{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Centaurus High School","outOfStateSupporters":14.7,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":9576940,"projectId":10299781,"letterContent":"My students are SO excited to read THE GREAT GATSBY, and to be able to take home their books. Students in my LA 10 struggle with reading and need to be able to take ownership and take their time. Because of your generosity, they will be able to enjoy this classic at their own pace. The stool is wonderful because we have so many students in that classroom, there isn't enough room for a teacher desk! This allows me and my colleagues a chance to sit down during class! Thanks so much for supporting public education.","fullyFundedDate":1780021847838,"projectUrl":"project/gatsby-books-that-will-last/10299781/","projectTitle":"Gatsby Books That Will Last","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Dunbar","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9576940_orig.jpg?crop=3024,3024,x0,y504&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1719348024893","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9576940"},{"teacherId":9250908,"projectId":10217698,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating 75 copies of The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen to our school. These books will support an author visit we are hosting later this year, and participating students will receive their own copy of the book before the event. They will then have the opportunity to hear the author speak and have their books signed.\r\n\r\nWe have followed this same approach for past author visits, and we have found that students are more invested and excited when they have their own copy of the book. Having a physical copy also gives students a keepsake from the experience and helps create a lasting connection to the author, the book, and the opportunity they were given.\r\n\r\nThank you again for your generosity and for helping us make this special experience possible for our students.","fullyFundedDate":1778171652530,"projectUrl":"project/books-for-author-visit/10217698/","projectTitle":"Books for Author Visit!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Turgel","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9250908_orig.jpg?crop=480,480,x0,y51&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1724524432691","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9250908"},{"teacherId":10010034,"projectId":10299764,"letterContent":"The title of my project is surprisingly accurate. Not only do we have brand new books to replace the old, torn versions, we also were bought books that have gold pages and beautiful covers. Students are going to secretly love the new and improved Gatsby's and I'm foreseeing some fighting over who gets the new, gold-paged version versus the original covers. \r\nThis is one of our most beloved books to teach to Sophomores and one of our students favorite books to read. Every year, when asked what book or story they liked best, most students say Gatsby. It's a testimony to Fitzgerald's writing and something to reflect on with it's ability to permeate decades. \r\n\r\nThanks again for providing us such lovely new books.","fullyFundedDate":1780021847810,"projectUrl":"project/a-prettier-gatsby/10299764/","projectTitle":"A Prettier Gatsby","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Wieronski","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10010034_orig.png?crop=1086,1086,x0,y61&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1786137446402","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10010034"},{"teacherId":10010034,"projectId":10276171,"letterContent":"Thank you for providing novels to my students. I was just reading how a book in hand rather than on a screen helps student engagement, comprehension, and increases their ability to remember information. All this is so important to the growth and habits of young minds. My school has a large percentage of students who read below grade level. This type of accommodation will really improve my ability to keep my expectations high but also give my students the tools to succeed. \r\n\r\nAdditionally, I can't wait to teach In the Time of Butterflies with my juniors. It's a compelling and beautiful story about triumph and fighting for what you believe. \r\n\r\nThank you again.","fullyFundedDate":1778868516888,"projectUrl":"project/diversifying-a-curriculum/10276171/","projectTitle":"Diversifying a Curriculum","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Wieronski","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10010034_orig.png?crop=1086,1086,x0,y61&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1786137446402","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10010034"},{"teacherId":10010034,"projectId":10215993,"letterContent":"I really want to thank you for helping make my classroom more welcoming to students. The writer's workshop is all set up and it looks cute and inviting. Even though the school year is new, I've already been handing out the candy and treats to students who show a willingness to work hard with their writing. Plus, the new chairs are a comfy place for students to sit and work while they type away their first essays. \r\n\r\nThanks again, your donation and generosity to the education of our youth means a lot. \r\n-Ms. Wieronski","fullyFundedDate":1778171652705,"projectUrl":"project/a-less-scary-writers-workshop/10215993/","projectTitle":"A Less Scary Writer's Workshop","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Wieronski","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10010034_orig.png?crop=1086,1086,x0,y61&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1786137446402","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10010034"},{"teacherId":9250908,"projectId":10223834,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for funding our library grant to replace well-loved, high-circulation series in our high school library. It has been amazing to begin the school year with fresh copies of books that our students already love and to know these titles are readily available when students are excited to read them. Most of the books arrived by the first day of school, giving us time to catalog them and make them available to students during library orientations, when they visit the library to choose an outside reading book. Nearly all of these new books have already been checked out, so they are officially in the hands of our students! Your generosity has made an immediate and meaningful impact on our students and their access to books they enjoy. Thank you for supporting our readers and our library!","fullyFundedDate":1778868517051,"projectUrl":"project/library-books/10223834/","projectTitle":"Library Books!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Turgel","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9250908_orig.jpg?crop=480,480,x0,y51&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1724524432691","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9250908"},{"teacherId":9310275,"projectId":8574855,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation of books for our students in preparation for our visit with Kwame Alexander. Because of your support, every student had the opportunity to read and connect with his work before meeting him, making the experience even more meaningful. Your generosity helped foster excitement for reading and gave our students a lasting gift they can continue to enjoy long after the event.\r\n\r\nOur visit with Kwame Alexander was truly unforgettable. He was incredibly interactive, warm, and engaging, making every student feel included and inspired. His enthusiasm for storytelling and poetry was contagious, and our students left feeling motivated to read, write, and share their own voices. Thank you for helping make this memorable experience possible—we are so grateful for your investment in our students and their love of literacy.","fullyFundedDate":1723463640255,"projectUrl":"project/our-students-are-going-to-meet-kwame-ale/8574855/","projectTitle":"Our Students Are Going to Meet Kwame Alexander!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Ktsanes","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9310275_orig.jpg?crop=495,495,x432,y419&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1786133615136","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9310275"},{"teacherId":9250628,"projectId":8547047,"letterContent":"I am so sorry for the delayed thank you. This project allowed many science students to engage in the scientific process. Thank you so much for your generous support of our classroom! Because of your donation, my students now have access to much-needed classroom supplies that help us stay organized, engaged, and ready to learn every day.\r\n\r\nWe are already using these new resources in our daily class work and projects. The lab materials allow my students to investigate environmental issues through hands-on learning, which makes our lessons more meaningful and engaging. We also use the markers while creating concept maps to help students organize their thinking, make connections, and better understand important concepts","fullyFundedDate":1729522764322,"projectUrl":"project/engaging-science-activities/8547047/","projectTitle":"Engaging Science Activities","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. McDermott","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9250628_orig.png?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1785775209521","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9250628"},{"teacherId":9250908,"projectId":10105171,"letterContent":"Thanks to your incredible generosity, our high school library is becoming an even more welcoming space where students choose to spend their time learning, creating, and connecting. Your donation of healthy snacks, pens and mechanical pencils, brain teaser puzzles, origami and bracelet-making supplies, and new books like The Magic Fish and The Nightingale helps meet students' academic, creative, and personal needs all in one place. Whether a student needs a snack to get through a long day, supplies to complete an assignment, or a hands-on activity to relax and recharge, these resources will make a meaningful difference. Thank you for helping us create a library where every student feels supported, inspired, and excited to return.","fullyFundedDate":1772653409064,"projectUrl":"project/beyond-books-essential-items-for-the-hi/10105171/","projectTitle":"Beyond Books: Essential Items for the High School Library","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Turgel","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9250908_orig.jpg?crop=480,480,x0,y51&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1724524432691","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9250908"},{"teacherId":10397771,"projectId":10031884,"letterContent":"The students used the resources to create tie dyed t shirts, cardboard boats, robotic parts and wood for the woodshop to create cutting boards. The students loved branching out and using their creativity! \r\n\r\nOur engineering program has over 500 students and they all enjoyed the new materials soldering, in the laser cutter and n the maker space. \r\n\r\nStudents were wowed that we had all these materials from Samsung Solve for tomorrow.\r\n\r\nThanks to everyone who donated.\r\nCatherine Barnes\r\n500+ engineers at Centaurus HS, Lafayette, CO","fullyFundedDate":1770749619493,"projectUrl":"project/chs-sophomore/10031884/","projectTitle":"CHS Sophomore","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Barnes","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-6_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10397771"},{"teacherId":10159290,"projectId":9547876,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support in helping raise the funds necessary to purchase Junie for my students this semester. Because of your kindness, my students have been able to engage with a text that is not only historically significant, but deeply relevant to the world we are all trying to navigate today. At a time when it feels like we are taking steps backward in our collective understanding of empathy and watching active efforts to erase history, Junie has opened the door to timely, thoughtful, and necessary conversations in our classroom. \r\n\r\nIn these first few weeks of our unit, students have watched the author's interview on Good Morning America to shed light on her intentions and make our identification of themes stronger; they have written personal reflections on topics found in Junie such as friendship, betrayal, power, identity, and more; they have made connections to Harriet Tubman and current articles from NPR and Oprah Daily that specifically discuss the importance of nuance when representing of black characters in film and literature. They have also designed their own dust jackets based on characters, symbols, and imagery in their reading so far. \r\n\r\nTruly, in these last three weeks I have seen my students form meaningful connections to Junie's experiences, discovering first love, grieving the loss of someone deeply important, and grappling with the unjust power dynamics that upheld slavery and that still persist in our society today. Your support has made this learning possible, and I am incredibly grateful for the impact you have had on my students and their growth as empathetic readers and citizens.","fullyFundedDate":1756158199220,"projectUrl":"project/fresh-books-for-freshmen-diverse-voices/9547876/","projectTitle":"Fresh Books for Freshmen: Diverse Voices in Literature","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Johns","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10159290_orig.jpg?crop=1367,1367,x0,y109&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1755448755750","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10159290"},{"teacherId":10010034,"projectId":9633106,"letterContent":"Thanks for funding my \"Just a Few Things\" project. Mostly this helped buy a rolling stool that I could use to roll around and give feedback to students with. This has been helpful in how I can be on the same level as my students while giving them feedback. I find that this makes my interaction with the students more approachable, not to mention it's easier to hear and have a conversation. An added bonus is that it allows me to have some fun rolling around from desk to desk while they write.\r\n\r\nAdditionally this helped fund a few minor things I needed to help organize my classroom as well as writing utensils. I know this seems minor, but it's so nice to not have to spend more out of my own pocket for things like Sharpies, plastic bins, ect. \r\n\r\nI use them all the time! For example, right now. Students are using the markers to write their name down next to the character in Macbeth that they are acting that day. :) Thanks again!","fullyFundedDate":1759845209290,"projectUrl":"project/just-a-few-things/9633106/","projectTitle":"Just a Few Things!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Wieronski","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10010034_orig.png?crop=1086,1086,x0,y61&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1786137446402","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10010034"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_41394","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":1571,"numTeachers":69,"percentFrplEligible":42,"percentAsian":2,"percentBlack":0,"percentWhite":64,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":26,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":0,"percentMultiracialImputed":5,"gradesServed":"9 - 12","studentTeacherRatio":"22.8:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":false,"titleOne":false,"metroType":"SUBURBAN","ncesMetroType":"SUBURB_SMALL"},"inStateSupporters":85.3,"schoolId":41394,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Centaurus High School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Centaurus High School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/colorado/boulder-valley-sch-dist-re-2/centaurus-high-school/41394"}