{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Blanche Pope Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":35.2,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":7932111,"projectId":9519664,"letterContent":"Mahalo for supporting our project and helping provide meaningful learning experiences for our students. We truly appreciate the gardening tools and supplies that helped bring our project to life. Because of your generosity, our students were able to learn through fun, hands-on activities in our school māla (garden).\r\n\r\nOur project was based on the driving question, \"Are native plants worth protecting?\" Through this project, students learned about native Hawaiian plants, their uses, and why they were important to Early Hawaiians. Students explored plant identification, cultural significance, and how native plants help care for our environment.\r\n\r\nWith the gloves, kneeling pads, weeder, expandable hose, plant labels, utility wagon, and storage bench box, students were able to safely plant and care for plants in our garden. They learned the stages of a plant's life cycle and how to properly use gardening tools. The supplies helped students feel excited, responsible, and proud while working together in the garden.\r\n\r\nStudents planted important Hawaiian plants such as kalo (taro), ʻuala (sweet potato), and kī (ti leaf) in our school māla. They also created signs to identify the plants and explain why these plants were important to Early Hawaiians. This helped students better understand Hawaiian culture and the importance of mālama ʻāina, caring for the land.\r\n\r\nStudents also worked in teams to research native plants and create fact sheets to teach others about the plants they studied. They practiced teamwork, communication, and research skills while learning how to share important information with others.\r\n\r\nOne of the highlights of the project was our field trip to Waimānalo Beach Park. Students helped clean up debris left behind from a recent storm and learned about beach erosion. They planted native coastal naupaka plants to help protect the shoreline from erosion. This experience helped students see how native plants can make a real difference in protecting our beaches and environment.\r\n\r\nOne student reflected on the project by sharing:\r\n\r\n\"What I learned and will take into my life is how to plant naupaka and Hawaiian plants. Maybe when I grow up and live near the beach, I can plant naupaka to help stop beach erosion and protect the shoreline. I also want to grow Hawaiian foods like kalo and sweet potato in a garden. Then, if food is hard to get, I can harvest plants from my own garden. This project taught me how plants can help people and protect the environment.\"\r\n\r\nThis project helped students grow not only as learners, but also as caring stewards of the environment. We are very grateful for your support, kindness, and generosity. Mahalo for helping our students build a deeper appreciation for Hawaiian culture, native plants, and caring for our ʻāina.","fullyFundedDate":1754372185801,"projectUrl":"project/malama-mala/9519664/","projectTitle":"Malama Mala","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Padilla","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-6_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7932111"},{"teacherId":4288134,"projectId":9986718,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your incredible generosity! Your support has transformed our classroom into a more dynamic and inclusive learning environment. My preschool students have been absolutely loving the flexible seating. The floor mats have become a favorite spot for them to gather, learn, and play at their own level.\r\n\r\nFor my older students, the wobble chair has been a revelation. Seeing how much they gravitate toward it has shown me just how vital movement is for their focus—it's so popular that they are already learning how to take turns and negotiate!\r\n\r\nFurthermore, the large LEGO blocks have sparked amazing creativity, allowing students to build stories through play. Finally, the weighted blanket and chair bands have been essential for regulation; they provide the sensory support my students need to stay calm and ready to learn. You have truly made a difference in their daily lives.","fullyFundedDate":1771610240068,"projectUrl":"project/regulated-and-ready-to-learn/9986718/","projectTitle":"Regulated and Ready to Learn","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Sasaoka-Tam","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4288134_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1518892002361","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4288134"},{"teacherId":9343146,"projectId":10107169,"letterContent":"I would like to thank you for giving to my students the chance to explore and build. My students have been trying out filaments used in 3D printing and learning about different types and qualities. Your gift has provided them the opportunity to explore the pros and cons of filaments of different types and they are able to choose to make things that they find interesting. The students are learning that they need to right tool for the job and to know what the right tool is requires them to experience with the tools. This applies to materials also, now they can decide whether to use the familiar PLA filament or PETG filament because of your donation.","fullyFundedDate":1771642308589,"projectUrl":"project/creativity-through-innovation/10107169/","projectTitle":"Creativity Through Innovation","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Bruhn","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9343146"},{"teacherId":9468921,"projectId":10106107,"letterContent":"When my students first learned that we were going to be creating sublimation projects, they were first puzzled because they had never really heard of the term before. When it was pointed out that many of them had shirts using the sublimation process, they realized that they have been exposed to it and had not really known. They were very interested because they had a strong idea of what can be done with this new technology. They were able to make simple things like tags and hats, but I would like them to explore other materials. It is through your gift that we can do this exploration.","fullyFundedDate":1771624194148,"projectUrl":"project/jumpstart-electrical-learning/10106107/","projectTitle":"Jumpstart Electrical Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Okamura","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-1_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9468921"},{"teacherId":8367491,"projectId":10111370,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for generously funding our project and helping us create meaningful opportunities to celebrate positive student behavior! Your support allows our students to earn rewards for demonstrating BREATH values—Belonging, Responsibility, Excellence, Aloha, Total Well-Being, and Hawaiʻi—in fun and engaging ways. Because of your kindness, students enjoyed exciting \"Mystery Fun Friday\" celebrations like water play day, glow-in-the-dark dance, movies with snacks, and creative cooking, arts, and crafts activities. Your generosity is helping build a positive school culture where students feel motivated, valued, and inspired to make great choices every day.","fullyFundedDate":1771784631792,"projectUrl":"project/mystery-fun-fridays/10111370/","projectTitle":"Mystery Fun Fridays","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Ellis","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-6_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8367491"},{"teacherId":8832466,"projectId":10110131,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donations. Your donations allowed me to replenish and stock our school store which provides our students with exciting incentives to support our positive behavior support system at our school. Students are rewarded for displaying positive behaviors allowing us to praise and reinforce students for their behavior. In addition, we have been able to continue Magical Mondays to encourage and reinforce daily attendance of our students. Attendance has been an ongoing issue at our school, so the ability to provide attendance incentives is huge for our students. Students have been very excited about earning rewards and getting to shop at the school store to redeem the points that they have earned. Thank you again for your generosity.","fullyFundedDate":1771768961600,"projectUrl":"project/pueo-store-is-now-open/10110131/","projectTitle":"PUEO Store Is Now Open!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Perreira","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8832466"},{"teacherId":7944587,"projectId":10107423,"letterContent":"Mahalo nui loa for your kind donation! Thanks to you our school store was stocked with the perfect incentives to inspire our students, not just to show us the positive behaviors we work on every day, but also to promote a love of learning through STEM activities.\r\nOne of the most exciting projects was using our 3D printer and laser printer to design a wide variety of fidgets and unique toys that our students could purchase in our store. They remain very hot items to today and we hope to expand these wares to include student designs as well. Our laser printer options already allowed students to create and realize their own personalized designs on a variety of materials, like ID tags and water flasks. \r\nOther popular items were the Lego kits and craft kits. These incentives also promote creativity and provide our keiki with great projects that would otherwise be out of reach. Thank you again for your support!","fullyFundedDate":1771660175702,"projectUrl":"project/incentives-to-spark-creativity-and-love/10107423/","projectTitle":"Incentives to Spark Creativity and Love of Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Kauwe","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7944587_orig.jpg?crop=1053,1053,x0,y252&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1693436739691","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7944587"},{"teacherId":10218166,"projectId":10106434,"letterContent":"The resources you provided were instrumental in the successful completion of our project, \"Face to Face.\" Having an abundance of high-quality materials not only gave the students a wide range of creative options for their final pieces but also sparked immediate excitement and inspiration the moment they saw them in the classroom. It was a joy to watch them explore and experiment, especially as many students challenged themselves by using unfamiliar mediums for the very first time. Their natural love for drawing flourished when paired with these new tools, and the resulting level of effort and dedication they poured into their work was truly impressive.\r\n\r\nWe are currently in the final stages of the project, with students polishing the written statements that accompany their custom mask creations. To celebrate their hard work, we are organizing a showcase to give the rest of the school an opportunity to view the masks before the students take them home. This exhibition will serve as the perfect conclusion to our Project-Based Learning (PBL) activity, highlighting the incredible creativity and growth your support made possible.","fullyFundedDate":1771624366851,"projectUrl":"project/face-to-face/10106434/","projectTitle":"Face to Face","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Smith","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10218166_orig.jpg?crop=480,480,x0,y80&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1771449880586","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10218166"},{"teacherId":10397237,"projectId":10106290,"letterContent":"Mahalo nui loa for supporting our project, \"Small Bites, Big Learning.\" Your generosity has made a meaningful difference in the lives of my students every day.\r\n\r\nThe donated Goldfish crackers have been a favorite classroom snack, giving students the fuel they need to stay focused and energized throughout the day. We also use them as manipulatives with counting and color sorting.\r\n\r\nYour generous gift of Magna-Tiles, along with the farmhouse play set, has also brought so much excitement into our classroom. These hands-on materials encourage creativity, problem-solving, teamwork, and language development as students build, imagine, and learn through play. Whether designing structures with Magna-Tiles or creating stories with the farm set, students are strengthening important academic and social skills in meaningful ways.\r\n\r\nYour support sends a powerful message to our students—that there are people who believe in them and care about their success. Thanks to you, they now have access to simple supports that help them feel cared for, comfortable, and ready to learn.\r\n\r\nThank you for helping create a classroom where small bites truly lead to big learning, growing confidence, and brighter futures.","fullyFundedDate":1771641299129,"projectUrl":"project/small-bites-big-learning/10106290/","projectTitle":"Small Bites, Big Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Aunty Maura Lindsey","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10397237_orig.jpg?crop=2400,2400,x0,y248&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1767746684664","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10397237"},{"teacherId":3262471,"projectId":10107738,"letterContent":"The gifts that you have given my students have gone beyond just the materials of playdough. When the students were given the chance to make their own playdough, they showed greater ownership. Since my students were taught that they could make things, they have shown more curiosity and desire to try to figure out how to make things on their own. \r\n\r\nWhen the students were presented with simple flour, and salt, the students were not impressed and thought that we were going to do some cooking. Their amazement grew when they learned that these ingredients are a part of one of their most favorable activities. They now want to use the personally made playdough more than the store bought. Your generosity has given them this ownership and excitement.","fullyFundedDate":1771662967127,"projectUrl":"project/snacks-and-crafts/10107738/","projectTitle":"Snacks and Crafts","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Nishimoto","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-6_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3262471"},{"teacherId":6029408,"projectId":10106817,"letterContent":"Because of your gift, my students are able to learn that they can be creative and explore new technologies. My students were very familiar with sublimation because it is widely used in their clothing and on their water bottles. But through your generosity, they have learned that they can create using this technology. Some students are very excited by the chance and other are more reserved or nervous about getting it \"wrong\". This is the learning curve because of your gift, a single design can be redrawn without a lot of waste. So these more reserved students are more willing to take chances. Because of your gift, these students are more willing to take chances.","fullyFundedDate":1771630751068,"projectUrl":"project/sublimation-learning/10106817/","projectTitle":"Sublimation Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Haugen","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6029408_orig.jpg?crop=600,600,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1646554479985","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6029408"},{"teacherId":9690488,"projectId":10106769,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to our classroom this year. We have been needing some fun sports books for the kids since I have a very athletic group this year. I was wanting to Guinness World Record books so they could enjoy some random fun facts!\r\n\r\nThe snacks that were provided will carry us on to the end of the year as well! We desperately needed some because my kids will often show up empty handed and then complain that they're hungry. Kids cannot learn when their basic needs aren't being met so this was such a great thing to provide for us! Thank you again, we really appreciate it!","fullyFundedDate":1771630938264,"projectUrl":"project/snacks-books-and-math/10106769/","projectTitle":"Snacks, Books, and Math!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Bornemann","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9690488"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_50924","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":212,"numTeachers":16,"percentFrplEligible":69,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":0,"percentWhite":0,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":16,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":75,"percentMultiracialImputed":7,"gradesServed":"Pre-K - 6","studentTeacherRatio":"13.2:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"SUBURBAN","ncesMetroType":"SUBURB_MIDSIZE"},"inStateSupporters":64.8,"schoolId":50924,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Blanche Pope Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Blanche Pope Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/hawaii/windward-school-district/blanche-pope-elementary-school/50924"}