have been learning. We also learn the name of a hexagon in math, and these dry erase hexagons will help reinforce the name of this shape.\r\nI am so very thankful for your generosity! You have made a positive impact in my classroom, and I truly appreciate it!","fullyFundedDate":1743107484970,"projectUrl":"project/fresh-supplies-inspire-kindergarten-crea/9199677/","projectTitle":"Fresh Supplies Inspire Kindergarten Creativity!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Rainey","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7152159"},{"teacherId":7152159,"projectId":9231627,"letterContent":"The flexible seating and chart stand have made a positive impact in my classroom! I use the 10 lap desks during our reading rotations. When it is time for a student to go to the read to self rotation, the student gets a lap desk and books and finds a spot on the carpet to read independently. This helps with classroom management, because students can place their lap desk in the direction that faces away from their peers, so they can focus on their reading. The lap desks also help keep my kindergarteners from rolling and/or crawling around on the carpet during this rotation. \r\nI use the 2 flexible back cushion seats as a reward students can buy with their earned dojo points for behavior to use during their read to self rotation. At times, I also allow these to be used in our calm down corner.\r\nIt has been so nice having a safe chart stand that doesn't constantly need to be hot glued and taped. Now, I can focus on teaching rather than worrying about my old stand falling over and/or coming apart.\r\nI am so very thankful for your generosity! You have made a positive impact in my classroom, and I truly appreciate it!","fullyFundedDate":1746787207404,"projectUrl":"project/kindergartners-need-flexible-seating/9231627/","projectTitle":"Kindergartners Need Flexible Seating!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Rainey","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7152159"},{"teacherId":6833014,"projectId":9313337,"letterContent":"I had a ordered a set of 6 Elkonian box dry erase boards for a project earlier this spring. Students use the boxes to write down the sounds that they hear in words. We had so much fun with them in small group, that I wrote this project to get enough boards that the whole class could write words at the same time! We love using them!\r\n\r\nI had purchased a set of the sound blending trays for myself last summer, but wanted to have enough that I could set them up for different reading groups, instead of dumping out the letters each time. I am excited to have these trays to use next year and these fatter magnetic wands will be easier for my students to hold.\r\n\r\nIt has been exciting to watch my students be so enthusiastic about learning to blend sounds to write words. Thank you for helping them become better readers and writers!","fullyFundedDate":1746548641012,"projectUrl":"project/brilliant-blenders/9313337/","projectTitle":"Brilliant Blenders!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Lakey","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6833014_orig.jpg?crop=2110,2110,x618,y631&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1568865464723","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6833014"},{"teacherId":6833014,"projectId":9183744,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your support! The blending trays and elkonian box whiteboards will be used in our classroom to help students blend and segment sounds as they learn to write words. We will also use the plastic folders, sheet protectors and chips to create homework folders that students will use to for math fact instruction and reading practice with poems and sounds. \r\n\r\nMy students were so excited to use the boards to write words. They are getting lots of practice with their letter sounds. We are using the stickers as incentives for writing sounds and the mini stuffed animals have become great sound buddies!\r\n\r\nThey have loved these materials so much that I plan to write another project to get enough boards for the whole class to use at the same time. Thank you for your support, I would not have been able to get these materials on my own.","fullyFundedDate":1742915151175,"projectUrl":"project/building-words-at-school-and-at-home/9183744/","projectTitle":"Building Words at School and at Home","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Lakey","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6833014_orig.jpg?crop=2110,2110,x618,y631&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1568865464723","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6833014"},{"teacherId":6833014,"projectId":9298567,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for sponsoring this project. The student buddies in our 3 kindergarten classes and 2 third grade classes loved creating kindness rocks together! This was our final buddy project for the year and we had a great time. \r\n\r\nThere were enough materials that students were able to create two rocks - one to add to our kindness rock garden in our butterfly garden at school and a second one to spread kindness throughout our community. We had planned to paint the rocks outside as a large group all together, but rainy weather had us break up into 6 smaller groups inside. The paint pens were easy for our students to use and the clear spray paint will keep the rocks colorful for a long time. We even have rocks left over to use next year with our new students! Hopefully, the paint pens and spray paint can be used again as well.\r\n\r\nWe really appreciate your support of this awesome project! Enjoy some photos of our rocks and rock garden.","fullyFundedDate":1746050207981,"projectUrl":"project/kindness-rocks/9298567/","projectTitle":"Kindness Rocks!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Lakey","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6833014_orig.jpg?crop=2110,2110,x618,y631&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1568865464723","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6833014"},{"teacherId":6418332,"projectId":8704207,"letterContent":"Thanks to your donations, students have been able to complete schoolwork and engage in their assignments more comfortably. They enjoy the flexibility of doing assignments where they want and being able to spread out around our classroom and work somewhere other than their desks.\r\n\r\nIt isn't possible to give students the resources they DESERVE without support from our community to make these purchases possible. Thank you for choosing to invest in our classroom materials and environment for this year and years to come.","fullyFundedDate":1724842386056,"projectUrl":"project/flexible-seating-options-to-increase-stu/8704207/","projectTitle":"Flexible Seating Options to Increase Student Engagement and Focus","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Petersen","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6418332_orig.png?crop=423,423,x4,y15&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1569547727755","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6418332"},{"teacherId":6418332,"projectId":8755364,"letterContent":"Thanks to your donations, students have been able to complete schoolwork and engage in their assignments more comfortably. They enjoy the flexibility of doing assignments where they want and being able to spread out around our classroom and work somewhere other than their desks.\r\n\r\nIt isn't possible to give students the resources they DESERVE without support from our community to make these purchases possible. Thank you for choosing to invest in our classroom materials and environment for this year and years to come.","fullyFundedDate":1726676029985,"projectUrl":"project/flexible-seating-and-materials-to-increa/8755364/","projectTitle":"Flexible Seating and Materials to Increase Focus","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Petersen","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6418332_orig.png?crop=423,423,x4,y15&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1569547727755","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6418332"},{"teacherId":9774501,"projectId":8814816,"letterContent":"When the flexible seating arrived, my students were screaming with excitement! They were excited to not have to sit in those hard plastic chairs if they didn't want to. The flexible seating has provided the students with opportunity for movement while they are sitting and working on their assignments. They use them to their full potential! When asked if they are enjoying the flexible seating they all gave a resounding yes! Thank yoj so much for donating to our classroom environment and providing the students with optional seating to provide movement and flexibility while learning.","fullyFundedDate":1727289663755,"projectUrl":"project/flexible-seating/8814816/","projectTitle":"Flexible Seating!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Robinson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-1_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9774501"},{"teacherId":5375085,"projectId":8341535,"letterContent":"Each time we are starting a new project, we are hoping that people will also believe in us, and DonorsChoose has been wonderful in helping us connecting with you one more time.\r\nWith your generosity my students are developing amazing reasoning strategies. While playing the games we were able to get, they are learning to make decisions, to develop their critical thinking, and to persevere when it becomes difficult.\r\nThank you again for supporting our learning, and to help me keeping my students \r\n engaged and curious.","fullyFundedDate":1715014993152,"projectUrl":"project/building-up-reasoning-with-logic-games/8341535/","projectTitle":"Building Up Reasoning with Logic Games","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Normandeau","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5375085_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1526300667444","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5375085"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_64706","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":314,"numTeachers":52,"percentFrplEligible":58,"percentAsian":6,"percentBlack":39,"percentWhite":17,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":25,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Pre-K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"6.0:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_MIDSIZE"},"inStateSupporters":76.1,"schoolId":64706,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Stevens Forest Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Stevens Forest Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/maryland/howard-county-public-school-system/stevens-forest-elementary-school/64706"}