{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Holman Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":52.5,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":2775227,"projectId":9374298,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our classroom project and helping us bring seat covers and rolling carts into our learning space. Your generosity has made a noticeable difference from the moment the materials arrived, and I want to share how much your kindness means to both me and my students.\r\n\r\nThe seat pockets have already transformed our classroom in the best way. First graders spend a lot of time moving, sitting, shifting, and getting settled, and having comfortable, organized seating has helped them stay focused and ready to learn. The pockets on the covers have been a huge help. Students no longer lose track of their materials or struggle to find the tools they need. Everything has a place, which has made transitions smoother and our learning time more productive. You wouldn't believe how proud students are to have their supplies neatly stored right behind them. It gives them a sense of responsibility and independence that truly supports their growth.\r\n\r\nThe rolling carts have quickly become one of the most helpful additions to our classroom. They allow me to keep materials organized and easily accessible during small-group instruction. Instead of stacking books or juggling supplies on different tables, everything is now within reach and ready to go. This has made our reading, writing, and math rotations run more efficiently, and students benefit from having seamless lessons without delays or distractions. For a busy first grade classroom, these carts are a game changer.\r\n\r\nThank you again for believing in the importance of a well-organized, welcoming classroom. Thank you for choosing to help teachers and students you may never meet in person. And thank you for making a real, immediate difference in our learning community. We are grateful for you, and we will carry your kindness with us throughout the school year.","fullyFundedDate":1758295214888,"projectUrl":"project/rolling-right-into-fun-and-learning/9374298/","projectTitle":"Rolling Right Into Fun and Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Khan","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2775227_orig.png?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1562122412848","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/salmak"},{"teacherId":9716651,"projectId":9432257,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous $100 gift card donation to Teachers Pay Teachers! Your kindness has made a wonderful difference in my art classroom.\r\n\r\nWith your support, I was able to purchase engaging art lessons from Art with Trista, which provided step-by-step projects that help my students explore creativity while building important art skills. These lessons are thoughtfully designed and have already inspired excitement and confidence among my young artists!\r\n\r\nSome of the items I bought included an Elements of Art Mega bundle, a Design Your Own Food Truck Sub Lesson, Elementary Easter art lessons, an Eric Carle Insect Collage project, and Pie Sculpture Art lessons. The Elements of Art Mega Bundle was what I was excited about most, which has 56 elementary art projects ready for exploring.\r\n\r\nI already used inspiration from the Mega Bundle, including Elements of Art. We explored a Line Sculpture Project, which they had so much fun making. I told them they could imagine they were creating their own theme park or environment with paper sculptures that twirl and bend (almost like a roller coaster ride). All the students were very engaged in the project and came up with some of the most creative ways to make a line bend. \r\n\r\nComing up very soon, I will have a sub taking my place on a Friday in November for me to be able to attend my cousin's wedding. This is when I plan to put the Design Your Own Food Truck Sub Lesson to use. I think the students will be so excited to jump into the creative process of envisioning a food truck and who knows if it will plant a vision in a student's mind to create a future business. It will surely give the students confidence in knowing they are in control of their creative thinking and allow them to understand how their creative skills can help the world around them.\r\n\r\nYour contribution not only supports art education but also encourages students to express themselves, take creative risks, and discover joy in the artistic process. I'm so grateful for your generosity and belief in the value of creativity for the classroom.\r\n\r\nThank you again for helping make art learning meaningful and fun for my students!","fullyFundedDate":1754069054875,"projectUrl":"project/lovely-art-with-trista-tpt-projects/9432257/","projectTitle":"Lovely “Art With Trista” Tpt Projects","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Knobbe","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-6_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9716651"},{"teacherId":9716651,"projectId":9254642,"letterContent":"Thank you for donating to these books! \r\n\r\nI read the \"Beautiful Oops\" book to my students and they really loved it! They were so surprised with all the solutions there were for mistakes in art, to make the mistakes purposeful. After we read the book, they made some interactive art from a ripped piece of paper (like the crocodile example given in the book). Since you might not know how the book goes, the torn piece of paper is where an artist put the mouth, so they could draw it as if it was a crocodile with its mouth open.\r\n\r\nThis week we just got done celebrating \"National Dot Day\" on Monday (celebrated each year on Sept 15th). Since I get each class once during a week, it ended up being a \"Dot Week\", so all students could learn about the message Peter H. Reynolds gave the nation with his book \"The Dot\". I explained to students that it wasn't only about the physical mark of a pencil or dot and where it takes you... but also about the invisible mark. Inspiring others can make an invisible mark on the world that can be visible to others by the way you impact or inspire them in positive ways. \r\n\r\nWe can't wait to read some more and grow in our abilities and understandings.","fullyFundedDate":1746453742216,"projectUrl":"project/mistakes-are-okay-in-art/9254642/","projectTitle":"Mistakes Are Okay in Art","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Knobbe","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-6_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9716651"},{"teacherId":2775227,"projectId":9227139,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support of our classroom storybooks project. Your contribution has brought a world of imagination and learning into our first-grade classroom.\r\nWith these new storybooks, our students have been eagerly diving into reading, exploring new characters, and expanding their vocabulary. The excitement on their faces as they choose a book to read is truly heartwarming. \r\nThese books have not only enhanced their reading skills but have also fostered a love for storytelling and learning.\r\nYour kindness has made a lasting impact on our students' educational journey. We are deeply grateful for your support and for believing in the power of reading.","fullyFundedDate":1744219037316,"projectUrl":"project/adventure-awaits-in-every-story/9227139/","projectTitle":"Adventure Awaits in Every Story","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Khan","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2775227_orig.png?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1562122412848","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/salmak"},{"teacherId":2775227,"projectId":9229445,"letterContent":"I am writing to express my deepest gratitude for your generous donation of decodable books to our first-grade classroom. Your support has made a significant impact on our young learners, and I want to share how your contribution is fostering a love for reading and enhancing literacy skills among our students.\r\n\r\nDecodable books are essential tools in early literacy development. They provide students with the opportunity to apply phonics skills in context, building their confidence and fluency as readers. With your donation, our classroom now has access to a diverse collection of these valuable resources, allowing each child to engage with texts that are appropriately challenging and supportive of their learning journey.\r\n\r\nSince incorporating the decodable books into our daily reading activities, I've observed remarkable progress in my students' reading abilities. They are more enthusiastic about reading, often choosing to spend their free time exploring these books.","fullyFundedDate":1744237967773,"projectUrl":"project/from-sounds-to-sentences-building-confid/9229445/","projectTitle":"From Sounds to Sentences Building Confident Readers","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Khan","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2775227_orig.png?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1562122412848","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/salmak"},{"teacherId":2775227,"projectId":8639119,"letterContent":"Thank you for supporting our \"Help Our Class Shine\" project. Your contribution of caught being good coins, happy face stickers, and plastic reward jars has made a significant difference in our classroom.\r\nImplementing this reward system has transformed our approach to classroom management. The tangible incentives have motivated students to exhibit positive behaviors, leading to a more harmonious and focused learning environment. Students take pride in earning tokens for following classroom rules, and the visual accumulation of rewards in their jars has reinforced their commitment to maintaining positive behavior.\r\nThis system has not only encouraged individual responsibility but also fostered a sense of community as students celebrate each other's successes. The consistent recognition of positive actions has reduced behavioral disruptions and enhanced overall classroom morale.\r\nYour generosity has provided us with tools that have a lasting impact on our students' social and emotional development. Thank you for helping our class shine brighter each day.","fullyFundedDate":1730395500855,"projectUrl":"project/help-our-class-shine/8639119/","projectTitle":"Help Our Class Shine","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Khan","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2775227_orig.png?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1562122412848","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/salmak"},{"teacherId":2775227,"projectId":8931121,"letterContent":"Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for supporting our STEM project! \r\nBecause of your thoughtful donations, my students now have access to engaging, hands-on materials that bring science, technology, engineering, and math to life.\r\n\r\nThe Brainometry puzzles are helping students build spatial reasoning and critical thinking skills as they explore patterns and geometry. The magnetic tiles have quickly become a favorite for collaborative building challenges—students are using them to create everything from towers to bridges, all while discussing structure and design like real engineers!\r\n\r\nOur new STEM books are sparking curiosity and meaningful conversations during read-alouds and independent reading time. These stories are helping students make connections between what they read and what they can create. \r\nAnd the STEM Explorer Marble Runner has ben been an absolute hit! It's encouraging trial-and-error thinking, teamwork, and persistence—key skills for every young problem-solver.\r\nBecause of you, learning feels like play, and every student has the chance to explore, experiment, and grow. Your generosity is making a real difference, and we are so grateful to have you as part of our learning journey.","fullyFundedDate":1736909566074,"projectUrl":"project/help-me-build-a-stem-rich-classroom-for/8931121/","projectTitle":"Help Me Build a STEM-Rich Classroom for Curious Minds","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Khan","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2775227_orig.png?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1562122412848","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/salmak"},{"teacherId":9783844,"projectId":8839563,"letterContent":"My students were so excited to see the box of new materials arrive. They could not wait to see what was in the box! When I showed them the new LCD screens for our daily work, it was too hard for them to hold back the squeals of excitement.\r\n After much teaching of appropriate care for the items, my students are now enjoying how they can quickly write answers down and put them up for me to see in such beautiful colors. It has been a game changer in the classroom. Less dry erase markers are used and lost. The engagement is much higher because the kiddos love to use them to write responses or work out math problems. \r\n I continue to use the sleeves to complete place value addition/subtraction in math. The dry erase markers and dry erase sleeves are a must have in the classroom. They may not be used on a daily basis, but help save on making copies all the time and is a much more engaging way to accomplish the same task. \r\n Thank you for your giving heart!","fullyFundedDate":1733194679869,"projectUrl":"project/colorful-practice/8839563/","projectTitle":"Colorful Practice!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Balleydier","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9783844_orig.png?crop=428,428,x34,y61&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1741901945482","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9783844"},{"teacherId":2313005,"projectId":8936633,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to my project. It truly means the world to me. The first day I got my rug, I laid on it, and just cried because I felt so blessed. I have not had a new rug in about 15 years. \r\n\r\nWhen the students came in that first day, they were jumping for joy. They were so excited. They kept saying we can all fit on the rug now, like a family. They love all the shapes and the colors. \r\n\r\nThey have been coming up to the carpet during free time just to lay on it. They can not wait for free time. I had to start doing a sign up sheet to lay down. This is probably the best project that I have done.","fullyFundedDate":1738850948609,"projectUrl":"project/a-rug-like-no-other/8936633/","projectTitle":"A Rug Like No Other!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Brockman","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2313005_orig.jpg?crop=287,287,x0,y1&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1683638216913","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2313005"},{"teacherId":2775227,"projectId":7921800,"letterContent":"I am writing to express my sincere gratitude for your generous donation of the mailbox organizer to our first-grade classroom. This thoughtful contribution has significantly enhanced our daily routines and overall classroom environment.\r\n\r\nThe mailbox organizer has provided students with a designated space for their completed assignments and the ones they are working on. \r\n\r\n\r\nYour support has made a meaningful difference in our classroom, contributing to a more organized, responsible, and communicative learning environment. We are deeply grateful for your generosity.","fullyFundedDate":1703879850179,"projectUrl":"project/mailbox-for-assignments/7921800/","projectTitle":"Mailbox for Assignments","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Khan","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2775227_orig.png?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1562122412848","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/salmak"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_77763","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":154,"numTeachers":17,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":80,"percentWhite":2,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":13,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Pre-K - 2","studentTeacherRatio":"9.1:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"SUBURBAN","ncesMetroType":"SUBURB_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":47.5,"schoolId":77763,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Holman Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Holman Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/missouri/ferguson-florissant-school-district-r2/holman-elementary-school/77763"}