{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Newport Colony School","outOfStateSupporters":41.7,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":9973250,"projectId":9791439,"letterContent":"In our classroom, the addition of origami paper, storage containers, acrylic markers, paint brushes, fine-tip Crayola markers, and felt pens has truly elevated our daily learning experiences. Students have been able to explore their creativity in new ways, especially through hands-on art projects that encourage fine motor development and self-expression. The origami paper has been a class favorite—students use it not only for traditional folding projects but also for math lessons involving symmetry, angles, and following sequential steps.\r\n\r\nThe variety of writing and drawing tools has given students the freedom to experiment with different textures, colors, and techniques. Acrylic markers and felt pens have helped students create vibrant posters, detailed illustrations, and personalized crafts with confidence. Our new paint brushes have allowed us to dive deeper into painting activities that support both artistic skill and emotional expression. Meanwhile, the storage containers have kept our classroom organized and accessible, allowing students to independently choose materials and take responsibility for their workspace.\r\n\r\nOverall, these supplies have transformed our room into a space where imagination, collaboration, and independent learning can thrive. Your generosity has empowered students to create meaningful work, build confidence, and take pride in their projects. We are incredibly grateful for the lasting impact these resources have already made—and will continue to make—throughout the school year.","fullyFundedDate":1760719653281,"projectUrl":"project/art-supplies-and-art-storage/9791439/","projectTitle":"Art Supplies and Art Storage","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Terhaar","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9973250_orig.jpg?crop=100,100,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1742500844492","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9973250"},{"teacherId":9973250,"projectId":9713223,"letterContent":"In our classroom, the materials we received have transformed everyday lessons into hands-on learning adventures. The STEM model cars have allowed students to explore force, motion, and engineering through real experimentation, while the microscopes opened an entirely new world—letting students observe details in plants, soil, and everyday objects with excitement and curiosity. The clay and house-building blocks have become essential tools during our design challenges, helping students plan, build, test, and revise structures while practicing creativity and problem-solving.\r\n\r\nThe glow-in-the-dark bouncy ball kits, straw connectors, and Legos have been equally impactful, encouraging teamwork, imagination, and persistence. With Legos and straw connectors, students collaboratively build bridges, towers, and inventions that match their ideas, strengthening both STEM skills and communication. The bouncy ball kits bring science to life by letting students mix materials, observe changes, and test predictions—making chemistry concepts fun and memorable. Each item you provided has played a meaningful role in fostering exploration, critical thinking, and joy in learning.\r\n\r\nOverall, these tools have enriched our classroom environment and empowered students to think like young engineers and scientists. Your support has helped create a space where hands-on learning thrives, and where students feel confident experimenting, building, discovering, and growing every day.","fullyFundedDate":1758899757850,"projectUrl":"project/stem-gadget-kits/9713223/","projectTitle":"Stem Gadget Kits","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Terhaar","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9973250_orig.jpg?crop=100,100,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1742500844492","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9973250"},{"teacherId":9973250,"projectId":9643151,"letterContent":"This year, our classroom was greatly enriched by the addition of several hands-on materials and flexible learning tools. Pillow seats provided comfortable alternative seating options that helped students stay focused during independent reading, partner work, and small-group instruction. Storage containers allowed us to keep our materials organized and accessible, giving students greater independence and helping our classroom run more efficiently. The magnetic rods and balls, along with the stacking rocks, became essential components of our STEM centers, encouraging creativity, problem-solving, and fine motor development through open-ended building challenges.\r\n\r\nThe collection of games we received—Hues and Clues, The Game of Life, Don't Spill the Beans, Perfection, Guess Who, Connect 4, and Sorry—played a meaningful role in both academic and social-emotional learning. Students used these games to practice critical thinking, vocabulary development, color recognition, and strategic planning. They also learned essential social skills such as turn-taking, communication, patience, and good sportsmanship. These activities created opportunities for students to build positive peer relationships while strengthening cognitive skills in a fun, low-pressure environment.\r\n\r\nOverall, these materials transformed our classroom into a more engaging, organized, and collaborative learning space. Students were excited to interact with the new resources each day, and the tools supported a wide range of learning needs and teaching goals. We are extremely grateful for the impact they have had on our classroom community.","fullyFundedDate":1760719653421,"projectUrl":"project/indoor-recess-activities/9643151/","projectTitle":"Indoor Recess Activities","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Terhaar","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9973250_orig.jpg?crop=100,100,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1742500844492","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9973250"},{"teacherId":7939437,"projectId":9236107,"letterContent":"My students were so excited when they learned that we would be making whistles out of clay. They saw the bank and whistle I made this summer in an art class I took, and I told them that they would make whistles too. They would ask me every day if we would be making them. :-) \r\n\r\nI teamed up with the grades 4-8 teacher to help my kids. It worked out great! All 26 kids were able to make a whistle. We were so busy walking around the classroom helping we were not able to get pictures. Getting the whistle to actually whistle was a challenge, but Mrs. Terhaar became a pro at it. We did this on a Friday, and we had kids come in on Monday and thank us for making whistles with them, which is rare for our kids. They sometimes lack manners. :-( \r\n\r\nWe have enough clay that we are going to make clay flower frogs to give to their mothers for Christmas. We will use a large, scalloped cookie cutter to cut it out and then lace doilies to imprint a design. Next, we will cut in the tiny holes for the flower to be placed. Then we will paint them with a water wash. When they are dry, we will add a fixative to protect it from water.","fullyFundedDate":1751492927743,"projectUrl":"project/pinch-pots-for-primary/9236107/","projectTitle":"Pinch Pots for Primary","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Gibbs","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7939437_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1755344463459","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7939437"},{"teacherId":7939437,"projectId":9237243,"letterContent":"We are so grateful for the new books. Every week I prepare a book bag for the students to take home for reading practice. By taking books home they are able to practice the skills we are learning. The decodables that were purchased are written for each of the phonics skills. When the skill is \"sneeky E\", I now have enough sneeky E books to send home with each student. They love showing off their new reading skills to their family. \r\n\r\nWhen they take these books home to read the practice they are getting is so crucial to them becoming good readers. I tell them that reading is just like anything else they want to do, such as baseball, they must practice to get better.","fullyFundedDate":1753735335177,"projectUrl":"project/practical-decodables/9237243/","projectTitle":"Practical Decodables","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Gibbs","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7939437_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1755344463459","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7939437"},{"teacherId":9973250,"projectId":9509574,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous donation for our classroom. The students are really enjoying the bean bags to do their work in or to just sit and read books. \r\nThe students have made it their mission to get to school on time so they get the first opportunity to get a bean bag to sit on for the day. I have gotten to the point where we have to draw names in the morning to see who gets to use them first.\r\nThey are also loving all the snacks that we received. When someone comes to school hungry it's so nice just to be able to give them something to snack on so they can work. \r\nAgain thank you for your generous support of my classroom. We appreciate everything you have provided.","fullyFundedDate":1755725838550,"projectUrl":"project/flexible-seating-and-snacks-for-the-stud/9509574/","projectTitle":"Flexible Seating and Snacks for the Students.","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Terhaar","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9973250_orig.jpg?crop=100,100,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1742500844492","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9973250"},{"teacherId":9973250,"projectId":9234408,"letterContent":"Thank you for providing donations for our classroom library to get new interesting books. Our students come from a low income community so they don't get the opportunity to have new books very often. We do get books from the library in town but we only get those books for a short amount of time before we have to return them so not all the students get to read them. \r\nSince we have received our new books they have been enjoying them to the point of it being hard to get students to do their work because they are wanting to read the books. They are always getting new books to read because they are reading them so fast. Our students do not have any type of electronics at home so they read a lot at night. They are going through them quickly. \r\nAgain thank you from the bottom of our hearts. I hear them daily saying they love this book or that book.","fullyFundedDate":1753735335112,"projectUrl":"project/new-books-for-an-outdated-library/9234408/","projectTitle":"New Books for an Outdated Library","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Terhaar","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9973250_orig.jpg?crop=100,100,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1742500844492","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9973250"},{"teacherId":9973250,"projectId":9196680,"letterContent":"Thank you for the generous donation to our classroom for our Science STEM materials. We have been using them to review concepts in our science classroom. The hands on materials have made it possible for the students to become active in their learning. One student had so many questions after feeling the hippo teeth that he wanted to research more about animal teeth.\r\nWhen we got our butterfly net and our butterflies came we were excited to watch the caterpillars change and become butterflies. We were able to hatch four butterflies and release them in the garden area of the colony. The students couldn't believe how much caterpillars poop when they were in the cup. \r\nThe foldable science packets will be a great help this year with a whole new group of students doing science in the classroom. Again thank you for the generous donation to our colony classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1742921147686,"projectUrl":"project/science-stem-for-a-multi-grade-classroom/9196680/","projectTitle":"Science STEM for a Multi-Grade Classroom","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Terhaar","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9973250_orig.jpg?crop=100,100,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1742500844492","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9973250"},{"teacherId":7939437,"projectId":9221953,"letterContent":"I am so excited to share with you how we are using our supplies. All our books are now organized according to phonics rules. I have them all on spreadsheet so check out is much faster. I know the phonics rules they need to work on so I can easily pull those books for them to take home. Each student now has a binder with their name on it to keep their current fluency sheets and comprehension sheets that they are working on. These are available to them to work on when they have time. The binders are hanging on the wall in the file folder, organizers. The kids can get their folder, take it to their desk and read their sheets at their desk. All this organization has allowed me to get books to the kids quickly and efficiently, which means they are reading more and getting more instruction.","fullyFundedDate":1746502026618,"projectUrl":"project/lets-get-organized-and-ready-to-read/9221953/","projectTitle":"Let’s Get Organized and Ready to Read","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Gibbs","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7939437_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1755344463459","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7939437"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_54247","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":44,"numTeachers":2,"percentFrplEligible":78,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":0,"percentWhite":100,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":0,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"K - 8","studentTeacherRatio":"22.0:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":false,"metroType":"RURAL","ncesMetroType":"RURAL_REMOTE"},"inStateSupporters":58.3,"schoolId":54247,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Newport Colony School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Newport Colony School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/south-dakota/langford-area-school-district-45-5/newport-colony-school/54247"}