{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"West Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":21.5,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":6319488,"projectId":10160408,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your donation to our project. This is my first year giving the state MAP test as well as my students first year taking it. It was very important to me that they are prepared for this test. Having these snacks and sweet treats will do just that. \r\nThank you for believing in my vision for my classroom environment and the needs I see for my students. Your compassion is greatly appreciated. \r\nThank you for supporting my classroom, my students and my ideas. The generosity is unmatched and truly appreciated","fullyFundedDate":1775446078294,"projectUrl":"project/snacks-for-state-testing/10160408/","projectTitle":"Snacks for State Testing","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Smith","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6319488_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1688752854150","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6319488"},{"teacherId":6319488,"projectId":10102858,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your support in this project. I can not wait to read the Lemonade War with my two classes. These kids love book studies and this time they will get to have their own book in their hands and get to follow along with me. As much as this does not seem like a big deal to some, it is huge in the literature world. Students having books in hands and reading along is so critical to their reading abilities, fluency and comprehension. Thank you so much for helping make this project come to life. I can not wait for the class to get to not only read this book but then take it to life and have their own lemonade war. \r\nThis will be a memory of their education that last a lifetime.","fullyFundedDate":1772578752607,"projectUrl":"project/the-lemonade-war/10102858/","projectTitle":"The Lemonade War","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Smith","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6319488_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1688752854150","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6319488"},{"teacherId":6319488,"projectId":10101244,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your support and contribution to my classroom. Having a green house is one of my favorite things to have in my classroom. Myself and my students love it so much. With being at a new district this year I was not able to bring my previous green houses over from my last district with me. So this allowed me to have one in my room and give my third graders a chance to learn and grow plants.\r\nWe have so many plans for the rest of this year to do with our green house. First marigolds and then hopefully some veggies. \r\nMy students faces just lit up when they came into class and they seen the green house sitting there.\r\nThank you always for believing in me, my students and my classroom goals.","fullyFundedDate":1775051614735,"projectUrl":"project/growing-knowledge-curiosity/10101244/","projectTitle":"Growing Knowledge & Curiosity","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Smith","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6319488_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1688752854150","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6319488"},{"teacherId":10036800,"projectId":9538096,"letterContent":"My students have been using the new supplies daily, especially during our reading and writing time. One special moment was watching them use sticky notes to annotate their books—highlighting important details and sharing their thinking with excitement. The markers and Play-Doh have also brought creativity into our lessons, helping students express their ideas in hands-on ways.\r\n\r\nWhen my students first saw the materials, their faces lit up with excitement. They were so grateful and eager to use everything right away—it made them feel valued and motivated to learn.\r\n\r\nNext, we are continuing to build our annotation skills while diving deeper into comprehension strategies. Students will be working on small group projects where they analyze texts and share their thinking using the supplies you generously provided. Your support is truly making a lasting impact on their learning experience.","fullyFundedDate":1755727267289,"projectUrl":"project/help-to-brighten-my-students-days/9538096/","projectTitle":"Help to Brighten my Students’ Days!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Norris","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10036800_orig.jpg?crop=272,272,x40,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1747320879035","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10036800"},{"teacherId":2073090,"projectId":9838046,"letterContent":"The kids were so excited to see all the snacks that you provided for them! After a day of learning during regular school hours, they are hungry! When coming into the room for Tech Club they get so excited seeing the variety of snacks they get to choose from. This makes their time here even more enjoyable while learning how to build and operate the VEX feild.\r\nI appreciate your donation also as I know and see first hand how it impacts these students. To see the smile on their face while they visit with their peers and spend time doing the things they love after their school day.","fullyFundedDate":1770782203680,"projectUrl":"project/tech-club-snack-bin/9838046/","projectTitle":"Tech Club Snack Bin","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Dreier","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2073090_orig.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1761579532463","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2073090"},{"teacherId":6319488,"projectId":9953635,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your donation to give my classroom basic school supplies. Even though it may seem small to purchase pencils and crayons to some, it is a big deal to many of my students families. Because of your donation my students are able to finish the year strong with all the basic supplies they need.\r\nStudents have loved being able to use the mechanical pencils already for their final drafts in their essays. The littlest things like this make them enjoy their time at school and writing so much more. \r\nThank you for supporting me and my classroom!","fullyFundedDate":1771010709750,"projectUrl":"project/school-supplies-restock/9953635/","projectTitle":"School Supplies Restock","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Smith","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6319488_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1688752854150","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6319488"},{"teacherId":6319488,"projectId":9874136,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for you donation to this project. Because of you students were able to not only make cookies in our classroom for our holiday celebration, they were also able to build memories with their peers. And learn skills that will help them in real life situations. \r\nThe amount of kids who told me they had never baked cookies from scratch, stil shocks me. But because of your donation they were able to do that. These skills that help wrap up a unit our so meaningful to students and something they cherish for years to come.","fullyFundedDate":1763646873490,"projectUrl":"project/cookies-around-the-world/9874136/","projectTitle":"Cookies Around the World","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Smith","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6319488_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1688752854150","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6319488"},{"teacherId":6319488,"projectId":9780361,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your donation to our project. This project helped four classes of third graders have book bins to help keep their items they use everyday for switching classes more easy on them. As students sometimes it is hard to keep things organized, during your first year of switching. So this was so helpful for these students. Thank you for helping them have a more successful and less stressful classroom experience. \r\nBecause of donors like you our students succeed and grow in so many ways. Donations from you and the donor choose organization will help benefit not only this group of students but years of students to come.","fullyFundedDate":1760726421277,"projectUrl":"project/book-bins-for-busy-kids/9780361/","projectTitle":"Book Bins for Busy Kids","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Smith","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6319488_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1688752854150","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6319488"},{"teacherId":6319488,"projectId":9887162,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your donation for our December STEM days. My students had so much fun the whole month of December because of your kind donations. We were able to create several different ornaments. Students were then able to decorate our classroom christmas tree with these and then gift them to their families.\r\nWe also had a cookie baking day where students were able to bake cookies as part of our Christmas Around the World activity we did where students learned about several different countries and what cookies those children left for Santa.","fullyFundedDate":1763605890293,"projectUrl":"project/december-stem/9887162/","projectTitle":"December STEM","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Smith","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6319488_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1688752854150","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6319488"},{"teacherId":10052849,"projectId":9856533,"letterContent":"First I want to say thank you so much for your donation. When I say your donation has helped my students you wouldn't believe how much it has fully helped. \r\n\r\nFrom helping student regulate behaviors. Most of my students have ADHD and take medication. A come side effect of their medication is an appetite suppressant, which can cause the students to become hangry. \r\n\r\nIt has also helped student focus on tests more. We saw the biggest increase in my students test scores since your donation!\r\n\r\nLastly, during this period of ice storms it was a perfect gift for me to send home with students to ensure they had snacks at home while gone from school. \r\n\r\nAll of this to say thank you for your donation. \r\n\r\nPS. The photos upload is only of the snacks and donation. As a special education teacher I cannot take any photos and share the faces of my students and identify them as students with disabilities.","fullyFundedDate":1761932368476,"projectUrl":"project/help-feed-the-students-in-need/9856533/","projectTitle":"Help Feed The Students In Need","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Robinosn","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10052849"},{"teacherId":6319488,"projectId":9386057,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your donations to my classroom. This projected being funded was so special to me. I started a new district this year and had to start from scratch with almost everything. Being able to have these items purchased through donors choose save me so much of my own money.\r\nI was able to decorate and design my room to welcome all of my students into third grade. This is a new building for everyone and all students were a little nervous about one thing or another. I felt my project allowed for my room to be very welcoming and homey. for all of my students.\r\nI am forever grateful for donors choose and the opportunities it has allowed my classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1756263691401,"projectUrl":"project/home-away-from-home/9386057/","projectTitle":"Home Away from Home","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Smith","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6319488_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1688752854150","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6319488"},{"teacherId":9008226,"projectId":9635924,"letterContent":"My students have greatly appreciated each item we have received for our class. Your donations have reached 80 students in an impactful way. \r\n\r\nThank you so much for the mailbox organization system for our classroom. It has made such a positive difference by keeping materials neat, accessible, and easy for students to manage independently. The system helps us stay organized, saves valuable class time, and creates a calmer, more efficient learning environment. This is something we use and benefit from every day.\r\n\r\nThank you for the Jolly Ranchers. They have allowed us to continue our weekly Jolly Rancher War. The classes love competing against each other for the semester grand prize of a pizza party! \r\n\r\nMy student appreciates his noise cancelling headphones. He uses them when he feels a bit overwhelmed. They help calm him down and make a great difference. \r\n\r\nFifth grade at West Elementary thanks you for your generosity. You're all very appreciated!","fullyFundedDate":1758851663875,"projectUrl":"project/organized-mail-and-happy-kids/9635924/","projectTitle":"Organized Mail and Happy Kids","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Hays","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9008226_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1755746898380","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9008226"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_77750","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":464,"numTeachers":35,"percentFrplEligible":60,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":2,"percentWhite":91,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":2,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"3 - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"13.3:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"TOWN","ncesMetroType":"TOWN_DISTANT"},"inStateSupporters":78.5,"schoolId":77750,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about West Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"West Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/missouri/central-school-district-r3/west-elementary-school/77750"}