{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Binkley Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":15.7,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":9499784,"projectId":9971541,"letterContent":"Our classroom has been transformed into a space full of curiosity, creativity, and hands-on discovery. Your donation allowed us to purchase supplies that brought science and art to life in ways that a textbook alone never could. We are incredibly grateful for the opportunity to give our students meaningful, engaging experiences that sparked both excitement and deeper understanding. One of the most impactful parts of our project involved using marbles and ramps to explore concepts of energy and energy transfer. These simple materials became powerful tools for learning. Students were able to see, feel, and experiment with how energy moves and changes, rather than just hearing about it. Concepts like potential energy and kinetic energy became real as students observed marbles speeding down ramps, slowing down, or colliding with other objects. Beyond the academic learning, this project fostered important life skills. Students worked collaboratively, communicated their ideas, and learned from both successes and failures. They built confidence as they saw their ideas come to life and realized that they could solve complex problems through persistence and creativity. Thank you for believing in our students and investing in their education. Your contribution has made a lasting impact.","fullyFundedDate":1767046420801,"projectUrl":"project/hands-on-science-and-art-activities/9971541/","projectTitle":"Hands on Science and Art Activities","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Lopez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9499784"},{"teacherId":9499784,"projectId":9979030,"letterContent":"The students have been having an incredible time designing and building their own chain reaction machines using a variety of supplies and simple circuits. They especially love experimenting with circuits in small groups created spinning art machines that draw colorful designs, while others built systems to launch ping pong balls or send paper airplanes flying. It was exciting to watch their problem-solving in action, like when they started with large paper airplanes and gradually redesigned them into smaller versions to improve distance and flight.\r\n\r\nMany groups incorporated lights, sounds, and even music into their creations, making each project unique and engaging. Over the course of three days, students worked collaboratively in pairs and small groups, sharing ideas, testing their designs, and making adjustments when things didn't work the first time. It was a fun and meaningful way to build teamwork, creativity, and perseverance while exploring science and engineering concepts.Your donations have allowed for us to experience science in a whole new way and my students thank you for it!","fullyFundedDate":1768314594301,"projectUrl":"project/learning-science-through-circuits-and-ch/9979030/","projectTitle":"Learning Science Through Circuits and Chain Reactions","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Lopez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9499784"},{"teacherId":3655036,"projectId":9983919,"letterContent":"Dear Donor,\r\n\r\nThank you so much for your generous donation! While the items may have seemed like a random assortment of supplies, each one was thoughtfully chosen to support my students and help make their education more meaningful, engaging, and impactful.\r\n\r\nOne of the things I value most about teaching at my school is the diversity of my students. They come from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences, and it is incredibly important to me that they feel seen and represented in our classroom. For this reason, I requested the Colors of the World pens. We already have the matching crayons, and I have seen firsthand how meaningful it is for students to be able to choose materials that reflect their own skin tones. The addition of these pens will allow us to expand our art projects and continue fostering a sense of inclusion and belonging.\r\n\r\nThe whiteboards will also be put to great use. They are an essential tool during small group instruction, allowing for quick, interactive question-and-answer sessions that keep students engaged and give me immediate insight into their understanding. After more than ten years of use, my previous set was well-loved but no longer functional, so these new boards are greatly appreciated. They will also support partner work and provide students with more opportunities to practice and collaborate, especially in math.\r\n\r\nThe colored paper is another versatile resource that benefits our classroom in many ways. I often use it for important communications sent home to families so they are easy to notice, and it also enhances student projects, particularly in science and engineering activities.\r\n\r\nYour generosity directly supports my students' learning experiences and helps create a classroom environment where they feel engaged, supported, and valued. Thank you for thinking of my students and for making a meaningful difference in their education.","fullyFundedDate":1768332031326,"projectUrl":"project/basic-supplies-big-impact-for-our-stude/9983919/","projectTitle":"Basic Supplies, Big Impact for Our Students","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Martens","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3655036_orig.jpg?crop=429,430,x0,y110&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1647295029028","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3655036"},{"teacherId":2319916,"projectId":10016920,"letterContent":"Thank you very much for your generous donation. Our students are thrilled to each have their very own pair of headphones. We are now able to ALL participate in activities at the same time. \r\n\r\nWe love to listen to podcasts and this is a tremendous help! Now we can all work simultaneously. The headphones are wonderful quality. They are durable, the sound is great and I hear they are comfortable!\r\n\r\nWe have them all hung up on the wall, easy access for students to grab and go when they need! We also use them for STEM class while doing robotics!","fullyFundedDate":1768613270058,"projectUrl":"project/headphones-needed/10016920/","projectTitle":"Headphones Needed!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Renzi","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-9_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2319916"},{"teacherId":9976289,"projectId":9574955,"letterContent":"I want to extend my deepest gratitude for your generous support in fulfilling the \"Skills in Need: Decoding and Social-Emotional Regulation\" classroom project.\r\n\r\nThanks to your kindness, my students now have access to leveled books that will not only help meet the unique reading needs of each learner, but also books to encourage their social-emotional growth through insightful stories and characters.\r\n\r\nThese books will make such a difference in their lives. They provide a leveled readers to aid in reading fluency and a bridge to understanding and navigating the emotions and challenges that many of our students face. Your thoughtful contribution is an invaluable resource that will foster a positive effect in more ways than one!\r\n\r\nAs you may know, our school is facing budget cuts, and as a result, we will no longer have a full-time reading specialist or school counselor to support our most vulnerable students. Your donation comes at a time when these services are needed more than ever, and your generosity helps fill a crucial gap in their academic and emotional development.\r\n\r\nOn behalf of my students and myself, thank you for your incredible support. You've truly made a lasting impact on their education and well-being.","fullyFundedDate":1758636434384,"projectUrl":"project/students-in-need-reading-and-social-emo/9574955/","projectTitle":"Students in Need: Reading and Social-Emotional Support Materials","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Hildebrandt","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9976289_orig.png?crop=398,398,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1754928616422","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9976289"},{"teacherId":9976289,"projectId":9208898,"letterContent":"Thanks to your generous donations, our classroom reading group time has been supplemented with engaging new texts that build essential skills for a classroom of young readers at varying levels. These books allow us to introduce important lessons in phonics, vocabulary development, reading fluency, and comprehension strategies. Students are learning how to decode challenging words at their own levels! Every time a child discovers a new word, understands a tricky sentence, or makes a connection to their own life, it's a step toward becoming a lifelong reader.\r\n\r\nYour support has given my students not only the skills they need to read, but also the confidence and excitement to see themselves as readers. You have given my students confidence, joy, and a place to see themselves in stories. That gift will last far beyond this school year!","fullyFundedDate":1743359295090,"projectUrl":"project/skills-in-need-decoding-and-social-emot/9208898/","projectTitle":"Skills in Need: Decoding and Social-Emotional Regulation","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Hildebrandt","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9976289_orig.png?crop=398,398,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1754928616422","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9976289"},{"teacherId":9499784,"projectId":8792040,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for these wonderful book bins! My students have really enjoyed having a place to keep their independent reading books. These book bins have really fostered reading independance in my classroom. They have encouraged my students to take responsiblity for their reading materials and engaged them in choosing appropriate reading materials for independent reading time. It has also really supported me in differentiating the reading materials for various reading needs and levels. These bins have allowed us to keep our reading books readily available so that students can quickly and easily pick up an appropriate book to read when they have free time. Thank you so much for your generous donations!","fullyFundedDate":1736328051294,"projectUrl":"project/reading-book-bins/8792040/","projectTitle":"Reading Book Bins","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Lopez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9499784"},{"teacherId":9499784,"projectId":9019523,"letterContent":"My fourth grade students have really enjoyed participating in hands on science activities to learn information about electricty light and heat. Your donations have allowed them to participate in twelve activities that have encouaged them to build an understanding of electricity and light concepts through experiementing with these donated materials.\r\n\r\nMy students have built ramps to understand the science concepts of gravitational energy, speed and collisions as a way to better understand how roller coasters work. They have also built on these concepts to understand chain reactions and then built a chain reaction machine in teams. \r\n \r\nWe are now moving forward to explore heat as a form of energy that can make things go. We with dicuss steam as a form of heat energy and steam engines. 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