{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Waimalu Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":31.9,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":9581637,"projectId":9717925,"letterContent":"I wanted to send a huge thank you for your incredibly generous donation to our 4th-grade classroom! Your thoughtfulness and support mean the world to me and to all of our students.\r\n\r\nThe impact of the new supplies is already incredible. The wobble chairs and fidgets provide perfect tools for our energetic learners, helping them channel their focus and stay engaged during lessons. Our classroom is now a much more flexible and comfortable space, encouraging better concentration for everyone. Plus, the bright acrylic pens have sparked an amazing new interest in detailed art and creative writing projects—they've definitely elevated our creative corner!\r\n\r\nWe are also so appreciative of the practical items. The chips and snacks are a huge hit, providing essential fuel for those long afternoons and hard-working brains. And the garden cans have inspired a whole new level of excitement for our upcoming science unit on botany and responsibility. We are thrilled to nurture our class garden with this new equipment!\r\n\r\nThank you for investing in our 4th graders. Your generosity transforms our daily learning into something truly special.","fullyFundedDate":1758147242744,"projectUrl":"project/ready-to-learn/9717925/","projectTitle":"Ready to LEARN!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Quon","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-9_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9581637"},{"teacherId":7930401,"projectId":9685009,"letterContent":"Thanks to your generosity, we have been able to use our cross-curricular materials and lessons to design and make pop-up cards for one of the staff member's retirement! It was the perfect timing for the funding to be shared and the materials to arrive. The students were so excited to learn about new ways to engineer cards and to create something more personal for our team member. It was incredible to watch as they worked through the three lessons with all the materials and resources that you helped to provide. The entire grade level was able to build individual cards to convey their appreciation for our retiree and the years that they have spent together. \r\n\r\nI am so excited to continue to work with these concepts and resources with the students. I cannot wait to see how this will grow their PBL designs and final products at the end of the semester and year long projects.","fullyFundedDate":1758068531504,"projectUrl":"project/steam-supplements/9685009/","projectTitle":"STEAM Supplements","teacherDisplayName":"Mx. Brock","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7930401_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1689050887467","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/music-1msbrock"},{"teacherId":6587217,"projectId":9144918,"letterContent":"Thank you for gifting this opportunity to our students! Without your generous donations, we never would've dreamed of 3D printing at our school! Students now can design in any CAD program and print their creations. We are so happy to have access to these tools to help prepare us for future careers!\r\n\r\nWe intend to create original products to sell at the upcoming Maker's Explorium. Along with our 3D printed trinkets, we will be crocheting, creating acrylic keychains, and using 3D doodle pens to make art. \r\n\r\nThank you so much!","fullyFundedDate":1741694193843,"projectUrl":"project/layer-by-layer/9144918/","projectTitle":"Layer by Layer","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Chong","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6587217_orig.jpg?crop=626,626,x223,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1627430257526","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/chloechong"},{"teacherId":8975435,"projectId":9156589,"letterContent":"Having the new mics and supplies for our media club greatly helped our media club. We battled less with the technologies (i.e. malfunctioning mic, not picking up mic) and focused more on production (i.e. better projection and production). It is through your endless support that we're able to do all this. This resulted in a more confident junior reporters and more efficient use of our time, consequently serving our students and our school community better. \r\n\r\nMay your generosity reach you and your ohana a hundred fold. May the voices of our youth be the motivator that helps keep you going as well on a bad day. From our Waimalu ohana to yours, mahalo from the bottom of iur hearts.","fullyFundedDate":1742147056888,"projectUrl":"project/empowering-voices-amplifying-their-futu/9156589/","projectTitle":"Empowering Voices, Amplifying Their Future","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Rubi","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8975435_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1704756337973","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/msrubisclass"},{"teacherId":8357165,"projectId":9170640,"letterContent":"The materials ordered are intended for the coming sy2025-26. I appreciate the timeliness of the delivery since next year I will be working with the 4th-grade for the first time, and will be using the summer to prep. \r\n\r\nThough the curriculum will be new to me, I am sure the students will be excited to use hands-on manipulatives that will bring abstract concepts to life. They will \"experience\" how equations balance out on both sides of the equals sign, what fraction equivalents look and feel like, and clarify the order of operations. Though this older age of students will be new to me, I am sure their more mature fine-motor skills will enable our class to explore a wider range of arts skills. \r\n\r\nThe instructional delivery will also be new to me, as I deliberately requested a transfer to a co-teaching classroom where I will share lesson delivery with a general education partner. I am so relieved to now have a rich bank of hands-on materials to utilize---it will impact the students in my care in such a positive way!","fullyFundedDate":1742149664620,"projectUrl":"project/maths-and-arts/9170640/","projectTitle":"Maths and Arts","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. A","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8357165"},{"teacherId":8384922,"projectId":9156140,"letterContent":"The resources for this project have encouraged my students to become stronger and more avid readers. The moment they saw the resources they began asking if they could use them and asking when they could begin reading. These resources encouraged both reading and collaborative learning. Students have been able to partner read which helps to improve comprehension and fluency. \r\n\r\nThe resources have been used during our reading group rounds. First, students engage in a shared activity using one or more of the phonics resources provided. Then they move to the reading corner where they partner read the books provided in this project. These resources have been an enormous blessing to my students and our classroom. They have allowed greater engagement and more active learning throughout the last half of the school year. We are deeply grateful for your kindness in supporting our classroom and helping to make our learning relevant and fun.","fullyFundedDate":1741792797237,"projectUrl":"project/literacy-made-easy/9156140/","projectTitle":"Literacy Made Easy","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Grubb","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8384922"},{"teacherId":7930401,"projectId":9271407,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous support in expanding our classroom garden! This helps us maintain the plants that we are going to grow in our hydroponic system and transfer them to new pots and soil to continue to observe their growth in their new environment. This also allows us to grow a wider variety of plants for our science and health lessons. With the rotation of classes within the grade level next year, these supplies ensure that both classes will be able to participate in the full gardening experience. Thank you for providing all of us with the materials and access that we need to close out this year and better prepare for next year.","fullyFundedDate":1747852379669,"projectUrl":"project/growing-gardeners/9271407/","projectTitle":"Growing Gardeners","teacherDisplayName":"Mx. Brock","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7930401_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1689050887467","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/music-1msbrock"},{"teacherId":7930401,"projectId":9160569,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous support of our technology integration into skill practice and interventions! It was a learning curve to get everything to work, but the students have enjoyed the more game-ified math exercises and the ability to work more independently. The Osmo has so many different games and skill levels that the students have been able to adjust the activities to their needs. I also have really enjoyed the \"parent\" features that let me track their activities and see where we can adjust or support their intervention lessons outside of the apps. It has been a fun experience and I plan to continue with the station next year. \r\nThank you for providing this option to the students and to me. It is deeply appreciated.","fullyFundedDate":1741999190286,"projectUrl":"project/project-osmo/9160569/","projectTitle":"Project Osmo","teacherDisplayName":"Mx. Brock","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7930401_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1689050887467","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/music-1msbrock"},{"teacherId":9158830,"projectId":9154762,"letterContent":"Adding chapter books to my classroom has had a profound impact on my students' engagement and reading development. The longer narratives and more complex characters inherent in chapter books have captivated their imaginations, leading to a noticeable increase in reading enthusiasm. Students frequently approach me, eager to discuss plot twists, character motivations, and predict what might happen next. This level of intrinsic interest is a stark contrast to their previous, sometimes reluctant, engagement with shorter texts.\r\n\r\nBeyond just enjoyment, the introduction of chapter books has significantly boosted my students' reading comprehension and stamina. They are now accustomed to following extended storylines, retaining information over multiple reading sessions, and grappling with more sophisticated vocabulary and sentence structures. This sustained engagement with a single narrative has also fostered a deeper understanding of literary elements like theme, setting, and character development. Witnessing their genuine excitement and the tangible growth in their reading abilities has been incredibly rewarding, solidifying the chapter book as an essential component of my classroom library.","fullyFundedDate":1741713111316,"projectUrl":"project/chapter-books-for-reading-groups/9154762/","projectTitle":"Chapter Books for Reading Groups","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Dy","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9158830_orig.jpg?crop=1210,1210,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1741662926673","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9158830"},{"teacherId":9370796,"projectId":8948372,"letterContent":"We can't thank you enough for gifting us the necessary art materials to create our colorful Choose Love rock garden! Our students took pride in designing their rocks with their buddy class partners, decorating unique rocks with caring words like, \"Bee kind,\" \"You are enough,\" and \"You got this!\" The response was so positive that we will hopefully find a way to make this an annual buddy class SEL project. Your generous donations allowed us to enhance our garden space and give our students a fun way to brighten up someone's day. Thank you so much for your wonderful support of our Warriors!","fullyFundedDate":1739368028071,"projectUrl":"project/inspirational-ink-choose-love-rocks/8948372/","projectTitle":"Inspirational Ink-Choose Love Rocks!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Sakato","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-9_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9370796"},{"teacherId":3260623,"projectId":9163544,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for funding my project, \"A Hook and Some Yarn Will Take You Far!\" The students were so amazed to receive the crochet supplies and crochet books that were funded by your generous donation. They could not believe that we are so fortunate to be able to create amigurumi crochet animals and any other items that they could imagine.\r\n\r\nEven some of our teachers have been inspired to begin a new crochet hobby after seeing the students working on crochet at recess. The students tell their friends, and more new kiddos show up. It is wonderful to be able to give them an outlet for their energy and creativity. It is heartwarming to see them chatting and crocheting together.\r\n\r\nThank you again for your donation, it is cherished and so beneficial for the students' social emotional learning.","fullyFundedDate":1742047709840,"projectUrl":"project/a-hook-and-some-yarn-will-take-you-far/9163544/","projectTitle":"A Hook and Some Yarn Will Take You Far!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Tabe","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3260623_272x272.png?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1458070971192","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3260623"},{"teacherId":7930401,"projectId":9045246,"letterContent":"On behalf of the fifth-grade students, faculty, and administration of Waimalu, we extend our deepest gratitude for your generous contributions to the Cardboard Construction Kits project. Your support played a pivotal role in the successful implementation of our Project-Based Learning (PBL) lessons and culminating showcase, a testament to the power of community engagement and shared commitment to innovative education. This project, centered on the principles of sustainability and creative reuse, provided our students with an invaluable opportunity to explore the artistic potential inherent in recycled materials. By transforming discarded cardboard into intricate structures and imaginative creations, our students not only engaged in hands-on learning but also developed a profound understanding of environmental stewardship. The Cardboard Construction Kits served as more than mere materials; they were catalysts for critical thinking, problem-solving, and collaborative learning. Your contributions enabled us to equip our students with the necessary resources to bring their visions to life, fostering a sense of accomplishment and pride that will undoubtedly resonate throughout their academic journey. Furthermore, your investment in this project underscores the importance of integrating sustainability into our educational curriculum. By empowering students to see the potential in discarded materials, we are cultivating a generation of environmentally conscious citizens who are equipped to address the challenges of waste management and resource conservation. The Cardboard Construction Kits project served as a powerful reminder that creativity and sustainability can go hand-in-hand, and your support made this vision a reality.\r\n\r\nThe success of the Cardboard Construction Kits project would not have been possible without the unwavering commitment of our generous donors. Your belief in our students' potential and your dedication to fostering innovative educational experiences have made a tangible difference in their lives. The project not only enhanced their academic learning but also instilled valuable life skills, such as teamwork, perseverance, and the ability to think creatively. Your generosity has not only enriched the educational experience of our fifth-grade students but has also contributed to the broader mission of Waimalu to provide a comprehensive and engaging learning environment. We hope that you will continue to support our efforts to provide innovative educational opportunities for our students, and we look forward to sharing future successes with you. Thank you once again for your invaluable contributions and for making a lasting impact on our students' lives.","fullyFundedDate":1739368022275,"projectUrl":"project/cardboard-construction-kits/9045246/","projectTitle":"Cardboard Construction Kits","teacherDisplayName":"Mx. 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