{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Algoma Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":50.6,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":5189423,"projectId":10199612,"letterContent":"On behalf of our young students, we would like to express our sincere gratitude for your generous donation of planting and growing supplies. Your kindness and thoughtfulness will make a meaningful difference in the lives of our students by providing them with valuable learning resources and a comfortable space to read, study, and grow.\r\n\r\nYour generosity helps me create a welcoming and supportive learning environment where young minds can explore, learn, and develop a love for Science and education.\r\n\r\nThank you for investing in our students and supporting their educational journey. We truly appreciate your generosity and the positive impact you are making in our learning community.\r\n\r\nWith heartfelt appreciation and gratitude,\r\n\r\nThank you for helping our young learners build a brighter future!","fullyFundedDate":1777312732871,"projectUrl":"project/green-thumb-giving/10199612/","projectTitle":"Green Thumb Giving!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Jaime Robinson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5189423_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1519496461578","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/jaime-robinson"},{"teacherId":5189423,"projectId":10092494,"letterContent":"On behalf of our young students, we would like to express our sincere gratitude for your generous donation of STEM supplies. Your kindness and thoughtfulness will make a meaningful difference in the lives of our students by providing them with valuable learning resources and a comfortable space to read, study, and grow.\r\n\r\nYour generosity helps me create a welcoming and supportive learning environment where young minds can explore, learn, and develop a love for STEM and education.\r\n\r\nThank you for investing in our students and supporting their educational journey. We truly appreciate your generosity and the positive impact you are making in our learning community.\r\n\r\nWith heartfelt appreciation and gratitude,\r\n\r\nThank you for helping our young learners build a brighter future!","fullyFundedDate":1778062047789,"projectUrl":"project/the-magic-of-magna-tiles/10092494/","projectTitle":"The Magic of Magna-Tiles","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Jaime Robinson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5189423_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1519496461578","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/jaime-robinson"},{"teacherId":5189423,"projectId":10091868,"letterContent":"On behalf of our young students, we would like to express our sincere gratitude for your generous donation of STEM supplies. Your kindness and thoughtfulness will make a meaningful difference in the lives of our students by providing them with valuable learning resources and a comfortable space to read, study, and grow.\r\n\r\nThe generosity of Herb Kohl Philanthropies helps me create a welcoming and supportive learning environment where young minds can explore, learn, and develop a love for STEM and education.\r\n\r\nThank you for investing in our students and supporting their educational journey. We truly appreciate your generosity and the positive impact you are making in our learning community.\r\n\r\nWith heartfelt appreciation and gratitude,\r\n\r\nThank you for helping our young learners build a brighter future!","fullyFundedDate":1778062029903,"projectUrl":"project/stem-supplies-for-all/10091868/","projectTitle":"STEM Supplies for All","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Jaime Robinson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5189423_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1519496461578","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/jaime-robinson"},{"teacherId":5189423,"projectId":10049606,"letterContent":"On behalf of our young students, we would like to express our sincere gratitude for your generous donation of STEAM Supplies. Your kindness and thoughtfulness will make a meaningful difference in the lives of our students by providing them with valuable learning resources that can inspire their imagination!\r\n\r\nThe generosity of Herb Kohl Philanthropies helps me create a welcoming and supportive learning environment where young minds can explore, learn, and develop a love for STEAM and education.\r\n\r\nThank you for investing in our students and supporting their educational journey. We truly appreciate your generosity and the positive impact you are making in our learning community.\r\n\r\nWith heartfelt appreciation and gratitude,\r\n\r\nThank you for helping our young learners build a brighter future!","fullyFundedDate":1778062046729,"projectUrl":"project/super-stem-supplies/10049606/","projectTitle":"Super STEM Supplies","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Jaime Robinson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5189423_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1519496461578","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/jaime-robinson"},{"teacherId":5189423,"projectId":10048955,"letterContent":"On behalf of our young students, we would like to express our sincere gratitude for your generous donation of books and sitting tables. Your kindness and thoughtfulness will make a meaningful difference in the lives of our students by providing them with valuable learning resources and a comfortable space to read, study, and grow.\r\n\r\nThe generosity of Herb Kohl Philanthropies helps me create a welcoming and supportive learning environment where young minds can explore, learn, and develop a love for reading and education.\r\n\r\nThank you for investing in our students and supporting their educational journey. We truly appreciate your generosity and the positive impact you are making in our learning community.\r\n\r\nWith heartfelt appreciation and gratitude,\r\n\r\nThank you for helping our young learners build a brighter future!","fullyFundedDate":1778061987732,"projectUrl":"project/ready-to-read/10048955/","projectTitle":"Ready to Read!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Jaime Robinson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5189423_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1519496461578","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/jaime-robinson"},{"teacherId":5850547,"projectId":10183065,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping bring our camping dramatic-play adventure to life! Our students have absolutely loved this setup—and they have made it very clear that they are not ready for camping to end! They have begged to keep our camping area set up so they can continue exploring, pretending, and creating their own adventures.\r\n\r\nOur classroom has transformed into a place where students can become explorers, campers, and outdoor adventurers. They love gathering around the campfire, roasting pretend marshmallows, packing up for an adventure, and taking turns \"driving\" the camper. What began as a dramatic-play center has quickly become one of the most popular and engaging areas in our classroom.\r\n\r\nThe most exciting part has been watching their play skills and communication skills take off. Students are creating elaborate pretend scenarios, assigning roles, negotiating who gets to do what, solving problems together, and using language to communicate their ideas. We are hearing conversations and seeing cooperative play that we simply weren't seeing at the same level before.\r\n\r\nThe camping setup has also given students opportunities to practice important social-emotional skills in a very natural way. They are learning to take turns, share materials, listen to their friends' ideas, compromise, and work together to keep their pretend adventure going.\r\n\r\nThank you for giving our students the opportunity to learn through imagination, play, exploration, and connection. Your generosity has created a classroom experience that our students are truly excited about—and, judging by their requests, our camping adventure is definitely not over yet!","fullyFundedDate":1778062048653,"projectUrl":"project/we-are-going-on-a-bear-hunt/10183065/","projectTitle":"We Are Going on a Bear Hunt!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Vandermause","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5850547_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1544057815383","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-vandermausesclassroom"},{"teacherId":5850547,"projectId":10165762,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our project, Growing Calm Bodies & Focused Minds Through Movement\"! Your generosity has brought new opportunities for our 4K students to move, regulate, explore, and learn through their bodies with all the sensory items.\r\n\r\nOur students were so excited when they first saw the new materials! They immediately wanted to touch, try, climb, balance, and explore everything. What may look like \"just movement\" to a young child is actually building important skills such as balance, coordination, motor planning, body awareness, strength, and self-regulation.\r\n\r\nWe are using these resources throughout our daily classroom routine—not only during structured movement activities, but also as tools for brain breaks, sensory regulation, gross-motor exploration, and purposeful play. We have already seen students encourage one another to use the weighted sensory stuffed animals and the emotion timers to help regulate.\r\n\r\nOne of our favorite moments has been watching students use movement as a way to help their bodies become ready to learn. After active movement, students are often better able to slow their bodies down, focus their attention, and transition into activities such as literacy, math, centers, or rest time. We are teaching them that it is okay to recognize what their bodies need and that movement can be a positive tool for feeling calm, focused, and ready to learn.\r\n\r\nAs we continue our year, we will keep incorporating these materials into our play-based learning and daily movement opportunities. Our next steps are to help students become more independent in choosing appropriate movement activities, sensory breaks, and identifying how different types of movement make their bodies feel.\r\n\r\nThank you for investing in our youngest learners. You have helped us create a classroom where children can move, regulate, build confidence, and grow as learners. Your support is making a meaningful difference in our students' everyday experiences! ❤️","fullyFundedDate":1778062011623,"projectUrl":"project/growing-calm-bodies-focused-minds-thro/10165762/","projectTitle":"Growing Calm Bodies & Focused Minds Through Movement","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Vandermause","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5850547_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1544057815383","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-vandermausesclassroom"},{"teacherId":9450440,"projectId":10024830,"letterContent":"First of all, I was able to get some 5th and 6th grade students to BUILD our new resources and YES some of those students were once my students! My heart was already full! \r\nI'm not sure who was more excited the children or me! I stayed late after school and set up a whole new corner of our classroom to be our market! The kids were so excited- they loved it! It brings them real life experiences! We then added the fresh market stand which worked perfectly with our current unit. We are learning \"All About Me!\" With this curriculum we are learning about keeping our bodies, healthy, and making good choices!","fullyFundedDate":1778062049602,"projectUrl":"project/more-free-time-please/10024830/","projectTitle":"More Free Time Please!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Tina","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9450440_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1786761918777","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9450440"},{"teacherId":5968908,"projectId":10094451,"letterContent":"Thank you for supporting my classroom and helping us purchase some letter activities. We will use these manipulatives daily for projects, themed-activities, play time, and learning beginning reading skills. The students love to \"play with toys\" and don't even realize the learning taking place while they are exploring at their table spots. These activities will also teach us basic sounds, practice letter names, and help us spell beginning words.\r\n\r\nOur class is beginning to understand the concepts of letters, letter sounds, and how to form them. I have introduced some of the activities already, and they have really enjoyed playing with them. I know they will be so excited to practice these skills in new ways when I show them the other manipulatives we received for our classroom once their letter awareness skills are more solid.\r\n\r\nThank you again for contributing to our kindergarten classroom- the students and I are so grateful for your help and generosity!","fullyFundedDate":1778061911981,"projectUrl":"project/every-word-should-be-a-sight-word/10094451/","projectTitle":"Every Word Should be a Sight Word!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Krueger","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5968908_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1732053441946","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5968908"},{"teacherId":5968908,"projectId":10094396,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our classroom! We started a new curriculum this year and are working hard to design more play areas that are related to our new units. Some of the new units are \"Farm\" and \"Plants\". We learn so much through play and experiences, so we are VERY excited to have new materials for our dramatic play that you have purchased for our classroom.\r\n\r\nWe will be providing play opportunities through a Farm area with animals, vegetables, and other Farm essentials needed to make a farm run successfully. I also plan to set up a market center for our Plants unit to focus on plant parts, how plants grow, plants we eat, and foster basic economic skills.\r\n\r\nWe plan to use these play area as an informal assessments for these units. Students often share more of their learning through play and conversation than on a paper-pencil test. We will continue to get creative with adding more dramatic play options for students to explore. We are so grateful for your support and really appreciate your generous donation!","fullyFundedDate":1778061919182,"projectUrl":"project/planting-seeds-for-the-future/10094396/","projectTitle":"Planting Seeds for the Future!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Krueger","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5968908_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1732053441946","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5968908"},{"teacherId":5968908,"projectId":10094379,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our classroom! We started a new curriculum this year and are working hard to design more play areas that are related to our new units. Some of the new units are \"Farm\", \"Plants\", and \"Geography\". We learn so much through play and experiences, so we are VERY excited to have new materials for our dramatic play that you have purchased for our classroom.\r\n\r\nWe will be providing play opportunities through a Farm area with animals, vegetables, and other Farm essentials needed to make a farm run successfully. I also plan to set up a market center for our Plants unit to focus on plant parts, how plants grow, plants we eat, and foster basic economic skills. \r\n\r\nWe plan to use these play area as an informal assessments for these units. Students often share more of their learning through play and conversation than on a paper-pencil test. We will continue to get creative with adding more dramatic play options for students to explore. We are so grateful for your support and really appreciate your generous donation!","fullyFundedDate":1778061947005,"projectUrl":"project/calling-all-doctors-and-vets/10094379/","projectTitle":"Calling All Doctors and Vets!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Krueger","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5968908_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1732053441946","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5968908"},{"teacherId":5968908,"projectId":10094122,"letterContent":"Thank you for supporting my classroom and helping us purchase some letter activities and basic classroom essentials. We will use these manipulatives daily for projects, themed-activities, play time, and learning beginning reading skills. The students love to \"play with toys\" and don't even realize the learning taking place while they are exploring at their table spots. These activities will also teach us basic sounds, practice letter names, and help us spell beginning words.\r\n\r\nOur class is beginning to understand the concepts of letters, letter sounds, and how to form them. I have introduced some of the activities already, and they have really enjoyed playing with them. I know they will be so excited to practice these skills in new ways when I show them the other manipulatives we received for our classroom once their letter awareness skills are more solid.\r\n\r\nThank you again for contributing to our 4K classroom- the students and I are so grateful for your help and generosity!","fullyFundedDate":1774029804755,"projectUrl":"project/classroom-essentials/10094122/","projectTitle":"Classroom Essentials","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Krueger","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5968908_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1732053441946","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5968908"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_37513","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":310,"numTeachers":28,"percentFrplEligible":42,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":0,"percentWhite":87,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":6,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":0,"percentMultiracialImputed":4,"gradesServed":"Pre-K - 6","studentTeacherRatio":"11.1:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"RURAL","ncesMetroType":"RURAL_DISTANT"},"inStateSupporters":49.4,"schoolId":37513,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Algoma Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Algoma Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/wisconsin/algoma-school-district/algoma-elementary-school/37513"}