{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Priest River Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":32.6,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":9864490,"projectId":9491202,"letterContent":"Thank to your generous support, my kindergarten students now have more opportunities to learn through hands-on exploration and creativity!\r\n\r\nWe use the playdough letter mats almost daily! They are helping students strengthen fine motor skills while learning letter formation and letter sounds. My students were beyond excited when they saw the watercolor paint. We paint in class a lot. We use completed a Veterans Day painting! Our new magnetic blocks and hexagonal blocks encourage teamwork, problem-solving, and imaginative building during both learning centers and free play. The sensory bubble toy is providing a calming and engaging tool to help students regulate their emotions and stay focused during the day.\r\n\r\nThese new materials have made our classroom a more joyful, interactive, and supportive place to learn. My students are excited to come to school each day and explore, create, and grow- all thanks to your kindness and generosity!","fullyFundedDate":1756219730887,"projectUrl":"project/little-hands-big-ideas/9491202/","projectTitle":"Little Hands, Big Ideas","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Callahan","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9864490_orig.jpg?crop=3024,3024,x0,y453&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1742084638649","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9864490"},{"teacherId":9226265,"projectId":9670570,"letterContent":"THANK YOU SO MUCH to Carol Ward, the Anonymous donors and the RIPPLE company! \r\n\r\nThe students faces lit up with excitement and such great energy when the Donors Choose materials got delivered to our classroom so we opened the boxes immediately as the kids were SO excited to get them! \r\n\r\nWe've been using these materials now for a few weeks since we got them and they have made such a difference in students being engaged in learning! Kids want to have FUN... and these materials make learning SO FUN! Thank YOU\r\n\r\nWe use the Alphabet & Letter Recognition - Find the Letter Activity Center is an interactive, engaging way for young learners to spot, match, and identify letters. We also use the magnetic letter building activity is so fun for the kids! They use it build letters and learn letter names and sounds! \r\n\r\nThe Class Pack of LCD Writing Tablet Drawing Boards they are so happy to use to practice handwriting, drawing, and spelling. We use these with the whole class at once because we have enough for all the students to use! They love it! We are daily practicing letter formation with the LCD Tablets \r\n\r\nThese kids LOVE MATH... the Math Teacher Created Resources Number STAX (Foam Number Blocks) helps them learn number recognition, sequencing, and basic math operations. So great for visual and tactile learning in early math development they have fun using it to learn!\r\n\r\nThey ALL LOVE the STEM Kits- Such amazing Hands-on science and engineering projects they are learning problem-solving, critical thinking, and basic physics.\r\n\r\nThanks again SO MUCH Carol Ward, Anonymous Donors and the RIPPLE company!","fullyFundedDate":1758247557761,"projectUrl":"project/little-ones-learn-through-play-in-kinder/9670570/","projectTitle":"Little Ones Learn Through Play in Kindergarten!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. McConville","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9226265_orig.jpg?crop=2304,2304,x440,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1693081049345","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9226265"},{"teacherId":9226265,"projectId":9495868,"letterContent":"Thank YOU so much for giving my students these engaging amazing hands on FUN resources! When my students saw the new resources, their faces lit up with excitement! They couldn't wait to try out the magnetic letter builders and headphones with microphones to hear themselves talk and they were especially curious about using the tongs to find each letter in the yellow sand to place each letter on it's letter card. It was a race to see who in their group can find the letter first! All this excitement and so much learning and engagement. \r\n\r\nThe day we opened all these new tools and resources at the time school was ending lots of kids were saying \"it's already time to go home!\" as they wanted to keep learning through play! I'm so appreciative and grateful for these materials that inspire my students and create such FUN experiences in the classroom! YOU made this happen! Thank YOU from the bottom of my heart! \r\n\r\nMy students are more engaged because learning feels like play. These materials encourage collaboration, problem-solving, and creativity. I am able to differentiate instruction more clearly.\" We have already put these resources to great use in our classroom and wow time flies when you're having FUN!","fullyFundedDate":1755649260141,"projectUrl":"project/yay-kindergarteners-love-essential-class/9495868/","projectTitle":"Yay Kindergarteners Love Essential Classroom Supplies & STEM Activities","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. McConville","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9226265_orig.jpg?crop=2304,2304,x440,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1693081049345","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9226265"},{"teacherId":9864490,"projectId":9491122,"letterContent":"When my students saw the new resources, their faces lit up with excitement! They couldn't wait to try out the dot markers and jumbo crayons, and they were especially curious about building with the wooden log toys. The easel pads sparked conversations about what we could create as a class, and the laminating pouches made it possible for me to introduce new reusable activities they were eager to explore.\r\n\r\nWe are already putting these resources to great use in our classroom! The dot markers are being used during literacy and math centers for letter recognition, patterning, and hands-on counting activities. The wooden log toys are sparking collaboration and problem-solving in our STEM play area, where students work together to build structures and explore balance. The jumbo crayons are giving our young writers and artists the confidence to create bold drawings and practice fine motor skills. The glue is helping with daily art projects, while the laminating pouches allow me to create reusable center materials and learning games that students can enjoy over and over. Post it sticky easel pads are being used for anchor charts, shared writing, and brainstorming, giving students a big visual space to see their thinking come to life.","fullyFundedDate":1755827024045,"projectUrl":"project/bright-minds-need-bright-materials/9491122/","projectTitle":"Bright Minds Need Bright Materials","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Callahan","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9864490_orig.jpg?crop=3024,3024,x0,y453&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1742084638649","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9864490"},{"teacherId":9864490,"projectId":9150447,"letterContent":"These resources have made a big impact in my kindergarten classroom by supporting both hands on learning and student independence. My Kinders reacted with so much excitement, curiosity, and wonder when they first saw our new resources! They were instantly drawn to them, eager to build tall towers, bridges, and imaginative creations. \r\n\r\nMagnetic tiles, rods and balls have encouraged STEM exploration through building and problem solving. They have sparked imagination and collaboration during centers and free play. The ten frames, dice, number bonds, and number lines have provided visuals and tactile tools for number sense. It has supported differentiation-students can practice at their own level with concrete tools. The 3D shapes have allowed children to touch and manipulate geometry concepts. The whisper phones have improved fluency, self-monitoring, and confidence in reading.\r\n\r\nMy students are more engaged because learning feels like play. These materials encourage collaboration, problem-solving, and creativity. I am able to differentiate instruction more clearly.","fullyFundedDate":1746802682539,"projectUrl":"project/oh-the-places-we-will-go-engaging-lear/9150447/","projectTitle":"Oh The Places We Will Go - Engaging Learning Tools","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Callahan","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9864490_orig.jpg?crop=3024,3024,x0,y453&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1742084638649","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9864490"},{"teacherId":9226265,"projectId":9177128,"letterContent":"Without YOU we would not have these materials we'll use for STEM printing activity cards in color and for other subject areas like in Language Arts printing vocabulary picture/definition/sentence cards! Things are so much better and more engaging in COLOR! Thanks to YOU!!! Also STEM activity cards with \"how to - directions\" as it is essential to have it printed in color! With the color ink the vocabulary cards are more engaging to go along with our ELA literature reading program Read Alouds.\r\n \r\nIn Math - STEM -printing posters and anchor charts in color helps kids remember the different steps of the math problem and in order! Many sorting activities only work well if printed in color. Many attributes of 3D dimensional shapes are shown in using color ink! We will make 3 dimensional shapes using the materials we get from this project! An item we'll use in this project is the 'create 3D shapes' from paper... so exciting!\r\n\r\nIn Engineering - STEM - color ink used to print out activity cards for students to engage in building and creating will accelerate learning! We will build a small solar car have it work on solar energy - describing the whole process as we build it!\r\n\r\nIn Science - STEM - soon we will study a unit on life cycles (I already purchased live butterfly larvae (caterpillars that will emerge from their chrysalis as \"painted lady butterflies\"- that will be here at school in class in early May this year) and weather unit in which it WILL really make a difference to see the concepts in posters and anchor charts in color. Color ink makes the difference! \r\n\r\nYOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE to these kids and enhance their learning! Kindergarteners love to learn while having fun!","fullyFundedDate":1742923566969,"projectUrl":"project/stem-fun-in-color-for-kindergarteners/9177128/","projectTitle":"STEM Fun in Color for Kindergarteners!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. McConville","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9226265_orig.jpg?crop=2304,2304,x440,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1693081049345","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9226265"},{"teacherId":9226265,"projectId":9007845,"letterContent":"Carol and Jessica, GM general motors and to the anonymous donors I want you to know that ..... we are truly blessed to have had your help in getting these fun STEM tools!!! Thank YOU\r\n\r\nYou made a huge impact on these students lives and their love of learning & exploring by giving them the materials they need to learn Science, Technology, Engineering and Math skills with these important crucial STEM tools. The kids are so excited as they LOVE TO PLAY! They got so excited upon receiving the packages and opening them to use them! Just yesterday the kids all started using these wonderful materials and tools for learning! At the same time, it can develop children's fine motor development, artistic cognitive, practical ability, imagination and creativity.\r\n\r\nWithout YOU this would not be possible! Thank YOU SO MUCH for these materials for our kindergarten students as they have a love for school and love for learning engineering science technology and math (STEM) and now their learning will soar to great heights!\r\n\r\nOur students now will be able to build, explore, connect and interact with engineering and science concepts! Math also! Also I will use the lamination to print and laminate STEM activities directions and cards to be used for many years. Each year a new group of students will benefit greatly from using these awesome STEM (science technology engineering and math) hands on materials! \r\n\r\nThank you for making a difference with your generous donation so our students have these crucial STEM tools to use to learn and have fun! I appreciate YOU so much","fullyFundedDate":1741375478030,"projectUrl":"project/super-fun-to-learn-engineering-science-/9007845/","projectTitle":"Super Fun to Learn Engineering Science & math in Kindergarten!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. McConville","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9226265_orig.jpg?crop=2304,2304,x440,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1693081049345","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9226265"},{"teacherId":9774695,"projectId":8815138,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous donation. Working with special ed students, they each have different subjects they work on. Since I have received my printer, I have created customized workbooks for each of my students. \r\n\r\nI have a student who struggles with math. I sometimes take for granted the ability to just add two numbers in my head. However, she can't grasp the concept of doing so. I put her on touch math, which has tremendously helped her. I am able to copy or print out any touch math related paper to help her grow.\r\n\r\nWithout your generosity, this would be a little harder to do. So thank you for making this possible.","fullyFundedDate":1729476704276,"projectUrl":"project/print-it-up/8815138/","projectTitle":"Print it Up","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Best","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9774695"},{"teacherId":8995915,"projectId":8546438,"letterContent":"Our kiddos were so excited when I told them that we were funded for our flexible seating. Then the packages started arriving. They were so heavy our custodians had to bring them to our classroom. We opened them together and pumped up our donut yoga balls, my yoga balance chair, unwrapped the blue carpet desk seating, and unwrapped the pillows, enough for one each. The huge hit was blue swivel chairs. I asked and received 5 of them. We had to take out a wedge from each of the blue chair because each one was too tall. \r\n\r\nEvery day we rotate the blue swivel chairs. We have had a chance to rotate through several times through them. The donut yoga chairs are used on the carpets with computers or clipboards, and the blue small carpet desks are used all of the time. \r\n\r\nThe flexible seating and the ability to move around to sit where and how we all learn best has been a huge hit. Thank you donors for allowing us to sit how and where we need to sit!","fullyFundedDate":1732681211386,"projectUrl":"project/flexible-seating-meets-the-needs-for-all/8546438/","projectTitle":"Flexible Seating Meets the Needs for All of Our Learners!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Wendle Kindergarten","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8995915_orig.jpg?crop=823,823,x0,y175&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1716429911464","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mswendlekindergarten"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_52408","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":350,"numTeachers":24,"percentFrplEligible":44,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":0,"percentWhite":95,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":1,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Pre-K - 6","studentTeacherRatio":"14.6:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"RURAL","ncesMetroType":"RURAL_REMOTE"},"inStateSupporters":67.4,"schoolId":52408,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Priest River Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Priest River Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/idaho/west-bonner-county-school-district-83/priest-river-elementary-school/52408"}