{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Holloway Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":14.9,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":3259219,"projectId":7592295,"letterContent":"Thank you from the bottom of our Kindergarten hearts!! We were overwhelmed with excitement when we saw all the wonderful boxes coming into our classroom. Of course, we had to open them right away together as a class. \r\nOut of all the new learning materials, this class especially enjoys the Magnatiles! They were a perfect addition to our fine motor station. During our farm unit, the students created barns for the farm animals to play in. It was wonderful to see \"play\" incorporated into our classroom. The students were able to use their imagination and real-life experiences in their learning! \r\n\r\nMy overall goal for my kindergarten students is to make learning enjoyable for the students by providing hands-on learning experiences. Thank you for helping me make memorable experiences for my Kindergartners!","fullyFundedDate":1699461364212,"projectUrl":"project/sparking-joy-into-kindergarten/7592295/","projectTitle":"Sparking Joy into Kindergarten","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Dalton","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3259219"},{"teacherId":9840234,"projectId":8949575,"letterContent":"This project has brought so much excitement and engagement to my classroom! Students were excited to come to school and check on the eggs and discuss the development daily.\r\n\r\n When the eggs began to hatch the students couldn't keep their eyes off the incubator waiting for them to come out. Now that all of the chicks are out of their eggs the students are enjoying watching them continue to grow outside of the egg.\r\n\r\nThis project impacted my students in a meaningful way. My students have a new understanding of the life cycle and how things grow and change over time because they were able to experience it first hand!\r\n\r\nI can't wait to give my future students this same experience next year!","fullyFundedDate":1735706834445,"projectUrl":"project/egg-citing-things-are-hatching-here-kin/8949575/","projectTitle":"Egg-citing Things Are Hatching Here: Kindergarten Life Science","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Blackmore","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9840234"},{"teacherId":3259219,"projectId":8957262,"letterContent":"Thank you, thank you! We utilized the egg incubator right away for our life cycle unit! The students and I successfully hatched 8 little chicks. We kept an eye on our chicken eggs for 21 days, and the students played a huge role in remembering to manually turn our egg incubator daily! \r\nWhen the materials first arrived, we discussed in our life cycle unit about Chickens. We specifically were discussing if we did not have a mother hen, how would we hatch a chicken egg? Our incubator and Life Cycle of Chickens read-alouds were delivered to our classroom! We discussed the process of incubators and were able to refer to our read-alouds as a reference! \r\nOur next steps is to continue with our life cycle unit of chickens for years to come in Kindergarten! According to my kindergartners, their favorite part of the year was hatching the chicks! \r\nThank you for providing a memorable experience for my students!","fullyFundedDate":1739373775073,"projectUrl":"project/eggcellent-learning-through-hands-on-exp/8957262/","projectTitle":"Eggcellent Learning Through Hands-On Experiences","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Dalton","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3259219"},{"teacherId":3259219,"projectId":8874226,"letterContent":"From the bottom of our Kindergarten hearts, we want to thank you for the wonderful donation to our classroom! We are a classroom of hands-on learners, so the implementation of these materials is being used daily! As my students explore that language in a hands-on way, their reading and writing skills will flourish! Students become more confident in their reading and writing skills than ever before. The students could not wait to put their hands on the magnetic letters to create CVC words! We will utilize these tools daily during our small group learning time to better enhance our alphabetic knowledge and reading skills. These tools not only make learning interactive and fun but also foster a deeper connection with the material by encouraging a love for reading and writing.","fullyFundedDate":1729171681224,"projectUrl":"project/building-words-one-letter-at-a-time/8874226/","projectTitle":"Building Words One Letter at a Time!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Dalton","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3259219"},{"teacherId":3259219,"projectId":8530125,"letterContent":"Thank you from the bottom of our Kindergarten hearts for donating to utilize these tools in our daily Kindergarten Classroom. Throughout my professional development courses, we discussed the importance of implementing the Science of Reading into our daily literacy block. The alphabetic tools that were donated are going to enhance my student's hands-on learning experience during whole group, small group, and individualized centers! Students will be able to practice matching letters, making words, and even sentences! With your donation, the materials are reusable year after year, making the learning environment so much more enjoyable. \r\n\r\nThank you for helping make our classroom an enriched learning experience for all Kindergartners!","fullyFundedDate":1725631200635,"projectUrl":"project/pop-goes-the-alphabet/8530125/","projectTitle":"Pop Goes The Alphabet!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Dalton","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3259219"},{"teacherId":3259219,"projectId":6549839,"letterContent":"We could not be more excited to add secret stories into our leaving experience! Secret stories empowers students by providing them with the \"why\" letters get together and make the sounds that they do in words. They provide logical explanations for letter sound behavior that a child's brain craves. Rooted in the science of reading and cognitive neuroscience, Secret Stories targets early developing and already primed neural pathways for learning, aligning \"letter behavior\" to \"kid behavior\" to make phonics more accessible and predictable for all learners.","fullyFundedDate":1667935144052,"projectUrl":"project/cracking-the-code-using-secret-stories/6549839/","projectTitle":"Cracking the Code Using Secret Stories","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Dalton","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3259219"},{"teacherId":3259219,"projectId":8922305,"letterContent":"Thank you from the bottom of our Kindergarten hearts for donating to our classroom! All of my students were extremely excited to see all the materials arrive! \"Mrs. Dalto,n it is like Christmas!\" We opened together as a class and experienced sharing how we can utilize these organizational tools in our classroom. As a class, we decided it would be best to organize our fine motor tools in our learning centers. We worked together to label and place our materials in the storage rolling cart and the plastic storage bins. By allowing the students to have a hands-on approach in organizing these materials in our classroom, it fostered a sense of responsibility and helped create a positive learning environment.\r\n\r\nWe are excited to utilize our organizational skills to help develop more independence within our kindergarten classroom!","fullyFundedDate":1731545079807,"projectUrl":"project/keeping-kinders-organized/8922305/","projectTitle":"Keeping Kinders Organized","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Dalton","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3259219"},{"teacherId":3259219,"projectId":6490573,"letterContent":"The beautiful leaf rug is utilized in our reading corner. It is the perfect addition in our classroom. The leaf rug has added an extra layer of coziness in the classroom. \r\nMy favorite sight is seeing my students cozied up in our reading area with a book in their hands. Some of our favorite books in our reading corner include Pete the Cat, Harold and Piggy and Clifford. Our reading area also has all our book characters the students enjoy reading too! \r\n\r\nThe look on my students faces was priceless when we received our giant package! 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