{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Alice Ott Middle School","outOfStateSupporters":27.3,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":8540596,"projectId":10600216,"letterContent":"My students were so excited to see that I ordered new things for my prize bin. The fidgets were a big hit. \r\n\r\nRewarding students for using scratch paper encourages them to use scratch paper and show their work instead of guessing.\r\n\r\nHaving prizes that kids really want helps with that whole process. \r\n\r\nBecause we write on a whiteboard a lot, having new markers and decent erasers is really important. It allows us to have students working collaboration and each student can have a different color marker.","fullyFundedDate":1789242343765,"projectUrl":"project/math-tools/10600216/","projectTitle":"Math Tools","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Christensen","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8540596_orig.jpg?crop=3024,3024,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1686699969523","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8540596"},{"teacherId":8540596,"projectId":10436672,"letterContent":"Thank you for donating to my Otter Pop Project. Having a cool treat on hot days is very impactful because my classroom doesn't have air conditioning and the cool treat allows my students to take a quick Otter Pop break and then go right back to working.\r\n\r\nStudents get excited when the boxes get delivered. They will ask most days if I have enough frozen Otter Pops to give out. Of course, I don't give them out daily but save them for the hottest days.\r\n\r\nIt really helps when our classroom is above 90 degrees!","fullyFundedDate":1787261702999,"projectUrl":"project/otter-pops/10436672/","projectTitle":"Otter Pops!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Christensen","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8540596_orig.jpg?crop=3024,3024,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1686699969523","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8540596"},{"teacherId":8540596,"projectId":10435944,"letterContent":"I use the snacks that you help to fund for students who have last lunch, missed breakfast, or just need a snack. The impact on the students is tremendous because they can stay focused on working since they aren't focused on their hunger. \r\n\r\nEach time that new snacks come, students are excited to see what came and they look forward to having those choices added to the snack bin. \r\n\r\nThere is never a class period that passes without several students reminding me that they are hungry and these snacks make a huge difference in how my students learn.","fullyFundedDate":1787285179149,"projectUrl":"project/math-snacks/10435944/","projectTitle":"Math Snacks","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Christensen","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8540596_orig.jpg?crop=3024,3024,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1686699969523","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8540596"},{"teacherId":8683811,"projectId":10243406,"letterContent":"When I opened the box and mounted the oversized timer on the board, the room went completely quiet for a second before a wave of wide-eyed curiosity took over. Middle schoolers thrive on visual structure, but time is often abstract for them—telling a twelve-year-old they have \"ten minutes left\" rarely translates to a realistic pace. Having that bright red disk clearly visible from anywhere in the room grounded them immediately. It stripped away the guessing game and gave them a physical anchor for their workday.\r\n\r\nWe put it to use right away during a U.S. History station activity where students rotate through a limited set of textbooks and document sets. In the past, timed rotations meant constant interruptions with students asking how much time was left, or sudden panic when time ran out before they finished reading. With the timer running, the dynamic changed entirely. Students glanced at the board on their own, saw the red disk disappearing, and quietly picked up their pace to wrap up their notes. The transition between stations was seamless because everyone could anticipate the end of the block well before it arrived.\r\n\r\nMoving forward into our World History unit, we are using the timer to break larger research assignments down into manageable visual chunks. It allows my students to focus on deep reading and writing without the underlying anxiety of an unknown deadline. Your generosity provided far more than just a useful classroom tool—it gave my students the structure they need to build real self-reliance and focus every single day. Thank you for directly supporting our classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1782483432286,"projectUrl":"project/visualizing-history-making-every-minute/10243406/","projectTitle":"Visualizing History: Making Every Minute Of Class Count","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Cavin","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-6_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8683811"},{"teacherId":9264775,"projectId":10233529,"letterContent":"We did it! The students made it through testing, did their based and we got to enjoy each others' company until the end of the year. The snacks and tissues go so far in terms of taking care of basic needs for my students. And not so secretly, snacks are a great classroom management tool :). Thank you for believing in our mission. No kid should come to school hungry and have to make it through the day with a grumbling tummy.\r\n\r\nMy students feel so incredibly cared for when I'm able to provide that snack when they feel so hungry that they can't think straight. They feel like there is someone at school that really cares for them beyond just their grades. Thank you for investing in those relationships and that feeling of care. All kids deserve to feel that way.","fullyFundedDate":1778206306646,"projectUrl":"project/the-essentials/10233529/","projectTitle":"The Essentials","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Landis","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9264775_orig.jpg?crop=1322,1322,x277,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1694070145595","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9264775"},{"teacherId":9264775,"projectId":10115760,"letterContent":"Thank you for believing in my classroom, my students and what I aim to do with them each and every day. Unfortunately, the wobble stools were not available so those funds were donated to the donors choose community. We have raised over $900 to support students and the materials needed to make the best out of our educational opportunities this year.\r\n\r\nThe elastic was put to good use. It is one of the tools that I use to be able to put up dry erase boards all over my classroom. My students have commented that they enjoy using dry erase boards because, \"it gets me up and moving and helps me get some of the energy out.\" I also enjoy them because it gets my students sharing ideas and I've seen them be more willing to engage in difficult problems with multiple brains to try and work their way through it.\r\n\r\nWe really appreciate your support here at school.","fullyFundedDate":1772819603609,"projectUrl":"project/the-wiggles/10115760/","projectTitle":"The Wiggles","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Landis","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9264775_orig.jpg?crop=1322,1322,x277,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1694070145595","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9264775"},{"teacherId":8683811,"projectId":10148268,"letterContent":"Honestly, I can't even begin to tell you what a difference this laminator has made in my classroom. Before your donation came through, my World History periods were just a constant, stressful juggle. The textbooks we have are actually great, but because we only have 15 of them for a class of 30 kids, every single day started with a headache. I had to ask teenagers to drag their desks together, squeeze into someone else's space, and try to read at the exact same speed as their partner. It just wasn't working. The fast readers felt held back, and the kids who needed a little extra time to process things felt incredibly rushed and self-conscious. In high school, the absolute last thing you want is for a kid to feel embarrassed just because they read at a different pace than the person sitting next to them.\r\n\r\nThe most exciting thing for the kids has been the simple fact that they finally have something of their own. There is a totally different energy in the room now when the bell rings. Instead of me telling them to partner up, I can just walk down the rows and drop an individual, laminated chapter packet onto every single desk. You can literally see the relief on their faces. They can finally spread out their papers, lean back, and take their time reading without the weird social pressure of slowing someone else down. For a lot of my students, that change alone completely lowered their walls and let them actually focus on the history.\r\n\r\nBut the coolest part has been watching how my hands-on and visual learners are using them. I have a handful of students—especially those who are still learning English or who really struggle to stay focused—who used to just glaze over when they looked at a big page of text. They'd see a wall of words and just give up. Now, give those same kids a dry-erase marker, and everything changes.\r\n\r\nBecause they know they can just wipe the pages clean at the end of the hour, they aren't afraid to mess up. I look around the room now and see kids circling vocabulary words they don't know, drawing arrows connecting ideas, and scribbling thoughts right in the margins of the laminated pages. They are actually interacting with the text instead of just staring at it. One of my quietest kids, who usually doesn't say a word all period, looked up at me last week and said it finally feels like they are actually doing the work instead of just looking at it.\r\n\r\nYou've helped me build the perfect bridge for these kids over the next two years while we wait on district budgets for our next curriculum adoption. Because of your help, my students aren't missing out on using these great books just because we are short on copies. Thank you so much for stepping up and making this happen for my classroom. It means the world to us!","fullyFundedDate":1776030305916,"projectUrl":"project/bridging-the-gap-30-students-15-books/10148268/","projectTitle":"Bridging the Gap: 30 Students, 15 Books","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Cavin","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-6_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8683811"},{"teacherId":9264775,"projectId":10068002,"letterContent":"My students breathed a deep sigh of relief that our snack supply got replenished. They are so happy to be able to shove a snack in their mouths while trying a challenging math problem. Your donation makes thinking, persevering and being kind until lunch time or battling through that last class of the day just a little bit easier.\r\n\r\nMy students have enough challenges that they are battling on a daily basis. I thank you for helping me to provide some of the basics to help them out and make school just a little bit easier for them. We are coming up on that testing time of year where being able to think deeply becomes that much more important. Your snacks will be put to very good use.","fullyFundedDate":1771186639679,"projectUrl":"project/snack-attack/10068002/","projectTitle":"Snack Attack","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Landis","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9264775_orig.jpg?crop=1322,1322,x277,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1694070145595","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9264775"},{"teacherId":8540596,"projectId":10037393,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting my students and their need for a snack in the middle of the day. It makes the work continue without interruption for hunger.\r\n\r\nStudents are always excited when we get snacks to add to the collection. They get very inquisitive when the boxes arrive and cannot wait for me to open them. I get many requests for new things into the snack options for each day.\r\n\r\nMy students always appreciate when there's a variety of snacks. Your donation is very much appreciated. It allows my students to be mathematicians.","fullyFundedDate":1771029058703,"projectUrl":"project/math-snacks/10037393/","projectTitle":"Math Snacks","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Christensen","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8540596_orig.jpg?crop=3024,3024,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1686699969523","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8540596"},{"teacherId":9264775,"projectId":9885203,"letterContent":"My students are so appreciative of the snacks. Thank you for supporting us and believing in us. I truly believe in doing everything in my ability help our students and support the different backgrounds that they come from. You help me do that by providing a classroom snack. Sometimes those snacks help out behavior in our class, hangry is definitely a thing. Sometimes those snacks help my students to just be able to think their way through things and make good decisions. The impact that this has is everlasting. This week a couple of students from last year came back to help me out after school to get ready for the weekend. They mentioned that they could always count on a snack in my room. You are creating that feeling of feeling cared for in my classroom by helping me provide a snack and I really appreciate it.","fullyFundedDate":1762791889317,"projectUrl":"project/brain-food/9885203/","projectTitle":"Brain Food","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Landis","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9264775_orig.jpg?crop=1322,1322,x277,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1694070145595","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9264775"},{"teacherId":8540596,"projectId":10002187,"letterContent":"Thank you so much again for donating seaweed because my students love it as their first choice of snack. They often make some rice in my rice maker to go with it. \r\n\r\nIt really helps them to continue to focus during the class, especially the one that's right before lunch. Sometimes that lunch is at 1:20 so they need a little something to keep them going. \r\n\r\nHaving a variety of snack choices is also helpful because then there's something that each person likes. It also helps to make sure that there is something that kids aren't allergic to.","fullyFundedDate":1768410240069,"projectUrl":"project/seaweed-snacks-for-math/10002187/","projectTitle":"Seaweed Snacks for Math!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Christensen","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8540596_orig.jpg?crop=3024,3024,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1686699969523","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8540596"},{"teacherId":9264775,"projectId":9742911,"letterContent":"It is with great gratitude that I can share my students' smiles and warmth with you. Snacks in our classroom are very much appreciated and the students' behavior improves greatly when they have something to eat. I have found that my students are far more enjoyable to interact with when they have something in their stomachs.\r\n\r\nEvery year that I have had 3rd lunch, at around 1pm, my students have found it difficult to focus. As their teacher I want to say thank you for helping me get the most out of my students and helping them overcome the obstacle of such a late lunch. It is very much appreciated.","fullyFundedDate":1759255185070,"projectUrl":"project/snacks-for-math/9742911/","projectTitle":"Snacks for Math","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Landis","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9264775_orig.jpg?crop=1322,1322,x277,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1694070145595","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9264775"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_88176","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":614,"numTeachers":38,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":16,"percentBlack":13,"percentWhite":30,"percentIndigenous":1,"percentLatinx":27,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":2,"percentMultiracialImputed":7,"gradesServed":"6 - 8","studentTeacherRatio":"16.2:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":72.7,"schoolId":88176,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Alice Ott Middle School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Alice Ott Middle School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/oregon/david-douglas-school-district-40/alice-ott-middle-school/88176"}