{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Kirkwood Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":30.6,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":5612995,"projectId":10353558,"letterContent":"I am incredibly grateful for your generous support of my first-grade classroom. It can be easy to overlook the importance of basic classroom supplies, but for my students, items such as crayons, markers, pencils, glue sticks, privacy shields, and storage containers have made a tremendous difference in their everyday learning experiences. Your generosity has helped create a classroom where my students have the materials they need to learn, create, stay organized, and feel successful.\r\n\r\nIn first grade, we use crayons, markers, pencils, and glue sticks almost every single day. These supplies are essential tools that allow my students to participate fully in lessons and activities. Pencils help them practice handwriting, complete math problems, and grow as young writers. Crayons and markers allow them to express their creativity, illustrate their writing, complete projects, and bring their ideas to life. Glue sticks make it possible for students to participate in hands-on activities that make learning more engaging and meaningful. Having these supplies readily available means that my students can focus on learning instead of worrying about whether they have the materials they need.\r\n\r\nThe privacy shields have also been a wonderful addition to our classroom. They give students their own personal learning space when completing independent assignments and assessments. For young learners who are still developing their ability to focus, having fewer distractions can make a huge difference. These shields help students concentrate, work independently, and feel confident in showing what they know.\r\n\r\nOur storage containers may seem like another simple classroom item, but they have had a meaningful impact as well. A first-grade classroom is filled with supplies, learning materials, manipulatives, books, and projects. Having proper storage allows us to keep our classroom organized and makes materials easier for students to find and use. It also teaches my students responsibility and independence as they learn where materials belong and how to take care of our shared classroom resources.\r\n\r\nMost importantly, your donation has shown my students that there are people outside of our classroom who believe in them and care about their education. That message is incredibly powerful. Every time we pick up a new marker, sharpen a pencil, use a privacy shield, or grab materials from an organized container, we are reminded of the kindness that helped make those resources possible.\r\n\r\nThank you, DonorsChoose and all of our wonderful donors, for investing in my first graders and helping provide the basic tools they need to learn and grow. Your generosity has brought excitement, organization, creativity, and opportunity into our classroom. We are truly grateful for your support and for the difference you have made in our class.","fullyFundedDate":1787177223124,"projectUrl":"project/ready-set-lets-grow/10353558/","projectTitle":"Ready Set Let’s Grow!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Sanchez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5612995_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1549472108541","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/annemarie-sanchez"},{"teacherId":5638681,"projectId":10161709,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your contribution to our school! Your donation has helped all of the students at our school maintain a clean environment that allows extra time for creativity. \r\nWe've had a couple of spills in class and these table cloths have been such a game changer. We once had an accident where one student spilled an entire cup of water on the table and once we picked up the tablecloth we were surprised to see that the table was dry! Your donation has elevated so much stress that we sometimes feel when we have accidents as well as shortened our cleaning time which allows more time for learning. \r\nThank you so much for blessing our classroom!","fullyFundedDate":1776444503393,"projectUrl":"project/save-the-table/10161709/","projectTitle":"Save the Table!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Lemus","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5638681_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1787033808813","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lemusartroom"},{"teacherId":7833860,"projectId":8749395,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your patience in waiting for me to get back to you, the school year has been crazy! In the best way!\r\n\r\nI mentioned in my project that one of the many joys I have as a teacher is to try to make our learning engaging and fun and that the best days of school are the ones that don't feel like work for myself or the students. Your support with this gift card has done just that! We were able to bring our learning to life with the math rounding games, fluency practice resources, as well as the games that I was able to purchase.\r\n\r\nThank you for your donation towards the gift card! Without your continued support I would not be able to do the things that I am doing, and I cannot say thank you enough.","fullyFundedDate":1731545845668,"projectUrl":"project/thinking-outside-of-the-box/8749395/","projectTitle":"Thinking Outside of the Box","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Lopez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7833860_orig.jpg?crop=767,767,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1619977089967","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mslopezlovesyou"},{"teacherId":7833860,"projectId":9208842,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your patience in waiting for me to get back to you, the school year has been crazy! In the best way!\r\n\r\nI mentioned in my project that one of the many joys I have as a teacher is to try to make our learning engaging and fun and that the best days of school are the ones that don't feel like work for myself or the students. Your support with this gift card has done just that! We were able to bring our learning to life with the project-based learning kit, as well as the games that I was able to purchase.\r\n\r\nThank you for your donation towards the gift card! Without your continued support I would not be able to do the things that I am doing, and I cannot say thank you enough.","fullyFundedDate":1746770547499,"projectUrl":"project/creating-math-magic/9208842/","projectTitle":"Creating Math Magic!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Lopez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7833860_orig.jpg?crop=767,767,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1619977089967","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mslopezlovesyou"},{"teacherId":7833860,"projectId":10125150,"letterContent":"I am so thrilled to share how big of an impact your support has made! With your help, we were able to buy much needed resources from Teachers Pay Teachers that helped motivate our students to learn and be engaged with our content.\r\n\r\nWe were able to purchase Project Based Learning bundles that will help connect our learning to real life situations so that our students can see how their work applies outside of school. The resource our students are most excited about is our Bingo class management system. \r\n\r\nStudents are able to work together to see growth in how they follow everyday expectations at school and are rewarded with a class prize after winning.","fullyFundedDate":1776451490720,"projectUrl":"project/the-gift-card-that-keeps-giving/10125150/","projectTitle":"The Gift (Card) That Keeps Giving!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Lopez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7833860_orig.jpg?crop=767,767,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1619977089967","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mslopezlovesyou"},{"teacherId":8432032,"projectId":9739784,"letterContent":"My students love reading bright and vivid stories, apart from the curriculum. Especially when a craft is involved! \r\n\r\nI loved getting books that can tie into the lesson, and sometimes, it can cross into two subjects! Our most recent one included Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes. The students get math (for decomposing) and they get Social Emotional for Honesty with this specific title. \r\n\r\nThe also love the classics by Kevin Henkes because they are learning how characters can be animals which can act like humans and they can make connections to the characters. We've all feel worried and Wemberly is just like you and I!\r\n\r\nOur student can access these books and keep a craft to remember when they read their stories and help with their love of reading. We are very grateful for the opportunity to get these fun titles in our hands. Thank you!","fullyFundedDate":1764707999991,"projectUrl":"project/growing-to-read/9739784/","projectTitle":"Growing to Read!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Penwell","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8432032_orig.jpg?crop=867,867,x32,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1651198663614","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/penwell"},{"teacherId":5024734,"projectId":9753464,"letterContent":"Thank you to your generous support, our students have had meaningful opportunities to build both physical strength and teamwork skills. This project allowed students to practice push-ups to improve upper-body strength while also participating in net games that required communication, cooperation, and encouragement. Students were more engaged, motivated, and confident as they challenged themselves physically and worked together toward shared goals.\r\n\r\nFor many students, this equipment and structure created a positive and inclusive environment where everyone could experience success. We saw students cheering each other on, helping peers improve their form, and learning the importance of teamwork and perseverance. Your donation didn't just support physical activity—it helped foster confidence, collaboration, and a love for movement. 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This table has also been instrumental in providing a sturdy place to work on their academic skills as well. Thank you so much for your donation and we will appreciate it for many years to come.","fullyFundedDate":1759692344997,"projectUrl":"project/collaboration-station/9538783/","projectTitle":"Collaboration Station!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Gonzalez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1879102_orig.jpg?crop=1088,1088,x1391,y766&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1598037331987","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1879102"},{"teacherId":6596587,"projectId":9298558,"letterContent":"Our clock/timer has worked wonders within our classroom! This clock serves students as a guide for learning when it is used as a timer. \r\nDuring our daily station times for reading and math, students depend on this timer for guidance in switching stations! It has also students to independently move around the room during the appropriate times. \r\nWe have also used this clock/timer in our daily practice of days of the week and in counting down the number of days in school. This serves as a tool for some students that need support in number recognition!","fullyFundedDate":1755912079122,"projectUrl":"project/every-minute-counts-effective-tools-for/9298558/","projectTitle":"Every Minute Counts: Effective Tools for Learning!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Santiago","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6596587"},{"teacherId":6596587,"projectId":9514198,"letterContent":"My students were estactic to see the magna tiles! When we first introduced them during reading, we used them as manipulatives to help support phonological and phonetic awareness! Using these tools in such manner has allowed fun to guide the learning and help support our students to read! We have use the letter tiles in areas for spelling CVC words, too! \r\n\r\nOther areas we have used these tools are during math! During this time, students have built different shapes but have also used to use as subtraction and addition manipulatives!","fullyFundedDate":1755206708987,"projectUrl":"project/magnetic-minds-at-work/9514198/","projectTitle":"Magnetic Minds at Work!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Santiago","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6596587"},{"teacherId":8432032,"projectId":9272599,"letterContent":"We love our new books for monthly themes. My students especially loved the October books about pumpkins. We read \"The Biggest Pumpkin Ever\" and we tied in some activities with it! \r\n\r\nEach student received a pumpkin in which they decorated, and they played pumpkin games. It was such a fa-BOO-lous way to take break from the hard work they do every day. \r\n\r\nThank you once again for gifting us these fun thematic books in our classroom. They love it and will one day look back and remember the stories we read and the fun they had to go with the books.","fullyFundedDate":1755055200416,"projectUrl":"project/thematic-books-to-add-to-our-shelves/9272599/","projectTitle":"Thematic Books to Add to Our Shelves","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Penwell","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8432032_orig.jpg?crop=867,867,x32,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1651198663614","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/penwell"},{"teacherId":8432032,"projectId":9272208,"letterContent":"We are beyond grateful and blessed to have these books to read every week. The kids love when I reveal the books, and read them with all the fun voices. \r\n\r\nWhat makes these books special are the connections they are making to the lessons we have learned that week or in the weeks before. They are growing in their vocabulary and how to model each character trait. \r\n\r\nWe have a specialist section for our books and they can go back\r\n\r\nOnce again, thank you for your generosity and kindness you have gifted to our littlest of readers.","fullyFundedDate":1755055202210,"projectUrl":"project/social-emotional-learning-with-our-littl/9272208/","projectTitle":"Social Emotional Learning With Our Little Learners","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Penwell","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8432032_orig.jpg?crop=867,867,x32,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1651198663614","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/penwell"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_36831","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":368,"numTeachers":32,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":0,"percentWhite":2,"percentIndigenous":11,"percentLatinx":85,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":0,"percentMultiracialImputed":1,"gradesServed":"K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"11.5:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"TOWN","ncesMetroType":"TOWN_DISTANT"},"inStateSupporters":69.4,"schoolId":36831,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Kirkwood Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Kirkwood Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/washington/toppenish-school-district/kirkwood-elementary-school/36831"}