{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Kisimġiugtuq School ","outOfStateSupporters":73.7,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":10395726,"projectId":10165224,"letterContent":"The drawing tablet has made my lessons more visual and interactive. I use it with PowerPoint to write, draw, and work through problems step by step while teaching.\r\n\r\nStudents can follow my explanations more easily, especially those who learn best through visual examples. It also allows me to quickly add notes or examples based on students' questions.\r\n\r\nThis simple technology has helped make difficult concepts easier to explain and understand. We will continue using it to make our lessons more engaging and meaningful.","fullyFundedDate":1776115245765,"projectUrl":"project/visual-learning-tools-for-creative-and-e/10165224/","projectTitle":"Visual Learning Tools for Creative and Engaged Students","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Jamin","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10395726_orig.png?crop=1017,1017,x0,y6&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1773429578607","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10395726"},{"teacherId":10395726,"projectId":10152429,"letterContent":"Teaching math in a remote Alaska school can be challenging, especially when access to learning tools is limited. 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Thank you for providing our remote classroom with tools that support our students' success in math.","fullyFundedDate":1779152880862,"projectUrl":"project/tools-for-math-success/10152429/","projectTitle":"Tools for Math Success","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Jamin","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10395726_orig.png?crop=1017,1017,x0,y6&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1773429578607","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10395726"},{"teacherId":10395726,"projectId":9979821,"letterContent":"Teaching math here can be challenging, especially when students need different ways to understand difficult concepts. So far, these materials have helped me explain challenging ideas in a more visual and hands-on way. Instead of only seeing numbers and examples on the board, students can use the tools to explore and better understand what we are learning.\r\n\r\nThe materials have also helped make our math lessons more engaging and meaningful. Moving forward, we will continue using them to practice new skills, strengthen understanding, and help students become more confident in math. Having these resources available in our remote Alaska classroom truly makes a difference.","fullyFundedDate":1773738167417,"projectUrl":"project/empowering-middle-school-minds-with-math/9979821/","projectTitle":"Empowering Middle School Minds With Math Tools","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Jamin","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10395726_orig.png?crop=1017,1017,x0,y6&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1773429578607","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10395726"},{"teacherId":10395728,"projectId":10167230,"letterContent":"Thanks to your generous support, our classroom has become an even more joyful and engaging place for my Pre-K and Kindergarten students to learn and explore. The new resources have given my students different ways to learn based on their interests and needs. Our cozy reading area gives them a comfortable space to look through books, enjoy stories, and develop an early love of reading. The sensory materials have become a favorite during our hands-on learning activities, giving students opportunities to explore, stay engaged, and learn through play.\r\n\r\nMy students were especially excited to see all the new materials and could not wait to use them! They enjoy choosing materials independently, exploring at our learning centers, making music, and participating in active play. The P.E. parachute has brought lots of smiles and laughter while also teaching them how to listen, cooperate, take turns, and work together. Our musical instruments have also given students a fun way to experiment with sounds, follow rhythms, and confidently express themselves.\r\n\r\nAs we continue learning, these resources will be part of our daily routines, literacy activities, sensory exploration, music, movement, and cooperative play. My goal is to continue helping my students become more independent, confident, and curious learners while building strong academic and social-emotional skills. Thank you for giving my little learners a classroom where they can read, explore, create, move, and most importantly, enjoy learning!","fullyFundedDate":1776115245961,"projectUrl":"project/comfy-spaces-happy-faces-inspired-mind/10167230/","projectTitle":"Comfy Spaces, Happy Faces, Inspired Minds","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Sheena Jamin","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10395728_orig.jpg?crop=1198,1198,x122,y266&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1767577551946","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10395728"},{"teacherId":10395728,"projectId":9979825,"letterContent":"Thanks to your generous support, our \"Classroom Supplies for Curious Little Minds\" project has helped us create the warm, safe, and engaging classroom I hoped to provide for my Pre-K and Kindergarten students. We use the new materials throughout our daily lessons, learning centers, and play-based activities. The storage cabinet, organizers, bins, and classroom supplies have helped make our learning space more organized and accessible, while the hands-on materials give my students opportunities to explore, create, problem-solve, and learn through play.\r\n\r\nMy students were so excited when they first saw the new materials. They immediately wanted to explore and use them, and it has been wonderful to watch their curiosity turn into meaningful learning experiences. These resources have also supported more than academics. As my students learn to share materials, take turns, work with classmates, express their feelings, and care for our classroom, they are building confidence, independence, and important social-emotional skills.\r\n\r\nAs we continue through the school year, we will keep using these resources to strengthen early literacy, math, creativity, fine motor skills, and social-emotional development. Our next steps are to give students even more opportunities to learn independently and collaboratively through our classroom centers and hands-on activities. Thank you for helping us create a classroom where our little learners feel supported, cared for, and excited to learn each day.","fullyFundedDate":1773978767907,"projectUrl":"project/classroom-supplies-for-curious-little-mi/9979825/","projectTitle":"Classroom Supplies for Curious Little Minds","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Sheena Jamin","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10395728_orig.jpg?crop=1198,1198,x122,y266&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1767577551946","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10395728"},{"teacherId":10325109,"projectId":10265581,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our project, \"From Atoms to Molecules: Learning by Doing.\" Your generosity will provide my students with valuable materials that will make science more interactive, engaging, and meaningful.\r\n\r\nThrough hands-on activities, my students will explore atoms, elements, molecules, and chemical structures. They will have opportunities to build models, investigate how atoms combine, and visualize scientific concepts that can sometimes be difficult to understand through textbooks alone.\r\n\r\nYour support allows my students to learn by doing—asking questions, creating models, making observations, working together, and connecting science concepts to the real world. These experiences help turn abstract ideas into discoveries students can see and understand.\r\n\r\nThank you for believing in my students and helping us create a classroom filled with curiosity, exploration, and discovery. Your generosity is making a meaningful difference in their learning experiences.","fullyFundedDate":1779152881535,"projectUrl":"project/from-atoms-to-molecules-learning-by-doi/10265581/","projectTitle":"From Atoms to Molecules: Learning by Doing","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Calvario","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10325109"},{"teacherId":10325109,"projectId":10195985,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our project, \"From Theory to Action: Materials for Learning Newton's Laws.\" Your generosity is helping my students experience science in a more engaging and meaningful way.\r\n\r\nWith the materials provided through your support, my students will be able to explore Newton's Laws of Motion through hands-on experiments and activities. Instead of only reading about force, mass, acceleration, action, and reaction, they will have opportunities to observe these concepts in action, collect evidence, and connect scientific ideas to real-life experiences.\r\n\r\nHands-on learning is especially valuable because it encourages students to ask questions, make predictions, experiment, solve problems, and learn through discovery. These experiences can help students build confidence and see that science is not simply something found in a textbook—it is happening all around them.\r\n\r\nYour support provides more than classroom materials. You are helping create opportunities for my students to become curious thinkers, problem-solvers, and young scientists.\r\n\r\nThank you for believing in my students and supporting their education. We are truly grateful for your kindness and generosity.","fullyFundedDate":1777959551269,"projectUrl":"project/from-theory-to-action-materials-for-lea/10195985/","projectTitle":"From Theory to Action: Materials for Learning Newton’s Laws","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Calvario","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10325109"},{"teacherId":10325109,"projectId":10195620,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our project, \"Through Optics: Discovering the Science of Light.\" Your generosity will give my students the opportunity to explore the fascinating science of light through meaningful, hands-on activities.\r\n\r\nWith the materials you have provided, my students will be able to investigate how light reflects, refracts, travels through different materials, and interacts with lenses and mirrors. These experiences will help them connect concepts from their science lessons to the world around them.\r\n\r\nFor my students, learning becomes more meaningful when they can see, touch, experiment, and discover rather than simply read about a concept. Your support helps us create a classroom where curiosity is encouraged and students can learn science by doing science.\r\n\r\nThank you for believing in my students and investing in their education. Your kindness is helping us turn our classroom into a place of exploration, discovery, and scientific learning.\r\n\r\nWe are truly grateful for your generosity and support.","fullyFundedDate":1777959224212,"projectUrl":"project/through-optics-discovering-the-science/10195620/","projectTitle":"Through Optics: Discovering the Science of Light","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Calvario","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10325109"},{"teacherId":10325109,"projectId":10182024,"letterContent":"I am seeking your support for my project, \"Experiment Towards Learning,\" which will provide my students with opportunities to experience science through meaningful, hands-on experiments.\r\n\r\nScience becomes more exciting and understandable when students have the opportunity to investigate, observe, test ideas, and discover answers for themselves. While textbooks and classroom discussions provide important knowledge, hands-on experiments allow students to see scientific concepts come to life.\r\n\r\nThrough this project, I hope to provide the materials and supplies needed for classroom experiments and investigations. These resources will allow my students to actively participate in the learning process, develop curiosity, practice problem-solving, collect and analyze evidence, and connect scientific concepts to real-life experiences.\r\n\r\nFor students in our rural Alaska community, access to a variety of science materials can sometimes be limited. Having appropriate laboratory and experiment supplies in our classroom will give students more opportunities to explore science in ways that are engaging, relevant, and memorable.\r\n\r\nMy goal is to create a classroom where students do not simply read about science—they experience science. I want them to ask questions, make predictions, conduct investigations, learn from unexpected results, and become confident young scientists.\r\n\r\nYour support for \"Experiment Towards Learning\" will help turn our classroom into a place of discovery and exploration. Every material provided through this project will contribute to experiences that can strengthen my students' understanding of science and encourage a lifelong interest in learning.\r\n\r\nThank you for considering supporting our classroom. Your generosity will help give my students the tools they need to explore, experiment, discover, and learn.","fullyFundedDate":1777924111674,"projectUrl":"project/experiment-towards-learning/10182024/","projectTitle":"Experiment Towards Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Calvario","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10325109"},{"teacherId":10325109,"projectId":10149153,"letterContent":"I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude for your generous support of my classroom through DonorsChoose. Your kindness means so much to me and, most importantly, to my students.\r\n\r\nYour donation provides us with valuable resources that will help make learning more engaging, meaningful, and accessible. Because of your generosity, my students will have more opportunities to explore, participate, and develop their knowledge and skills through hands-on learning experiences.\r\n\r\nTeaching in a rural Alaska community has shown me how important it is for students to have access to quality educational materials and meaningful learning opportunities. Your support helps us provide those experiences and reminds my students that there are people beyond our community who believe in their education and future.\r\n\r\nThank you for believing in my students and for choosing to support our classroom. Your generosity is not simply a donation of materials—it is an investment in their learning, confidence, and future.\r\n\r\nWe are truly grateful for your kindness and support.\r\n\r\nWith heartfelt appreciation,","fullyFundedDate":1776197594731,"projectUrl":"project/experience-science-experiment/10149153/","projectTitle":"Experience Science: Experiment","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Calvario","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10325109"},{"teacherId":9696666,"projectId":9937308,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for sponsoring our classroom printer project through DonorsChoose. Your generosity has made a meaningful difference in our daily learning environment. Because of you, my third graders now have reliable access to high-quality printed materials that support their reading, writing, math, and enrichment activities.\r\n\r\nThe impact on my students has been immediate and powerful. I am now able to provide differentiated worksheets, small-group resources, graphic organizers, and practice materials tailored to their individual needs. Students feel more prepared and confident because they have the tools they need right away, and our learning time is maximized without delays or limitations. \r\n\r\nAs their teacher, this resource has given me greater flexibility, creativity, and efficiency in planning instruction. I can respond quickly to student needs and ensure that every child has access to meaningful learning materials. Most importantly, your support reminds my students that their education matters and that there are people who believe in their success. Thank you for investing in our classroom and in the bright futures of my students.","fullyFundedDate":1771454502019,"projectUrl":"project/the-learning-prints-project-bringing-re/9937308/","projectTitle":"The Learning Prints Project: Bringing Resources to Life","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Chloe Nasibog","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9696666_orig.jpg?crop=2400,2400,x0,y24&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1763617795233","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9696666"},{"teacherId":9696666,"projectId":9588776,"letterContent":"Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for supporting our project, \"Fueling Young Minds: Tools for a Brighter Future.\" Because of your generosity, my energetic and curious third graders now have the essential supplies they need to learn, create, and thrive each day.\r\n\r\nYour donations of classroom materials, along with the much-needed rolling storage cart for our mobile supply station, are already making a meaningful difference. The cart helps us stay organized, saves valuable learning time, and reduces crowding, allowing students to smoothly access the tools they need. Instead of waiting or feeling limited, they can stay focused, confident, and engaged in their work.\r\n\r\nMost importantly, your support sends a powerful message to my students: their education matters, and there are people who believe in them and their future. Because of you, their mindset is shifting from \"I can't\" to \"I can.\"\r\n\r\nWe are deeply grateful for your kindness, generosity, and commitment to helping young learners succeed. 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