{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Thunder Ridge Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":19.8,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":8045068,"projectId":8285890,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous donation to my classroom. My students were so excited when the items arrived. We opened them together and we let students learn how each item was used. \r\n\r\nThese educational games have made learning more fun for my students. I love having supplies that make our day more fun for my kindergarteners. 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I LOVE my job and it's only gotten better this year with the tools I now have in my cupboard. Your support allowed us to fully fund our initial goal AND several extra projects.\r\n\r\nMy colleague and I serve about 143 students with a very wide range of communication needs. With a new group of student walking in our door every 15 minutes (each with 2-3 individualized goals), having high-quality, ready-to-use materials is an absolute must.\r\n\r\nWith your donations we purchased a play kitchen, pretend food, a race car track, farm animals with a barn, many books, and other high-quality toys. I love designing activities that feel like play while \"secretly\" helping students practice vocabulary, sentence structure, articulation, and social skills. 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I cannot thank you enough for being a part of my village and now my student's villages.","fullyFundedDate":1768232559513,"projectUrl":"project/tpt-cards/9995986/","projectTitle":"TPT Cards","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Janna","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10114249"},{"teacherId":9179731,"projectId":9888891,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support of our \"Bee Curious, Bee Creative, Bee-Bot STEM!\" project. Because of you, my students are learning that technology is not just something they use for games or videos at home—it's a powerful tool for thinking, problem-solving, and creativity. Using Bee-Bots in the classroom helps students develop early coding and computational thinking skills by planning steps, sequencing directions, and debugging when something doesn't work as expected. 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Me and my phonological speech kiddos say thank you!\r\n\r\nIn the photos, you'll see just a tiny bit of the difference you made: students playing and building language, practicing new sounds in natural ways, and using communication tools functionally. From our little preschoolers learning to combine 2 word sentences to older students perfecting their \"R\" sound, every single kid we serve has benefited from your kindness. Thank you so much for helping us give our students the opportunities and support they deserve. I cannot thank you enough for being a part of my village and now my student's villages.","fullyFundedDate":1755725796683,"projectUrl":"project/tpt-and-books/9624213/","projectTitle":"TPT and Books","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Janna","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10114249"},{"teacherId":10114249,"projectId":9637347,"letterContent":"I cannot thank you enough for the impact you have had on the Thunder Ridge Speech Rooms this year. I LOVE my job and it's only gotten better this year with the tools I now have in my cupboard. Your support allowed us to fully fund our initial goal AND several extra projects.\r\n\r\nMy colleague and I serve about 143 students with a very wide range of communication needs. 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Now I can print an entire year's worth of homework packets for all of my students in less than 10 minutes instead of scraping the mediocre \"free\" downloads to make something work. We also got a huge supply of laminating sheets and organizational tools so we can prep and reuse all the visuals we use every single day. Thank you!!!!\r\n\r\nMy favorite purchase was the GAME-CHANGING Bjorem sound cue cards (peep the cute \"S snake\" and \"K cough sound\" cards I use literally every day!). Ask any speech therapist, these expensive decks of visuals are life changing but an investment. My kids have made so much more progress this year and even ask for them if I don't pull them out. Me and my phonological speech kiddos say thank you!\r\n\r\nIn the photos, you'll see just a tiny bit of the difference you made: students playing and building language, practicing new sounds in natural ways, and using communication tools functionally. From our little preschoolers learning to combine 2 word sentences to older students perfecting their \"R\" sound, every single kid we serve has benefited from your kindness. Thank you so much for helping us give our students the opportunities and support they deserve. I cannot thank you enough for being a part of my village and now my student's villages.","fullyFundedDate":1756070888064,"projectUrl":"project/office-supplies/9637347/","projectTitle":"Office Supplies","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Janna","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10114249"},{"teacherId":10114249,"projectId":9796056,"letterContent":"I cannot thank you enough for the impact you have had on the Thunder Ridge Speech Rooms this year. I LOVE my job and it's only gotten better this year with the tools I now have in my cupboard. 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To avoid this, a big chunk of your donations went toward purchasing Teachers Pay Teachers (TPT) resources. TPT gives us instant access to specialized materials, worksheets, and visuals created by other educators for even the most specific goals. Now I can print an entire year's worth of homework packets for all of my students in less than 10 minutes instead of scraping the mediocre \"free\" downloads to make something work. We also got a huge supply of laminating sheets and organizational tools so we can prep and reuse all the visuals we use every single day. Thank you!!!!\r\n\r\nMy favorite purchase was the GAME-CHANGING Bjorem sound cue cards (peep the cute \"S snake\" and \"K cough sound\" cards I use literally every day!). Ask any speech therapist, these expensive decks of visuals are life changing but an investment. My kids have made so much more progress this year and even ask for them if I don't pull them out. Me and my phonological speech kiddos say thank you!\r\n\r\nIn the photos, you'll see just a tiny bit of the difference you made: students playing and building language, practicing new sounds in natural ways, and using communication tools functionally. From our little preschoolers learning to combine 2 word sentences to older students perfecting their \"R\" sound, every single kid we serve has benefited from your kindness. Thank you so much for helping us give our students the opportunities and support they deserve. 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With a new group of student walking in our door every 15 minutes (each with 2-3 individualized goals), having high-quality, ready-to-use materials is an absolute must.\r\n\r\nWith your donations we purchased a play kitchen, pretend food, a race car track, farm animals with a barn, many books, and other high-quality toys. I love designing activities that feel like play while \"secretly\" helping students practice vocabulary, sentence structure, articulation, and social skills. As you can imagine, these resources make my job way more fun and my students a lot happier AND more successful.\r\n\r\nDuring my first year I spent unholy amount of time on Canva (I still love it) re-creating resources that many SLPs before me have already made. To avoid this, a big chunk of your donations went toward purchasing Teachers Pay Teachers (TPT) resources. TPT gives us instant access to specialized materials, worksheets, and visuals created by other educators for even the most specific goals. Now I can print an entire year's worth of homework packets for all of my students in less than 10 minutes instead of scraping the mediocre \"free\" downloads to make something work. We also got a huge supply of laminating sheets and organizational tools so we can prep and reuse all the visuals we use every single day. Thank you!!!!\r\n\r\nMy favorite purchase was the GAME-CHANGING Bjorem sound cue cards (peep the cute \"S snake\" and \"K cough sound\" cards I use literally every day!). Ask any speech therapist, these expensive decks of visuals are life changing but an investment. My kids have made so much more progress this year and even ask for them if I don't pull them out. Me and my phonological speech kiddos say thank you!\r\n\r\nIn the photos, you'll see just a tiny bit of the difference you made: students playing and building language, practicing new sounds in natural ways, and using communication tools functionally. From our little preschoolers learning to combine 2 word sentences to older students perfecting their \"R\" sound, every single kid we serve has benefited from your kindness. Thank you so much for helping us give our students the opportunities and support they deserve. I cannot thank you enough for being a part of my village and now my student's villages.","fullyFundedDate":1754951781219,"projectUrl":"project/speech-room-materials/9568611/","projectTitle":"Speech Room Materials","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Janna","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10114249"},{"teacherId":10114249,"projectId":9580130,"letterContent":"I cannot thank you enough for the impact you have had on the Thunder Ridge Speech Rooms this year. I LOVE my job and it's only gotten better this year with the tools I now have in my cupboard. 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