{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Redwood Heights Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":18.6,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":23518,"projectId":9370870,"letterContent":"We are deeply grateful for your generous donations to our classroom project on DonorsChoose. Thanks to your kindness, we received essential supplies including PediaSure nutritional shakes, gloves, children's clothing, and sensory support items.\r\n\r\nYour contributions are making an immediate difference for our students. The PediaSure SideKicks and Grow & Gain Shake Mix provide much-needed nutrition to help children grow strong and stay focused during the school day. The gloves and other hygiene supplies help us maintain a clean, safe environment, while the clothing and sensory items ensure our students are comfortable, confident, and ready to learn.\r\n\r\nYour support goes beyond materials—it helps us show our students that their health, comfort, and success matter. Because of you, our classroom feels more like a community that truly cares.\r\n\r\nThank you for believing in our mission and for helping us create a nurturing space where every child can thrive.","fullyFundedDate":1754675067519,"projectUrl":"project/special-education-essentials/9370870/","projectTitle":"Special Education Essentials","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Kemper","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp23518_orig.jpg?crop=418,418,x0,y75&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1661289440276","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/23518"},{"teacherId":5710060,"projectId":9063272,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donations. It's been amazing to have some new exciting toys for my most impacted students. The singing cactus has been a huge hit. It's a favorite of one of complex communicators and we have been using it to practice her yes/response. I always get a big smile when the cactus starts to sing and dance. \r\n\r\nAnother one of my students is working on her speech and including the final sounds in short words. She loves the bird that moves around and it was been very motivating for her to practice the word \"on\" and include that final \"n\" sound. \r\n\r\nProbably my biggest sucess story with these new materials has been one of my kiddos who is in a wheelchair and is nonspeaking. We have been practicing using an eye gaze device (where he uses his eyes to select icons on a screen). He recently had a trial where he had to use the eye gaze device in front of some professionals and then they decide if he qualifies to get a permanent device or not. He was so distracted at first with all the new people that he wasn't using the eye gaze device. I used the spinning light toy up to help direct his attention to the screen and then he was able to show off his skills. We found out a couple weeks ago that the panel approved him for his own dedicated device, which is going to be such a life changer for him to have a way to communicate. \r\n\r\nNeedless to say having new exciting materials makes my job a lot easier and makes things a lot more fun for my students that have lots of communication challenges. Thank you so much for your support.","fullyFundedDate":1740509186250,"projectUrl":"project/engaging-toys-to-help-students-build-com/9063272/","projectTitle":"Engaging Toys to Help Students Build Communication","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Marie","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5710060_orig.jpg?crop=1330,1330,x311,y95&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1619472213664","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5710060"},{"teacherId":23518,"projectId":8821036,"letterContent":"We want to extend our heartfelt gratitude for your generous support in helping us bring new books into our classroom for students with severe disabilities. Your kindness has made a significant and lasting impact—not just by adding to our shelves, but by opening doors to learning, communication, and joy that many of our students had never experienced before.\r\n\r\nReading in our classroom might look different than in others, but it is just as powerful. For some of our students, reading means engaging with textures, colors, and images through adaptive books. For others, it's listening to stories read aloud while using communication devices to express their thoughts or reactions. Many are building foundational skills such as identifying characters, expressing preferences, making choices, and attending to a story from beginning to end.\r\n\r\nThese new books have allowed us to introduce essential early literacy skills, like tracking text, recognizing symbols, and making connections between pictures and words. They've also sparked conversations—some verbal, some through assistive technology—about emotions, characters, and events. These are huge steps for students who are still learning to communicate in their own unique ways.\r\n\r\nOne student in particular, Jayden, has discovered a love for interactive books with flaps and textures. He lights up every time we bring out his favorite story and now anticipates the storytime routine each day. Another student, Mia, who uses a communication device, has started using new vocabulary she learned from a story about animals. These are not small moments—they are breakthroughs.\r\n\r\nThanks to your generosity, our classroom is now a space where more students feel connected, engaged, and seen through stories. You've helped us create meaningful opportunities for learning and joy that simply wouldn't have been possible otherwise.","fullyFundedDate":1728672480656,"projectUrl":"project/books-for-learning/8821036/","projectTitle":"Books for Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Kemper","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp23518_orig.jpg?crop=418,418,x0,y75&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1661289440276","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/23518"},{"teacherId":4907206,"projectId":8937088,"letterContent":"Having flexible seating has been invaluable for my students. So invaluable that I need to do another donors choose for more howda hug chairs! \r\n Our students have found the variety of seating helpful in regulating their bodies in the classroom. It's also provided students the opportunity to have some agency in choice. It's truly amazing when you give students the autonomy to choose what they need, they make a choice that is beneficial. It's also helped students who often lay on the carpet. Everyone needs different things and I'm happy to be able to provide them an inclusive space, where students have what they need.","fullyFundedDate":1731556445640,"projectUrl":"project/inclusive-seating-for-engaged-learning/8937088/","projectTitle":"Inclusive Seating for Engaged Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Rogers","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4907206"},{"teacherId":4907206,"projectId":8948637,"letterContent":"Having printer in the classroom has been life changing for not only my class, but for all the teachers along our corridor. We have been able to bring many projects to life.\r\n Our ELA curriculum has many parts that just aren't as engaging in black and white. I recently printed mini books from the curriculum for our Trees Module. Having them in color was way more fun! Another colleague was studying different sports stars and having their pictures in color to use for the project made all the difference! \r\n Thank you again for your generous donations. It truly has made a difference at our school.","fullyFundedDate":1731856894572,"projectUrl":"project/colorful-futures-brightening-k-1-classr/8948637/","projectTitle":"Colorful Futures: Brightening K-1 Classrooms","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Rogers","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4907206"},{"teacherId":23518,"projectId":8938341,"letterContent":"I love science and my students love learning science. It is not always something that is taught in a special education classroom and there is very little funding to support it. However doing experiments with my students elicit such excitement and communication. They love to make guesses and see if there hypothesis is correct. The louder and the more colorful the experiment the better! We have been making elephant toothpaste, rainbow explosions, density trials. My students look forward to science and always ask what experiment we will be doing that day.","fullyFundedDate":1731551699438,"projectUrl":"project/my-hypothesis-is-a-huge-explosion/8938341/","projectTitle":"My Hypothesis is a HUGE EXPLOSION!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Kemper","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp23518_orig.jpg?crop=418,418,x0,y75&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1661289440276","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/23518"},{"teacherId":23518,"projectId":8648995,"letterContent":"I know the title of this project was \"just the necessities\" but the items on this list are essential for the running of my classroom. It is unfortunate that we cannot receive these items directly from the district but that is the sad truth. All of these essential items are usually paid for through my bank account. So to receive help for items like paper towels and batteries is beyond helpful.\r\n\r\nAs they say it takes a village and in education that is so true. We all have to come together to support our students for the best outcomes.","fullyFundedDate":1724434928898,"projectUrl":"project/just-the-necessities/8648995/","projectTitle":"Just the Necessities","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Kemper","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp23518_orig.jpg?crop=418,418,x0,y75&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1661289440276","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/23518"},{"teacherId":23518,"projectId":8602136,"letterContent":"I appreciate your donation to my classroom so much. I work with students with severe disabilities all of whom have complex medical needs. Our classroom is quite large with one wall of windows. This adds great sunlight but also incredible heat to our classroom. In our area of California we are having very extreme heat and our classroom is ten to fifteen degrees hotter then it is outside. This has created a classroom that is not conducive to learning and causes our students to have more medical emergencies.\r\n\r\nHowever with your fantastic donation we are now able to cool down our classroom! It has caused such a positive difference in our class and in our students learning. So thank you for making our class a safe and comfortable place to learn again.","fullyFundedDate":1723940583612,"projectUrl":"project/its-getting-hot-in-here/8602136/","projectTitle":"It's Getting Hot in Here!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Kemper","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp23518_orig.jpg?crop=418,418,x0,y75&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1661289440276","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/23518"},{"teacherId":23518,"projectId":8651244,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping my students receive important sensory items to help them be successful. School can be a challenging and overwhelming place for anyone, with those students that also have disabilities it can be even more stressful. Research has shown that there are tools that can help students with disabilities be more successful at school. For my students it can be referred to as a sensory diet. This is when we add in or take away sensory input in order to help the student stay regulated in the classroom.\r\n\r\nThe products we were able to purchase are helping our students stay regulated by offering them alternative seating and different ways to use move there body. They use the seating during instruction and we have noticed a positive change in behavior and attending to the lesson.","fullyFundedDate":1726863087924,"projectUrl":"project/rocking-and-jumping-to-school-success/8651244/","projectTitle":"Rocking and Jumping to School Success!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Kemper","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp23518_orig.jpg?crop=418,418,x0,y75&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1661289440276","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/23518"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_3954","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":383,"numTeachers":16,"percentFrplEligible":33,"percentAsian":10,"percentBlack":13,"percentWhite":29,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":22,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Pre-K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"23.9:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":false,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":81.4,"schoolId":3954,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Redwood Heights Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Redwood Heights Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/california/oakland-unified-school-district/redwood-heights-elementary-school/3954"}