{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Oak Grove Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":28.0,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":1775450,"projectId":9971175,"letterContent":"The Daily Language Practice journals have become an essential part of our daily routine and have greatly supported student growth. With engaging, ready-to-use activities for every day of the school year, students are consistently practicing key language skills in a meaningful way. The journal reinforces phonics, vocabulary, grammar, writing, and reading comprehension while building independence as students use the answer key to check their own work. This daily practice has helped strengthen foundational skills, boost confidence, and create strong habits that support long-term literacy success. Thanks to this resource and to you, my students are making steady progress and feeling proud of their learning each day.","fullyFundedDate":1767030128552,"projectUrl":"project/my-own-daily-language-journal/9971175/","projectTitle":"My Own Daily Language Journal","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Parker","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1775450_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1583671584291","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/jamiparker"},{"teacherId":1775450,"projectId":9969636,"letterContent":"These magnetic word-building tiles have made a powerful difference in my classroom. Because the tiles are color-coded for consonants, vowels, digraphs, and vowel teams, my students can clearly see and understand how words are built. The hands-on nature of the tiles has helped turn phonics into an engaging, interactive experience rather than a worksheet task. Students are excited to manipulate the tiles, build words, and take risks with their learning.\r\n\r\nThe heart-word and dot tiles have been especially helpful for teaching sight words and sound isolation. Students who previously struggled with memorization now have a concrete, visual way to understand tricky words. This has been incredibly impactful for my students who need extra reading support, including those with dyslexia, because the foam magnetic tiles allow them to learn by doing.\r\n\r\nThanks to this product, my students are more confident, more engaged, and more successful as readers. Your generosity has helped create meaningful literacy moments every day, and it has truly strengthened reading instruction in my classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1767030127892,"projectUrl":"project/lets-play-word-work-games/9969636/","projectTitle":"Let's Play Word Work Games!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Parker","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1775450_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1583671584291","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/jamiparker"},{"teacherId":1775450,"projectId":9971192,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support of my Donors Choose project, \"Fidgets, Stickers, and Incentives to Support Student Success.\" Because of you, my students now have access to motivating incentives that are making a meaningful difference in our classroom every single day.\r\n\r\nThe fun stickers, homework coupons, stretchy sticky hand fidgets, and astronaut stress relief fidgets have helped boost student motivation, focus, and self-regulation. These tools give students positive reinforcement for their hard work while also supporting their ability to stay engaged and calm during learning. I've seen students take greater pride in their efforts, show improved focus during lessons, and feel more confident in managing their emotions and behavior.\r\n\r\nYour kindness has helped create a more positive, supportive learning environment where students feel encouraged and excited to do their best. Thank you for investing in my classroom and in the success of my students. We are truly grateful for your generosity.","fullyFundedDate":1768504451618,"projectUrl":"project/fidgets-stickers-and-incentives-to-sup/9971192/","projectTitle":"Fidgets, Stickers, and Incentives to Support Student Success","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Parker","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1775450_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1583671584291","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/jamiparker"},{"teacherId":148743,"projectId":9975834,"letterContent":"It is so cold here! The threshold for students staying inside for recess is around zero degrees, so most days the kids are outside playing. Our wonderful social worker has geared up many needy students with snowpants this year, but she ran out.\r\nBy donating to this project, you helped provide snowpants that she can give out to a few more students. This not only helps keep the kids warm and dry, but also helps our school nurse! She keeps a closet of extra clothes for kids. With such a snowy, icy playground, she has been giving kids dry pants regularly. Lots of times these pants don't come back! So you are helping our whole community, most of all the kids! \r\nThank you so much!","fullyFundedDate":1767932988806,"projectUrl":"project/snowpants-to-keep-us-warm-and-dry/9975834/","projectTitle":"Snowpants to Keep Us Warm and Dry!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Stanton","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp148743_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1451588455174","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrsstanton"},{"teacherId":149733,"projectId":9652437,"letterContent":"Thank you very much for your support of Donors Choose and my project. Each year, I like to recognize student birthdays with a book and a small gift bag. This is a small thing for me to do, but it means a lot to many of my students. When it is a student's birthday or half-birthday (summer months), students get their treat bag and get to select a book from the birthday book box. \r\nYour generous donation means that I can make birthday bags for my students this year and next.\r\nI appreciate your generosity and kindness.","fullyFundedDate":1766673283043,"projectUrl":"project/its-my-birthday/9652437/","projectTitle":"It's My Birthday!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Melanie","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp149733_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1450372872120","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/msmartin"},{"teacherId":148743,"projectId":9860812,"letterContent":"Our original intent for these items was to make up \"keep the winter blues away\" treat bags to give out to our students when they left for winter break. However, since we miss that timeline, we are going to give these to our students during Kindness Week, which takes place around Valentine's Day. We know longer exchange Valentine's at our school, but we will give these cute little pick me up bags to our students around that time. Winter is long and cold around here and it will lift the spirits of our kids. Thank you so much for helping provide this small token to connect with our students. We appreciate your donations.","fullyFundedDate":1767030129045,"projectUrl":"project/fun-items-to-keep-away-the-winter-blues/9860812/","projectTitle":"Fun Items to Keep Away The Winter Blues!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Stanton","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp148743_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1451588455174","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrsstanton"},{"teacherId":148743,"projectId":9922905,"letterContent":"Today my second grade groups played the Wowels game! They had so much fun, and they said it was easy to learn because it reminded them of the game Uno. I was pleased because they got to have fun but also they were practicing reading their CVC words, which is the skill they need lots of practice on. \r\n\r\nIn addition the first graders were able to build sentences with the sentence building open-ended learning kit. Although first graders tend to be a little bit slow with writing, during my time with them they were each able to build and write two sentences. They were actually disappointed when it was time to go back to their classrooms, but I promise them we would play again soon. \r\n\r\nI am excited to put the other games and activities into our rotations also. Thank you so much for your donations.","fullyFundedDate":1767030125667,"projectUrl":"project/games-for-fun-and-learning-through-the-s/9922905/","projectTitle":"Games for Fun and Learning Through the Science of Reading!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Stanton","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp148743_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1451588455174","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrsstanton"},{"teacherId":149733,"projectId":9652395,"letterContent":"Thank you very much for supporting Donors Choose and my project. I am thrilled to get my new storage bins. I have very limited storage space in my classroom, and I have a lot of manipulatives. I am a very Type A teacher. Everything in my classroom is organized and labeled. Having access to more storage bins will enable me to acquire additional resources for my reading intervention students.\r\nThank you for helping me to stay organized. I live by the phrase there is a place for everything and everything in its place :)","fullyFundedDate":1765981480624,"projectUrl":"project/store-our-mess/9652395/","projectTitle":"Store our Mess!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Melanie","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp149733_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1450372872120","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/msmartin"},{"teacherId":1775450,"projectId":9930201,"letterContent":"Ginny thank you so much for funding my winter snowman party before winter break! Because of your generosity, my second graders were able to enjoy a fun, festive celebration filled with creativity, laughter, and learning. The room was full of excitement, and there were so many smiles on their faces as they participated in the snowman-themed activities. This special experience helped make their last days before break memorable and joyful. I am incredibly grateful for your support and for helping create such a positive and meaningful moment for my students.","fullyFundedDate":1764426902326,"projectUrl":"project/fun-times-before-winter-break/9930201/","projectTitle":"Fun Times Before Winter Break","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Parker","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1775450_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1583671584291","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/jamiparker"},{"teacherId":148743,"projectId":9875828,"letterContent":"GRACIAS! Thank you for funding this project. This project will provide Spanish Children's books for I Love To Read Month. During I Love To Read Month, we hold Eagle Book Shop. For Eagle Book Shop, we collect gently used books and new books to give away to students. Every student gets at least one 'new to them' book, but often more, depending on how many we collect. We like to try and have bilingual books available for students to choose. The books in this project will go to that purpose. Thank you so much for funding us!","fullyFundedDate":1764800310578,"projectUrl":"project/books-in-spanish-for-i-love-to-read-mont/9875828/","projectTitle":"Books in Spanish for I Love to Read Month","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Stanton","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp148743_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1451588455174","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrsstanton"},{"teacherId":148743,"projectId":9824069,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to our project \"Light up or creativity during Eagle University.\" Eagle University is a special event we have a few times a year. During this class period, students are able to go to a fun, extra, extension activity of their choice. \r\nEach teacher plans a class for their space. Students then choose the top 3 they would like. Out of those 3 they are assigned one. So EVERY student gets to attend an activity they like. Many teachers run classes that use consumable materials. That is what this project has funded. Thank you so much for your support!","fullyFundedDate":1762198312710,"projectUrl":"project/light-up-our-creativity-during-eagle-uni/9824069/","projectTitle":"Light Up Our Creativity During Eagle University","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Stanton","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp148743_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1451588455174","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrsstanton"},{"teacherId":149733,"projectId":9892821,"letterContent":"Thank you very much for your generosity and support. I am amazed, even after 28 years of teaching, at how many supplies I go through in a school year. Your generous donation purchased more laminating pouches, stickers, and protective sleeves. All of these items are used almost daily and need to be replenished often.\r\nWhen I opened the Amazon box, a couple of students saw the box of smelly stickers. I told them there were 17 different flavors. They said they can't wait to smell them all, and hope that there is not one that smells as bad as dirt from the last pack I bought. \r\nHappy holidays!!!","fullyFundedDate":1764728420425,"projectUrl":"project/the-teacher-needs-supplies-too/9892821/","projectTitle":"The Teacher Needs Supplies Too!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Melanie","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp149733_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1450372872120","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/msmartin"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_74766","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":435,"numTeachers":34,"percentFrplEligible":51,"percentAsian":11,"percentBlack":16,"percentWhite":41,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":17,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Pre-K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"12.8:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_SMALL"},"inStateSupporters":72.0,"schoolId":74766,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Oak Grove Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Oak Grove Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/minnesota/bloomington-public-school-district-271/oak-grove-elementary-school/74766"}