{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Roadrunner Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":19.9,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":5460824,"projectId":9957231,"letterContent":"On behalf of everyone at Roadrunner Elementary, thank you for supporting our Marbles, Motion, and Mindset: A STEM Learning Project. Your generosity has brought meaningful, hands-on learning experiences directly into our classrooms, and we are already seeing the powerful impact.\r\n\r\nFrom the moment students began building their marble runs, excitement filled the room. What may look like simple play is actually rich, standards-based STEM learning in action. Students are exploring concepts such as gravity, force, motion, speed, and angles as they design, test, and refine their creations. They are predicting outcomes, measuring distances, and thinking critically about why a marble speeds up, slows down, or changes direction.\r\n\r\nJust as important as the academic learning is the growth in mindset. When a design doesn't work the first time, students don't give up — they adjust, redesign, and try again. They are learning perseverance, resilience, and the value of problem-solving. We regularly hear students say, \"Let's try a different way,\" or \"What can we change to make it better?\" That confidence and willingness to learn from mistakes is exactly what we hoped this project would foster.\r\n\r\nCollaboration has also flourished. Students work in teams, sharing ideas, dividing responsibilities, and learning how to communicate respectfully and effectively. These are skills that extend far beyond STEM lessons and into everyday life.\r\n\r\nFor many of our students, access to high-quality, hands-on STEM materials would not be possible without donors like you. Your support ensures equitable opportunities for all learners and inspires curiosity about the world around them.\r\n\r\nThank you for investing in our students and believing in their potential. Because of you, learning at Roadrunner Elementary is active, engaging, and full of possibility.","fullyFundedDate":1766172014913,"projectUrl":"project/marbles-motion-and-mindset-a-stem-lea/9957231/","projectTitle":"Marbles, Motion, and Mindset: A STEM Learning Project","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Lyons","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5460824_orig.jpg?crop=288,288,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1743709809185","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/jennie-lyons"},{"teacherId":5460824,"projectId":9601382,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your incredible generosity in providing snacks for our students! Your contribution has made a tremendous difference in our classroom community. Each morning, I've watched students' faces light up when they see the basket of healthy snacks available to them. Just last week, during a particularly challenging math lesson, I noticed one of my quieter students struggling to focus. After offering her a granola bar and some crackers, she returned to her work with renewed energy and successfully completed problems she had been finding impossible just minutes before. Your donation didn't just fill empty stomachs—it removed a significant barrier to learning that many of our students face daily.\r\nThe impact of having consistent access to snacks has transformed our classroom environment in ways I didn't fully anticipate. Students are more engaged during afternoon lessons, and I've seen a noticeable decrease in restlessness and off-task behavior. One memorable moment was during our science experiment on plant growth, when a student excitedly told me, \"Just like these plants need food and water to grow, we need snacks to help our brains grow too!\" It was a beautiful connection that showed me how your kindness has become woven into our daily learning experience. Several parents have also reached out to express their gratitude, sharing that their children feel more confident and cared for at school, knowing these resources are available.\r\nAs we move forward, we're incorporating lessons about nutrition, community support, and gratitude into our curriculum. Students are learning about the food groups represented in the snacks you provided and creating thank-you artwork to display in our classroom. We're also working on a \"kindness ripple\" project where students identify ways they can help others in our school community, inspired by your generosity. Your gift has given us so much more than snacks—it's provided a real-world example of compassion and community care that will stay with these students for years to come.","fullyFundedDate":1758822353036,"projectUrl":"project/help-feed-our-students-snack-donation-d/9601382/","projectTitle":"Help Feed Our Students: Snack Donation Drive","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Lyons","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5460824_orig.jpg?crop=288,288,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1743709809185","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/jennie-lyons"},{"teacherId":9848000,"projectId":9554940,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your donation to help keep our classroom healthy with flu season around the corner it is really going to help keep everyone from getting sick as much. To keep the little ones in the classroom mare to keep on learning and growing their little minds. When the children are able to keep coming to school they don't fall behind in lessons and are able to connect with each other to help them grow socially as well. It really means so much to me that you donated and helped fund this project. We hope that you can also keep well in the winter season and stay healthy and safe.","fullyFundedDate":1760556604818,"projectUrl":"project/health-school-year/9554940/","projectTitle":"Health School Year","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Dickson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-1_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9848000"},{"teacherId":9848000,"projectId":9302924,"letterContent":"Our children are loving the all about me they really love the rainbow rice they love to tell each other what their favorite color is when playing in the sensory table. They have made a few friends while playing because they learn that they like the same thing the little wooden tools are the right size for them to hold and fill up and poor out to get the fine motor skill needed to learn to write. They love to use the family counter and play house with them and act out family situations with each other and count how many babies are in the jar. these items have really sparked some joy in the classroom. Thank you so much for your donation.","fullyFundedDate":1750256143252,"projectUrl":"project/all-about-me/9302924/","projectTitle":"All About Me","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Dickson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-1_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9848000"},{"teacherId":9848000,"projectId":9303098,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for you donations the supplies we received really helped out for the classroom. The kids love listening to the wooden crocking frogs. The books that explained everything they really dove into listening about the 5 senses. Talking about what they can do with their 5 senses. We did have to replace some things in our list and were able to replace it with some other items much needed like ink! It has really helped us make sure we have what we need to help the little ones learn everyday. Thank you so much for your donations.","fullyFundedDate":1750256175595,"projectUrl":"project/5-senses/9303098/","projectTitle":"5 Senses","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Dickson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-1_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9848000"},{"teacherId":5460824,"projectId":9230072,"letterContent":"On behalf of the students and staff Roadrunner Elementary, thank you for your generous monetary contribution toward our new collection of Social Emotional Learning (SEL) books. Your gift is already making a difference, in this short amount of time. Unfortunately, since school ends in a couple of days, we have only used the books a few times but the kids who have used them really liked the story and understood the lesson. \r\n\r\nYour commitment to nurturing our students' emotional well being aligns perfectly with our mission to create a safe, inclusive, and supportive learning environment. We are deeply grateful for people like you who recognize that literacy and social emotional growth go hand in hand.\r\n\r\nPlease know that your donation is an investment in skills that will benefit students far beyond the classroom. Thank you for believing in our work and for helping us put meaningful, delightful books into young readers' hands.","fullyFundedDate":1746787010222,"projectUrl":"project/empower-minds-building-resilience-throu/9230072/","projectTitle":"Empower Minds: Building Resilience Through SEL Books","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Lyons","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5460824_orig.jpg?crop=288,288,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1743709809185","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/jennie-lyons"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_50088","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":375,"numTeachers":28,"percentFrplEligible":60,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":1,"percentWhite":50,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":42,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Pre-K - 6","studentTeacherRatio":"13.4:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"TOWN","ncesMetroType":"RURAL_DISTANT"},"inStateSupporters":80.1,"schoolId":50088,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Roadrunner Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Roadrunner Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/arizona/marana-unified-school-district-6/roadrunner-elementary-school/50088"}