{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Kimball Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":59.1,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":5489649,"projectId":9600078,"letterContent":"Thank you for supporting our students with great writing resources. By using high-quality instructional materials students became more behaviorally, cognitively, and affectively engaged. Students were more motivated, and I observed more voluntary participation, questions, and peer discussions. This aligns with findings that teaching-learning materials can significantly boost student motivation.\r\n\r\nWith structured but flexible materials, students had more agency. They could explore parts of the material that interest them more deeply, leading to personalized learning. There was also more collaboration: students used shared resources, peer-reviewed each other's work, and built on each other's ideas.\r\n\r\nThank you again to all the donors, this would not be possibly without you all!","fullyFundedDate":1758824413564,"projectUrl":"project/voices-on-paper/9600078/","projectTitle":"Voices on Paper!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Frierson-Chenier","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5489649_orig.jpg?crop=3024,3024,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1572925122419","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/sheri-friersonchenier"},{"teacherId":8125745,"projectId":9267874,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting the mental health and wellbeing of my students. With donations like yours I can not only support students' intellectual growth but their social emotional and wellness growth as well. Students have used the donations given to not only read stories about social and emotional health but also play fun and engaging games that help students learn and to define their own emotions. This is so important in the world we live in. I believe the lessons my students learn from your donations with help them all throughout their lives.","fullyFundedDate":1755734375808,"projectUrl":"project/mental-health-matters/9267874/","projectTitle":"Mental Health Matters!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Dennard","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8125745_orig.jpg?crop=1440,1440,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1636148942872","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8125745"},{"teacherId":8224764,"projectId":9108384,"letterContent":"I want to thank each of you for supporting this cause. Providing iPads to all Multilingual Learners (MLs) has had a significant positive impact on their learning. With access to individual devices, students are now able to engage more consistently with digital learning platforms such as Imagine Learning, Starfall, and i-Ready. These programs offer personalized, interactive instruction that supports language development, foundational literacy skills, and content understanding.\r\n\r\nThe iPads have also increased student independence and motivation. Because they can practice skills at their own pace and receive immediate feedback, MLs are better able to strengthen vocabulary, phonics, comprehension, and oral language skills. Additionally, having access to these platforms during class and intervention time allows teachers to tailor instruction more effectively and monitor student progress in real time.\r\n\r\nOverall, providing iPads has expanded learning opportunities, supported differentiated instruction, and helped accelerate academic growth for MLs across grade levels.","fullyFundedDate":1744817643420,"projectUrl":"project/bridging-the-educational-gap-for-multili/9108384/","projectTitle":"Bridging the Educational Gap for Multilingual Immigrant Students","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. D. Leiva-Ruiz","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8224764_orig.png?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1653040168704","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8224764"},{"teacherId":8125745,"projectId":9531778,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donations. I am now able to keep teaching my students the recorders. This year I am using third grade students, and I promised them at the end of the year that if they do a great job, they can take their recorders home with them. The students were so happy that they could actually keep their own recorders at the end of the year. It is donations like yours that makes this possible. Without you I would have to reuse and clean recorders from year to year without letting students have their own. Thank you so much!","fullyFundedDate":1754920569473,"projectUrl":"project/recorders-rock/9531778/","projectTitle":"Recorders Rock","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Dennard","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8125745_orig.jpg?crop=1440,1440,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1636148942872","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8125745"},{"teacherId":8444572,"projectId":9594865,"letterContent":"Dear Donors,\r\n\r\nThank you so much for supporting our SEL corner! The snacks and supplies have already made a big difference. My students use the space to take a calm break, reset, or grab a snack when they're hungry. The incentives have also helped encourage positive behavior, and my students were so excited when they first saw everything—we had huge smiles all around!\r\n\r\nOur next step is continuing to build healthy habits and coping strategies during our SEL lessons, and your support is helping us make that possible every day. Thank you for caring about our students' well-being and success!","fullyFundedDate":1758202933843,"projectUrl":"project/the-5th-grade-chill-zone/9594865/","projectTitle":"The 5th Grade Chill Zone","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Greene","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-7_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8444572"},{"teacherId":8125745,"projectId":9206970,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your kind and generous donations. Donations like yours are what make my classroom possible. The students have been enjoying using the basketballs to practice keeping a steady beat. It can be hard at first but my students are becoming masters at keeping a steady beat thanks to you. We also use them to create rhythms using quarter, half, and whole notes. The students really have a lot of fun with them. I have even loaned them to your physical education teacher who has been practicing bouncing the balls with PreK.","fullyFundedDate":1752586373771,"projectUrl":"project/succeed-with-basketball-rhythms/9206970/","projectTitle":"Succeed With Basketball Rhythms","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Dennard","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8125745_orig.jpg?crop=1440,1440,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1636148942872","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8125745"},{"teacherId":3646671,"projectId":9240298,"letterContent":"Good Morning from Kimball ES. \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFirst, I would like to say THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH! I am truly grateful for your donations towards this huge project to reinforce developing Excecutive Skills for my \r\nPreK4 Avengers.\r\nMy journey with toddlers has been an adventure! As I grow more into their world, I have learned that toddlers like to spread out items alll over the floor!! Being a protector, I understand that when items are not organized by bins, items can be placed anywhere. and become a safety issue in our classroom. I thought about how could I make a safe way to play and encourage independence. Lessons were developed on how to play, and clean by placing items into categories. The Avengers continued to spread but the cleaning up continued to get better.\r\n The materials arrived and the Avengers sorted our fun items into small, medium and large bins that you provided. We all worked together to place items such as watercolor trays, Q-tips, Play-Dough, magna -tiles into the small bins, puzzles, pattern blocks into medium bin and themes such as Clothes, Balls and Tree in the large ones. \r\nWe were ready to go to Centers! The \"Toddler Spread\" did not happen!! The Avengers did a wonderful job with categorizing and not spreading items all over. THANK YOU!!!!","fullyFundedDate":1746787108593,"projectUrl":"project/playful-learning-repository/9240298/","projectTitle":"Playful Learning Repository","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Lumpkins","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-6_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3646671"},{"teacherId":8125745,"projectId":9180639,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your kind and generous donations. As you know in music class our instruments get really dirty. I see almost 100 students a day and almost 400 students per week, so my instruments get really dirty. With your donation if helps me from spending money out of pocket to help clean all the instruments. Whether we use drums, pianos, or recorders, I always try to clean the instruments after every class. As you can imagine this becomes very expensive. Thank you for helping me to keep my class and instruments clean!","fullyFundedDate":1746787016587,"projectUrl":"project/clean-classes-rock/9180639/","projectTitle":"Clean Classes Rock!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Dennard","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8125745_orig.jpg?crop=1440,1440,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1636148942872","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8125745"},{"teacherId":8259647,"projectId":9102437,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for you generosity. Providing these bins made the books more accessible to our younger students. Access means exploration. Exploration equals exposure and literacy promotion. All of that means the development of the love of reading. Getting books in the hands of students is the first step in developing the life-long love of reading. \r\n\r\nThe love of reading has become largely absent from education. K-12 often focus on specific books to encourage reading comprehension. In the library we focus on the joy and that is what truly makes the difference.","fullyFundedDate":1740249633982,"projectUrl":"project/jumbo-storage-for-colossal-books/9102437/","projectTitle":"Jumbo Storage for Colossal Books","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Rojas","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8259647_orig.jpg?crop=500,500,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1692205512664","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/offbeat-librarian"},{"teacherId":8125745,"projectId":9068888,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your kind and generous donations. Many of my students arrive early in the morning before school starts. Many times, these students do not have anything to do. With your donation my students will have games to play together when they arrive. This gives my students a sense of community instead of just sitting around being bored. I know the students and teachers really liked competing with the connect four games. My younger students really enjoyed playing with the cash register.","fullyFundedDate":1739191537754,"projectUrl":"project/arrive-at-school-educated-and-ready/9068888/","projectTitle":"Arrive at School Educated and Ready","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Dennard","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8125745_orig.jpg?crop=1440,1440,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1636148942872","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8125745"},{"teacherId":1010223,"projectId":9065826,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation of dry erase markers and erasers to our school! These markers are used daily in small group literacy instruction across our elementary classrooms. They help our young learners practice handwriting, spelling, and sentences dictation in an engaging, hands-on way. Your support makes a real difference in our students' growth and learning. We're so grateful for your kindness and investment in our kids! Thank you for choosing our school for your generous donation!","fullyFundedDate":1738173139093,"projectUrl":"project/dry-erase-markers/9065826/","projectTitle":"Dry Erase Markers","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Kirschenbaum","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1010223_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1455669770387","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/kirschenbaum"},{"teacherId":5489649,"projectId":9093712,"letterContent":"Receiving writing journals fills children with a heartfelt sense of gratitude, as these simple yet magical gifts open doors to endless creativity and self-expression. For many, a journal becomes a safe haven—a space where they can dream, explore their thoughts, and capture moments of joy, wonder, and curiosity. Whether they're jotting down stories, doodling, or sharing their feelings, the journals provide a unique opportunity for kids to nurture their imagination and develop their voices. They feel valued and understood, knowing someone cares about their thoughts and dreams enough to gift them such a personal tool. Writing journals ignite a spark in young minds, inspiring them to embrace the beauty of words and the power of their own ideas, leaving them truly thankful for this meaningful gift.","fullyFundedDate":1738682705263,"projectUrl":"project/future-writing-warriors/9093712/","projectTitle":"Future Writing Warriors!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Frierson-Chenier","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5489649_orig.jpg?crop=3024,3024,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1572925122419","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/sheri-friersonchenier"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_24165","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":374,"numTeachers":25,"percentFrplEligible":83,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":98,"percentWhite":0,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":0,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Pre-K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"15.0:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":40.9,"schoolId":24165,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Kimball Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Kimball Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/district-of-columbia/dc-public-schools/kimball-elementary-school/24165"}