{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Amundsen High School","outOfStateSupporters":24.8,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":2234210,"projectId":10487734,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our Graphic Arts and Film students! We've already received most of the items just in time for the first day of school, and they're already being put to use.\r\n\r\nOur new printer is already cranking out worksheets and activities so students can balance their screen time with more hands-on creating. The new monitor straps are also helping us get the classroom ready for a year of designing, editing, filmmaking, and experimenting with new ideas.\r\n\r\nI'm super grateful to everyone who helped fund this project so quickly -- in less than a day! Thank you for giving our students the tools they need to turn their ideas into something real!","fullyFundedDate":1787166941459,"projectUrl":"project/a-better-view-for-viking-artists/10487734/","projectTitle":"A Better View for Viking Artists","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Breen","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2234210_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1461721990797","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/graphicartsvikings"},{"teacherId":2234210,"projectId":10268166,"letterContent":"These snacks arrived at the perfect time, just as we were wrapping up the school year! Thank you! Students were finishing final projects, organizing materials, and helping clean and reset the classroom after a long year, so having a snack during those busy final days really helped. We also used them during our Seeds of Change Garden Club summer activities, when students spent time outside planting, gardening, and building benches around our school grounds.\r\n\r\nWe're also excited that we still have plenty of snacks left to welcome next year's students! Having them on hand will be especially helpful for students who need a little boost during class or stay after school for Film Club and Seeds of Change. It might seem like a small thing, but being able to offer students a snack while they are creating or volunteering their time helps make our classroom and club spaces feel more welcoming and supportive. Thank you again for helping us care for our students!","fullyFundedDate":1778386631141,"projectUrl":"project/viking-fuel-for-focus-film-and-fresh-a/10268166/","projectTitle":"Viking Fuel for Focus, Film, and Fresh Air","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Breen","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2234210_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1461721990797","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/graphicartsvikings"},{"teacherId":6627238,"projectId":10186422,"letterContent":"I am absolutely thrilled and incredibly grateful for your generous support of our theater project! Your kindness funded the essential costumes, set materials, and props that completely transformed our production. They were able to design and build their own custom choices with all of these supplies. \r\n\r\nTheater builds confidence, teamwork, and empathy, and by providing these tangible materials, you helped my students truly connect with their characters and take immense pride in their hard work. You haven't just funded a project—you've created a core memory and allowed our students to experience the true magic of the stage. Thank you for investing in our classroom, our creativity, and our students!","fullyFundedDate":1776003959275,"projectUrl":"project/building-robin-hood/10186422/","projectTitle":"Building Robin Hood","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Bean","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6627238_orig.jpg?crop=1607,1607,x17,y112&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1583888771478","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/vikingtheatercompany"},{"teacherId":6627238,"projectId":10186645,"letterContent":"I am absolutely thrilled and incredibly grateful for your generous support of our theater project! Your kindness funded the essential costumes, set materials, and props that completely transformed our production. They were able to design and build their own custom choices with all of these supplies. \r\n\r\nTheater builds confidence, teamwork, and empathy, and by providing these tangible materials, you helped my students truly connect with their characters and take immense pride in their hard work. You haven't just funded a project—you've created a core memory and allowed our students to experience the true magic of the stage. Thank you for investing in our classroom, our creativity, and our students!","fullyFundedDate":1776434526360,"projectUrl":"project/building-fantastic-mr-fox/10186645/","projectTitle":"Building Fantastic Mr. Fox","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Bean","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6627238_orig.jpg?crop=1607,1607,x17,y112&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1583888771478","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/vikingtheatercompany"},{"teacherId":2234210,"projectId":9578867,"letterContent":"As I started teaching Film & Animation, I worked to revamp the previous curriculum by including more contemporary films and giving students more opportunities to create—not just analyze. This project helped my students create short films with stronger visuals, clearer audio, and more intentional storytelling.\r\n\r\nThe tripods, microphones, reflectors, and stabilizers showed students how smartphones can become real filmmaking tools, not just devices for consuming media. Because of this project, students created short films in class this year, and we have now started a Film Club so even more students can explore filmmaking after school!","fullyFundedDate":1759025026133,"projectUrl":"project/lights-sound-action-essential-gear-fo/9578867/","projectTitle":"Lights, Sound, Action: Essential Gear for Viking Filmmakers","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Breen","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2234210_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1461721990797","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/graphicartsvikings"},{"teacherId":1581412,"projectId":9324326,"letterContent":"From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for your generosity in these donations! Thanks to your involvement, we were able to purchase the essential drawing tools which included drawing pencils, colored pencils and colorless blenders. Because of this, you played a key role in the drawing skills my Art 1 students obtained this year. This year, we were able to learn how to draw self portraits by learning the proportions of a face and then adjusting that foundational sketch to look more like themselves. It was a long journey of observational drawing and well worth it! Students were shocked by their ability to not only draw but to also shade in their work with the drawing pencil kits every student got with your donations. In my Art 2 class, students had a blast learning how to PROPERLY use colored pencils and got a few lessons on blending. Those beautiful colored pencil kits were perfect for helping students learn how to mix their own color variations while also creating experimentational self portraits, as well as working on our newest unit of creating thematic sticker packs. In our sticker unit, students were able to choose their own unique theme and create original sticker designs by using the colored pencils to their highest saturation. Their original designs stayed safe in their sketchbooks, as they learned how to upload them for mass production onto a sticker template. These sticker packs were then shared with other students, friends, and family. Because who doesn't love a sticker?! Thank you for providing these foundational materials! While they may seem ordinary, it's the imagination that transforms these tools into its fullest potential. You were a part of those magical moments!","fullyFundedDate":1754435095607,"projectUrl":"project/finding-that-creative-spark/9324326/","projectTitle":"Finding that Creative Spark!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Barba","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1581412_orig.jpg?crop=1478,1478,x0,y26&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1593445743303","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1581412"},{"teacherId":1581412,"projectId":9584820,"letterContent":"From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for your generosity in these donations! Thanks to your involvement, we were able to start the year with fresh sharpies for our zentangle mediation artwork as students emphasized pattern aspects within fun watercolor designs. For my Art 2 class, students had a great time learning about the reduction technique as they learned how to create different colorful stamps out of one surface and then print editions of their unique and personalized ideas. Along with those materials, know that you also donated towards acrylic pen markers that were extremely helpful for some individual students that needed an alternative to painting with a brush. It was because of you that those teens were able to follow alongside their peers with these modified tools during our Artist Study Painting Unit. Thank you for helping to stock up the classroom with some crucial supplies for this year but for also making it accessible to a variety of skill levels as well. The art room is a place that welcomes all. You were a part of creating that welcoming environment!","fullyFundedDate":1756983347361,"projectUrl":"project/finding-that-creative-spark-pt2/9584820/","projectTitle":"Finding that Creative Spark! (Pt.2)","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Barba","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1581412_orig.jpg?crop=1478,1478,x0,y26&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1593445743303","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1581412"},{"teacherId":3045431,"projectId":9772017,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for taking the time and donating your money to my classroom. It is no small action you take AND it makes a BIG difference in my art studio classroom. \r\n\r\nWe have had numerous shrinky dink gatherings! Art club has worked with them a few times and loved it! (I forgot to take photos since I was working the toaster oven!) and now the track kids come in after school to make charms for their cleats before each meet!\r\nWe have used them in Art 2 and will use them in a Art 1 closer to the end of the year. \r\n\r\nThe toaster is perfect with it's little tray and the amount of sheets we were able to get will go far! The PrismaColor pencils are really great for blending designs AND have been used by students in my advanced art portfolio class too! I am trying to keep them locked away just for the shrinky dinks, but student artist LOVE Prismacolors' quality! I think I need to get more through another DonorsChoose project! Stay tuned! :-)","fullyFundedDate":1767746159413,"projectUrl":"project/shrinky-dink-fun-times-in-the-studio/9772017/","projectTitle":"Shrinky Dink Fun Times In The Studio","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. MacBeth","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3045431_orig.jpg?crop=772,772,x807,y893&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1593300979907","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3045431"},{"teacherId":3045431,"projectId":9609969,"letterContent":"​Thank you so much for taking the time and donating your money to my classroom. It is no small action you take, but it makes a BIG difference in my art studio classroom.\r\n\r\nWith 150 students passing through the studio each day, brushes get many miles on them. These brushes that YOUR donation supplied have been great! They are holding up through the mixing, painting, and washing over and over.\r\n\r\nStudents appreciate nice things, and treat nice brushes better than ones that lose bristles in their paintings! We have a great variety now, round, flat, large and small because of your generous donation to my classroom project. \r\n\r\nThank you again for your generosity.","fullyFundedDate":1755693295204,"projectUrl":"project/quality-paint-brushes-make-a-difference/9609969/","projectTitle":"Quality Paint Brushes Make A Difference","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. MacBeth","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3045431_orig.jpg?crop=772,772,x807,y893&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1593300979907","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3045431"},{"teacherId":3045431,"projectId":9203725,"letterContent":"Thank you, donors, for supporting my Art Material stash! These handy paint sticks have been really fun in the studio for quick work that doesn't require getting set up with water and brushes. Students can work spontaniously on their artwork without needing painting skills. We have found that the Ooly Chunkies paint sticks work on many surfaces too, making it a great media for mixed media studio time; students have used them on cardboard, collaged surface, and any paper or canvas. \r\n\r\nI appreciate your generosity as these specialty products don't make it into the basic school materials order. Being able to offer a student something unique makes them feel lifted and motivates them when they are stuck or struggling with technique; this frees them up: \"Get loose! Use the Chunkies!\"","fullyFundedDate":1746646110560,"projectUrl":"project/paint-sticks-make-it-easy-for-anyone-to/9203725/","projectTitle":"Paint Sticks Make It Easy For Anyone to Paint","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. MacBeth","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3045431_orig.jpg?crop=772,772,x807,y893&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1593300979907","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3045431"},{"teacherId":6627238,"projectId":9964592,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your support of our project. The students were so excited to try out the press. We already had a printer and tote bags, so the students got right to chatting about possible design ideas and how they would look on the bag. Then they were able to print them out. Once printed, it was simple for the students to place the designs on the tote bags. Previously, we had to use a small iron to try to get the designs printed and it did not work well. The students said they felt like they were working in an actual custom clothing store with this press. They quickly made their tote bags and you could see the joy in their projects.","fullyFundedDate":1767815549099,"projectUrl":"project/printing-custom-bags/9964592/","projectTitle":"Printing Custom Bags","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Bean","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6627238_orig.jpg?crop=1607,1607,x17,y112&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1583888771478","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/vikingtheatercompany"},{"teacherId":2987105,"projectId":10117304,"letterContent":"My students were absolutely thrilled to receive the brains for dissection! The kids eyes definitely popped when they saw what they would be dissecting. They were intrigued for sure!\r\n\r\nThe new resources will be used during our year long anatomy study of the structures and functions of the human body. The sheep brains were an amazing culminating activity for the students at the end of our nervous system units. These brains and the exciting act of dissecting really motivated my students to keep working hard through a challenging unit to learn. Students are excited to pursue more knowledge in their future college classes.\r\n\r\nThe students knew this project was upcoming and word spreads around the whole school about what a cool activity we are doing. Thank you for spreading inspiration and kindness to my students!","fullyFundedDate":1772130130322,"projectUrl":"project/we-need-brains-to-dissect/10117304/","projectTitle":"We Need Brains! 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