{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Greywolf Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":11.9,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":9706017,"projectId":9802707,"letterContent":"Thank you! Hello generous donors. I am the music specialist (I teach all 500 students in our school once a week). After I teach music, I take my students to the playground for recess where I supervise them. \r\n\r\nBefore your generous donation, there were not enough balls for our kids to play with.\r\n\r\nThere were a few playground balls to play with at recess. Most were well worn, deflated or didn't hold their shape after being inflated. And there were not enough balls for all the games that could be played. We have basketball courts, soccer field and a four-square area. My students are always asking for balls to play with at recess.\r\n\r\nThanks to your funding the purchase of new playground balls, our kids at recess are having so much fun. It is very fulfilling to see a lot of our kids choosing to pick up a ball and play. Our students are finally getting the opportunity to experience the joy and the physical exercise that play utilizing these balls provide. Thank you so much!","fullyFundedDate":1762109635907,"projectUrl":"project/playground-balls-for-our-k-2-kids-at-rec/9802707/","projectTitle":"Playground Balls for our K-2 Kids at Recess Bring Joy!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Bernards aka Mrs. B. Music Specialist Teacher","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9706017_orig.jpg?crop=1411,1411,x927,y927&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1724609475651","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9706017"},{"teacherId":9706017,"projectId":9748834,"letterContent":"Thank you for helping my 5, 6, and 7 year-olds develop a variety of skills using scarves and ribbons in our music class at our school.\r\n\r\nTeaching movement and music with scarves to children helps them develop a variety of skills, including but not limited to: Dynamics: Making big movements for \"loud\" and smaller movements for \"soft,\" Tempo: Fast versus slow, Meter: Strong versus weak, Melodic contour: High versus low; upward versus downward\r\n\r\nAlso, these benefits are being taught and practiced and strengthened by using ribbons and scarves in music class:\r\n\r\nFine motor skills: Grasping, holding, and tossing a scarf helps develop the muscles in their fingers and thumbs.\r\n\r\nCoordination: Moving scarves around in the air helps build coordination and arm muscles.\r\n\r\nEye-hand coordination: Catching a scarf helps improve eye-hand coordination.\r\n\r\nSpatial awareness: Scarves have a beginning and end, which helps children learn about boundaries.\r\n\r\nImagination: Pretending with scarves can help ignite the imagination.\r\n\r\nSelf-regulation: Following directions and taking turns helps practice self-regulation.\r\n\r\nListening skills: Dancing with scarves while following cues can help enhance listening skills.\r\n\r\nLanguage skills: Sharing ideas and feelings can help develop language skills.\r\n\r\nOur students were delighted to see and then work with these ribbons and scarves. Please know that they are fun and engaging tools in our music class and are benefiting ALL 500 kids in our school. I appreciate your thoughtful donations.","fullyFundedDate":1760693576206,"projectUrl":"project/scarves-and-ribbons-for-littles-to-stren/9748834/","projectTitle":"Scarves and Ribbons for Littles to Strengthen Spatial awareness.","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Bernards aka Mrs. B. Music Specialist Teacher","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9706017_orig.jpg?crop=1411,1411,x927,y927&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1724609475651","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9706017"},{"teacherId":9015756,"projectId":9570952,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to our class. My students absolutely loved the new chapter books and reading cushions. They have all enjoyed starting a new book series. Many had not read any of the authors books.\r\n\r\nEveryday we have a period of time in class where the kids find a comfortable spot in our classroom to read to themselves. We call this time \"read to self.\" They have been working on their reading \"stamina\", which is how long they can read without talking or interrupting others. They have been doing great at this! This time also allows me to work with individual students who need a little extra help.\r\n\r\nI hope you have a wonderful new year! Thank you again for helping put our class! We appreciate it so much.","fullyFundedDate":1759852217880,"projectUrl":"project/reading-in-second-grade/9570952/","projectTitle":"Reading in Second Grade","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Sterrett","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9015756_orig.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1682393163689","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9015756"},{"teacherId":197771,"projectId":9752335,"letterContent":"When we received this year's new class of kindergarten students, we could see that these \"Covid babies\" were missing some of the critical developmental experiences and skills that most children experience in preschool and daycare environments. Our building administration, kindergarten teachers, and occupational therapist duo put their heads together to see how we could transform an empty classroom space into an environment rich in opportunity. We brainstormed ideas like gross motor movement needs and how balance activities could support students. We discussed how many students lacked rich language and how a space in the room could be designed to support vocabulary acquisition. Our kindergarten language arts curriculum has a background knowledge building component which emphasizes learning new vocabulary through thematic units such as nursery rhymes, weather, farm animals and more. We chose felt sets that mirrored these unit themes so that students utilizing this space could have a chance to reenact stories from these units, while incorporating their newly learned vocabulary. We also have two sand tables where we are including tools to improve fine motor control which will help handwriting stamina. Thank you so much for supporting this space which is being rolled out to staff and students next week!","fullyFundedDate":1758843749532,"projectUrl":"project/kindergarten-choice-time/9752335/","projectTitle":"Kindergarten Choice Time!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Lopez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-6_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/197771"},{"teacherId":9015756,"projectId":9436761,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping us attain a shelf mailbox system for our class. We haven't figured it on our shelf and it is the perfect height for my second graders to grab their corrected work and papers to go home.\r\n\r\nMy students were thrilled with the shelf. They love how handy it is and it is super sturdy. I think it will last a really long time. I numbered the shelves with a number for each student, so they have their own special spot. It's nice because we have extra shelves for other important papers.\r\n\r\nThank you again,","fullyFundedDate":1760549810153,"projectUrl":"project/staying-organized-in-second-grade/9436761/","projectTitle":"Staying Organized in Second Grade!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Sterrett","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9015756_orig.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1682393163689","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9015756"},{"teacherId":10045587,"projectId":9884755,"letterContent":"Our classroom is buzzing with creativity and excitement thanks to the generous donation of art supplies, left-handed scissors, and whiteboards. Students are now able to fully participate in every project, and the new materials have made a noticeable difference in their confidence and independence.\r\n\r\nThe art supplies have opened the door for more meaningful and expressive artwork—students look forward to our creative time every week. The left-handed scissors have been especially impactful, allowing all students to cut comfortably and successfully without frustration. And the whiteboards have transformed our learning routines, making practice more engaging and helping students take ownership of their thinking.\r\n\r\nYour support has created a more inclusive, joyful, and hands-on learning environment. Thank you for giving my students the tools they need to learn, create, and shine every day","fullyFundedDate":1762996178081,"projectUrl":"project/cut-color-create-art-supplies-for-fir/9884755/","projectTitle":"Cut, Color, Create: Art Supplies for Firsties","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Rudzinski","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10045587_orig.jpg?crop=2544,2544,x0,y669&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1748482028871","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10045587"},{"teacherId":9783171,"projectId":9616426,"letterContent":"The addition of the Tonies to my listening corner has been wonderful. I have my Toni's box set up in a cubby desk with my light table and the students are able to listen to a story while using the light table. It works really well for my students who need a quiet place to regulate themselves. The Tonies I chose coordinate with our Knowledge units with our fairy tales unit. \r\n\r\nThe students are using the shake and add numbers and the tracing number tool during our math center time. It has been a great way for them to understand addition concepts and work on correct number formation. \r\n\r\nThe students are grateful for the addition of these items and I am also sharing them with other kindergarten teachers on a rotating basis.","fullyFundedDate":1755658744077,"projectUrl":"project/tracing-and-tonies-for-kindies-yay/9616426/","projectTitle":"Tracing and Tonies for Kindies! Yay!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Murphy","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9783171_orig.jpg?crop=600,600,x0,y56&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1727488973116","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9783171"},{"teacherId":197771,"projectId":9590477,"letterContent":"When we received this year's new class of kindergarten students, we could see that these \"Covid babies\" were missing some of the critical developmental experiences and skills that most children experience in preschool and daycare environments. Our building administration, kindergarten teachers, and occupational therapist duo put their heads together to see how we could transform an empty classroom space into an environment rich in opportunity. We brainstormed ideas like gross motor movement needs and how balance activities could support students. We discussed how many students lacked rich language and how a space in the room could be designed to support vocabulary acquisition. Our kindergarten language arts curriculum has a background knowledge building component which emphasizes learning new vocabulary through thematic units such as nursery rhymes, weather, farm animals and more. We chose felt sets that mirrored these unit themes so that students utilizing this space could have a chance to reenact stories from these units, while incorporating their newly learned vocabulary. We also have two sand tables where we are including tools to improve fine motor control which will help handwriting stamina. Thank you so much for supporting this space which is being rolled out to staff and students next week!","fullyFundedDate":1755696594532,"projectUrl":"project/help-boost-brain-development-through-gro/9590477/","projectTitle":"Help Boost Brain Development Through Gross and Fine Motor Activities!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Lopez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-6_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/197771"},{"teacherId":9783171,"projectId":9389786,"letterContent":"My students are enjoying the literacy tubs and tracing tiles. The little figurines included in the tubs are such a big hit. I even have a mystery bag where they pull one out and then try to tell me what the beginning sound of that object is. It's brought more excitement to my reading centers. The tracing tiles for the light table are used with small pieces of paper and the students are now making letter sound books to take home with them. Thank you so much for your donations that made this project possible.","fullyFundedDate":1755201690405,"projectUrl":"project/tubs-and-tracing-for-kindies/9389786/","projectTitle":"Tubs and Tracing for Kindies!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Murphy","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9783171_orig.jpg?crop=600,600,x0,y56&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1727488973116","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9783171"},{"teacherId":10045587,"projectId":9712806,"letterContent":"We're thrilled to share the impact of your generous support!\r\n\r\nThanks to your donation, our classroom received Seat Sacks to help students organize their supplies. The excitement was immediate—students were eager to receive their own Seat Sack and took pride in organizing their materials independently.\r\n\r\nThese simple tools have made a big difference. Our learning environment is now more efficient, and students feel empowered to take ownership of their space and supplies.\r\n\r\nOne student summed it up perfectly: \"Now I can find my library book!\"\r\n\r\nThank you for investing in our students' success and helping us build a more organized, focused classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1757958234448,"projectUrl":"project/no-more-lost-supplies-seat-sacks-to-the/9712806/","projectTitle":"No More Lost Supplies! Seat Sacks to the Rescue","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Rudzinski","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10045587_orig.jpg?crop=2544,2544,x0,y669&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1748482028871","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10045587"},{"teacherId":10045587,"projectId":9795970,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for giving my class the wonderful reading buddies! The students were beyond excited to meet their new stuffed animal friends and couldn't wait to snuggle up and read with them.\r\n\r\nSince the stuffies arrived, reading engagement has skyrocketed! Students are eager to read every chance they get — during free time, transitions, and even when they finish their work early. These reading buddies have truly made reading feel cozy, fun, and special for every child.\r\n\r\nYour generosity has helped foster a genuine love of reading in our classroom. Thank you for making such a joyful difference!","fullyFundedDate":1759809015804,"projectUrl":"project/cuddly-friends-for-1st-graders/9795970/","projectTitle":"Cuddly Friends for 1st Graders","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Rudzinski","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10045587_orig.jpg?crop=2544,2544,x0,y669&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1748482028871","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10045587"},{"teacherId":10045587,"projectId":9791750,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for giving my class the wonderful reading buddies! The students were beyond excited to meet their new stuffed animal friends and couldn't wait to snuggle up and read with them.\r\n\r\nSince the stuffies arrived, reading engagement has skyrocketed! Students are eager to read every chance they get — during free time, transitions, and even when they finish their work early. These reading buddies have truly made reading feel cozy, fun, and special for every child.\r\n\r\nYour generosity has helped foster a genuine love of reading in our classroom. Thank you for making such a joyful difference!","fullyFundedDate":1759697870632,"projectUrl":"project/cuddle-buddies-for-motivating-readers/9791750/","projectTitle":"Cuddle Buddies for Motivating Readers","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Rudzinski","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10045587_orig.jpg?crop=2544,2544,x0,y669&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1748482028871","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10045587"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_55672","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":510,"numTeachers":35,"percentFrplEligible":56,"percentAsian":2,"percentBlack":0,"percentWhite":72,"percentIndigenous":1,"percentLatinx":14,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Pre-K - 2","studentTeacherRatio":"14.6:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"TOWN","ncesMetroType":"TOWN_DISTANT"},"inStateSupporters":88.1,"schoolId":55672,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Greywolf Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Greywolf Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/washington/sequim-school-district/grey-wolf-elementary-school/55672"}