{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Horizons Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":42.2,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":8324384,"projectId":10148348,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation. It is amazing to see how excited the students are to read these books. I am hearing excited conversations about what they are going to read next. Students are eager to read every book in the series. They are even sharing books! It is so rewarding to watch students get so engaged in their reading. Students are so excited to read and switch out their books each week and this is because of your donations. These books will be enjoyed by many students for years to come. Thank you!","fullyFundedDate":1778015610518,"projectUrl":"project/its-time-to-book-shop/10148348/","projectTitle":"It's Time To Book Shop!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Ferry","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8324384_orig.jpg?crop=960,960,x0,y268&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1644437520050","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ferry"},{"teacherId":5498433,"projectId":10186993,"letterContent":"Thank you for donating to our classroom. My students have really enjoyed already listening to all of our new audio content. They get so exicited everyday when it is time to pick a tonie to listen to during quiet time. \r\n\r\nWhen we first opened the materials, our students wer beyond excited! Thank you for giving them this joy! Seeing how excited they were, was really something special. My students appreciate everything you have done for our classroom to give us new material to listen to, espeically materials that are grade level appropriate.","fullyFundedDate":1777999238496,"projectUrl":"project/terrific-tonies/10186993/","projectTitle":"Terrific Tonies!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Murthy","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5498433_orig.jpg?crop=564,564,x141,y185&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1612039287807","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5498433"},{"teacherId":5498433,"projectId":10183126,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous donation to our classroom. You have given my students access to more stories, songs, and adventures! We love listening to our tonieboxes during silent reading time, as well as use them as an outlet to calm ourselves during times of challenges. \r\n\r\nMy students have been so excited to listen to all of our new stories! Our favorite so far is elephant and piggie because we also have the pigeon tonie as well and they are a hit! We love this author in our classroom. \r\n\r\nThank you again for all your support!","fullyFundedDate":1775757217550,"projectUrl":"project/awesome-audio/10183126/","projectTitle":"Awesome Audio","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Murthy","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5498433_orig.jpg?crop=564,564,x141,y185&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1612039287807","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5498433"},{"teacherId":8324384,"projectId":10140903,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation. It is amazing to see how excited the students are to read these books. I am hearing excited conversations about what they are going to read next. Students are eager to read every book in the series. They are even sharing books! It is so rewarding to watch students get so engaged in their reading. Students are so excited to read and switch out their books each week and this is because of your donations. These books will be enjoyed by many students for years to come. Thank you!","fullyFundedDate":1773868401556,"projectUrl":"project/series-books-for-serious-readers/10140903/","projectTitle":"Series Books for Serious Readers","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Ferry","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8324384_orig.jpg?crop=960,960,x0,y268&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1644437520050","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ferry"},{"teacherId":5498433,"projectId":9865419,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to our classroom. My students love to show their imagination and use their fine motor skills to explore! When we got the matierals, my students were so excited to try all the new things and open all of the boxes. They especially were excited to try the connecting blocks, block robots, and block dinosaurs.\r\n\r\nThey used the connecting blocks to make houses for their block robots, which was so fun to see their creativity come to life. With your donations to our classroom, this engaging play time together was possible for my students! \r\n\r\nThank you!","fullyFundedDate":1768845778794,"projectUrl":"project/constructing-curiousity/9865419/","projectTitle":"Constructing Curiousity","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Murthy","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5498433_orig.jpg?crop=564,564,x141,y185&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1612039287807","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5498433"},{"teacherId":8324384,"projectId":9848363,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donations. The students have already gotten to enjoy the new books! It is such a relief to have enough books for each child to learn from. We use these books for our four modules throughout the year to learn new content, vocabulary words, fluency, phonics, write about reading, and more! It is so important for students to have their own books to learn from so that they can go back and explore as needed and follow along to gain independence with fluency. Your donation will help many students for years to come. Thank you!","fullyFundedDate":1762267517219,"projectUrl":"project/every-student-deserves-a-book/9848363/","projectTitle":"Every Student Deserves A Book","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Ferry","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8324384_orig.jpg?crop=960,960,x0,y268&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1644437520050","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ferry"},{"teacherId":5498433,"projectId":9689350,"letterContent":"Thank you for donating to our project and giving our calm down corner some extra love! These books, audio cards for our yoto, and these tonies really bring us joy! The yoto cards and tonies are something we can and know how to use independently, especially when we need a break from our school work! The books are social skills books that our teachers can read to us when we just need to sit and listen to a read aloud to calm our body. \r\n\r\nWhen we recieved our package, the students were so excited to open them, look at the books, and get all our new cards and tonies downloaded to listen too! Thank you again for your generous donation!","fullyFundedDate":1762267609207,"projectUrl":"project/calm-down-corner-items/9689350/","projectTitle":"Calm Down Corner Items","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Murthy","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5498433_orig.jpg?crop=564,564,x141,y185&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1612039287807","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5498433"},{"teacherId":5498433,"projectId":9798475,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation. These tonies and audiobooks are already being listened to every single day with my students. They are loving having some quiet time just listening to stories and engaging with the characters.\r\n\r\nWe are loving finding books to add to our book shelf that pair with the tonies too! My studnets are able to follow along in the book and listen to the tonie at the same time. It is a nice independent activity that they are able to do on their own and they do not need my help with! \r\n\r\nWe appreciate everything you have done for our classroom! Thank you!","fullyFundedDate":1760703850298,"projectUrl":"project/amazing-audiobooks/9798475/","projectTitle":"Amazing Audiobooks","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Murthy","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5498433_orig.jpg?crop=564,564,x141,y185&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1612039287807","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5498433"},{"teacherId":10004296,"projectId":9267289,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for the donation to provide different lighting for our students. The lamps have allowed us to change the lighting in our space. With the lighting being more calm, we have noticed significant changes in volume levels as well as less behavior issues.\r\n\r\nThe first day we had the lamps out, the students were surprised at first and a little confused. When talking to our older students, the could see and understand the reasoning behind changing the lighting. Other building staff and parents love the look and the way it makes them feel when they walk in the room.\r\n\r\nStudents have also commented on how their eyes feel after being in the room with the calmer lighting. We enjoy the difference this has made and look forward to many more days of calm.","fullyFundedDate":1746817015421,"projectUrl":"project/illuminating-calm/9267289/","projectTitle":"Illuminating Calm","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Christina","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-9_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10004296"},{"teacherId":9287846,"projectId":9470186,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for all of the new classroom supplies you donated to my classroom. I cannot express how helpful it is when students have their own, brand new supplies and do not have to worry about where they might come from! \r\n\r\nWe have been able to do more projects this year as well to show our learning. Having enough markers, pencils, and other supplies make that happen! We appreciate all you do inside and outside of the classroom to help students succeed each day. Thank you again for your support!","fullyFundedDate":1754589419878,"projectUrl":"project/where-did-they-go/9470186/","projectTitle":"Where Did They Go?","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Lansing","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9287846_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1695512805572","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9287846"},{"teacherId":9287846,"projectId":9097016,"letterContent":"My students are obsessed with the new board games in our classroom! We have been playing each Friday to work on direction following, winning/losing, and playing fairly. It has been wonderful to see their progress already!\r\n\r\nThe games also bring lots of joy during indoor recess on those gross, rainy days. They help make them a bit better! We are so thankful for you support inside and outside of the classroom! You have no idea how much it truly means to be able to provide new things to these students and see the smiles on their faces!","fullyFundedDate":1746787008693,"projectUrl":"project/board-game-blues/9097016/","projectTitle":"Board Game Blues","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Lansing","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9287846_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1695512805572","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9287846"},{"teacherId":8324384,"projectId":9362022,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous donations! The students were SO excited to see all of the games. I wish you could have heard to cheers and giggles as we opened each game! It was so neat to see all students working together to teach each other how to play the games. These games provide students the opportunity to play games that they have never seen before. While playing these games, students are practicing social skills, turn taking, math, counting, and so much more. These games were also a great incentive to get our classwork done. Students know that if we get our work done, then they can enjoy some game time. Your donation will put smiles on students' faces for many years to come. THANK YOU!","fullyFundedDate":1749822548936,"projectUrl":"project/games-for-giggles/9362022/","projectTitle":"Games for Giggles","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Ferry","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8324384_orig.jpg?crop=960,960,x0,y268&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1644437520050","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ferry"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_53265","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":312,"numTeachers":36,"percentFrplEligible":76,"percentAsian":10,"percentBlack":5,"percentWhite":49,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":25,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":0,"percentMultiracialImputed":9,"gradesServed":"K - 6","studentTeacherRatio":"8.7:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_SMALL"},"inStateSupporters":57.8,"schoolId":53265,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Horizons Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Horizons Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/wisconsin/appleton-area-school-district/horizons-elementary-school/53265"}