{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Lake Rim Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":47.6,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":2549994,"projectId":10752415,"letterContent":"Thank you for helping my Pre-K students learn that they can make a difference in their community! Your generosity has provided food for our school's collection to support local families experiencing food insecurity, connecting classroom learning with a meaningful act of kindness.\r\n\r\nWith teacher guidance, students are using the donated food to practice counting, sorting, comparing quantities, and working together. Sorting cans of vegetables, fruit, and soup gives children a concrete way to explore similarities and differences while discussing how these foods can help families prepare meals.\r\n\r\nThe students were very surprised when they first saw the donations for the families of our school. These resources give us a starting point for conversations about caring for our neighbors. Our young learners are discovering that helping can mean contributing an item, organizing donations, encouraging others to participate, or saying thank you. Every child has a way to contribute.\r\n\r\nNext, we will continue encouraging donations, recording our collection's progress on a picture graph, and creating thank-you drawings. Students will help organize contributions for our school's designated collection team, while adults check packaging and dates and handle heavy items.\r\n\r\nYour support has helped bring counting, communication, and teamwork together with empathy and service. Thank you for showing my students that their little hands can contribute to something much bigger!","fullyFundedDate":1793126919858,"projectUrl":"project/little-hands-can-help-a-food-drive-for/10752415/","projectTitle":"Little Hands CAN Help: A Food Drive for Local Families","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. McCoy","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2549994_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1449063534383","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/nikole-mccoy"},{"teacherId":3407125,"projectId":10639075,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous support of our project, \"Breakfast & Snacks in Pre-K for the Ones You Love.\" Your kindness will create a warm and welcoming environment for both our students and their families.\r\n\r\nThe breakfast items and snacks will help us provide nourishment for our young learners and offer refreshments during special family engagement activities. Sharing snacks helps create meaningful opportunities for parents, guardians, and children to connect, build relationships, and celebrate learning as a community.\r\n\r\nThe Keurig coffee maker will be a wonderful addition to our Pre-K office and family space. It will allow us to offer a warm cup of coffee to parents and caregivers during parent-teacher conferences, family workshops, classroom events, and morning meetings. This simple gesture helps families feel appreciated, welcomed, and valued as important partners in their children's education.\r\n\r\nYour generosity is helping us create a positive atmosphere where families can gather, communicate, and work together to support our students' success. We are grateful for your investment in our Pre-K community and for helping us strengthen the bond between home and school, supported and loved.","fullyFundedDate":1792602244178,"projectUrl":"project/breakfast-snacks-in-pre-k-for-the-ones/10639075/","projectTitle":"Breakfast & Snacks in Pre-K for the Ones You Love","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Corbett","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3407125_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1457504763557","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/henrietta-corbett"},{"teacherId":3407125,"projectId":10761730,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our project, \"Fulfilling Snacks for Our Tummies in Pre-K!\" Your generosity is making a meaningful difference in our young learners' lives.\r\n\r\nIn Pre-K, healthy snacks do more than satisfy hunger. They help children stay focused, energized, and ready to learn throughout the day. Many of our students rely on school for nourishment, and your donation helps ensure they have access to nutritious snacks that support their growth and development.\r\n\r\n Your support also teaches them an important lesson about compassion and community, showing them that there are caring people who believe in their success.\r\n\r\nOn behalf of our entire classroom, thank you for investing in our children's well-being and educational journey. We are truly grateful for your generosity and commitment to helping our little learners thrive.","fullyFundedDate":1792634007892,"projectUrl":"project/fulfilling-snacks-for-our-tummies-in-pre/10761730/","projectTitle":"Fulfilling Snacks for Our Tummies in Pre-K!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Corbett","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3407125_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1457504763557","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/henrietta-corbett"},{"teacherId":2549994,"projectId":10673241,"letterContent":"Thank you for helping us celebrate the little victories that mean so much in Pre-K! Your generosity has provided treats, treasure-box prizes, fidgets, bubbles, and special surprises that help recognize my students' hard work and growing independence.\r\n\r\nAt four and five years old, my students are learning much more than letters and numbers. They are practicing taking turns, sharing materials, following directions, cleaning up, and showing kindness. These resources give me meaningful opportunities to recognize their efforts and help them feel proud of their accomplishments.\r\n\r\nOur treasure box adds excitement to classroom routines and learning activities. For example, students can earn a treasure-box treat for completing and returning a homework activity. This gives us an opportunity to celebrate practicing a skill at home and taking responsibility for bringing their work back to school. Choosing a prize also gives children practice making decisions and waiting for their turn.\r\n\r\nThese rewards help make everyday accomplishments feel special. Whether a child finishes a challenging activity, helps a classmate, or cleans up without a reminder, we have another way to say, \"Your effort matters!\"\r\n\r\nAs we continue through the school year, we will keep working on independence, cooperation, and completing tasks with fewer reminders. Alongside these small rewards, we will continue using specific praise and encouragement to help students recognize their own progress. Thank you for bringing extra joy to our classroom and helping my little learners celebrate their success!","fullyFundedDate":1792584800762,"projectUrl":"project/sweet-rewards-happy-hearts-fall-fun-i/10673241/","projectTitle":"Sweet Rewards, Happy Hearts & Fall Fun in Pre-K!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. McCoy","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2549994_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1449063534383","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/nikole-mccoy"},{"teacherId":3407125,"projectId":10518318,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our project, \"Our Technology and Snacks Are Safe and Secure!\" Your generosity has made a meaningful difference in the lives of our Pre-K students.\r\n\r\nBecause of your support, our classroom now has the resources needed to safely store and protect the technology that helps our young learners explore, create, and grow. Having reliable access to technology allows students to build early learning skills, strengthen communication, and engage in hands-on educational experiences that prepare them for future success.\r\n\r\nIn addition, the snacks you helped provide ensure that our students have the nourishment they need throughout the day. A full tummy helps children stay focused, energized, and ready to learn. For many young children, a healthy snack can make a big difference in their ability to participate, concentrate, and enjoy learning activities.","fullyFundedDate":1787249753010,"projectUrl":"project/our-technology-and-snacks-are-safe-and-s/10518318/","projectTitle":"Our Technology and Snacks Are Safe and Secure!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Corbett","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3407125_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1457504763557","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/henrietta-corbett"},{"teacherId":2549994,"projectId":10724786,"letterContent":"Thank you for giving my Pre-K students more opportunities to explore, express themselves, and enjoy creating! Your generosity has brought liquid watercolors, colorful markers, Christmas foam stickers, and snow globe picture-frame kits into our classroom.\r\n\r\nDuring small-group art and quiet creative time, these resources give children meaningful choices about colors, materials, and designs. Watercolor exploration encourages them to notice what happens when colors mix and spread across paper. Markers provide opportunities to draw and add details while practicing control of their hand movements. Each creation gives us something to talk about as children describe their choices and share their ideas.\r\n\r\nThese materials also help me make space for peaceful, open-ended creativity. Children can explore at their own pace without the pressure of making everyone's artwork look the same. Choosing a color, trying something new, and deciding when a picture is finished are valuable opportunities to build independence.\r\n\r\nNext, we will use the Christmas foam stickers and snow globe picture-frame kits to create personalized keepsakes for families. Children will practice arranging decorations, handling small pieces, and following simple directions while making something uniquely their own.\r\n\r\nYour support helps us celebrate the process of creating and the ideas each child brings to it. Thank you for bringing color, creativity, and care into our classroom!","fullyFundedDate":1792069112946,"projectUrl":"project/color-create-and-calm-art-for-pre-k/10724786/","projectTitle":"Color, Create, and Calm: Art for Pre-K","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. McCoy","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2549994_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1449063534383","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/nikole-mccoy"},{"teacherId":2549994,"projectId":10697537,"letterContent":"My Pre-K students are curious, caring children who love listening to stories, singing, and sharing what they notice. Many attend our Title I school and face challenges outside the classroom, but they arrive ready to learn and connect with their friends. Books help them build language, understand feelings, and discover the joy of reading.\r\n\r\nI want to bring two special stories to my Pre-K classroom.\r\n\"Put Your Records On\" by Corinne Bailey Rae and Gillian Eilidh O'Mara will help us explore how music can express different feelings. As we read, my students will name emotions, talk about songs that make them feel happy or comforted, and move to music together.\r\n\r\nI am also requesting 16 copies of \"Pete the Cat Saves Christmas\" by Eric Litwin and Kimberly Dean to give my students as Christmas gifts. We will enjoy Pete's story together and talk about helping others and giving our best. Then students can take their own copies home to read with their families. For some children, having a book of their own can make storytime feel especially exciting.\r\n\r\nThese books will give my students opportunities to practice listening, build vocabulary, talk about kindness and feelings, and share the pleasure of a story at school and at home. Thank you for helping me fill our classroom with books and put a story into my students' hands!","fullyFundedDate":1790769957840,"projectUrl":"project/books-to-share-to-feel-and-to-keep/10697537/","projectTitle":"Books to Share, to Feel, and to Keep","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. McCoy","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2549994_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1449063534383","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/nikole-mccoy"},{"teacherId":2549994,"projectId":10676280,"letterContent":"Thank you for helping bring community learning to life in our Pre-K block center! Your generosity gives my students hands-on opportunities to explore how people live, work, make decisions, and care for one another.\r\n\r\nWith our new building materials and community accessories, children can move beyond stacking blocks to creating neighborhoods filled with homes, roads, trees, and places for people to gather. Building together provides meaningful opportunities to share materials, listen to classmates' ideas, and solve problems. Deciding where a road should go or how to make room for another building becomes a lesson in cooperation.\r\n\r\nThe community figures and diverse families help students include themselves and others in their pretend neighborhoods. Traffic signs and vehicles support conversations about taking turns, following rules, and keeping shared spaces safe. The recycling truck gives us a playful way to introduce caring for our environment and helping keep our community clean.\r\n\r\nThese resources make big ideas accessible to little learners. Through building and pretend play, I can connect classroom expectations—sharing, helping, and respecting others—to the ways people care for a larger community.\r\n\r\nNext, we will challenge students to plan a neighborhood together, discuss what it needs, and add places where community helpers work. We will encourage them to explain their choices and make changes as they hear their classmates' ideas.\r\n\r\nThank you for helping our youngest learners practice being thoughtful, caring members of a community!","fullyFundedDate":1790376282199,"projectUrl":"project/building-our-community-little-builders/10676280/","projectTitle":"Building Our Community: Little Builders, Big Citizens","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. McCoy","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2549994_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1449063534383","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/nikole-mccoy"},{"teacherId":2549994,"projectId":10637046,"letterContent":"Thank you for helping us create a cleaner, more comfortable, and welcoming classroom for our Pre-K students! Your generosity has helped replace worn-out essentials with resources that support our children's daily routines, learning, and growing independence.\r\n\r\nOur new classroom rug provides a comfortable gathering space for stories, songs, and group learning. After years of making our older materials last, having a fresh space where children can come together makes a meaningful difference.\r\n\r\nThe sturdy baskets, clear containers with lids, and labels help keep our classroom materials organized and easy to find. During centers and cleanup, we can help children practice finding what they need, matching materials to their designated containers, and returning items when they finish. These everyday moments build responsibility and pride in caring for our classroom.\r\n\r\nThe absorbent paper towels and accessible holder also support an important part of preschool: learning to handle everyday messes! Whether we are painting, washing hands, or cleaning up a spill, these supplies help us keep surfaces clean and dry while teaching children how to help care for their surroundings.\r\n\r\nOur next step is to continue practicing these routines so students become increasingly confident in managing materials and helping with cleanup. Your support reaches beyond the supplies themselves—it helps us show children that their comfort, care, and learning matter.\r\n\r\nThank you for investing in our youngest learners and the classroom they deserve!","fullyFundedDate":1789571105408,"projectUrl":"project/a-fresh-safe-space-for-our-littlest-lea/10637046/","projectTitle":"A Fresh, Safe Space for Our Littlest Learners","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. McCoy","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2549994_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1449063534383","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/nikole-mccoy"},{"teacherId":3407125,"projectId":10495165,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our project, Compassion Notes to Learn Empathy: A Quiet Kindness Quest. Your generosity is making a meaningful difference in the lives of my students. Because of your support, my classroom will have valuable resources that encourage children to practice kindness, empathy, and positive communication with one another.\r\n\r\nThese compassion notes will provide students with opportunities to recognize acts of kindness, express appreciation, and build stronger relationships with their peers. Through this project, students will learn how their words and actions can positively impact others, helping create a caring, inclusive classroom community. As they participate in this quiet kindness quest, they will develop important social-emotional skills such as empathy, respect, gratitude, and understanding.\r\n\r\nYour donation helps my students become not only better learners but also kinder, more compassionate individuals. Thank you for believing in the importance of teaching children how to care for and support one another.","fullyFundedDate":1787151153375,"projectUrl":"project/compassion-notes-to-learn-empathy-a-qui/10495165/","projectTitle":"Compassion Notes to Learn Empathy: A Quiet Kindness Quest","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Corbett","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3407125_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1457504763557","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/henrietta-corbett"},{"teacherId":3407125,"projectId":10377968,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our Pre-K classroom and helping fund new recess equipment for our students. Your generosity provides opportunities for our young learners to stay active, healthy, and engaged through daily physical play.\r\n\r\nThe recess materials you have provided will make a tremendous difference in our classroom community. At the Pre-K level, physical activity is essential for developing gross motor skills, coordination, balance, strength, and overall physical fitness. With access to new balls, jump ropes, movement games, and other playground equipment, our students will have exciting opportunities to run, jump, throw, catch, and explore movement in ways that support their growth and development.\r\n\r\nThese materials will also help our students build healthy habits that can last a lifetime. Regular physical activity improves not only physical health but also attention, self-regulation, social skills, and confidence. Through active play, our students learn to cooperate with peers, take turns, solve problems, and develop teamwork skills while having fun.","fullyFundedDate":1784295024531,"projectUrl":"project/physical-fitness-in-pre-k-to-the-rescue/10377968/","projectTitle":"Physical Fitness in Pre-K to the Rescue!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Corbett","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3407125_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1457504763557","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/henrietta-corbett"},{"teacherId":2549994,"projectId":10594558,"letterContent":"Thank you for helping bring STEM learning beyond our classroom walls! Our portable STEM center gives my Title I Pre-K students opportunities to explore the world and document their discoveries. The rolling bag keeps our tools organized and ready to travel, while the iPad allows children to photograph what they notice and revisit those images during classroom discussions. Technology helps us extend hands-on exploration by looking closely, comparing observations, and asking new questions.\r\nOne exciting opportunity is allowing children to document discoveries from their own perspective. Photographing a leaf, rock, or insect gives students something meaningful to share with their classmates. The microphone also gives our young scientists a way to record their questions, predictions, and explanations before they can write independently. Hearing their own voices and seeing their photographs helps make their ideas part of our learning.\r\nThese tools offer different ways for students to participate, whether they enjoy speaking, taking pictures, or observing closely. We will continue documenting seasonal changes and comparing photographs over time so children can discuss what has changed and what they wonder about next. Your generosity helps our students see themselves as scientists whose questions and discoveries matter!","fullyFundedDate":1789563359657,"projectUrl":"project/stem-on-the-go-a-portable-discovery-cen/10594558/","projectTitle":"STEM on the Go: A Portable Discovery Center","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. McCoy","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2549994_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1449063534383","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/nikole-mccoy"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_1396","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":626,"numTeachers":44,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":1,"percentBlack":57,"percentWhite":11,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":19,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":0,"percentMultiracialImputed":9,"gradesServed":"K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"14.2:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_MIDSIZE"},"inStateSupporters":52.4,"schoolId":1396,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Lake Rim Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Lake Rim Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/north-carolina/cumberland-county-schools/lake-rim-elementary-school/1396"}