{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"David Crockett Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":41.5,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":9618651,"projectId":9887800,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generosity and kindness in supporting our classroom project. Because of you, my students will have access to the nourishment they need to learn, grow, and feel cared for each day.\r\n\r\nMy students are bright, compassionate learners who show up ready to try their best, even when life presents challenges. Many come from hardworking families who deeply value education, though resources can sometimes be limited. What makes my students truly special is their resilience, their ability to stay curious, determined, and kind in every situation.\r\n\r\nYour donation helps ensure that hunger never becomes a barrier to their success. The snacks you helped provide dried fruit, beef jerky, crackers, chips, cookies, and small treats may seem simple, but they have a powerful impact. A quick bite can help a student regain focus during a tough lesson, boost confidence in the middle of the day, or offer comfort when they need it most.\r\n\r\nThanks to you, my students can stay alert and engaged, giving them the energy to fully participate in discussions, activities, and challenges. You have helped create a classroom where every learner feels supported, included, and ready to thrive.\r\n\r\nYour generosity means more than you know, not just to me, but to every child who will benefit from your caring contribution.","fullyFundedDate":1763079871541,"projectUrl":"project/feeding-curiosity-one-snack-at-a-time/9887800/","projectTitle":"Feeding Curiosity, One Snack at a Time","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Heath","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9618651_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1762821843233","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/heathteach"},{"teacherId":9618651,"projectId":9760581,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support of our 5th grade classroom project! Because of you, my students now have engaging and accessible fitness materials that will bring movement, joy, and energy into our learning environment each day.\r\n\r\nThanks to your donations, our class received a variety of exercise dice sets, including giant foam yoga dice, fitness challenge dice, neon foam dice, and vinyl PE dice, as well as a set of kid-friendly exercise cards. These tools may seem simple, but they create powerful opportunities for students to move, collaborate, and build healthy habits. Whether we are taking a movement break, practicing teamwork during PE activities, or using exercise challenges to wake up our brains before math, these materials will be used constantly throughout the school year.\r\n\r\nMy students are especially excited about the giant-sided dice and the exercise cards. They turn physical activity into something fun, surprising, and student-led. For many of my learners, having movement woven into the day helps them focus better, regulate emotions, and return to academic tasks with renewed confidence.\r\n\r\nYour support does more than provide materials—it shows my students that people they've never met believe in them and want to see them thrive. That message is incredibly meaningful, and they feel it.\r\n\r\nThank you again for investing in their well-being, their learning, and their joy. We are truly grateful.","fullyFundedDate":1762267748936,"projectUrl":"project/physical-education-with-numbers/9760581/","projectTitle":"Physical Education with Numbers","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Heath","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9618651_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1762821843233","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/heathteach"},{"teacherId":9618651,"projectId":9645476,"letterContent":"Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for supporting our English Language Development Writing Center project. Because of your generosity, our English language learners now have access to the high-quality materials they need to build the foundational skills that will carry them through school and beyond.\r\n\r\nOur school serves a wonderfully diverse community, including many students who are learning English as a second language. These students are resilient, curious, and motivated to succeed, but without targeted literacy resources, they often face barriers that make it difficult to keep pace with their peers. Your donation has helped remove those barriers.\r\n\r\nWith the arrival of the new books and center materials, our classroom has been transformed. The structured literacy books you funded are already helping students strengthen all four crucial language domains:\r\n\r\nReading: Students are making gains in phonics, comprehension, and vocabulary as they work through lessons tailored to their individual levels.\r\n\r\nWriting: With clear models and guided practice, they are building confidence in grammar, sentence structure, and written expression.\r\n\r\nListening: Sequential activities are helping students follow instructions more accurately and understand spoken English with greater ease.\r\n\r\nSpeaking: Perhaps most exciting of all, students are beginning to participate more in discussions and classroom presentations, demonstrating growing fluency and confidence.\r\n\r\nThe hands-on center materials you provided such as interactive games, vocabulary cards, and engaging manipulatives, have quickly become classroom favorites. These centers offer low-pressure, collaborative learning opportunities where students can reinforce skills through play and peer interaction. For many of our newcomers, these moments are where breakthroughs happen.\r\n\r\nYour generosity is creating measurable, meaningful change. You are helping students communicate more effectively, feel more empowered academically, and see themselves as capable, successful learners. These English skills will open doors for them, not only in the classroom, but in college, future careers, and every dream they pursue.\r\n\r\nOn behalf of our students, families, and school community: thank you for believing in our learners and investing in their futures. Your support has made a lasting impact, and we are deeply grateful.","fullyFundedDate":1757722588085,"projectUrl":"project/brighter-future-a-focus-on-language-acq/9645476/","projectTitle":"Brighter Future: A Focus on Language Acquisition","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Heath","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9618651_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1762821843233","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/heathteach"},{"teacherId":9618651,"projectId":9645648,"letterContent":"We are writing to share our profound appreciation for your support of our student-led portfolio project. The contribution of high-quality paper and professional presentation folders has made an immediate, measurable impact on our classroom. The simple act of providing a superior medium for their work elevated the students' standards instantly. For example, during our recent focus on fractions, students used grid paper to precisely visualize common denominators. Now, the weight and finish of the new paper encourage the same level of precision and clarity in their writing. This connection between the structure they learn in math and the structure they apply in language arts is a fundamental step in comprehensive skill acquisition.\r\n\r\nCurrently, our 5th-grade students are tackling a comprehensive Language Arts research paper on a famous inventor. This project requires them to apply everything they've learned about grammar, structure, and compelling voice. The high-quality paper allows them to print and present their final drafts with polish. Most importantly, the donated folders are crucial for organization. Students are using them to group all necessary components—their final paper, research notes, and vocabulary lists—preparing them for the ultimate communication challenge: leading their own conferences. This step directly supports their language acquisition journey by teaching them to manage and present complex information.\r\n\r\nThe final and most impactful step is the Student-Led Conference. Instead of simply presenting, students will use their professionally packaged portfolios to lead a discussion with teachers or parents about their academic progress. The folders serve as the central piece, holding the inventor research paper and all supporting evidence. This phase requires them to practice articulating their complex learning and reflecting on their growth, bridging the gap between being students and becoming effective communicators. Your gift ensures that every student in our Arizona classroom has the professional materials needed to advocate for their own learning and success. Thank you for equipping our young researchers with these essential tools.","fullyFundedDate":1756249348735,"projectUrl":"project/student-led-portfolios-a-path-to-studen/9645648/","projectTitle":"Student-Led Portfolios: A Path to Student Advocacy","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Heath","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9618651_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1762821843233","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/heathteach"},{"teacherId":9618651,"projectId":9471855,"letterContent":"Thank you! The project funding that allowed us to purchase resources from Teachers Pay Teachers (TpT) has fundamentally revitalized our classroom, leading to noticeable improvements in student learning and engagement. Many of our donors are comfortable with personal technology but may not be aware of how educational technology is used to transform teaching and learning in a school setting. Unlike simple consumption of information, these TpT resources—often digital interactive notebooks, self-checking activities, and themed review games—are tools for active construction of knowledge. For example, when studying a historical event, students aren't just reading a textbook; they are using a digital slide deck to sort primary source quotes, drag-and-drop key events onto a timeline, and receive immediate feedback on their accuracy. This instant validation or correction helps students understand their mistakes in real-time and reinforces correct concepts more powerfully than a graded worksheet returned days later. The resources allow us to differentiate learning effortlessly, providing challenging extensions for advanced students and scaffolding for those who need extra support, ensuring every student is working at their appropriate level.\r\nWhat has truly energized our students is the shift from passive learning to exciting, interactive assignments that feel less like schoolwork and more like a challenge. The most exciting aspect of these new resources is their ability to gamify and personalize the learning experience. We have introduced digital escape rooms and \"mystery reveal\" assignments where correct answers to curriculum questions unlock pieces of a puzzle or a final image. This element of suspense and accomplishment has created a buzz of enthusiasm in the classroom, transforming review sessions into collaborative, high-energy events. Students are motivated to want to find the right answer to progress, rather than being told they must complete an assignment. This has been especially impactful on overall engagement and participation. Your generous support hasn't just provided new materials; it has helped us ignite a passion for learning by making education an engaging, self-directed, and instantly rewarding experience for every student.","fullyFundedDate":1755757979876,"projectUrl":"project/teacher-created-resources-in-action/9471855/","projectTitle":"Teacher Created Resources in Action","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Heath","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9618651_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1762821843233","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/heathteach"},{"teacherId":9618651,"projectId":9238520,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support of our DonorsChoose project!\r\nBecause of your donation, we now have the hangers we needed to properly store and organize our athletics uniform shorts. These hangers have helped us keep our uniforms neat, clean, and ready for use—boosting student pride and confidence. Our athletes now have a more professional and organized space to access their uniforms. The students are also learning the importance of taking care of our uniforms and the benefits of storing them properly. In addition, having a well-maintained uniform system saves time for staff, reduces stress before games, and helps us extend the life of our uniforms—ensuring that future students can benefit from this support as well.\r\nThank you for being a part of this positive change. Your support reaches far beyond hangers—it helps build pride in our uniforms and respect for our gear.\r\nThank you!","fullyFundedDate":1744315476673,"projectUrl":"project/maximize-practice-time-with-an-organized/9238520/","projectTitle":"Maximize Practice Time with an Organized Space","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Heath","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9618651_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1762821843233","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/heathteach"},{"teacherId":9618651,"projectId":8644480,"letterContent":"I hope this message finds you well. I wanted to take a moment to express my heartfelt thanks for your generous contribution to our classroom. Your support has made a tremendous impact on our students, and I am excited to share how your donation is being put to work.\r\n\r\nWith your donation, we were able to purchase engaging resources from Teachers Pay Teachers that have significantly enhanced our math and writing lessons. These resources have brought a new level of excitement and engagement to our classroom, offering our students a variety of interactive and creative activities that support their learning in dynamic ways.\r\n\r\nIn math, the resources we acquired have allowed us to create hands-on, real-world problems for students to explore. Activities like math escape rooms, task cards, and interactive worksheets have made abstract concepts more accessible and fun. Students are now tackling challenging topics with enthusiasm and confidence, and their problem-solving skills have shown great improvement. Your support has truly helped foster a love for math in our classroom.\r\n\r\nSimilarly, in writing, the resources we purchased have given students the tools to express themselves more creatively. Writing prompts, graphic organizers, and guided writing exercises have allowed students to expand their ideas, organize their thoughts, and refine their writing skills. Whether it's crafting persuasive essays, creative stories, or informative texts, these resources have provided them with the guidance and inspiration they needed to take their writing to new heights.\r\n\r\nThanks to your donation, our students are not only learning important academic skills, but they are also developing a passion for learning that will carry with them far beyond the classroom. It's amazing to see their growth, and I can't wait to see where their curiosity and creativity take them next.\r\n\r\nOn behalf of my students and myself, thank you once again for your generosity and commitment to education. 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