{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"River Heights Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":38.9,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":4058880,"projectId":9876875,"letterContent":"Our Science Olympiad competition was last Saturday, and the students did incredibly well! Their success is a direct result of both their hard work and your generous donation.\r\n\r\nBecause we had access to prepackaged event materials, I was able to spend less time gathering supplies and more time supporting students as they experimented, practiced, and prepared for their events. This year's events included Mission Possible, where students designed and built their own Rube Goldberg machines; Mystery Liquids, where they solved a crime by identifying unknown substances; Disease Detectives; and many more.\r\n\r\nOne of the highlights was watching students use the chromatography kit. Their curiosity and excitement were evident as they observed how different inks separated into unique patterns, colors, and lengths. Moments like these truly brought science to life for them.\r\n\r\nI am confident that these hands-on experiences made a lasting impression on my students, and they were all made possible because of your support. Thank you again for your generosity.","fullyFundedDate":1762971990503,"projectUrl":"project/science-olympiad-materials/9876875/","projectTitle":"Science Olympiad Materials!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. J","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4058880_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1479693426003","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4058880"},{"teacherId":4982665,"projectId":10066634,"letterContent":"It was a rewarding experience to see my students react when they first opened the materials that you donated to our classroom. They were excited and eager to try everything out. They especially like the magnetic building blocks and magnetic men. \r\n\r\nSTEM play can have a meaningful impact on children's social-emotional development and behavioral regulation. When children engage in hands-on problem solving, building, experimenting, and collaborative exploration, they naturally encounter challenges that require patience, persistence, and flexible thinking. These experiences help them develop emotional resilience, as they learn to cope with frustration, manage setbacks, and celebrate small successes. \r\n\r\nSTEM play often occurs in group settings, which fosters communication, cooperation, and empathy; children must share ideas, negotiate roles, and listen to others' perspectives, strengthening their social skills. My students have been using the donated materials in small social-emotional learning groups to achieve these goals.\r\n\r\nMy students have been using the donated materials by themselves as well to help them regulate their emotions when they come to take breaks. The structured yet open-ended nature of STEM activities supports behavioral regulation by encouraging focus, planning, and self-monitoring. As children work toward a goal—such as completing a design or solving a problem—they practice controlling impulses, following sequences, and adjusting their behavior based on feedback. \r\n\r\nThank you for donating toward our project!","fullyFundedDate":1774443282789,"projectUrl":"project/building-calm-through-stem-play/10066634/","projectTitle":"Building Calm Through STEM Play","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Vahlenkamp","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4982665_orig.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1770061166100","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4982665"},{"teacherId":4549843,"projectId":9818358,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation for our classroom. With your donation we were able to buy waterproof gloves, hats and socks. Already this year these items have some in handy helping my students stay warm. You would not believe the amount of kids who show up to school without gloves and hats or who lose theirs between home and school. These have been a daily lifesaver for our grade level. Typically students take what they need to wear for recess, set out to dry after (Wisconsin winters get really wet) and then I wash them when needed and store. These items have worked great!","fullyFundedDate":1764707346345,"projectUrl":"project/gloves-hats-and-socks-for-5th-graders/9818358/","projectTitle":"Gloves, Hats and Socks for 5th Graders!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Bauer","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4549843_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1500816106096","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4549843"},{"teacherId":4549843,"projectId":9818274,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to our classroom. Your generosity has helped us reach our goal of refilling our snack shelf. With your donation, we received some healthy snack options that are available day to day. We know that our basic needs need to be met before we are ready to learn and alert for the day. One of these basic needs is food/hunger. Not all of my students receive the proper nutrition and I love being able to hand them a healthy snack when they need it. My students love the crackers and the granola bars. Being able to hand them a snack is a great source to help them feel full.\"","fullyFundedDate":1763494163153,"projectUrl":"project/healthy-snacks-for-5b/9818274/","projectTitle":"Healthy Snacks for 5B!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Bauer","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4549843_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1500816106096","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4549843"},{"teacherId":3738150,"projectId":9850945,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to our classroom. Your support and genorocity has helped us reach our goal in funding some classroom essentials. With your donation we are now stocked with pencils...and our classroom can never have too many pencils! My students also love the new pencil sharpener that sharpens perfectly with no more jammed sharpeners! We were also able to get some privacy dividers for test taking, quiet reading or any time a student may want a little more privacy as they work. \r\n\r\nWe also love having the sturdy mesh baggies. We can organize our indoor recess game and math manipulatives for easy access and and organized classroom!\r\n\r\nThank you so much!","fullyFundedDate":1764215415629,"projectUrl":"project/classroom-essentials/9850945/","projectTitle":"Classroom Essentials","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Creaser","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3738150_272x272.png?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1505394421414","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3738150"},{"teacherId":4608732,"projectId":9648705,"letterContent":"Wow! Who knew that fresh, new, shiny, squeaky clean whiteboards could be so exciting! Our old dry erase boards were in rough shape and these new boards are a great addition during our large group instruction time on the carpet. We love that the boards are 2-sided! The front side is great for math because there is plenty of open space for students to share their thinking! The back side of the boards are lined, which is fantastic to use during writing and phonics. We use the lines for writing our snap words and practicing our handwriting with proper letter formation using thin markers.\r\n\r\nThank you so much for your generous donation to our classroom. My students and I are very appreciative of your support!","fullyFundedDate":1757082737317,"projectUrl":"project/check-out-my-thinking/9648705/","projectTitle":"Check Out My Thinking!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Anderson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4608732_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1503196822228","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4608732"},{"teacherId":4608732,"projectId":9648726,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for contributing to this project for my super second graders! They love our classroom store and are always very excited to 'buy' on Friday mornings! It has been fun to see their excitement as I have added many of the new items to our classroom store. It has been fun for me to talk about saving our tickets to buy a bigger ticket item, or just choosing to buy something that is a smaller item each week.\r\n\r\nNot only has it been fun to talk about saving our tickets, but the amount of optional homework that my students are completing has increased because they know they can earn a ticket for buying items! Thank you for supporting financial literacy (and independent practice and academics) in my second grade classroom!","fullyFundedDate":1757423342977,"projectUrl":"project/positive-behavior-and-hard-work-pays-off/9648726/","projectTitle":"Positive Behavior and Hard Work Pays Off!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Anderson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4608732_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1503196822228","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4608732"},{"teacherId":3526482,"projectId":9175793,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our classroom with fun new pencils, an electric pencil sharpener, handheld sharpeners, and a crayon sharpener! Having reliable sharpeners are really important as we use pencils each day. Your generosity truly does makes a big difference in our daily learning.\r\n\r\nNow, students are excited to write, draw, and create without the constant frustration of dull pencils or broken crayons. The handheld sharpeners gives each student the independence to sharpen their pencil during instructional or work time quietly and without interruption. \r\n\r\nThank you for contributing to our classroom community and helping me create SHARP Learners. ; )","fullyFundedDate":1747069731939,"projectUrl":"project/third-graders-seek-sharp-pencils/9175793/","projectTitle":"Third Graders Seek Sharp Pencils!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Staatz","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3526482_orig.png?crop=279,279,x0,y23&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1700671088619","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3526482"},{"teacherId":3526482,"projectId":9175722,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our classroom project! Because of your generosity, our classroom economy is up and running, and my students are learning valuable lessons about saving, responsibility, and economy.\r\n\r\nThe students love earning classroom money for their jobs and saving up for treats in our store. Your donation helped fill our store with fidgets, squishes, cars, paper planes, and candy treats. These rewards and treats have been a positive motivation for students to cash in their earnings. This project has helped us build a more positive classroom community where hard work gets rewarded! \r\n\r\nWe are so grateful for your kindness and for making this learning experience possible.","fullyFundedDate":1748634807671,"projectUrl":"project/goodies-for-classroom-rewards/9175722/","projectTitle":"Goodies For Classroom Rewards!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Staatz","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3526482_orig.png?crop=279,279,x0,y23&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1700671088619","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3526482"},{"teacherId":10222255,"projectId":9648261,"letterContent":"My students are using the new items as part of our classroom store. They earn classroom currency by working at their assigned classroom jobs over a 3–4 week period, and at the end of each cycle, they get to visit the classroom store to spend what they've earned. When they first saw all the items available, they were so excited and couldn't wait to start earning and saving. The variety of choices made it even more engaging for them, and they took great pride in being able to make their own spending decisions. Through this experience, students are learning valuable lessons about financial responsibility, including how to budget, save, and make thoughtful choices. We'll continue building on these skills as students track their earnings and set goals for future purchases, making this experience both fun and educational.","fullyFundedDate":1756273663415,"projectUrl":"project/motivating-money-minds-rewards-for-fina/9648261/","projectTitle":"Motivating Money Minds: Rewards for Financial Literacy","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Schultz","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10222255_orig.jpg?crop=315,315,x0,y13&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1756084203175","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10222255"},{"teacherId":4549843,"projectId":9451459,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping to fund these book for our classroom. We have had these books for about 2 weeks now (maybe a little more) and they have become instant hits in our classroom library and are extremely popular. We have had lots of students from other classrooms already borrowing these books from our classroom which is also amazing. My main goal as a classroom teacher is to encourage my students to read lots of different types of books and I am very hopeful that I can also encourage them to be lifelong learners and readers! Thank you for helping me with this dream.","fullyFundedDate":1758805760647,"projectUrl":"project/graphic-novels-and-book-4-5b/9451459/","projectTitle":"Graphic Novels and Book 4 5B!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Bauer","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4549843_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1500816106096","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4549843"},{"teacherId":3738150,"projectId":9621231,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to our classroom. Your generosity helped us reach our goal of filling our classroom store with brand new goodies! They are so thrilled to see a stocked classroom store!\r\n\r\nEach student in our classroom has a specific \"job\" to do at the end of the day or throughout the day. Some of these jobs include our mail person, stool stacker, pillow patrol, tech team plus many more. Having each student help take care of our classrooms gives them pride and ownership in our \"home away from home\". Students are then paid for doing their jobs in our classroom economy and are able to purchase items in our classroom store. The takis are a big hit!\r\n\r\nWith gratitude,\r\nMrs. CreaserThank you so much for helping us","fullyFundedDate":1756249573481,"projectUrl":"project/classroom-community-store/9621231/","projectTitle":"Classroom Community Store","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Creaser","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3738150_272x272.png?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1505394421414","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3738150"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_37284","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":427,"numTeachers":29,"percentFrplEligible":65,"percentAsian":20,"percentBlack":2,"percentWhite":66,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":3,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"14.7:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"TOWN","ncesMetroType":"TOWN_DISTANT"},"inStateSupporters":61.1,"schoolId":37284,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about River Heights Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"River Heights Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/wisconsin/school-district-of-the-menomonie-area/river-heights-elementary-school/37284"}