{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Aurora Highlands Pre-Kindergarten - 8 School","outOfStateSupporters":33.3,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":7855718,"projectId":9262330,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation! Many of the materials in this project have already been used to create meaningful, engaging STEM projects for our students. Students have enthusiastically jumped into our project-based learning units this school year, and they are demonstrating both creativity and critical thinking as they apply what they've learned in the classroom to solve real-world problems. In fact, elementary students have even been able to recreate simplified versions of our \"Samsung National Finalist\" adaptive video game controller project. In addition to the project-specific supplies, we were also able to create non-consumable \"STEM bins\" thanks to your donation that can be used repeatedly in a variety of contexts.\r\n\r\nIn addition to STEM-specific supplies, we have also been able to improve our extracurricular and SEL offerings at school. For example, thanks to your support of this project, we were able to create a \"Brain Lab\" space in our school. The Brain Lab serves as a dedicated place where students can visit to help improve their self-regulation skills when experiencing stressful emotions. Additionally, we were able to buy additional supplies for our Esports club, which helped inspire our original Samsung Solve for Tomorrow project.\r\n\r\nThis year, we have seen students truly take ownership of their learning, speak positively about school, and most importantly speak positively about themselves as their confidence grows. We are truly grateful for your support. It is making a difference in the lives of many students!","fullyFundedDate":1747933192675,"projectUrl":"project/stem-success-samsung-solve-for-tomorrow/9262330/","projectTitle":"STEM Success: Samsung Solve for Tomorrow","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Mitch Johnson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7855718_orig.jpg?crop=418,418,x170,y288&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1637114775797","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7855718"},{"teacherId":7855718,"projectId":9308593,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support! My students and I feel truly blessed by your donation.\r\n\r\nThe project supplies have already had a positive impact in our school by improving our \"brain lab\". The brain lab serves as a safe space to allow students to self-regulate when experiencing stressful emotions, and it has been a welcome addition to the school. If a student is having a rough day, they know they can ask to \"chill\" in the brain lab for a bit and play with a fidget toy, squeeze a stress ball, or draw in the coloring book. This allows the student to learn how to self-regulate and process their emotions in a healthy way.\r\n\r\nThanks again for your donation. My students and I appreciate your generous support!","fullyFundedDate":1746739377343,"projectUrl":"project/practicing-positivity-and-self-regulatio/9308593/","projectTitle":"Practicing Positivity and Self-Regulation","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Mitch Johnson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7855718_orig.jpg?crop=418,418,x170,y288&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1637114775797","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7855718"},{"teacherId":7855718,"projectId":9169513,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support! My students and I feel truly blessed by your donation.\r\n\r\nThe project supplies have already had a positive impact in our school community in two ways. First, many of the materials are being used as PBIS rewards. PBIS stands for \"positive behavioral intervention supports\", and through PBIS we acknowledge and positively reinforce the awesome things students do in school. Thanks to your support of this Donorschoose project, the students have enjoyed personalized positive post cards, and the bulletin boards in our hallways displaying their accomplishments is a huge hit. Second, the remaining materials were used to supplement our \"calming corner\" in our brain lab. The calming corner serves as a space to allow students to self-regulate when experiencing stressful emotions, and it has been a welcome addition to the school. If a student is having a rough day, they know they can ask to \"chill\" in the calm corner for a bit and play with a fidget toy, squeeze a stress ball, or draw in the coloring book. This allows the student to process their emotions in a healthy way.\r\n\r\nThanks again for your donation. My students and I appreciate your generous support!","fullyFundedDate":1743539060198,"projectUrl":"project/celebrating-positivity-in-the-classroom/9169513/","projectTitle":"Celebrating Positivity in the Classroom!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Mitch Johnson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7855718_orig.jpg?crop=418,418,x170,y288&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1637114775797","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7855718"},{"teacherId":9301880,"projectId":9247567,"letterContent":"Thank you for donating money to our Building Thinking Classroom project for larger whiteboards! My students use these every day for math problems. We use them as a gallery walk to give feedback to peers, take ideas back to their group, and to show our math thinking in a group. My students love them and ask every day if we are using them.\r\n\r\nSince I had my current 8th graders as 7th graders also, I had mentioned that I wanted to write to Donors Choose for this project. They asked how our donations were going the entire month of May and if I thought we would get enough money before this August. They were so invested in the project before it even began! They were so excited that we reached our goal when they walked into our classroom at Back to School night and saw that I had already received and hung up the whiteboards. \r\n\r\nDay 1 of this school year they were already asking if we could use them! Once again thank you so much for contributing to our classroom and making math exciting for middle schoolers again!","fullyFundedDate":1746549491849,"projectUrl":"project/building-thinking-classrooms-in-math-at/9247567/","projectTitle":"Building Thinking Classrooms in Math at Aurora Highlands (grades 6-8)","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Johnson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-1_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9301880"},{"teacherId":2970147,"projectId":9253758,"letterContent":"It is so wonderful to start a new school year off the right way, with new stock of materials for the art room! Thanks to your kindness, our students will be able to create without limitations, using paints and papers in bold colors to bring their visions to life. I am always so happily surprised and overjoyed any time Donors Choose helps us fulfill our mission of giving students a safe and welcoming space to create. Your generosity is more than appreciated here at AHP8. Thank you so much for everything you do for our students!","fullyFundedDate":1754775843950,"projectUrl":"project/inspiring-future-artists/9253758/","projectTitle":"Inspiring Future Artists!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Peterson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2970147_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1547769561312","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/petersont1"},{"teacherId":2970147,"projectId":9260324,"letterContent":"It is so thrilling to start the year with new supplies! I cannot express my gratitude enough. A month ago, I didn't think we'd have any pencils with erasers to use at the beginning of the year -- now we are fully stocked and ready! The rainbow clipboards are such a huge help too, because I can connect them to every table so kids know exactly what to use. \r\n\r\nThe neon papers will go to immediate use as we begin our first projects. I am so excited to show off all our new things as students begin their time in Art. \r\n\r\nThank you so much, as always, for your help!","fullyFundedDate":1749476117400,"projectUrl":"project/basics-for-the-art-room/9260324/","projectTitle":"Basics for the Art Room","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Peterson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2970147_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1547769561312","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/petersont1"},{"teacherId":8078720,"projectId":8836573,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for what you have done for us. I can't tell you much your generous donation has meant for us. The wooden number racks are a tool that our students use on a daily basis. They are something that students ask to use whenever they are tasking difficult tasks. The whiteboards we use every day either on an individual level or partner level. They help us make our thinking visible and increase our communication about math. Students are able to justify their thinking and then also look at other's work an analyze their work for mistakes. They are constantly getting out white boards to show their thinking. \r\nThe students have also been incredible thankful and excited with the Scholastic News. Every week, we have read about new ideas and new people. The students have learned about rainbows, tigers, and shoes. They get to learn about people are different then them, but also kids just like them. This has truly broadened their understanding of nonfiction texts. It is exciting to bring the wider world into the classroom.\r\nThe students have truly made amazing growth this year and you have been a contributing factor to that growth. We are incredibly thankful that you could be a part of our year.","fullyFundedDate":1737580130536,"projectUrl":"project/building-future-leaders/8836573/","projectTitle":"Building Future Leaders","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Turner","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-1_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8078720"},{"teacherId":7855718,"projectId":8931278,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to our school! Your contribution has helped us successfully launch our after-school esports/video game club this school year! We had tremendous interest from middle school students, and we have over 15 students regularly attending club meetings, with more students planning to join next school year. We even hope to expand to competitive play next semester and start competing against other regional middle schools.\r\n\r\nYour donation helped us purchase a Nintendo switch controllers and several video games. Needless to say, we would not have been able to create this club without your support. It has been such a joy to watch students from diverse grades and backgrounds join together after school and develop new friendships through a common interest. The students have done such an amazing job in demonstrating kindness, responsibility, and sportsmanship through this club, and we appreciate your support in making this happen!","fullyFundedDate":1739397283683,"projectUrl":"project/leveling-up-learning-through-our-esports/8931278/","projectTitle":"Leveling Up Learning Through our Esports Club","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Mitch Johnson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7855718_orig.jpg?crop=418,418,x170,y288&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1637114775797","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7855718"},{"teacherId":7855718,"projectId":8448956,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation! Many of the materials in this project have already been used to create meaningful, engaging STEM projects for our students. Students have enthusiastically jumped into our project-based learning units this school year, and they are demonstrating both creativity and critical thinking as they apply what they've learned in the classroom to solve real-world problems. In addition to the project-specific supplies, we were also able to create non-consumable \"STEM bins\" thanks to your donation that can be used repeatedly in a variety of contexts.\r\n\r\nThis year, I have seen students truly take ownership of their learning, speak positively about school, and most importantly speak positively about themselves as their confidence grows with every STEM challenge. I truly would not have been able to do even a quarter of the projects we've done this year if it were not for your generous donation through DonorsChoose, and I am truly grateful for your support. It is making a difference in the lives of many students.","fullyFundedDate":1733235109287,"projectUrl":"project/making-a-magnificent-makerspace/8448956/","projectTitle":"Making a Magnificent Makerspace","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Mitch Johnson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7855718_orig.jpg?crop=418,418,x170,y288&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1637114775797","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7855718"},{"teacherId":7855718,"projectId":8931464,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation! Your contribution helped us get materials to create stop motion movies in our STEM class, including Lego figurines, animal figurines, and small toy cars. The students were able to explore the technical aspects of animation while also engaging with subjects like science, math, and literacy. For example, students created stop motion models of sound waves they were learning about in science class. They also gained valuable experience strengthening their teamwork and communication skills.\r\n\r\nThanks for supporting our students' creativity and collaboration through the art of stop motion! You've helped foster a love of learning in each student.","fullyFundedDate":1731555316571,"projectUrl":"project/stop-motion-magic/8931464/","projectTitle":"Stop Motion Magic","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Mitch Johnson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7855718_orig.jpg?crop=418,418,x170,y288&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1637114775797","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7855718"},{"teacherId":7855718,"projectId":8725131,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support! My students and I feel truly blessed by your donation.\r\n\r\nThe project supplies have already had a positive impact in the classroom in two ways. First, many of the materials are being used as PBIS rewards. PBIS stands for \"positive behavioral intervention supports\", and through PBIS we acknowledge and positively reinforce the awesome things students do in the classroom. Thanks to your support of this Donorschoose project, the students have enjoyed taking instant photos of their awesome creations in STEM class, and the bulletin board displaying all their photos outside the classroom is a huge hit. Second, the remaining materials were used to supplement our \"calming corner\" in the classroom. The calming corner serves as a space to allow students to self-regulate when experiencing stressful emotions, and it has been a welcome addition to the classroom. If a student is having a rough day, they know they can ask to \"chill\" in the calm corner for a bit and play with a fidget toy, squeeze a stress ball, or draw in the coloring book. This allows the student to process their emotions in a healthy way without having to leave the classroom.\r\n\r\nThanks again for your donation. My students and I appreciate your generous support!","fullyFundedDate":1726664385330,"projectUrl":"project/celebrating-positivity-in-the-classroom/8725131/","projectTitle":"Celebrating Positivity in the Classroom","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Mitch Johnson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7855718_orig.jpg?crop=418,418,x170,y288&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1637114775797","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7855718"},{"teacherId":9251885,"projectId":8568617,"letterContent":"Thank you for the generous contribution to my students! The games and materials have been well loved and have been particularly useful in facilitating counseling groups that promote social-emotional skills such as social communication, collaboration, turn-taking, and impulse controls. \r\n\r\nStudents across grade levels (kindergarten through eight grade) have been able to utilize these materials, and I know the materials will continue to contribute to an engaging and supportive space for students that I serve on an IEP.","fullyFundedDate":1727462707756,"projectUrl":"project/encouraging-social-emotional-growth-thro/8568617/","projectTitle":"Encouraging Social-Emotional Growth Through Play and Teamwork","teacherDisplayName":"Dr. Wong","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9251885_orig.jpg?crop=3024,3024,x0,y534&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1695347958384","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9251885"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_131612","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":307,"numTeachers":null,"percentFrplEligible":65,"percentAsian":4,"percentBlack":30,"percentWhite":14,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":37,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Pre-K - 8","studentTeacherRatio":null,"demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":false,"metroType":"RURAL","ncesMetroType":"RURAL_FRINGE"},"inStateSupporters":66.7,"schoolId":131612,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Aurora Highlands Pre-Kindergarten - 8 School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Aurora Highlands Pre-Kindergarten - 8 School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/colorado/aurora-public-school-district/aurora-highlands-p-8/131612"}