{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Paxinosa Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":34.4,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":7101247,"projectId":9675712,"letterContent":"We are beyond thankful for your generous donation. We have received all of the items at this point and have already started using many of them. \r\n\r\nWith the germs going around we have been able to put to good use the wipes and disinfectant spray every day. We have also already started using the tissues. These materials have helped keep our classroom clean and free from as many germs as possible. This has allowed for more students to stay in school and stay healthy, as well as myself. \r\n\r\nI am very appreciative of all of these. We have also been able to use the glue sticks and the playdoh in our learning. \r\n\r\nLastly, the amount of snack we have now is amazing. I am able to provide a snack to my students who do not have anything from home. This has put an ease on my mind as well as a smile on happy and hungry kindergartener's faces.","fullyFundedDate":1767059806947,"projectUrl":"project/goodbye-germs-hello-school/9675712/","projectTitle":"Goodbye, Germs! Hello, School!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Sella","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7101247_orig.jpg?crop=571,571,x882,y760&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1580426708189","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7101247"},{"teacherId":8669959,"projectId":9694289,"letterContent":"Thanks to your generous donation, our classroom now has sensory resources that are making a meaningful difference in how students learn, focus, and regulate their emotions each day. We are using these items during independent work time, small groups, and moments when students need a reset. One particularly powerful moment was watching a student who often struggles to stay engaged use a sensory tool to calm their body and successfully complete an entire assignment. These materials have helped create a more supportive and inclusive learning environment where students feel safe and ready to learn.\r\n\r\nWhen the students first saw the new sensory items, their excitement was immediate! They were curious, eager, and proud to explore tools designed just for them. Many students shared how the items helped them feel calmer, more focused, or more comfortable during challenging tasks. It was heartwarming to see students learn how to choose the tools that best support their individual needs and to respect how others use them as well.\r\n\r\nBecause of your support, we can now continue building students' self-regulation and independence skills as part of our daily classroom routine. Our next steps include incorporating these sensory tools into ongoing lessons, small-group instruction, and social-emotional learning activities. Your generosity has given students resources that will benefit them not just academically, but emotionally as well. Thank you for giving our classroom the tools to thrive.","fullyFundedDate":1764679656065,"projectUrl":"project/sensory-equals-success/9694289/","projectTitle":"Sensory equals Success!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Reese","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8669959_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1768841474460","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8669959"},{"teacherId":4645763,"projectId":9644170,"letterContent":"These resources have become the foundation of our \"School-Wide Superstars\" initiative. Rather than staying in one classroom, these prizes are used by all teachers and staff—from the cafeteria to the playground—to catch students being \"extraordinary.\"\r\n\r\nA specific moment: During a recent recess, a 5th grader noticed another student sitting alone. Without any adult prompting, the student walked over and started helping the student find someone to play with. Because of your donation, we were able to recognize that 5th grader in front of their peers later that day. It wasn't just about the prize; it was about the entire school seeing that kindness is our highest priority.","fullyFundedDate":1760446586887,"projectUrl":"project/every-day-counts-perfect-attendance-fun/9644170/","projectTitle":"Every Day Counts! Perfect Attendance Fun!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. DEmilio","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4645763_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1502655574991","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4645763"},{"teacherId":2955815,"projectId":9642793,"letterContent":"Through getting this project funded, we have been able to provide the kindergarten students with various hands on learning experiences that align with our content we are teaching in science. We rotate between social studies and science content, but the students get so excited for our hands on learning activities when we are in science! The students have explored with our ladybug house, using materials purchased to create pulls and pushing objects, weather charts and color spectrum wheels, and gloves to experiment with some fresh snow. \r\n\r\nWe can not wait to start our second half of the school year where we will have even more fun science experiments for the students to participate in both indoors and outdoors.","fullyFundedDate":1757511058358,"projectUrl":"project/hands-on-science/9642793/","projectTitle":"Hands-on Science","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Markert","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2955815_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1469240379513","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2955815"},{"teacherId":10095059,"projectId":9502922,"letterContent":"I can't begin to explain how excited and absolutely overjoyed I was when I received the news about your generous donation to my classroom project for my first graders. This was my first project with Donors Choose, and without your support, I could have never made this exciting experience happen for my students.\r\n\r\nThe students at my school come from an economically disadvantaged community, and while my school does an amazing job supporting them and their families, I wanted to provide them with materials in the classroom that they otherwise may not have access to. Right now, STEAM is not part of our educational curriculum, so I felt it was important to give them the opportunity to experiment with and enjoy activities that allow them to be creative, innovative, and independent. Your donation has allowed them to do exactly that. Their excitement and joy have not waned since first using the materials, and I am amazed at the things I see them create on a regular basis. They love to share their ideas, work together, and problem solve while building, designing, and bringing their ideas to life. Being able to start their day in a hands on way has made quite an impact. \r\n\r\nYour generosity will never be forgotten by these children, their teacher, and children to come in the future! We thank you truly from the bottom of our hearts.","fullyFundedDate":1755729529312,"projectUrl":"project/1st-grade-stem-kits-for-soft-starts/9502922/","projectTitle":"1st Grade STEM Kits for Soft Starts","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Buskirk","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10095059"},{"teacherId":7101247,"projectId":9675740,"letterContent":"We appreciate your donation so much. My student's faces were full of smiles as we opened the packages when they got here. The day after we got them, we used them right away for STEM centers. \r\n\r\nThey loved being able to create and imagine different things to create. They were using their imaginations, and creative thinking to make amazing buildings, innovative items, and had so much fun doing so. My class was full of focused learners, laughter and smiles. \r\n\r\nThis is all because of your generosity. We cannot thank you enough for bringing such important tools to my kindergarteners. They will use these for years and years to come to help with so much of their needed development. \r\n\r\nTHANK YOU!","fullyFundedDate":1759411944092,"projectUrl":"project/look-at-what-i-made/9675740/","projectTitle":"Look At What I Made!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Sella","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7101247_orig.jpg?crop=571,571,x882,y760&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1580426708189","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7101247"},{"teacherId":10073507,"projectId":9452317,"letterContent":"Your wiggle cushions and stools have created flexible seating throughout the day. The students can get their wiggles out and focus on instruction! Students love using white boards to quickly show what they know! It is an engaging way to review every day skills! Our steam bins get used daily, students are creative and use their imagination to collaborate with their classmates. Your donations have meant so much to our class and we have already grown so much! We will continue to use all of these materials throughout the year to collaborate, engage, and grow our students minds and skills!","fullyFundedDate":1752765228774,"projectUrl":"project/inspiring-every-learner-through-love-st/9452317/","projectTitle":"Inspiring Every Learner Through Love, STEAM, and Positive Growth","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Dailey","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10073507"},{"teacherId":2955815,"projectId":9539236,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your continued kindness and support to my kindergarten classroom!! From fulfilling this project, the students have been able to have such a love for learning and reading!! The students have thoroughly enjoyed using the flashlights and reading their leveled readers with their peers as well as the auditory phones and whisper reading in their ears to hear what they are saying. \r\n\r\nThere were a few materials that had to be substituted, but with the new resources the students have been doing such an amazing job exploring their reading curriculum.","fullyFundedDate":1755892411988,"projectUrl":"project/classroom-necessities-to-be-school-ready/9539236/","projectTitle":"Classroom Necessities to Be School Ready","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Markert","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2955815_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1469240379513","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2955815"},{"teacherId":2955815,"projectId":9409029,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for all of your kindness in donating to my project to create such a wonderful, colorful, and inviting classroom for my new class of kindergarten students. The students love recognizing their classroom cubby by the color they selected in the beginning of the school year. The calm down corner did move within our science area to provide more privacy and regulation strategies to help students who have big feelings or need help regulating those feelings throughout the school day when things are a challenge for them. \r\n\r\nI can not thank you enough for all of your help and kindness in getting this project fulfilled and materials to strengthen my classroom community.","fullyFundedDate":1750774743361,"projectUrl":"project/storage-writing-and-flexible-seating/9409029/","projectTitle":"Storage, Writing, and Flexible Seating","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Markert","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2955815_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1469240379513","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2955815"},{"teacherId":2134316,"projectId":9430294,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping us get the roll carts for our supplies in kindergarten. Thanks to your help, we are much more organized and ready everything is easier to access. \r\n\r\nWe are able to keep the tools we use multiple times per day on each cart so that the kids can easily access them without having to get up to their cubbies. \r\n\r\nThe carts also allow our tables to be clear so we don't have unnecessary clutter. This allows our work spaces to have more room to explore, work, and share. \r\n\r\nThank you again for thinking of our classroom! We cannot wait to continue to use these great storage solutions daily in our kindergarten classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1750820568150,"projectUrl":"project/roll-and-grab-supplies-in-kindergarten/9430294/","projectTitle":"Roll and Grab Supplies in Kindergarten!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. McQueen","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2134316_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1688652965868","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-mcqueen"},{"teacherId":2134316,"projectId":9180363,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for the water bottles and stickers for our kindergarten classroom. They have been a game changer this year! \r\nEach student was given a water bottle to start the year which I labeled with their name. We have been using our school expectations and students are earning stickers to add to their water bottles. This is helping them understand rules and also they enjoy all the different kinds of stickers they can choose from. \r\n\r\nThe water bottles have made transitions so much easier. We don't have to stop in the hall and get drinks and if a student is thirsty during class their water bottle is available and accessible. \r\n\r\nThese have definitely been a difference maker in our classroom! Thank you so much for your support and help in making this a reality and keeping them all hydrated and ready to learn!","fullyFundedDate":1746457527465,"projectUrl":"project/staying-hydrated-to-learn-in-kindergarte/9180363/","projectTitle":"Staying Hydrated to Learn in Kindergarten","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. McQueen","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2134316_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1688652965868","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-mcqueen"},{"teacherId":2134316,"projectId":9480514,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping us to set up a listening center in kindergarten. Listening and hearing stories read aloud is so important for vocabulary development, building comprehension, and growing a love of literacy. \r\n\r\nWe are using our Toniebox as a listening center. The kids are enjoying hearing stories and talking to each other about what they are hearing. As the year goes on, we will add recording sheets or ways for the students to respond to the stories. \r\n\r\nIn addition, we have also started to use it as a quiet time after our recess to relax our bodies and get back ready for learning. I will play one of the stories while students take a drink and play playdoh and then we are calm and ready to learn. \r\n\r\nThis product has truly made a difference in our classroom. 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