{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Winton Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":25.0,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":10175177,"projectId":10065173,"letterContent":"I am writing to express my heartfelt thanks for your generous support of our classroom project. Because of your donation, we now have the tools and resources to foster positive change in our special education students who face behavioral challenges. Your contribution is helping us create a supportive, structured, and engaging environment where every student can thrive.\r\n\r\nThanks to your generosity, my students are experiencing new opportunities to learn important social-emotional skills, manage their behaviors, and celebrate their successes. Already, I have seen smiles and engagement during activities that were previously difficult.\r\n\r\nYour generosity is making a real difference in the lives of my students. Your support not only provides resources but also inspires my students to believe that they matter and that people care about their success.\r\n\r\nThank you for investing in their education and helping create opportunities for growth, creativity, and discovery. We are deeply grateful for your kindness and for being part of our classroom journey.","fullyFundedDate":1769779962021,"projectUrl":"project/help-our-students-turn-positive-choices/10065173/","projectTitle":"Help Our Students Turn Positive Choices Into Positive Change","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Purvis","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-9_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10175177"},{"teacherId":104111,"projectId":10075302,"letterContent":"It with deepest gratitude that I thank you for your donation. The weighted blankets and pillows have been a miracle. It is absolutely amazing the transformation that can happen when a student has their sensory needs met. I have students that struggle to sit still and focus on any academic tasks, but settling them into a beanbag with a weighted blanket changes their energy level and allows them to successfully complete their school work. \r\n\r\nRecently I received a new student that has been in more schools and districts than she has had birthdays. She is currently a guardian of the state and has experienced significant trauma in her 10 years of life. Every morning I set her up with two of the weighted blankets, a pillow, noise canceling headphones, breakfast, and book. After 45 minutes to an hour she is ready to face her school day. Without the calm start her day she is completely unable to be regulated. Your donation came at the perfect time to help a smart good child that struggles because of no fault of her own. \r\n\r\nThe little kindergarten kids are excited about the dinosaur and whale blankets. The little kids also love the unicorn sleeping bag because \"it is cozy.\" Kids love to be cozy during story time. Their happiness is almost palpable. The varies weights and textures of the blankets help the students identify what best meets their needs. I have to admit I love the toy boxes because they offer such a clean and tidy storage method, which allows for easy access for the kids and easy cleanup. \r\n\r\nYour donation has helped students understand and learn what they need in order to calm their bodies and what tools are available to them. My goal is to help them be successful in the classroom, but my ultimate goal is to teach them how to be successful when they are not longer in the classroom. Thank you for helping to make learning more accessible to students that have such great needs.","fullyFundedDate":1772139568222,"projectUrl":"project/sensory-input-to-assist-in-learning/10075302/","projectTitle":"Sensory Input to Assist in Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Jones","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp104111_orig.jpg?crop=3024,3024,x0,y241&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1733868833676","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/104111"},{"teacherId":104111,"projectId":10117762,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for the wonderful toys that you provided for my students. Spring is here and we have so much rain which means so much indoor recess. In the past students would be disappointed when there was indoor recess, but not anymore! They are beyond excited about the Legos, play doh, and stem building sets. When I unpacked the boxes with all of the toys the excitement and joy could be seen on their faces and heard in the \"awe and whoos\" of their voices. \r\n\r\nIt has been amazing to watch the students working together to build creations during their recess time. The toys that you donated have helped my special education students practice communication and problem solving skills. Playing and working together is such an important developmental skill that is best developed during free play time. \r\n\r\nYour generosity has made children happy and provide them with access to toys they would never get to experience without your kindness.","fullyFundedDate":1772069627099,"projectUrl":"project/never-fear-indoor-recess-toys-are-here/10117762/","projectTitle":"Never Fear Indoor Recess Toys Are Here","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Jones","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp104111_orig.jpg?crop=3024,3024,x0,y241&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1733868833676","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/104111"},{"teacherId":104111,"projectId":9790848,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for providing my students with so many amazing graphic novels. One of my greatest joys is seeing children excited about new books. When the boxes came with all the books you donated I opened them up in front of my students. It is a rare occasion for children to get to handle brand new books. It was wonderful too see how excited they were. They loved how fresh and crisp the pages were. One student even said, \"They smell new.\" In today's highly digital world we can easily forget that students both need and want to experience the tangible. They want to have new books in their hands. \r\n\r\nAs a special education teacher I often encounter great deal of resistance to reading. The kids will say books are too hard or too boring, but the moment graphic novels come out all the complaining stops. The pictures make the books accessible to them. They don't become overwhelmed by the text they become excited. The most amazing result of your donation is that now I have students that have read the graphic novels and they are now requesting to go to the library to get the original novel. \r\n\r\nYour donation inspired struggling readers and you have made children happy. Thank you for your kindness because of you students are excited about reading.","fullyFundedDate":1767232009011,"projectUrl":"project/bring-on-the-books/9790848/","projectTitle":"Bring on the Books!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Jones","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp104111_orig.jpg?crop=3024,3024,x0,y241&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1733868833676","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/104111"},{"teacherId":10175177,"projectId":9589709,"letterContent":"I want to extend my heartfelt thanks to you for your incredible support of my Donors Choose project. Because of your kindness, my special education classroom now has the intervention materials we need to help every student make meaningful progress.\r\n\r\nThese new resources have already begun making a difference! My students are excited to explore the hands-on-tools and engaging activities that allow them to practice foundational skills at their own pace. The materials are helping us target individual learning goals and build confidence, independence, and joy in learning. In just these last two months my students have made so much academic growth already! I am very excited to see their progress by the end of this school year. Thanks to you, my students are discovering that learning to read is fun!\r\n\r\nFor many of my students, even small steps forward represent big victories-and thanks to your generosity, we now have the right supports in place to make those steps possible every day.\r\n\r\nFrom the bottom of my heart, thank you for believing in my students and for investing in their success. Your generosity doesn't just provide supplies-- it provides hope, motivation, and opportunities that truly change lives.","fullyFundedDate":1755693106686,"projectUrl":"project/bridging-gaps-in-learning-materials-for/9589709/","projectTitle":"Bridging Gaps in Learning: Materials for Special Education","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Purvis","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-9_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10175177"},{"teacherId":104111,"projectId":9334593,"letterContent":"The books you provided for my classroom has made an enormous positive impact. I had two main goals for this project. I hoped to have the students become more motivated to read independently and I was hoping they would start discussing books between themselves. Both of these goals have been reached. I often see students making books recommendations to their peers. This discuss which book is their favorite in a series and what they want to read next. \r\n\r\nThere is almost nothing more wonderful that seeing children excited about reading. Many of the books you provided for the classroom were parts of a series. The students are excited and proud to share they have finished a book. They can't wait to tell me which book they are going to read next. Some of the students have already completed reading an entire series and we are only in the first month of school.\r\n\r\nAll of my students are special education students and reading is often a huge struggle. The graphic novels you donated have made reading of novels more accessible to them. Prior to your donation of books many of the students had never finished a book before, but your donation changed that for them. The books you donated have opened their eyes to the joy of reading and I am forever grateful to you for giving me the opportunity to put new books into the hands of my students.","fullyFundedDate":1752765936603,"projectUrl":"project/inspiring-struggling-readers/9334593/","projectTitle":"Inspiring Struggling Readers","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Jones","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp104111_orig.jpg?crop=3024,3024,x0,y241&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1733868833676","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/104111"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_52594","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":397,"numTeachers":27,"percentFrplEligible":53,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":0,"percentWhite":82,"percentIndigenous":1,"percentLatinx":8,"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":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_SMALL"},"inStateSupporters":75.0,"schoolId":52594,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Winton Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Winton Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/idaho/coeur-d-alene-public-schools/winton-elementary-school/52594"}