{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Aliquippa Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":17.4,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":9708628,"projectId":9477497,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your wonderful donation. When I showed my students the pop it keyboard, they were so excited about learning about the keyboard and how to type in their username and password. This was a great success 🙌 because the students was happy to learn. \r\nAfter one week, the kids was memorizing where the letters and numbers were at to do their username and password which is amazing! Usually, when I teach them how to type their username and password it is a long process that causes the students to get upset or bored. I am happy that the pop it achieved my goal which is to have fun while learning. Thank you so much for allowing me to give that to my students!","fullyFundedDate":1758202841696,"projectUrl":"project/a-creative-and-fun-learning-tool/9477497/","projectTitle":"A Creative and Fun Learning Tool","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Robinson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9708628"},{"teacherId":9426747,"projectId":9294851,"letterContent":"One of my roles at Aliquippa Elementary is to always ensure each of our students that all feelings are okay. We all have the right to feel the way we feel. No one can tell us how we are suppose to feel, however, we need to learn to manage and deal with our feelings in a healthy, safe, and respectful way. We need to be respectful towards ourselves, as well as others, and our environment. Part of learning to manage our feelings, is learning different ways to cope with them. With these materials, I am able to continue my journey on working with our students on feelings as well as coping strategies to help them learn and grow to be the best possible version of themselves that they can be.","fullyFundedDate":1745977086757,"projectUrl":"project/all-feelings-are-okay-lets-learn-to-co/9294851/","projectTitle":"All Feelings are Okay! Let's Learn to Cope!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Melissa Winterhalter","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9426747_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1704769261110","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9426747"},{"teacherId":9708628,"projectId":9222130,"letterContent":"I just wanted to say thank you for your wonderful contribution. My students and I are eternally grateful to receive new headphones, tablets for my learning supports students, and snacks. Having these items help everyone to work independently and explore on their own. The snacks help students who have lunch early and come to my class hungry.\r\n\r\nBefore we had headphones that was dirty, can not hear in one ear. and was hanging by a thread. Now my students can listen to lesson and understand what they are doing. Especially with the students who are struggling when it comes to reading. When they seen the new headphones they were excited and are able to start and finish their assignments with out me reading it to them step by step making it long, dry, and boring. Thank you for your contributions and making our class better.","fullyFundedDate":1745977086867,"projectUrl":"project/improved-technology/9222130/","projectTitle":"Improved Technology","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Robinson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9708628"},{"teacherId":9906175,"projectId":9110903,"letterContent":"Thank you for the generous support through Donors Choose. Aliquippa Elementary School received an exciting collection of giant outdoor games to play at our 2-day Kinder Kamp, and large bubble wands for every kid to take home. These seemingly simple additions brought more than just play to our school; they brought connection, engagement, and joy.\r\n\r\nIn a low-income community like ours, opportunities for enriching, developmentally appropriate play can be limited outside of school. These new resources transformed our annual Kinder Kamp into a vibrant, welcoming celebration—resulting in the largest turnout we've seen in decades. More importantly, it led to a record number of kindergarten registrations before the school year began, setting a strong foundation for student success.\r\n\r\nThis initiative didn't just provide entertainment—it built community. Families saw the school as a place of warmth and opportunity. Children entered their first classroom experience smiling and confident. This addition may have been all \"fun and games,\" but the impact it made was very real: we built trust, sparked excitement, and showed our students and families that Aliquippa Elementary is a place where they belong.","fullyFundedDate":1745977086719,"projectUrl":"project/kinderkamp-kickoff/9110903/","projectTitle":"KinderKamp Kickoff","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Renee Bufalini","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9906175_orig.jpg?crop=519,519,x197,y78&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1738003201504","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/renee-bufalini"},{"teacherId":9426747,"projectId":9043926,"letterContent":"We as a PBIS team, a school, and even our students cannot thank you enough for your generosity of supporting our program and students for our end of the year celebration! \r\n\r\nOur students had an amazing day filled with lots of fun using all of the materials that were on our list. Our students enjoyed a duck pond, bubbles, jump roping, tug a war, kick ball, and a bounce house, just to name some of the items. We also had a carnival style game area which includes corn hole, ring toss, and a few other games. \r\n\r\nWe all had such an amazing day and the weather treated us well with minimum rain! \r\n\r\nThank you so much!","fullyFundedDate":1744125993224,"projectUrl":"project/pbis-and-quip-fest-rocks/9043926/","projectTitle":"PBIS and Quip-fest Rocks!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Melissa Winterhalter","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9426747_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1704769261110","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9426747"},{"teacherId":8423883,"projectId":9071410,"letterContent":"Thank you so very much for your loving support! Our classroom experiences have been much enhanced by your donation. Our students love to be creative and thoroughly enjoy being able to use clay, glaze and fire in the kiln! Our glazing station is filled with wonder glaze. The students enjoy the use of their new chair! Over the last year you have funded essential supplies and snacks. My students work toward doing their best and getting rewarded! Again, THANK YOU for your continuous support of the ARTS at AES! \r\nI look forward to sharing pictures of some of our students and their ceramic pieces!","fullyFundedDate":1745977086636,"projectUrl":"project/glazing-our-sculptural-ceramic-creations/9071410/","projectTitle":"Glazing Our Sculptural Ceramic Creations!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Propst","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8423883_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1723510132628","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-propsts-artclass"},{"teacherId":892205,"projectId":9059324,"letterContent":"I can not begin to thank you for the continued support you and the Revis Foundation have provided to my students in the Aliquippa School District. You have helped me to ensure each student is getting exactly what they need to be successful. I appreciate you and all you do. The students have not stopped jumping on the trampoline since it arrived. I actually had to put a visual timer next to it so they can take turns. The kids love it!! The refrigerator has enabled me to have the parents send whatever food their child prefers. The kids are now eating more!!","fullyFundedDate":1745977086829,"projectUrl":"project/what-my-autistic-students-need/9059324/","projectTitle":"What My Autistic Students Need!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Giesler","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/892205"},{"teacherId":9426747,"projectId":8953619,"letterContent":"As always, your generosity never goes unnoticed. We cannot do the things we do without your support for our school and our community. In todays world, our children need our help more than ever before. Being able to offer the constant emotional and social learning skills for our children is so important to all of us. \r\n\r\nBeing able to promote kindness to our students is something that is so important to me. One kind person each day can make a huge difference in individual lives. If we raise our children to be kind and we teach them how to be kind and model it for them, then we can only hope and pray that at the end of the day they can model all those skills in which we teach them.","fullyFundedDate":1733248612975,"projectUrl":"project/new-sel-items-and-motivational-swag/8953619/","projectTitle":"New Sel Items and Motivational Swag","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Melissa Winterhalter","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9426747_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1704769261110","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9426747"},{"teacherId":9708628,"projectId":8706742,"letterContent":"Thanks for helping my Computer classes get the cleaning supplies, headphones along with the handle to put them on, and two tablets for children who are not ready to go on a desk top. The two tablets helped me to encourage my students who have severe learning disability and not quite ready to use the desk top. It helped encourage to get on the computer and explore independently which was one of things I was having a problem because some times it was hard to work one on one with them when you have a full class. \r\nThese supplies helped to provide us with new headphones because our first one was old and not working correctly. They also were very dirty in the place where the ears go, making it not clean for students to wear. The new headphones fitted their heads better and it had a bright, happy color that all the kids commented on with high praises. the pre-k students were very happy because it was small enough for them to wear and not fall off like the other ones.\r\nThe cleaning supplies help to keep the computers and keyboards clean as well as the surrounding area. Sometimes the custodians do not get a chance to clean the computers or keyboards and these supplies helped to keep the computer room clean and free from germs that was causing some kids to feel disgusted using the computers and keyboards. My higher grades 5th and 6th were extremely happy about the cleaning supplies and used them on day one. Thank you so much from the bottom of heart for helping to keep my computer lab safe from germs and clean for usages.","fullyFundedDate":1731944982249,"projectUrl":"project/interactive-learning/8706742/","projectTitle":"Interactive Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Robinson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9708628"},{"teacherId":892205,"projectId":9019094,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to my classroom. My students are amazing individuals who just need materials to succeed. The sensory items which were part of my recent project make such a difference in how they learn and their desire to learn! You can see on their faces how happy the items make them. We go through many items so when I get a chance to replenish the items it means everything to us. I have a wide age and ability level of students so I am always in search of a large range of items. I again cant thank you enough for helping my students succeed!!","fullyFundedDate":1736607906826,"projectUrl":"project/sensory-items-will-make-the-difference-t/9019094/","projectTitle":"Sensory Items Will Make the Difference to My Autistic Students!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Giesler","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/892205"},{"teacherId":9582820,"projectId":8989240,"letterContent":"My classroom and I cannot thank you enough for your donation. My students love having a growing library. They enjoy seeing new things coming in frequently.\r\n\r\nAs a whole group, we have been choosing books to read aloud from our library. We also have had the opportunity to look at some novels and read those as a group. They love having chapters of books to read and listen to after we complete our work. \r\n\r\nWe take time every week to read or look at new books from our library. Exposing my students to new books and different types of reading has encouraged them to take what they are learning or enjoying home with them. They have been more interested in reading at school and at home now that they have a variety of books to choose from. \r\n\r\nI cannot wait to keep growing my library and exposing my students to more genres and types of reading. Without you all, we wouldn't have the great start we have right now!","fullyFundedDate":1734975406985,"projectUrl":"project/building-my-classroom-library/8989240/","projectTitle":"Building My Classroom Library","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Kunzmann","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9582820_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1725668713893","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9582820"},{"teacherId":8584069,"projectId":8511833,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous donation to our daily snack break! I am now able to offer a nice variety of snacks, and I can see how the pleased my Kindergarteners are! I frequently hear, \"Mrs. D., these are my favorite!\" \r\n\r\nWe have full and busy days together, and the students really look forward to our snack break time to relax and socialize. Many of the students do not bring in a daily snack, so your donation truly makes our time together more enjoyable for the students. \r\n\r\nThank you for supporting the teachers and students at Aliquippa Elementary School.","fullyFundedDate":1731527402488,"projectUrl":"project/snack-break-a-kindergarten-favorite/8511833/","projectTitle":"Snack Break-A Kindergarten Favorite","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. DiBenedetto","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8584069"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_88809","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":480,"numTeachers":49,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":65,"percentWhite":10,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":8,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"K - 6","studentTeacherRatio":"9.8:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"SUBURBAN","ncesMetroType":"SUBURB_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":82.6,"schoolId":88809,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Aliquippa Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Aliquippa Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/pennsylvania/aliquippa-school-district/aliquippa-elementary-school/88809"}