{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Linder Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":31.1,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":9144560,"projectId":9064314,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting my speech therapy project. My students and I are already using the new materials in meaningful and exciting ways. One of our favorite moments so far was introducing the treasure chest during articulation practice. After a student worked hard to produce a clear /s/ sound in words, she opened the treasure chest with the biggest smile and proudly selected a small prize. This turned a challenging task into a moment of celebration for her and motivated the rest of the group to try their best too.\r\n\r\nThe students were thrilled when they first saw everything laid out on the table. The pretend play food set immediately sparked imaginative role-play, and several students began creating menus and restaurants using the crayons, colored pencils, and pencil boxes. These activities have opened the door for rich expressive language practice, new vocabulary, and opportunities for social communication. The dental model has also become an instant favorite and has helped students visualize tongue and lip placement for sounds like /t/, /d/, and /l/ in a hands-on and memorable way.\r\n\r\nWith these new tools, we are now building toward a classroom project focused on real-world communication skills. Students will use the pretend food, art supplies, and calm strips to participate in themed lessons where they learn vocabulary, practice turn-taking, follow multi-step directions, and express their wants and needs more independently. Your generosity makes these experiences possible, and I am deeply grateful for the impact you are having on my students' confidence, engagement, and communication growth.\r\n\r\nThank you again for believing in our classroom and helping my students shine.","fullyFundedDate":1746785356382,"projectUrl":"project/engaging-tools-for-speech-therapy/9064314/","projectTitle":"Engaging Tools for Speech Therapy","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Sam","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9144560_orig.jpg?crop=3024,3024,x0,y806&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1691381064508","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9144560"},{"teacherId":3092959,"projectId":9147034,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your wonderful donations. The students are eager and excited to make better choices because they love the neat scratch and sniff stickers. They are working hard and following rules in order to earn them. I am able to encourage desired behavior and reward it with the cool stickers. You also donated little squishy fidgets/ toys and I will use these as rewards also. I plan on making agreements with each student I need to focus on and at the end of the week, when they have been doing their part with following their agreements, they will be able to pick a squishy toy. Thank you so much for these enticing incentives. My students really respond well to working hard in order to earn something.\r\n I also wanted to thank you for the kinetic sand, legos, putty, dollhouse furniture and people. It used to make me so sad when the kids would play with the doll house and put little animals in there, because we didn't have little people or furniture for it. The students will be so excited about our new little people and furniture. This will be an excellent way for them to self-regulate and be able to calm down in order to get back to class. The putty will also be really helpful and popular. The kids like something in their hand to squeeze and manipulate while they talk. They love when the putty smells good, like the ones you provided for us. \r\n It is a new year and it is a blessing to be able to start the year with some new and neat stuff the children can use to self-regulate. I am so happy and excited to be able to watch the students play with the new toys and get excited about the new rewards. Thank you so much for giving me these tools, things I need to motivate and reward the students so they continue to work hard on their goals, agreements and personal growth. You all are amazing. Thank you for supporting me and my hard-working students.","fullyFundedDate":1745967696102,"projectUrl":"project/sensory-materials-to-help-ease-strong-em/9147034/","projectTitle":"Sensory Materials to Help Ease Strong Emotions","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Lopez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3092959_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1668716592781","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3092959"},{"teacherId":9557701,"projectId":9022007,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for the math manipulatives and printer you generously donated to our classroom. The manipulatives have transformed my students' engagement with math, allowing them to visualize and grasp concepts through hands-on learning. They've fostered collaboration and communication among students, making math enjoyable.\r\n\r\nThe printer has saved me valuable time in lesson planning, enabling me to quickly print tailored materials for my students. Your contributions have significantly enhanced our learning environment, and I am truly grateful for the positive impact you've made on their educational journey.","fullyFundedDate":1739595630198,"projectUrl":"project/hands-on-learning-engage-create-succ/9022007/","projectTitle":"\"Hands-On Learning: Engage, Create, Succeed!\"","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. J. 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Overall, having access to donated incentives created a more encouraging, inclusive, and supportive space where students are inspired to do their best every day. Students strived harder and harder each day to get their minutes on their learning programs that are required by our district. Like in the first picture, students started helping each other to complete their minutes so they can earn points for incentives. We are so grateful for donors like you!","fullyFundedDate":1739986424960,"projectUrl":"project/a-sight-for-math-eyes-on-incentives/8983117/","projectTitle":"A Sight for Math Eyes on Incentives!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Gomez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4998545_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1511739411858","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4998545"},{"teacherId":9557701,"projectId":8827021,"letterContent":"Your donation of Spanish books has improved the reading resources in my class.\r\n\r\nI utilize them for small group instruction and independent reading, accommodating various levels.\r\n\r\nThe excitement over the new selections has encouraged exploration of different genres and has also increased participation and engagement.\r\n\r\nMy future plans include peer reading and a \"Reader of the Day\" initiative to develop various skills.\r\n\r\nI am eager to see how these books will further cultivate their love for literature.\"","fullyFundedDate":1733870695359,"projectUrl":"project/pages-of-possibility-creating-a-classro/8827021/","projectTitle":"Pages of Possibility: Creating a Classroom of Readers","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. J. Rodriguez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9557701_orig.png?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1716910103285","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/prekneeds24-25jrod"},{"teacherId":3092959,"projectId":8844321,"letterContent":"I am so very happy to go into the bilingual classes I teach because now I have books in my students' native language, rich in vocabulary, that I didn't have to translate myself. It is such a privilege to have these books on hand and ready to go. \r\n I really enjoy having books that teach coping skills and breathing strategies in Spanish, because a lot of these words I didn't learn in Spanish myself. It feels good to use the appropriate vocabulary and learn it along with the kids. The materials you provided for me are essential to my lessons not only because it's the core of what I teach, it's in my students' language.\r\n It's a joy and a pleasure to go into the bilingual classes with beautiful Spanish books. I love reading them and the students enjoy their lesson more when I'm not stumbling to translate correctly. The books you gave us are a celebration of our language and culture. Thank you again for providing me essential materials to teach the kids I serve in a way they will learn and in a way that validates their language, culture, and who they are. I am so appreciative of your help! Thank you again for making my job even more enjoyable!","fullyFundedDate":1734712323400,"projectUrl":"project/social-emotional-learning-lessons-that-a/8844321/","projectTitle":"Social Emotional Learning Lessons that are Accessible","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Lopez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3092959_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1668716592781","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3092959"},{"teacherId":4998545,"projectId":8512076,"letterContent":"First off, I want to start off with how grateful I am for donors like you that take the time out of your day and your wallet to bless classes like mine. My students get so excited when we get donors, no matter how big or small. My school is a Title One school so finding extra funds in order to get cool items, like colored ink and new manipulatives, is hard. Because of people like you that understand that education is important for our future, my class gets to enjoy supplies to do fun activities. Thanks so much!!!","fullyFundedDate":1731538256019,"projectUrl":"project/math-matters-all-the-time/8512076/","projectTitle":"Math Matters, ALL THE TIME!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Gomez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4998545_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1511739411858","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4998545"},{"teacherId":9632590,"projectId":8574879,"letterContent":"Thanks to your generous donation, my speech-language therapy sessions have become even more fun and engaging. The books I received—like the Pigeon series and There Was an Old Lady collection—have really captured my students' attention and helped us work on important language skills in a playful, meaningful way.\r\n\r\nThese stories have quickly become favorites in my room. My younger students love the silly repetition in the Old Lady books and the over-the-top expressions in the Pigeon books. We've been using them to practice things like sequencing, predicting, retelling, and answering WH-questions. Some of my older students are really into the Who Was biographies—they're great for building vocabulary, talking about main ideas, and connecting what we read to the real world. I also used the Teachers Pay Teachers gift card to get visual supports and language-based activities to go along with some of the books, which has made our sessions even more interactive and accessible.\r\n\r\nYour support has made a real difference. These materials have brought more excitement to my therapy room while helping my students grow in their communication skills. Thank you so much for being a part of that!","fullyFundedDate":1723254352071,"projectUrl":"project/books-and-resources-for-growing-minds/8574879/","projectTitle":"Books and Resources for Growing Minds","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Elizabeth","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9632590_orig.jpg?crop=2186,2186,x0,y65&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1753903242843","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9632590"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_17629","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":549,"numTeachers":21,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":3,"percentBlack":9,"percentWhite":3,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":81,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Pre-K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"26.1:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":68.9,"schoolId":17629,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Linder Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Linder Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/texas/austin-independent-school-district/linder-elementary-school/17629"}