{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Whitnel Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":28.6,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":1605884,"projectId":9289647,"letterContent":"This year my students will enjoy the new space I have created with your support ! They will be able to read and work in the reading nook on our beautiful space rug. They will also enjoy the flexible seating cushions and stools to set with their friend throughout our classroom. They will also learn the joys of keeping our space clean using our new vacuum!\r\nWithout the support of generous donors like each of you I could never afford to provide all the resources I have to create a welcoming and colorful work space for my students. I am beyond grateful and blessed by the generosity shown in supporting my classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1750865211606,"projectUrl":"project/transforming-our-classroom-rugs-seatin/9289647/","projectTitle":"Transforming Our Classroom: Rugs, Seating, and Clean Spaces for Success","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Tracy Icenhour","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1605884_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1564710324953","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/tracyicenhour"},{"teacherId":1605884,"projectId":9228229,"letterContent":"I want to extend my heartfelt thanks for your incredible donation to our classroom. Thanks to your generosity, our learning space is now home to several books and a full 18-book set of Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Your support has made a profound difference in the lives of my students, and I couldn't be more grateful.\r\n\r\nWhen the books arrived and the students discovered the complete Diary of a Wimpy Kid collection waiting for them, their excitement was immediate and contagious. It was as if a spark had been lit. Students who had previously struggled to find books they connected with suddenly couldn't put these down. The humor, relatable characters, and diary-style format drew them in, and before long, they were racing to read the next book in the series.\r\n\r\nFor many of my students, this was the first time they found joy in reading independently. I've seen students who once hesitated to pick up a book now choosing to spend their free time immersed in the world of Greg Heffley. They laugh out loud, talk about the characters with their friends, and even write their own \"diary-style\" stories, inspired by what they've read. This kind of enthusiasm is every teacher's dream.\r\n\r\n\r\nOn behalf of myself and every eager reader in my class, thank you. Your donation has made a lasting difference, and we are so grateful for your support.","fullyFundedDate":1744224162522,"projectUrl":"project/how-to-build-a-reader/9228229/","projectTitle":"How to Build a Reader!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Tracy Icenhour","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1605884_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1564710324953","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/tracyicenhour"},{"teacherId":1605884,"projectId":9090787,"letterContent":"My students dove into these I Survived books, all eager to read the adventures! They read individually and together. It was such a joy to my teacher heart to see them loving to read! It is all about finding what they enjoy reading and this was a hit for nearly my whole class. Seeing them discuss the book and all the facts they learned about history and the weather was an added blessing . I am so thankful to have such generous people to support my classroom. The best part is I get to do it all over again and hook another group of readers to the adventures in the class sets of I Survived.","fullyFundedDate":1742901951283,"projectUrl":"project/i-survived-the-4th-grade-reading-challen/9090787/","projectTitle":"I Survived the 4th Grade Reading Challenge, 2025!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Tracy Icenhour","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1605884_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1564710324953","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/tracyicenhour"},{"teacherId":6939538,"projectId":8671563,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for contributing to my class and helping us get the reading group stools for my classroom. They have came in so useful. We have been able to use them to have reading groups that are flexible and able to move out in the hall, to small rooms and all over the room as needed. The students love the stools and being able to go get one to work with at partner at their desk, or complete and activity with someone at their desk. The ease of being able to pick them up and move them around have been wonderful. My volunteers have loved them as well because they have been able to use them to add more students to reading groups and sometimes complete and test with more children at one time. It has given us the ability to differentiate work for the students at various levels and work with those who need help more effectively. Thank you!","fullyFundedDate":1725575178576,"projectUrl":"project/small-group-stools/8671563/","projectTitle":"Small Group Stools","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. StPierre","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6939538_orig.jpg?crop=3024,3024,x0,y201&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1625882917762","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6939538"},{"teacherId":6939538,"projectId":8671178,"letterContent":"We had so much fun playing the learning games this year! The students were so engaged and really enjoyed everytime we got them out and they were able to play them. The nice thing about them is they reviewed all the skills we had covered throughtout the year, therefore we were able to used them over and over.\r\n I believe the favorite game is the Pirate comprehension game because everyone picked it up really easy, yet the others were great skill specific games they were able to play to reinforce each skill as we covered it as well as review for the EOG. The students expecially liked the fact that they were able to check each others work with the ease of using the answer card. Thank you so much for supporting my students and their success this year!","fullyFundedDate":1726174343860,"projectUrl":"project/fun-and-games-learning/8671178/","projectTitle":"Fun and Games Learning!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. StPierre","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6939538_orig.jpg?crop=3024,3024,x0,y201&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1625882917762","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6939538"},{"teacherId":6939538,"projectId":8678801,"letterContent":"Earlier in the year I had gotten a donation for 5 of the water holders and they were a big hit with the students. They often were a reward that students wanted to sit in the desk that had a water bottle holder. I also had constant water bottle spills and we went through so many rolls of paper towels cleaning up all the spills. \r\n Additionally if students do not drink enough water they often complain of headaches so rather than ban waterbottles, I did the donors choose and you so graciously supplied me with enough water bottle holders for everyone and it was such a blessing to not have water spilled all over my room and near computers again. I thank you so much! In fact it did not hit me how valuable they were until the last week of class when I was packing away things little by little and took them off the desk to pack for the summer and had spill after spill again until we ran out of papertowels! These will be the first things on the desk next year! Thank you so much!","fullyFundedDate":1733288350168,"projectUrl":"project/help-water-bottle-mania/8678801/","projectTitle":"Help Water Bottle Mania!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. StPierre","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6939538_orig.jpg?crop=3024,3024,x0,y201&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1625882917762","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6939538"},{"teacherId":6939538,"projectId":8534080,"letterContent":"This year was a trying year with teaching a combanation classes and also Block teaching subjects. The students were an absolute wonderful group to work with and very cooperative and excited about the curriculum.\r\n Due to the structure of the two classes and dynamics of the multiple grade levels within the same classroom, organization becaue an essential part of classroom management. The materials we used in the classroom daily from 5 different colors of highlighters, binders, work books, whiteboards, reading books and chapter books for two students in each desk could not have been managed without the organizational materials you provided through your generous donations. Thank you so much for your help in organizing and ensuring that the class ran smoothly and was such a success. The students really felt they were valued and had autonomy and respect for their individual materials and ability to learn.","fullyFundedDate":1723691803516,"projectUrl":"project/organizing-students-space/8534080/","projectTitle":"Organizing Students Space","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. StPierre","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6939538_orig.jpg?crop=3024,3024,x0,y201&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1625882917762","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6939538"},{"teacherId":6939538,"projectId":8128166,"letterContent":"This Rocking chair was a great motivator to students to spend time reading in class. They loved to get finished with their work so they could spend time in the reading area and use the rocking chair to read a book. It also became the spot to sit if they where working on testing or activities that they needed to do well on. \r\n Your gifts toward funding this project encouraged the students to enjoy reading and they went from not being readers to loving to read. I had a class that never picked up reading books to reading one book after another.\r\n The growth my students had in reading this year was outstanding and your contributions helped motivate them to success!","fullyFundedDate":1713663118381,"projectUrl":"project/rocking-and-reading/8128166/","projectTitle":"Rocking and Reading!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. StPierre","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6939538_orig.jpg?crop=3024,3024,x0,y201&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1625882917762","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6939538"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_1341","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":265,"numTeachers":27,"percentFrplEligible":93,"percentAsian":1,"percentBlack":5,"percentWhite":64,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":19,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"9.8:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"RURAL","ncesMetroType":"CITY_SMALL"},"inStateSupporters":71.4,"schoolId":1341,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Whitnel Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Whitnel Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/north-carolina/caldwell-county-school-district/whitnel-elementary-school/1341"}