{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Animo Jefferson Charter Middle School","outOfStateSupporters":16.4,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":8852616,"projectId":9231911,"letterContent":"My 6th graders love holding book clubs! Each student was reading a different book and wrote a letter about a topic in their book before meeting in the book club. This allowed each student to share their knowledge and opinions about the book with their peers, and all students benefited from being introduced to the book. Even if a student didn't read the book, they learned about it. \r\n\r\nMeeting with the book club became a priority in the classroom and an activity that all students looked forward to. I felt lucky to be in a classroom where students were actively discussing different books and enjoying reading, sharing, and meeting to hold discussions about characters, plot, setting, and conflict.","fullyFundedDate":1746482600081,"projectUrl":"project/6th-grade-book-clubs/9231911/","projectTitle":"6th Grade Book Clubs","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Mendez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8852616_orig.png?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1673307735645","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8852616"},{"teacherId":8852616,"projectId":9789018,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for investing in my classroom. We have a high number of newcomer students. They are coming in with strong Spanish skills, which is helping them learn English quickly. Even though they are learning quickly, having a Spanish copy of the novel is extremely helpful to them. They can fully understand the novel's plot. Then they practice skills in both languages.\r\n\r\nReading in my classroom is fun and enjoyable. My students connect with the characters and the love of animals they portray. They are learning about different ecosystems and Florida wildlife through this book. As well as learning about different weather patterns in other states.\r\n\r\nWith gratitude,\r\nMs. Mendez","fullyFundedDate":1770043099903,"projectUrl":"project/books-in-spanish-for-6th-graders/9789018/","projectTitle":"Books in Spanish for 6th graders","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Mendez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8852616_orig.png?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1673307735645","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8852616"},{"teacherId":8852616,"projectId":10151471,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for investing in my classroom. We have a high number of newcomer students. They are coming in with strong Spanish skills, which is helping them learn English quickly. Even though they are learning quickly, having a Spanish copy of the novel is extremely helpful to them. They can fully understand the novel's plot. Then they practice skills in both languages. \r\n\r\nReading in my classroom is fun and enjoyable. My students connect with the characters and the love of animals they portray. They are learning about different ecosystems and Florida wildlife through this book. As well as learning about different weather patterns in other states.","fullyFundedDate":1773703003701,"projectUrl":"project/books-in-spanish-for-6th-graders/10151471/","projectTitle":"Books in Spanish for 6th graders","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Mendez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8852616_orig.png?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1673307735645","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8852616"},{"teacherId":8852616,"projectId":9085316,"letterContent":"The graphic horror stories offer my students an introduction to the classic horror stories such as Dracula, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Phantom of the Opera, and The Raven. Reading these books as a middle schooler will give them a strong literary foundation for their future literary analyses in high school and beyond. \r\n\r\nMy students will be familiar with and will be able to make inferences and allusions in their writing. I believe my students are really laying a strong foundation for their future writing.","fullyFundedDate":1746482599961,"projectUrl":"project/intervention-class-graphic-novel/9085316/","projectTitle":"Intervention Class-Graphic Novel","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Mendez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8852616_orig.png?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1673307735645","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8852616"},{"teacherId":8852616,"projectId":9338148,"letterContent":"My 8th graders have enjoyed their book clubs. I have one student who has many behavioral issues, but calms right down when it is time for book clubs. He is really enjoying the Dracula graphic novel. \r\n\r\nMy other students are also enjoying reading the graphic novels because the images are helping them understand the story and follow the plot. One of the favorites has been The Fall of the House of Usher. \r\n\r\nI plan to continue to offer book clubs for many years to come, thanks to your donations. My students are reaping the benefits of being introduced to classic horror stories, which will help them make inferences in the future when they read other books.","fullyFundedDate":1756679495006,"projectUrl":"project/graphic-novels-for-reluctant-readers/9338148/","projectTitle":"Graphic Novels for Reluctant Readers","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Mendez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8852616_orig.png?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1673307735645","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8852616"},{"teacherId":39554,"projectId":9670143,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping our running team get jump ropes!\r\n\r\nStudents were thrilled to start using these. They were so excited to unwrap them on our first inclement weather day when we couldn't practice outdoors. Students said they hadn't jumped rope since elementary school - it was a gleeful moment of nostalgia for them. They picked their favorite color and were using them before we even started our actual workout for practice. \r\n\r\nWe share a building with our partner high school, and high schoolers often come after school to visit. On this particular day, seeing us break out the jump ropes, they wanted to join in too :-) So our team grew in size that day as current and former students alike made use of the jump ropes.\r\n\r\nThanks again for this essential fitness item as well as for bringing joy to the kids.","fullyFundedDate":1757289613005,"projectUrl":"project/help-middle-school-marathoners-reach-the/9670143/","projectTitle":"Help Middle School Marathoners Reach Their Goals with Speed Ropes","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Finer","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp39554_orig.jpg?crop=1003,1003,x460,y25&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1735578265081","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/finer"},{"teacherId":39554,"projectId":9608859,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for making it possible to add this resource to my classroom. \r\n\r\nThe spinning bookshelf is a beautiful addition to the room. As soon as it was assembled (my twin brother helped with that!), kids kept commenting on it and wanted to spin it and check out all the books on it. With the spinner right next to my couch and beanbag chair, it has helped create a desirable place for students to read. \r\n\r\nIn addition, the spinning bookshelf has greatly expanded the capacity for my classroom library within my limited space. It's allowed for me to put out more books and better curate collections to engage students in current units in English class, topics in their history or science classes, or cultural heritage months discussed in advisory. \r\n\r\nThanks again.","fullyFundedDate":1755729808211,"projectUrl":"project/spinning-books-for-all/9608859/","projectTitle":"Spinning Books for All","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Finer","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp39554_orig.jpg?crop=1003,1003,x460,y25&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1735578265081","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/finer"},{"teacherId":8852616,"projectId":9094491,"letterContent":"My advisory students are loviiiiiing the handbells! I paired up the handbells with our Wayfinder, our SEL curriculum, and the kids now look forward to Wayfinder days. We have selected our favorite songs to play, and the kids get better every single time. The laughter, joy, and community that this activity brings are irreplaceable. \r\n\r\nThe students were skeptical of the bells the first time. When they learned how easy it was and how they needed each other to play a song, they began to change their minds. Honestly, they ask to play more, and it is hard to say no.\r\n\r\nOur next steps are to memorize songs so that we don't need a video to play. This requires communication and trust with each other. We want to play for other advisory classes so that other classes can invest in the handbells. Our goal is for all advisories to engage with musical activities as it promotes community building.","fullyFundedDate":1740107351091,"projectUrl":"project/handbells-for-7th-grade-advisory/9094491/","projectTitle":"Handbells for 7th grade advisory!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Mendez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8852616_orig.png?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1673307735645","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8852616"},{"teacherId":39554,"projectId":9022704,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generosity in funding this project. What your gift has done goes beyond simply providing books for students to read on such an important topic - it is having a multiplier effect in helping to change the academic culture of our school. \r\n\r\nAt its simplest, your gift (when combined with additional book sets from the USHMM) made learning about the Holocaust accessible to every student in the eighth grade. Stacks of diverse, colorful, high interest books were displayed in the rooms of every teacher with a core eighth grade English class. Students checked them out and expanded their interest and knowledge about the Holocaust and genocide. \r\n\r\nTo multiply the impact, the English teachers, along with our ethnic studies teacher, planned a field to the Museum of Tolerance (Anne Frank exhibit) and the Wende Museum (exhibition on spying and surveillance). Students earned their way onto this trip by demonstrating they had read one of the gifted Holocaust books. Thus, students learned more about the Holocaust ...which got them even more excited to go on a trip to learn more about the Holocaust.\r\n\r\nWhat eventually took hold was that students formed informal book clubs, as they talked about the books in the halls and across classes and would even race to my room to see if the particular books they were hearing about were available.\r\n\r\nThis is the first time we have tried out this approach (earning an academic field trip by reading supplemental texts) in building a more academic culture in our school. Its success is now spurring other teachers to follow our model.\r\n\r\nIn addition, I've shared our approach (including book lists) across the network of educators in the California Collaborative for Holocaust and Genocide Education, and other teachers have expressed plans to adapt it in their own schools.\r\n\r\nAnd now, with eighth graders having returned most of the books they checked out, they are available for students in my sixth grade reading class. And a half-dozen students have already chosen books from the set for their reading ... continuing a virtuous cycle that you, in donating the seed book sets, helped set in motion.\r\n\r\nThank you, once again, for your support.","fullyFundedDate":1735696686113,"projectUrl":"project/graphic-novels-to-tackle-a-challenging-t/9022704/","projectTitle":"Graphic Novels to Tackle a Challenging Topic: the Holocaust","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Finer","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp39554_orig.jpg?crop=1003,1003,x460,y25&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1735578265081","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/finer"},{"teacherId":8852616,"projectId":7930799,"letterContent":"My students in the independent reading class have devoured the Tristan Strong Trilogy. Thank you so much for providing this opportunity for them. As a small charter school, we don't have a library, so having these in my classroom is essential. \r\n\r\nThe 7th graders are often asking for books with characters who look like them, and the Tristan Strong Trilogy has delivered just that. These books are mirrors for my students. \r\n\r\nI love that kids can ask for the next book in the series, and thanks to you, I can offer it immediately. Every year, I read the first chapter and offer the book to students during independent reading time.","fullyFundedDate":1703825074601,"projectUrl":"project/diverse-books/7930799/","projectTitle":"Diverse Books!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Mendez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8852616_orig.png?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1673307735645","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8852616"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_99040","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":454,"numTeachers":null,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":1,"percentWhite":3,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":95,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"6 - 8","studentTeacherRatio":null,"demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":83.6,"schoolId":99040,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Animo Jefferson Charter Middle School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Animo Jefferson Charter Middle School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/california/los-angeles-unified-school-district/animo-jefferson/99040"}