{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Lone Star Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":28.6,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":375697,"projectId":10471630,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support of our music classroom. Your funding has made it possible to purchase a laptop that allows me to download and project music, images and instructional materials onto our interactive whiteboard. \r\n\r\nThis technology has already made a meaningful difference in the way I teach. For our beginning music students, the ability to project music onto an interactive board is especially valuable. As they are developing music literacy skills and learning to read notation, they can easily follow along while I introduce and teach new concept. \r\nBeing able to see music clearly and highlight important information while interacting with what we are learning makes new concepts more accessible and engaging, They particularly love \"Detective Octavo\", where students go to the board and identify parts on the printed music. \r\n\r\nWe are also enjoying the camera including with our project. It has given the students opportunity to actually see themselves during rehearsal. This simple tool has allowed them to see their posture, breathing and playing and singing position. \r\n We are truly grateful for your support.","fullyFundedDate":1789612872997,"projectUrl":"project/plug-in-and-play-bridging-tech-and-musi/10471630/","projectTitle":"Plug In and Play: Bridging Tech and Musical Ensemble Literacy","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Walton","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp375697_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1692056581917","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/waltonlonestar"},{"teacherId":406219,"projectId":10372857,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for the terrific art supplies you provided for my students and our first month of school! My students have used the new art easel everyday since school started for fun and creative art projects during center time. Everything in the project was extremely useful for replenishing art supplies that needed updating for a fresh new year. Everyone loves the opportunity to be creative and have fun while learning and your donation provided all of my students many different ways to make that happen this year. Thank you so much for your generosity.","fullyFundedDate":1785329539073,"projectUrl":"project/kindergarten-is-fun/10372857/","projectTitle":"KindergARTen Is Fun!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Hall","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp406219_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1528486797350","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/hhall"},{"teacherId":406219,"projectId":10541774,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for funding our new iPad! The up to date technology has helped us extend our learning and be able to learn more efficiently in large group settings. I am able to use the iPad to share our curriculum on the screen and give live demonstrations for how to complete assignments. This resource has been tremendously helpful in the back to school season. My students have loved having the opportunity to be the teacher assistant and demonstrate their knowledge using the iPad and projecting their answers on the screen for lesson extensions! What a wonderful resource you have provided for us.","fullyFundedDate":1787881514230,"projectUrl":"project/time-to-update/10541774/","projectTitle":"Time to Update","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Hall","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp406219_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1528486797350","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/hhall"},{"teacherId":375697,"projectId":10473794,"letterContent":"I am incredibly grateful for your generous support in funding our new HP scanner for our music classroom. Your contribution has introduced a wonderful new dynamic to our daily lessons. By digitizing our sheet music and scanning it to our interactive whiteboard, the scanner allows the students to access interactive, high-quality copies of the music. This new resource has opened up brilliant opportunities for collaboration, enabling the kids to work together in teams to identify their specific vocal or instrumental parts, as well as various other elements of music we are studying. \r\n\r\nHaving these interactive copies has completely transformed how my students approach music analysis. It has made the entire learning process significantly more engaging and fun, turning what used to be a passive listening exercise into an active, hands-on team activity. Because they can interact directly with the material, their early music literacy skills are developing incredibly quickly. Thank you for providing the tools that are helping these young musicians find their confidence and a genuine love for learning music!","fullyFundedDate":1787320725796,"projectUrl":"project/scan-sing-and-play-using-technology-t/10473794/","projectTitle":"Scan, Sing and Play: Using Technology to Develop Music Literacy","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Walton","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp375697_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1692056581917","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/waltonlonestar"},{"teacherId":8320579,"projectId":10111557,"letterContent":"My students love our new chapter books. We are beginning to read the chapter books during small groups and discussing each chapter. Students normally see chapter books and hesitate on reading, but they are now excited to see what is going to happen next in their book. These books will be used for many years since students enjoy reading them and then they can continue on with the series. \r\n\r\nAs we have been reading the chapter books, we have been learning more in-depth how chapter books work. Even though they don't have many pictures students can still enjoy the books by using their imagination to see what is happening.","fullyFundedDate":1773864503146,"projectUrl":"project/second-grade-book-club-with-mrs-barnes/10111557/","projectTitle":"Second Grade Book Club With Mrs. Barnes","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Barnes","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8320579_orig.jpg?crop=300,301,x1547,y104&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1747327389001","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8320579"},{"teacherId":10008733,"projectId":9297522,"letterContent":"Thank you all so much for the contributions that you so graciously gave to our classroom. These donations have a direct and profound impact on my students' daily learning. They allow us to have hands-on, engaging inside recess games to play with, as well as many items that keep our classroom organized. It is incredibly inspiring for both myself and the students to know there are people outside of our classroom walls who care so deeply about our progress and are willing to invest in our success. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you!","fullyFundedDate":1746457028255,"projectUrl":"project/success-in-second-grade/9297522/","projectTitle":"Success In Second Grade","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Schmidt","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10008733_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1746142904609","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/missernst"},{"teacherId":8825425,"projectId":10012105,"letterContent":"Students have loved working with the writing tools from this project!\r\n\r\nStudents are engaged in their writing with the magic pens. They like to watch the ink disappear as the work. It has made handwriting more fun and enjoyable for them! \r\n\r\nStudents also enjoy working with the chalk boards for writing as well as making letters out of playdough. Both of these activities are great fine motor that strengthen their motor skills and their writing! \r\n\r\nThank you for supporting my students! I know my students this year will love it all just as much!","fullyFundedDate":1771506011860,"projectUrl":"project/fine-motor-and-fine-writing/10012105/","projectTitle":"Fine Motor and Fine Writing","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. McElroy","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8825425_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1753106868264","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8825425"},{"teacherId":5663836,"projectId":10118599,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to my project. The students were so excited to use all the new items. The items in this project were very much needed for our classroom. The ne items have expanded the ability for the students to move around the classroom. When the students saw the items they were ready to be the first to it them. They wanted to use the egg hatching items in the classroom. Each student has been able to use the items to grow their knowledge of chickens. Thank you donors for helping fulfill our wishlist, we cant wait to use them this year and years to come.","fullyFundedDate":1773025112025,"projectUrl":"project/egg-hatching/10118599/","projectTitle":"Egg Hatching","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Moses","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5663836_orig.jpg?crop=1536,1536,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1649089969409","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5663836"},{"teacherId":4769087,"projectId":9986568,"letterContent":"Wow! My students and are were blown away by the generosity of our donors! The materials were got from our Donor's Choose project were put to good use right away!\r\nWe used the bags for our puppy love party. The students really enjoed decorating them and passing our their valentines to their friends. Each student also got their own stuffed dog to show love to. The pipe cleaners were used to make their dogs collars (in case they were lost). The garland and banner were a great addition to decorate our bulletin board.\r\nOnce again, thank you for your donation!","fullyFundedDate":1769118903593,"projectUrl":"project/sweetheart-students/9986568/","projectTitle":"Sweetheart Students","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Pickering","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4769087_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1689020339608","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4769087"},{"teacherId":406088,"projectId":9988344,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to our class project. We received a class set of \"The Boy Called Christmas\" which will allow each student to have their own copy. I love to incorporate novel studies into our 5th grade reading curriculum. This book will be a great fantasy genre Christmas novel. There are so many fun activities we can do as well as hit many of our 5th grade reading skills! I also am a strong believer in real books versus electronic books. Without donors like you, our classroom would not be able to have books in our hands!","fullyFundedDate":1769722238049,"projectUrl":"project/books-for-all/9988344/","projectTitle":"Books for All","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Hamlin","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp406088_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1470263253182","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-hamlin"},{"teacherId":5663836,"projectId":9975829,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to my project. The students were so excited to use all the new items. The items in this project were very much needed for our classroom. The new items have expanded the ability for the students to move around the classroom. When the students saw the items they were ready to be the first to it them. They wanted to use the items in various ways in the classroom. Each student has been able to use the items. We are excited for these items Thank you donors for helping fulfill our wishlist","fullyFundedDate":1768264028069,"projectUrl":"project/puppy-love/9975829/","projectTitle":"Puppy Love","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Moses","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5663836_orig.jpg?crop=1536,1536,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1649089969409","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5663836"},{"teacherId":406219,"projectId":9782352,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for the fulfillment of this project. The yoto has been a welcome addition to our school center. The small piece of technology offers many different skills for students to practice independently while integrating, math, reading, and science all into one fun activity box. My students quickly caught on to using the game and switching out cards for reading, writing, spelling, rhyming, and math! It was easy to set up and get going into our daily routine. My students love to play \"school\" during free choice time and this was a perfect accessory to add to their options. Thank you so much.","fullyFundedDate":1765321655374,"projectUrl":"project/yoto-fun/9782352/","projectTitle":"Yoto Fun!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Hall","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp406219_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1528486797350","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/hhall"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_86502","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":908,"numTeachers":52,"percentFrplEligible":56,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":0,"percentWhite":54,"percentIndigenous":22,"percentLatinx":9,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":0,"percentMultiracialImputed":12,"gradesServed":"Pre-K - 8","studentTeacherRatio":"17.5:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":false,"metroType":"SUBURBAN","ncesMetroType":"SUBURB_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":71.4,"schoolId":86502,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Lone Star Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Lone Star Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/oklahoma/lone-star-school-district/lone-star-elementary-school/86502"}