{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Heritage Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":41.1,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":6888037,"projectId":10250569,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for the supplies you sent to the students in my class! I love reading to my students and before long, the books I have read to them are their go-to books in our classroom library! I can't thank you enough for replacing our beloved, worn out books! The children especially love the David books by David Shannon!\r\n\r\nThe children also love writing on dry erase white boards, and for me as their teacher, the white boards are an essential learning tool. Many of our white boards were worn out and needed to be replaced, which you kindly did for us! Thank you so much!\r\n\r\nMany of the headphones were worn out, too. Thank you so much for replacing them! The students use the headphone while using ELA and math learning apps on Chromebooks according to Utah State law. This support is a means to add another way for the students to learn. Now I have enough useable headphones for each child!","fullyFundedDate":1778003721836,"projectUrl":"project/ears-to-hear/10250569/","projectTitle":"Ears to Hear","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Voreis","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-9_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6888037"},{"teacherId":9679512,"projectId":10171722,"letterContent":"It is so wonderful to have a cabinet fully stocked with materials to teach recorder! My students are so anxious to begin playing. One student even brought his recorder from home to show me and told me he plans to practice every day! The delight from the students was palpable when I let them know we had a new instrument to explore and experience in music class.\r\n\r\nI cannot express enough how much gratitude I hold for your generous contribution toward this grant. Music and the arts are so often overlooked and undervalued in our society, so thank you for setting the example that the arts still matter! Thank you for showing that you care! \r\n\r\nPlease accept mine and my students' utmost appreciation for your support in our classroom. These materials will be used and loved by so many students over many years.","fullyFundedDate":1776093471966,"projectUrl":"project/rockin-and-rollin-with-recorders/10171722/","projectTitle":"Rockin' and Rollin' with Recorders","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Clow","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9679512_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1755203184977","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9679512"},{"teacherId":8273091,"projectId":10171565,"letterContent":"I am deeply grateful for your extraordinary donation of adaptive technology and sensory learning materials to my classroom. The switch-adapted devices—including the sensitive adaptive switches, bubble machine, disco ball light, interactive puppy, and clip-on fan—along with the talking tiles voice recorders, will be transformative for my students with special needs. These specialized tools are often prohibitively expensive and difficult for schools to acquire, yet they are essential for giving students with physical and communication challenges the ability to interact with their environment, make choices, and experience the joy of independent play and learning. Your generosity ensures that all of my students will have access to meaningful, engaging activities tailored to their unique abilities.\r\n\r\nThe Magna-Tiles and other hands-on learning materials you provided will complement the adaptive technology beautifully, offering opportunities for collaborative play, spatial reasoning, and creative problem-solving for students at all ability levels. These resources will help me create a truly inclusive classroom where every child can participate, explore cause-and-effect relationships, and develop critical skills through play-based learning. The variety of switch-activated toys will allow me to teach important concepts like choice-making, turn-taking, and independent engagement—skills that are foundational to my students' growth and confidence.\r\n\r\nThank you for making such a significant investment in the lives of students who are often overlooked when it comes to educational resources. Your kindness and commitment to inclusion will empower my students to reach their full potential and experience the dignity and joy that comes from being able to actively participate in classroom activities. I am profoundly grateful for your support and the doors you have opened for these remarkable children.","fullyFundedDate":1777991840180,"projectUrl":"project/adaptive-communication-tools-for-speech/10171565/","projectTitle":"Adaptive Communication Tools for Speech","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Robyn","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8273091_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1757441075313","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8273091"},{"teacherId":8273091,"projectId":10102046,"letterContent":"I am writing to express my heartfelt gratitude for your incredibly generous donation to my classroom. The materials you provided—including the Lids 'n Lizards and Jeepers Peepers speech therapy games, noise-cancelling headphones, fidget tools, and an abundance of motivating rewards—will make an immediate and lasting impact on my students. These resources are not just supplies; they are tools that will help create a more inclusive, engaging, and supportive learning environment where every child can thrive. Your thoughtfulness in selecting items that address both educational needs and sensory support shows a true understanding of what today's classrooms require.\r\n\r\nThe speech and language games will be invaluable in helping my students build essential communication skills in a fun, hands-on way, while the noise-cancelling headphones will provide much-needed support for students who benefit from a quieter learning space. The fidget tools, erasers, stickers, and other incentives will serve as powerful motivators that celebrate student effort and achievement throughout the year. These are the kinds of resources that teachers often purchase out of pocket, so your generosity lifts a significant burden and allows me to focus more energy on teaching and less on budgeting for basics.\r\n\r\nThank you for investing in my students and believing in the power of education. Your kindness will touch the lives of many children, helping them feel valued, supported, and excited to learn. I am deeply grateful for your support and hope you know what a tremendous difference you have made in our classroom community.","fullyFundedDate":1777991790038,"projectUrl":"project/the-gift-of-gab/10102046/","projectTitle":"The Gift of Gab","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Robyn","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8273091_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1757441075313","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8273091"},{"teacherId":2944583,"projectId":7266435,"letterContent":"Thank you so much! We needed on level books in our classroom so much and you guys help us accomplish this. Reading is such an important part of 1st grade. This is when the love of learnign to read and be read too is established. These wonderful books will help do that and bring so much joy to our classroom. Moving from Kindergarten was a big move and boy did I have books. But the ones I had were too low for these smart 1st graders. I will be reading these bookd in circle time. Children can check them out in their book boxes to read during read to self time, and they can even read them to their friends which is their favorite! Thank you so much for your contribution to our class.","fullyFundedDate":1680214885522,"projectUrl":"project/books-we-can-read-in-first-grade/7266435/","projectTitle":"Books We Can Read in First Grade!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Krumperman","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-krumperman"},{"teacherId":6154691,"projectId":9689398,"letterContent":"The donated supplies provided my students with meaningful opportunities to collaborate, work together, and contribute to a more inclusive and supportive classroom environment. This project provided students with materials that supported them in accomplishing their academic goals, including hands-on manipulatives that enhanced their learning experiences.\r\nThe donated items also supported our community service initiatives and classroom management incentive program. Students earned opportunities to select prizes from our school store by demonstrating positive behaviors, following classroom directions, and participating in community service projects. These incentives encouraged students to take greater responsibility for their choices and contributed to a positive classroom environment.\r\nThis project supported student success by providing additional visual representations and hands-on materials during lessons. The donated supplies also helped create a welcoming and engaging classroom through the inclusion of these materials.\r\nI was sincerely grateful for the generosity and support that made this project possible. These resources made a meaningful difference in my classroom and provided my students with valuable opportunities to learn, collaborate, and grow.","fullyFundedDate":1757505057798,"projectUrl":"project/stem-and-pbis-project-incentives/9689398/","projectTitle":"STEM and PBIS Project Incentives","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Dunn","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6154691_orig.jpg?crop=810,810,x72,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1594834301768","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6154691"},{"teacherId":10244337,"projectId":9689433,"letterContent":"The donated supplies provided my students with meaningful opportunities to collaborate, work together, and contribute to a more inclusive and supportive classroom environment. This project provided students with materials that supported them in accomplishing their academic goals, including hands-on manipulatives that enhanced their learning experiences.\r\nThe donated items also supported our community service initiatives and classroom management incentive program. Students earned opportunities to select prizes from our school store by demonstrating positive behaviors, following classroom directions, and participating in community service projects. These incentives encouraged students to take greater responsibility for their choices and contributed to a positive classroom environment.\r\nThis project supported student success by providing additional visual representations and hands-on materials during lessons. The donated supplies also helped create a welcoming and engaging classroom through the inclusion of art materials, such as chalk markers and name tags, as well as books that supported the development of reading skills and comprehension.\r\nThe books further enhanced the print-rich classroom environment that I worked to create for my students. Our classroom library became a space that students genuinely enjoyed visiting and using, and the additional books provided them with greater opportunities to read, explore new topics, and strengthen their literacy skills.\r\nI was sincerely grateful for the generosity and support that made this project possible. These resources made a meaningful difference in my classroom and provided my students with valuable opportunities to learn, collaborate, and grow.","fullyFundedDate":1757503680782,"projectUrl":"project/stem-through-projects/9689433/","projectTitle":"STEM through Projects","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Stuart","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-9_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10244337"},{"teacherId":6154691,"projectId":8648174,"letterContent":"The donated supplies provided my students with meaningful opportunities to collaborate, work together, and contribute to a more inclusive and supportive classroom environment. This project provided students with materials that supported them in accomplishing their academic goals, including hands-on manipulatives that enhanced their learning experiences.\r\nThe donated items also supported our community service initiatives and classroom management incentive program. Students earned opportunities to select prizes from our school store by demonstrating positive behaviors, following classroom directions, and participating in community service projects. These incentives encouraged students to take greater responsibility for their choices and contributed to a positive classroom environment.\r\nThis project supported student success by providing additional visual representations and hands-on materials during lessons. The donated supplies also helped create a welcoming and engaging classroom through the inclusion of these materials.\r\nI was sincerely grateful for the generosity and support that made this project possible. These resources made a meaningful difference in my classroom and provided my students with valuable opportunities to learn, collaborate, and grow.","fullyFundedDate":1723641355212,"projectUrl":"project/math-and-science-for-the-win/8648174/","projectTitle":"Math and Science for the Win!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Dunn","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6154691_orig.jpg?crop=810,810,x72,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1594834301768","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6154691"},{"teacherId":7119074,"projectId":10134487,"letterContent":"My students were so excited to have a restock of items in our store! Thank you so much for all of the wonderful donations that were given to my classroom. \r\n\r\nThe stuffed animals were one of their favorites, along with the pens. I was also able to give the students a pen before they left school at the end of the year so they could use it this summer. \r\n\r\nI was also able to get some new games. Bop-it was one of their favorites! They love being able to take them home and share with their families. \r\n\r\nThank you again for all of your wondeful donations to my classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1777992110142,"projectUrl":"project/end-of-year-store/10134487/","projectTitle":"End of Year Store","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Meunier","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7119074_orig.jpg?crop=2048,2048,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1732545810112","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7119074"},{"teacherId":8477395,"projectId":10172991,"letterContent":"Thank you for your donations and all the gifts that you are able to provide for us. This package will offer PBIS incentives for behavior and community service. We are extremely grateful for the supplies and opportunity to use them. Thank you again for your generosity and the supplies you have donated to our classroom. This project will help students provide items that they can use to accomplish academic goals and give manipulatives to work with. This will help with our community service and classroom management incentives. Students will be able to choose and earn prizes from school store by complying with various directions, behaviors, and community service projects.\r\n\r\n\r\nWe are also extremely grateful to have the opportunity to be able to have curriculum books for us to use to teach our 5th grade standard for cursive!","fullyFundedDate":1776091842161,"projectUrl":"project/cursive-handwriting-and-other-acitivitie/10172991/","projectTitle":"Cursive Handwriting and Other Acitivities","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Willden","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8477395_orig.jpg?crop=315,315,x0,y10&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1652974927920","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8477395"},{"teacherId":8273091,"projectId":10142121,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your donation of bilingual books to my classroom! It has been amazing to have this resource for my newcomer students. These books will be so helpful to bridge the communication gap. They will help me provide appropriate therapy for their needs, and help them feel more comfortable in my room.\r\nIt has been amazing to have these books for many of my students, but especially one of my first graders. She is so sweet, creative and a hard worker. She loves to show off her knowledge in Spanish and English and is very excited to learn every time she is in the speech room. It has been wonderful to have materials that will help her increase her communication.","fullyFundedDate":1773839880577,"projectUrl":"project/hola-hello-bilingual-books-for-speech/10142121/","projectTitle":"Hola, Hello: Bilingual Books for Speech Therapy","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Robyn","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8273091_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1757441075313","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8273091"},{"teacherId":7135806,"projectId":9987166,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your incredible generosity. Every time a box arrives in our classroom, my students light up with excitement—it truly feels like Christmas morning again and again. The joy, anticipation, and pure delight on their faces is something I wish you could see firsthand. It's a powerful reminder of the difference your kindness makes.\r\n\r\nBecause of your support, we've been able to bring in supplies that are already making a meaningful impact on student success, especially in supporting sensory needs. The textured sensory mats, for example, have become such a valuable tool. When a student begins to feel overwhelmed, guiding them through the different textures—encouraging them to touch, describe, and explore—has been incredibly effective in gently redirecting their focus and helping them regain a sense of calm.\r\n\r\nThe spinning chair has truly been a game changer for students who need vestibular input. When restlessness starts to build, just a few minutes using the chair helps them reset and return to learning more centered and ready to engage. It's been amazing to see how something so simple can make such a big difference.\r\n\r\nThe headphones have also had a noticeable impact. By giving students more control over the amount of sound they experience, we've seen a decrease in negative behaviors and an increase in their ability to stay focused and comfortable in the classroom environment.\r\n\r\nAnd I have to say, one of my personal favorites has been the indestructible books—and they truly live up to their name! They are the only books we have that haven't been torn or damaged. It's such a relief to know that every student can enjoy them freely without worry, and they've quickly become a classroom staple.\r\n\r\nYour generosity has brought not just materials into our classroom, but comfort, confidence, and joy to my students. We are deeply grateful for your support and the care you've shown to our learning community.\r\n\r\nThank you again, from the bottom of our hearts.\r\n\r\nWith sincere appreciation,\r\nMs. Thorpe's Class","fullyFundedDate":1768410633367,"projectUrl":"project/sensory-and-literacy-items-for-success-a/9987166/","projectTitle":"Sensory and Literacy Items for Success and Fun!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Thorpe","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7135806_orig.jpg?crop=827,827,x0,y151&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1630537269652","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7135806"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_33401","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":603,"numTeachers":null,"percentFrplEligible":94,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":1,"percentWhite":28,"percentIndigenous":1,"percentLatinx":62,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":1,"percentMultiracialImputed":4,"gradesServed":"Pre-K - 6","studentTeacherRatio":null,"demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_SMALL"},"inStateSupporters":58.9,"schoolId":33401,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Heritage Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Heritage Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/utah/ogden-school-district/heritage-elementary-school/33401"}