{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Eastern Heights Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":31.4,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":4089900,"projectId":9041367,"letterContent":"We are so grateful for your generous donation to our EL classroom library! It's so important for our diverse and multilingual students to have connections with books and magazines that reflect their own lives, families and cultures. This time around, you helped us purchase stuffed animals that match their favorite authors and series, such as \"Llama Llama\", \"Dog Man and Cat Kid\" and \"Grumpy Monkey\".\r\n\r\nOne of the uses of these materials has been to create book reviews on students' iPads using books purchased, along with the stuffed animals, for the purpose of convincing their peers to read the books and series that they love. \r\n\r\nFor next steps regarding this project, we hope to include these new stuffies in our check-out system, so if students wanted to take the stuffed animals home to accompany the matching book, that is now possible.\r\n\r\nThanks so much again for all you did to help us reach our goal!","fullyFundedDate":1745718643215,"projectUrl":"project/plushies-for-silent-reading-time/9041367/","projectTitle":"Plushies for Silent Reading Time!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Boyt","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4089900_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1539280330475","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/p-boyt"},{"teacherId":6713235,"projectId":9422078,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donations! \r\n\r\nWith the money you donated I was able to purchase hands on materials for my kindergarteners. These materials give students the sensory manipulatives that their brains crave. The materials also helped to purchase organizational materials so that children can absorb an a sense of order and calm in their learning environment. \r\n\r\nOur year is rolling along now. The children have made friends and are caring for each other and the classroom. They are beginning to read words and simple sentences. They are using shapes and markers you bought to classify, sort, and count quantities. This growth is possible because of your generosity. Thank you for your contributions to our sweet little classroom on the eastside of St Paul, Minnesota.","fullyFundedDate":1752602454959,"projectUrl":"project/hands-on-materials-for-kind-curious-kin/9422078/","projectTitle":"Hands-On Materials for Kind, Curious Kindergarteners!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Tonia","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6713235_orig.jpg?crop=1098,1098,x992,y569&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1750272610045","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6713235"},{"teacherId":4210175,"projectId":9455152,"letterContent":"The supplies that have been delivered to my new classroom have really set us up for success! The student reacting to all the boxes coming to the classroom, asking \"What is that?\" Then to find out that it was all items for them and us to use in our classroom. First favorite item were the headphones. The kids love the variety of colors that they got to choose from. They also think they are really comfortable on their ears because there is a lot of cushion. \r\nWhen it came time to do some fun classroom work and they got to decorate things with Sharpies and Flair pens, things turned out so bright and colorful. My hallway passes really help me keep track of who has left the classroom and where they have gone. \r\nThe students LOVE sitting on the pillow cushions. Many of them use them when they are sitting on the carpet or they put them on their chair to make it more comfortable. \r\nThanks again for ALL the fun stuff for our room.\r\nI, as the teacher, love my monitor riser. It helps me stay very organized at my teaching area.","fullyFundedDate":1755735188716,"projectUrl":"project/new-year-new-school-new-classroom/9455152/","projectTitle":"New Year, New School, New Classroom!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Schoen","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4210175_orig.jpg?crop=2314,2315,x0,y439&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1753134022457","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4210175"},{"teacherId":4838123,"projectId":9038786,"letterContent":"First of all my apologies for the late thank you letter. The end of the school year never creeps up, it barrels in roaring like an avalanche. I appreciate your donations so much, as do my students.\r\n\r\nIn fact, this is our final week for book check out, and they are quite sad about it, especially the fifth graders who are moving on to middle school next year. Every single book you made possible for me to buy has been checked out multiple times. They bring their books home to read with siblings and family members, and are conscientious about returning them the following week. It's hard to believe, but we have only lost a couple of books this year, and I fully anticipate they will show up in the fall after a parent unearths them from the backseat of a car this summer upon vacuuming!\r\n\r\nAgain, thank you so much for your generosity. Your kindness makes reading more fun and accessible to these kids!","fullyFundedDate":1739999007769,"projectUrl":"project/history-smashers-books-that-provide-mu/9038786/","projectTitle":"History Smashers: Books That Provide Multiple Perspectives","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Djupstrom","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4838123_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1652124430787","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-djupstrom"},{"teacherId":8839333,"projectId":9179207,"letterContent":"Thank you for contributing to our classroom! With the funds, we were able to purchase 3 new body sacks, 2 calming globe lights, 3 pairs of slip-on shoes, 1 mini trampoline, multiple large floor puzzles, and a new light table. \r\n\r\nNow, each of our students who struggle with dysregulation can utilize a body sack for compression therapy. The globe lights allow for visual stimulation that has a calming effect for our students. The trampoline replaced an old, worn out one and the kids love using it for big body movements! Many of our children do not like the feeling of socks and shoes and now we are able to provide them with a pair of slip-on shoes they can utilize while in the classroom. Our students love the challenge of puzzles and we were able to add 3 new ones to that collection. Lastly, the light table is a new item in our class and the kids love using it during our daily sensory time. \r\n\r\nThe impact of these items is immeasurable and we are so grateful!","fullyFundedDate":1746785534994,"projectUrl":"project/sensory-supports/9179207/","projectTitle":"Sensory Supports","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Alex","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8839333_orig.jpg?crop=3024,3024,x510,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1714750746312","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8839333"},{"teacherId":4838123,"projectId":9014873,"letterContent":"Wow! It has been so exciting to read these picture books aloud with students instead of having them listen and \"watch\" them on a screen. Having this book in my hands allows me to engage them in a way that starting and stopping a video to ask or answer a question simply cannot match. When they wonder why a character said or behaved in a certain way, I can hand them the book and say, \"Let's look for the evidence to answer your question.\" When they are writing about a book and want to know how to spell a word, again, I can put the book in their hands and say, \"That's a word the author wrote...let's find it in the text and use that spelling in our writing.\"\r\n\r\nAside from reading, discussing, and writing about these books in class, students are checking them out to bring home to read! They take home two or three books from my library each week, and read them to their parents and with their siblings. Their confidence soars when they have this opportunity to practice reading a familiar book, one that is often slightly above their reading level, at home in a risk-free environment. They come back to school and will often tell which book was a family favorite. \r\n\r\nReading has become most of my EL students' favorite part of their school day, thanks to your help. We hope you know how much of a difference-maker you are.","fullyFundedDate":1734973077532,"projectUrl":"project/universal-themes-in-picture-books-for-ki/9014873/","projectTitle":"Universal Themes in Picture Books for Kids","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Djupstrom","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4838123_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1652124430787","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-djupstrom"},{"teacherId":4838123,"projectId":9008646,"letterContent":"Wow! It has been so exciting to read these picture books aloud with students instead of having them listen and \"watch\" them on a screen. Having this book in my hands allows me to engage them in a way that starting and stopping a video to ask or answer a question simply cannot match. When they wonder why a character said or behaved in a certain way, I can hand them the book and say, \"Let's look for the evidence to answer your question.\" When they are writing about a book and want to know how to spell a word, again, I can put the book in their hands and say, \"That's a word the author wrote...let's find it in the text and use that spelling in our writing.\"\r\n\r\nAside from reading, discussing, and writing about these books in class, students are checking them out to bring home to read! They take home two or three books from my library each week, and read them to their parents and with their siblings. Their confidence soars when they have this opportunity to practice reading a familiar book, one that is often slightly above their reading level, at home in a risk-free environment. They come back to school and will often tell which book was a family favorite. \r\n\r\nReading has become most of my EL students' favorite part of their school day, thanks to your help. We hope you know how much of a difference-maker you are.","fullyFundedDate":1734407987297,"projectUrl":"project/no-more-youtube-ing-read-alouds/9008646/","projectTitle":"No More YouTube-ing Read Alouds!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Djupstrom","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4838123_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1652124430787","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-djupstrom"},{"teacherId":4838123,"projectId":9009537,"letterContent":"Wow! It has been so exciting to read these picture books aloud with students instead of having them listen and \"watch\" them on a screen. Having this book in my hands allows me to engage them in a way that starting and stopping a video to ask or answer a question simply cannot match. When they wonder why a character said or behaved in a certain way, I can hand them the book and say, \"Let's look for the evidence to answer your question.\" When they are writing about a book and want to know how to spell a word, again, I can put the book in their hands and say, \"That's a word the author wrote...let's find it in the text and use that spelling in our writing.\"\r\n\r\nAside from reading, discussing, and writing about these books in class, students are checking them out to bring home to read! They take home two or three books from my library each week, and read them to their parents and with their siblings. Their confidence soars when they have this opportunity to practice reading a familiar book, one that is often slightly above their reading level, at home in a risk-free environment. They come back to school and will often tell which book was a family favorite. \r\n\r\nReading has become most of my EL students' favorite part of their school day, thanks to your help. We hope you know how much of a difference-maker you are.","fullyFundedDate":1734558238958,"projectUrl":"project/no-more-youtube-for-read-alouds-real-b/9009537/","projectTitle":"No More YouTube for Read Alouds: Real Books Instead!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Djupstrom","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4838123_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1652124430787","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-djupstrom"},{"teacherId":4838123,"projectId":9008704,"letterContent":"Wow! It has been so exciting to read these picture books aloud with students instead of having them listen and \"watch\" them on a screen. Having this book in my hands allows me to engage them in a way that starting and stopping a video to ask or answer a question simply cannot match. When they wonder why a character said or behaved in a certain way, I can hand them the book and say, \"Let's look for the evidence to answer your question.\" When they are writing about a book and want to know how to spell a word, again, I can put the book in their hands and say, \"That's a word the author wrote...let's find it in the text and use that spelling in our writing.\"\r\n\r\nAside from reading, discussing, and writing about these books in class, students are checking them out to bring home to read! They take home two or three books from my library each week, and read them to their parents and with their siblings. Their confidence soars when they have this opportunity to practice reading a familiar book, one that is often slightly above their reading level, at home in a risk-free environment. They come back to school and will often tell which book was a family favorite. \r\n\r\nReading has become most of my EL students' favorite part of their school day, thanks to your help. We hope you know how much of a difference-maker you are.","fullyFundedDate":1734410032134,"projectUrl":"project/real-books-not-youtube-read-alouds/9008704/","projectTitle":"Real Books, Not YouTube Read Alouds","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Djupstrom","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4838123_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1652124430787","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-djupstrom"},{"teacherId":9321669,"projectId":8437667,"letterContent":"My students are having a blast creating cardboard structures. They have learned seven different cardboard attachment techniques and discovered the versatility of cardboard as a medium. They have been inspired by the British artist Johnny Morris and American artist Justin King. \r\n\r\nThe fourth graders were ecstatic to see a hot glue gun station and discover we had a vast supply of glue. Many have designed and experimented with new building techniques because they have access to these tools. They are also working figuratively by combining aluminum foil, tape, and paper-mache. I am excited to watch their ideas and experiments evolve! Thank you for providing my students with supplies to fuel their curiosity and love of creating.","fullyFundedDate":1724101529048,"projectUrl":"project/glue-gone-wild/8437667/","projectTitle":"Glue Gone Wild!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Klocke","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9321669"},{"teacherId":4089900,"projectId":8844535,"letterContent":"Our EL (English Language) learners are BEYOND thrilled to receive these fantastic books for our library! In order for them to take these books home with them, we are constantly needing to refresh and replace well-loved (and sometimes misplaced) books and this Donor's Choose has allowed us to do just that.\r\n\r\nIt sometimes surprises people that our students still gravitate toward actual, physical books, as opposed to digital or audio versions of texts, but despite the initial popularity of apps that contain digital content, our students continue to get extremely excited about new books in our library.\r\n\r\nThanks so much for your generous donation, and please know that this is a gift that will keep on giving. We have organized our library to focus on multi-cultural, multi-lingual texts that ALL of our EL students will enjoy for years to come.","fullyFundedDate":1727892711321,"projectUrl":"project/graphic-novels-for-ell-students/8844535/","projectTitle":"Graphic Novels for ELL Students!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Boyt","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4089900_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1539280330475","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/p-boyt"},{"teacherId":4838123,"projectId":8832827,"letterContent":"Boy oh boy, how I wish you could have been there on the day they entered and saw all of the new fishing and hunting books on the library shelves. There was an audible shriek from the 7 fourth graders when they spied some of Bob Allen's beautifully illustrated titles like \"Monica the Muskie\" and \"The Panfish Party.\" I haven't been able to keep these books on the shelves even though it's been about six weeks since I've had them available! I am eagerly awaiting more picture books with fishing as a theme, and so are there.\r\n\r\nYesterday Zexter had his book check-out day and he was disappointed that \"Catfishing with Grandpa\" was still checked out by one of his friends, so I suggested that they read it together during their classrooom's partner time. Sure enough when I arrived later in the day for my push-in writing lesson in their class, their heads were bent over the book together. Partner time, you might imagine, can sometimes rapidly devolve into non-academic conversations and off-task behavior, but in this case, they were wholly focused on the book and its beautiful illustrations. \r\n\r\nYou have made a difference in inspiring some of my formerly uninterested readers to get excited about books. Keep that in your heart this holiday season. Thank you so much.","fullyFundedDate":1728414595466,"projectUrl":"project/the-books-the-boys-have-been-begging-for/8832827/","projectTitle":"The Books the Boys Have Been Begging For","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Djupstrom","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4838123_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1652124430787","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-djupstrom"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_76096","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":318,"numTeachers":25,"percentFrplEligible":92,"percentAsian":46,"percentBlack":20,"percentWhite":8,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":14,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Pre-K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"12.7:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":68.6,"schoolId":76096,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Eastern Heights Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Eastern Heights Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/minnesota/saint-paul-public-schools/eastern-heights-elementary-school/76096"}