{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Mount Rose Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":21.7,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":4255590,"projectId":9532871,"letterContent":"This grant provided the opportunity for each student to engage in book club reading/writing and discussion more successfully. The ability to have an individual copy of the book per student allowed the students to read both at school and at home. This increased both the effort and depth of response students were able to put forth in their work. \r\n\r\nThank you for your continual support and engagement in the work we do in my ELA classroom. I am blessed to do this work with your children and cannot tell you how much I appreciate this partnership.","fullyFundedDate":1754445223276,"projectUrl":"project/ghost-book-club/9532871/","projectTitle":"Ghost Book Club!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Dean","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-6_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4255590"},{"teacherId":4255590,"projectId":9587728,"letterContent":"These supplies provided in this grant have been helpful in allowing my students to annotate text, develop close reading strategies for success and use color to enhance organization of ideas.\r\n\r\nIn addition, I have been able to teach students to enhance their note taking strategies, have deeper discussions and create higher level questions based on improving their interaction with every selection we read together.\r\n\r\nI could not do the work I do without your partnership and support. \r\n\r\nAs always, thank you so much!","fullyFundedDate":1755313349379,"projectUrl":"project/classroom-supplies-for-ela/9587728/","projectTitle":"Classroom Supplies for ELA","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Dean","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-6_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4255590"},{"teacherId":4255590,"projectId":9053623,"letterContent":"Each of these books centered around the theme of the power of the human experience and the significance of enduring difficulties in life. Whether reading of a young boy (Peak) climbing Everest, a young black girl experiencing racism as one of the Little Rock Nine (March Forward Girl) or a young girl shot by the Taliban for seeking an education (I Am Malala) my students all gained insight into the strength of the human spirit over tragedy and difficulty. All 3 of these novel groups were a GREAT success!\r\nThank you helping these reading experiences and life changing lessons become a reality.","fullyFundedDate":1736961428567,"projectUrl":"project/4th-quarter-book-clubs/9053623/","projectTitle":"4th Quarter Book Clubs!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Dean","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-6_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4255590"},{"teacherId":4255590,"projectId":9048471,"letterContent":"This grant allowed my students to have a place to gather work samples throughout the course of the 2024-25 school year. Each quarter, students were able to choose which of their work samples demonstrated their growth within a targeted area. \r\n\r\nI have been so impressed by their maturity and the seriousness with which they created their portfolios. Many shared them with their parents and some even used them during parent/teacher conferences. I also wanted to plan ahead for next school year by purchasing portfolios for each and every one of my middle school students.\r\n\r\nAs always, I couldn't do what I do in the classroom, without your unwavering support!","fullyFundedDate":1736727061928,"projectUrl":"project/portfolio-of-our-ela-work/9048471/","projectTitle":"Portfolio of Our ELA Work!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Dean","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-6_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4255590"},{"teacherId":8042613,"projectId":8758758,"letterContent":"It works! Well, the solar panel doesn't really work that well, but the battery does and it lets our students see how many watts the hydroponics system actually uses. We consider that we're using the sun to grow our plants... but we use it when the sun isn't available (aka inside and in the winter). When we consider how much energy is hitting the earth versus how much energy we actually use the fact is there is way more sun power than we could ever use!\r\n\r\nThis year we grew veggies and we're working on flowers now","fullyFundedDate":1731526756802,"projectUrl":"project/solar-powered-hydroponic-garden/8758758/","projectTitle":"Solar Powered Hydroponic Garden!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Ellern","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-7_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8042613"},{"teacherId":8042613,"projectId":8312699,"letterContent":"We haven't really had a lot of evening situations where I can use the telescope but in the Fall I hope to. Each year I have the 6th graders come out to a bridge over our local river where a whole bunch of bats live. I ask the 6th graders and their parents to come check out the bats and get a little lecture from some friends from the state Department of Wildlife. 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If we set them to forget the user and clear its memory every time the lid is closed they do not break district policies regarding student privacy and online health. \r\n\r\nWe are fortunate that this company came in and purchased this big bunch of laptops! Without them we wouldn't be able to use online resources.","fullyFundedDate":1670862671555,"projectUrl":"project/chromebook-laptops/6748628/","projectTitle":"Chromebook Laptops","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Ellern","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-7_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8042613"},{"teacherId":8042613,"projectId":6747685,"letterContent":"We have used these laptops every day since we've got them. Laptops through the district are really expensive and we've just needed them to access a web site or two. Chromebooks work great for web sites and take very little effort to keep up. If we set them to forget the user and clear its memory every time the lid is closed they do not break district policies regarding student privacy and online health. \r\n\r\nWe are fortunate that this company came in and purchased this big bunch of laptops! Without them we wouldn't be able to use online resources.","fullyFundedDate":1670862673816,"projectUrl":"project/classroom-set-of-laptops/6747685/","projectTitle":"Classroom Set of Laptops","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Ellern","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-7_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8042613"},{"teacherId":8042613,"projectId":6698632,"letterContent":"Our STEm projects have been much more successful with the equipment provided. We try to have labs every week at a minimum and this gives our students the opportunity to put science into action. This year we focused on the nearby lakes and rivers and the ecosystems in that system. We worked with the State Department of Wildlife who gave us trout eggs and a chiller for our fish tank. We took the fish down to the river and released them. While we were there we had several stations for fisheries biologists, kayakers, and wildlife experts to provide the students with extended information about the ecology and man's involvement in the fisheries.\r\n\r\nYour help gave us the opportunity for students to learn with their hands!","fullyFundedDate":1660704181246,"projectUrl":"project/lab-equipment/6698632/","projectTitle":"Lab Equipment","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Ellern","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-7_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8042613"},{"teacherId":4255590,"projectId":8989588,"letterContent":"This book, Path to the Stars: My Journey from Girl Scout to Rocket Scientist, was an amazing autobiography. It highlighted all of the events in Acevedo's life that led to her path toward becoming a rocket scientist and how her involvement in STEM and NASA have inspired many young girls to pursue the field of science as their life's work.\r\n\r\nWe were able to study space exploration, weave in the memoir, then revisit what we were learning about exploration to understand the significance of what Acevedo accomplished in her work at NASA in the area of jet propulsion. \r\n\r\nThank you, as always, for your partnership and the impact it has on my classroom teaching and your child's learning.","fullyFundedDate":1733956935788,"projectUrl":"project/the-terror-and-wonder-of-space-book-club/8989588/","projectTitle":"The Terror and Wonder of Space Book Club","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Dean","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-6_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4255590"},{"teacherId":4255590,"projectId":8904490,"letterContent":"What a wonderful opportunity this book club provided for my students to examine the Horror genre'. They loved both books and although they were quite different in their story lines; they shared a few themes; good vs. evil, trusting your instincts and following your intuition, and finally, the importance of friendship in our lives.\r\n\r\nThe majority of the class chose to read Ms. Peregrine's children, and about 10 students read Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. However, ALL of the students would now like to view the two movies and compare them to the respective books. I cannot think of a great compliment to an ELA lesson than comparing two mediums which tell the same story. That made my day!\r\n\r\nAs always, my work is enhanced by your continued support. 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