{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Robert & Sandy Ellis Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":25.5,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":660654,"projectId":10572647,"letterContent":"My students absolutely devour books. I am constantly trying to find new books for our class library for them to read, and this series has proved to be a new favorite! \r\n\r\nOne of the reasons we have loved it is because it discusses parts of the park and the rides that many of my students could not visualize, especially those who have never been to Disney. Those specific rides became springboards for us to look up design specs on so we could then design our own paper coasters with those rides in mind. \r\n\r\nStudents who finished the first book early have been able to immediately continue the story with the rest of the series and they are so happy! Thank you again!","fullyFundedDate":1788484973808,"projectUrl":"project/unique-books-for-unique-learners/10572647/","projectTitle":"Unique Books for Unique Learners!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Cosgrove","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp660654_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1502687500983","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-cosgrove"},{"teacherId":8128835,"projectId":10579093,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support of our \"Colorful Connections: Tools for Students with Autism\" project. The resources you provided, such as a wireless color laser printer, bubble machine, laminating sheets, multi-plug outlet extender, and wireless doorbell, have made a big and positive difference in our classroom.\r\n\r\nThe new color printer lets us make bright, visual learning materials and personalized supports for our students, which makes lessons more engaging and easier to understand. Laminating these materials keeps them strong so we can use them for hands-on activities many times. The bubble machine is now a favorite sensory reward that motivates students to join in and brings joy to our classroom. The outlet extender keeps all our devices powered, and the wireless doorbell gives us a fun and effective way to signal transitions or let me know who is at the door without causing a disruption.\r\n\r\nOur students are most excited about the interactive experiences these tools bring. For example, the bubble machine has been especially popular with students who need sensory input, helping them manage their emotions and focus on learning. Your generosity has truly brightened our classroom and given our students new ways to connect, learn, and grow. We are very grateful for your support and for believing in the potential of every child.","fullyFundedDate":1788577710998,"projectUrl":"project/colorful-connections-tools-for-students/10579093/","projectTitle":"Colorful Connections: Tools for Students with Autism","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Baltazar","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8128835_orig.jpg?crop=1182,1182,x0,y1099&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1721078765791","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8128835"},{"teacherId":8112579,"projectId":10369373,"letterContent":"Thank you for investing in children's learning and education. Our class is immensely thankful for your generous donations! Students are loving the new books we received because of your support. All of them are on their way to reach their AR goals, thanks to your donation. Being able to encourage students to fall in love with books is such a great joy! \r\nThrough your generous donations of gameboards, every Friday we get to build community and relax time from all the state mandated standards and testing students have to face every weeks. The students are always looking forward to these fun game times with their classmates. As a shocking realization, most of these students have never had the opportunity to play some of these classic board games. Their classmates who does were able to teach them. What a wonderful sight to experience the joy of watching students teach their peers the rules of these board games. It brings community bonding, learning strategies, mathematical thinking, and friendship building.","fullyFundedDate":1787166305319,"projectUrl":"project/books-and-games/10369373/","projectTitle":"Books and Games","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Chau","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8112579"},{"teacherId":8128752,"projectId":10584531,"letterContent":"**A Big Thank You to DonorsChoose!**\r\n\r\nThank you so much for your generosity and for helping provide our classroom with these amazing materials! Each item has made a meaningful difference in our classroom and helps us better support our students and families.\r\n\r\nThe multiplication flash cards were especially helpful, as we were able to send a set home with each family during parent conferences to encourage learning and practice at home. The donated books have helped us fill our classroom library with even more wonderful reading choices for our students. Our treasure box is now complete with the fun stress cubes, which our students love, and the Flair pens have quickly become our go-to favorites for everyday classroom use!\r\n\r\nWe are so grateful for the support and kindness that make these resources possible. Your generosity helps us create a more engaging, welcoming, and supportive learning environment for our students. Thank you for investing in our classroom and making such a positive impact on our school community!\r\n**A Big Thank You to DonorsChoose!**\r\n\r\nThank you so much for your generosity and for helping provide our classroom with these amazing materials! Each item has made a meaningful difference in our classroom and helps us better support our students and families.\r\n\r\nThe multiplication flash cards were especially helpful, as we were able to send a set home with each family during parent conferences to encourage learning and practice at home. The donated books have helped us fill our classroom library with even more wonderful reading choices for our students. Our treasure box is now complete with the fun stress cubes, which our students love, and the Flair pens have quickly become our go-to favorites for everyday classroom use!\r\n\r\nWe are so grateful for the support and kindness that make these resources possible. Your generosity helps us create a more engaging, welcoming, and supportive learning environment for our students. Thank you for investing in our classroom and making such a positive impact on our school community!","fullyFundedDate":1788656196420,"projectUrl":"project/empower-students-with-tools-books-and/10584531/","projectTitle":"Empower Students With Tools, Books, and Rewards!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Vaughn","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8128752_orig.jpg?crop=2316,2316,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1703109586941","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8128752"},{"teacherId":5924170,"projectId":10581796,"letterContent":"When we wrote our grant request, we hoped these materials would do something a worksheet can't: get books into kids' hands, give them something to build and hold, and let them see their own work in full color. You made that happen, and I want to tell you what it's looked like in our classroom.\r\n\r\nThe most visible change is the sheer volume of reading. Multiple sets of novels mean whole groups can read the same book at once—no more waiting for a class set to come free—so we've been able to run real book discussions and literature circles instead of assigning reading silently at home and hoping. The graphic novels have been just as important, maybe more. They've pulled in students who would tell you flat out that they hate reading, and I've watched them finish one and immediately ask for the next. For some of my students, this is the first time they've thought of themselves as readers.\r\n\r\nThe games have surprised me in a different way. Marble runs, Jenga, and Mancala look like play, but they've become the quiet engine of our classroom. Mancala is teaching strategy and turn-taking; Jenga rewards careful hands and patience; the marble run is pure engineering trial-and-error—kids redesigning a ramp over and over without ever calling it \"work.\" These are the moments when students who don't always shine academically get to be the expert in the room, coaching classmates through a solution.\r\n\r\nAnd the color printer has changed the way students see their own effort. Work that used to live on a gray photocopy now goes up on the wall in color—their posters, their charts, their writing, their graphs. There's a real difference between turning something in and seeing it displayed, and that difference shows in how much care they put into the final version.","fullyFundedDate":1788703134025,"projectUrl":"project/color-our-world/10581796/","projectTitle":"Color Our World","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Snyder","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5924170_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1538411243796","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/horton48"},{"teacherId":5024898,"projectId":10491178,"letterContent":"As a school counselor, I work with students individually and in social-emotional groups to help them build confidence, develop positive social skills, and learn healthy coping strategies. Having hands-on tools, such as emoji sensory squeeze toys, breathing stickers, and other sensory resources, makes these skills more engaging and meaningful for our young learners.\r\n\r\nEach student who visits the counseling office can receive a small tool or resource to help them practice the breathing, calming, and emotional-regulation strategies we work on together. These tools give students something tangible they can use when they are feeling worried, frustrated, overwhelmed, or simply need a moment to reset.\r\n\r\nYour support is helping our students learn that it is okay to have big feelings—and that they have positive tools and strategies they can use to work through them. Thank you for investing in their emotional well-being, confidence, and success!","fullyFundedDate":1788267478410,"projectUrl":"project/counseling-comfort-for-little-eagles/10491178/","projectTitle":"Counseling Comfort for Little Eagles","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Coffey","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5024898_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1522694197958","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/kendra-coffey"},{"teacherId":4619824,"projectId":10580875,"letterContent":"My students were so excited to get our new library books! They are reading them so fast! I can't keep them on the shelves. The books are engaging and entertaining for my students with pictures and dialogue they love! \r\n\r\nThey are also loving their new whiteboards with writing lines. We use the whiteboards daily for phonics, math, language, and reading. It's a great way to keep the students engaged and ensure they are grasping concepts by providing them a chance to apply what they are learning.\r\n\r\nWe use a class-cash system for positive behavior reinforcement in our room and the new items for our classroom store are a huge motivator for them! \r\n\r\nThank you so very much for your generosity!","fullyFundedDate":1788619469893,"projectUrl":"project/fresh-materials-to-enhance-our-learning/10580875/","projectTitle":"Fresh Materials to Enhance our Learning!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Johlfs","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4619824_orig.jpg?crop=351,352,x0,y37&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1715124019712","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4619824"},{"teacherId":8225002,"projectId":6051511,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for making this DonorsChoose project possible for my K–1–2 primary autism classroom! Your generosity has provided my students with materials and resources that will make a meaningful difference in their learning, development, and everyday classroom experiences.\r\n\r\nWorking with young students with autism is incredibly rewarding, but it also comes with unique learning needs. My students learn best when they have opportunities to see, touch, move, explore, practice, and experience concepts in ways that are meaningful to them. The materials from this project have given me additional ways to make learning more hands-on, engaging, and accessible for every student in my classroom.\r\n\r\nFor my students, learning is not always about sitting at a desk and completing a worksheet. Sometimes learning looks like matching, sorting, building, pointing, communicating, taking turns, practicing fine-motor skills, identifying pictures, following directions, or simply staying engaged with an activity for a few extra minutes. Every one of those moments is an important accomplishment. Having appropriate classroom materials allows me to turn those moments into valuable learning opportunities.\r\n\r\nThese resources have supported my students in so many different areas. They can be used to practice academic skills such as letters, numbers, colors, shapes, vocabulary, early reading, counting, and matching. At the same time, they help students develop important life and classroom skills, including communication, attention, fine-motor coordination, independence, problem-solving, sharing, turn-taking, and following routines.\r\n\r\nOne of the things I love most about working with primary students with autism is seeing their excitement when they discover something new. A student may not always be able to tell us with words that they are proud of themselves, but we can see it in their smile, their excitement, their willingness to try again, or the way they independently return to an activity they have mastered. Your support helps create more of those moments.\r\n\r\nThe materials also give my students opportunities to experience success. For students who may become frustrated when a task is difficult, having hands-on materials that can be adapted to their individual levels allows me to meet them where they are and gradually help them build new skills. I can simplify an activity for a student who needs additional support or make it more challenging for a student who is ready to move forward.\r\n\r\nMost importantly, your donation helps me create a classroom where my students feel successful, capable, and excited to learn. It allows me to provide learning experiences that are not only educational but also fun and motivating.\r\n\r\nI am incredibly grateful that you chose to support my students. Your generosity reaches far beyond the materials themselves. You are helping provide opportunities for young learners to communicate, explore, grow, and become more independent. You are helping my students experience the joy of learning and giving them tools to help them succeed both inside and outside of the classroom.\r\n\r\nThank you for believing in my students and in the work we do every day. Your kindness and generosity have made a lasting impact on our classroom. I am so thankful that you helped make this project a reality and gave my students new opportunities to learn, grow, and shine!\r\n\r\nWith heartfelt appreciation,\r\nThank you for supporting our classroom and our amazing students!","fullyFundedDate":1638791223357,"projectUrl":"project/learn-explore-play-in-primary-autism/6051511/","projectTitle":"Learn, Explore, Play in Primary Autism","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. James","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8225002"},{"teacherId":1923741,"projectId":10007307,"letterContent":"Thank you for supporting my ideas to help bring fun and enjoyment into the classroom. Our classroom is warm, inviting, and loved by all that enter!Thank you so much for supporting our \"Making Classroom Fun Again\" project! Your generosity has brought new energy, excitement, and joy into our classroom in ways that go far beyond simply having new equipment.\r\n\r\nThe karaoke machine and basketball hoop have created new opportunities for students to learn through movement, music, teamwork, and self-expression. The technology, in particular, gives students a chance to practice communication, confidence, listening, and public speaking in a way that feels natural and fun. Students are excited to participate because the activities feel less like traditional schoolwork and more like something they genuinely want to be part of.\r\n\r\nWhat excites our students most is having something new and interactive that they can share with their classmates. The karaoke machine has been especially exciting because students can choose songs, sing together, encourage one another, and celebrate each other's efforts. The basketball hoop has also created opportunities for friendly competition, teamwork, and movement throughout the school day.\r\n\r\nWe have also seen students who may be quieter or less likely to participate in traditional classroom activities really come alive with these new experiences. Some students who are hesitant to speak in front of the class are much more willing to participate when they can sing along with their classmates or take part in a game. It has been wonderful to see students cheering each other on, trying something new, and discovering that they can be successful in ways they may not have expected.\r\n\r\nThank you for helping us make our classroom a place where learning, laughter, movement, and connection can happen together. Your support has made a meaningful difference in our students' everyday school experience, and we are so grateful!","fullyFundedDate":1772550317948,"projectUrl":"project/making-the-classroom-fun-again/10007307/","projectTitle":"Making the Classroom FUN Again","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Arkerson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1923741_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1690997154934","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1923741"},{"teacherId":8151495,"projectId":10228328,"letterContent":"I can't thank you enough for your generous donation to my classroom project \"Work & Play\". My Kindergarten students were so excited when they learned how they could earn each of these wonderful incentives through our Super Improver Behavior Program. They are working hard to complete their work with positive attitudes, attention to detail, and accuracy. They have embraced our classroom rules and are beginning to understand that when they are kind, helpful, and persevere in their goals, good things happen!\r\nI organized the incentives in clearly marked drawers so students could see what they are working towards. Each successful day a student has brings a punch on a punch card representing the animals on the drawers. They are counting the days until their next reward, with some even \"peeking\" into the next few drawers with excitement and anticipation!\r\nWhen we have worked hard all week, we get to have \"Fun FriYay!\" and we play with the Legos and other STEM materials your donation allowed me to purchase. It is wonderful to see students enjoy being \"unplugged\" and actually playing with hands-on materials.\r\nThank you again for your generosity!","fullyFundedDate":1779154866695,"projectUrl":"project/work-and-play/10228328/","projectTitle":"Work and Play","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Chambliss","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8151495_orig.jpg?crop=288,288,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1777308307986","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8151495"},{"teacherId":9040684,"projectId":10028778,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for the generous donation to my classroom. My students were able to integrate art into their lessons. \r\n\r\nI was also able to keep the room clean and safe from germs! \r\n\r\nDonations like this impact students for the future too. I was able to get enough supplies to cover future students. \r\n\r\nThese donations with impact future students that come into my room. We will integrate art and keep the room clean! I am so excited for my students and their success, achievement. These materials will be great help!","fullyFundedDate":1768684659572,"projectUrl":"project/books-art-and-germ-free/10028778/","projectTitle":"Books, Art and Germ Free!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Morell","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9040684"},{"teacherId":2135948,"projectId":10129049,"letterContent":"These books will help my fifth graders grow into confident readers, thoughtful writers, and compassionate classmates. A class set of *Tuck Everlasting* will give every student a copy to follow along, revisit important passages, and find text evidence to support their thinking. Through our shared reading, students will explore characters, analyze themes, and strengthen their comprehension through meaningful discussions and written responses.\r\n\r\nSmall sets of the other titles will create opportunities for book clubs where students can share ideas, consider different perspectives, and learn from one another. These books will introduce students to diverse characters and experiences, helping them see themselves in stories while building empathy for others. Students will practice explaining their thinking, supporting opinions with evidence, and respectfully discussing challenging topics. \r\n\r\nYour donation gave my students access to engaging books they can hold, explore, and enjoy together. 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