{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Central Falls High School","outOfStateSupporters":56.2,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":4647849,"projectId":10288439,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous support of our engineering makerspace at CFHS and for helping provide the sewing and embroidery supplies our students need to create, design, and innovate. Your contribution is helping students discover that engineering is not limited to machines and electronics, but also includes creativity, textile design, manufacturing, and problem-solving. By investing in these materials, you are expanding the opportunities available to our students and helping them explore new pathways in STEM.\r\n\r\nThe fabric scissors, pins, embroidery materials, thread, needles, and other sewing tools you helped provide have become essential resources in our makerspace. Students are using these supplies to create wearable technology projects, develop prototypes, repair and upcycle materials, and explore the connections between engineering, art, and modern manufacturing. These hands-on experiences help students see engineering concepts come to life in meaningful and engaging ways.\r\n\r\nMany students enter our classroom with little or no experience in sewing or embroidery, yet quickly develop confidence and pride as they learn new skills. Through these projects, students practice precision, measurement, planning, and perseverance while developing the patience and attention to detail that are essential in engineering and design fields. The collaborative and creative nature of these activities helps students build both technical skills and confidence in their abilities.\r\n\r\nOur makerspace serves a diverse community of learners, including many multilingual learners and students who thrive through project-based experiences. Your support is helping us create an inclusive environment where every student can find an entry point into innovation and creativity. Thank you for investing in our students and inspiring the next generation of engineers, designers, and makers.","fullyFundedDate":1779216828497,"projectUrl":"project/stitching-innovation-together/10288439/","projectTitle":"Stitching Innovation Together!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Alison Murray","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4647849_orig.jpg?crop=401,402,x0,y41&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1573219519942","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/alisonjmurray"},{"teacherId":4647849,"projectId":10288075,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous support of our engineering makerspace and for helping us provide filament dryer boxes for our 3D printing program. In our classroom, students use 3D printers almost every day to design, prototype, and solve real-world problems. Your investment is helping ensure that our students have reliable tools and materials that allow them to focus on innovation and learning rather than equipment challenges.\r\n\r\nThe filament dryer boxes have made an immediate impact on the quality and consistency of our 3D printing projects. By protecting filament from moisture, these tools help prevent failed prints, clogged nozzles, and wasted materials. Students are experiencing greater success with their projects, producing stronger and more accurate prototypes while spending more time refining designs and less time troubleshooting preventable issues.\r\n\r\nOur students use 3D printing for a wide variety of projects, including engineering challenges, robotics components, assistive devices, and creative designs. Having dependable printing materials allows students to fully engage in the engineering design process of testing, improving, and iterating on their ideas. For many students, especially those who thrive in hands-on environments, seeing a successful print come to life builds confidence and excitement about engineering and manufacturing careers.\r\n\r\nYour support is helping create meaningful learning experiences and providing students with exposure to the modern technologies used in engineering, architecture, product design, and industry. By investing in these essential tools, General Motors is supporting creativity, perseverance, and problem-solving in the next generation of innovators. Thank you for helping our students turn their ideas into reality and for inspiring future engineers and designers.","fullyFundedDate":1778895027261,"projectUrl":"project/keep-it-dry-keep-it-printing/10288075/","projectTitle":"Keep It Dry, Keep It Printing!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Alison Murray","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4647849_orig.jpg?crop=401,402,x0,y41&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1573219519942","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/alisonjmurray"},{"teacherId":4647849,"projectId":10283438,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous support of our DonorsChoose project and for helping bring an embroidery sewing machine to our engineering makerspace at CFHS. Your investment is providing students with access to modern maker technology that connects engineering, creativity, and entrepreneurship in meaningful ways. By supporting this project, you are helping students discover new ways to turn their ideas into tangible, professional-quality creations.\r\n\r\nThe embroidery machine has quickly become a powerful tool for innovation and design in our classroom. Students are using computer-aided design skills and digital fabrication techniques to create custom patches, engineering team apparel, prototype products, and personalized projects. Watching students move from designing on a computer screen to seeing their ideas stitched into reality has been an exciting and rewarding experience for everyone involved.\r\n\r\nThis technology is supporting learning across multiple disciplines, including engineering design, entrepreneurship, textile engineering, and wearable technology. Students are developing technical skills while also learning valuable lessons in precision, patience, teamwork, and iterative problem-solving. Many of our students, especially those who thrive in hands-on environments, gain confidence and motivation when they can immediately see the results of their creativity and effort.\r\n\r\nOur makerspace serves a diverse group of learners, and your support is helping ensure that all students have access to innovative tools and meaningful learning experiences. The embroidery machine has become much more than a classroom resource—it is a centerpiece for creativity, collaboration, and discovery. Thank you for investing in our students and inspiring the next generation of engineers, designers, entrepreneurs, and innovators.","fullyFundedDate":1779543042237,"projectUrl":"project/stitching-innovation-an-embroidery-mach/10283438/","projectTitle":"Stitching Innovation: An Embroidery Machine for Future Engineers!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Alison Murray","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4647849_orig.jpg?crop=401,402,x0,y41&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1573219519942","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/alisonjmurray"},{"teacherId":4647849,"projectId":10186340,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous support of our new high school engineering lab and makerspace through our DonorsChoose project. Your contribution is helping us create a learning environment where students can explore engineering through creativity, experimentation, and hands-on design. By providing materials that encourage innovation and imagination, you are helping students discover that engineering is as much about creativity as it is about technology.\r\n\r\nThe felt, pipe cleaners, and fiber fill stuffing you helped provide have become valuable tools for prototyping and design exploration. These materials give students the freedom to quickly test ideas, build models, and refine their designs without the pressure of using more complex equipment. For many students, these supplies offer an approachable and engaging introduction to the engineering design process.\r\n\r\nStudents have used these materials to create prototype products, invention models, and creative solutions to real-world challenges. Through brainstorming, building, testing, and revising, they are developing critical problem-solving and collaboration skills while learning that iteration is an essential part of engineering. The flexibility of these materials encourages experimentation and gives students the confidence to take risks and learn from their ideas.\r\n\r\nYour support is helping us build a makerspace where every student can find a pathway into innovation and design. By investing in creative engineering materials, you are helping students see themselves as capable creators, engineers, and problem-solvers. Thank you for helping us inspire curiosity, creativity, and confidence in the next generation of innovators.","fullyFundedDate":1778290557833,"projectUrl":"project/from-fluff-to-function-creative-enginee/10186340/","projectTitle":"From Fluff to Function: Creative Engineering in Action!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Alison Murray","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4647849_orig.jpg?crop=401,402,x0,y41&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1573219519942","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/alisonjmurray"},{"teacherId":4647849,"projectId":10186239,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous support of our engineering classroom and makerspace through our DonorsChoose project. Your contribution is helping us expand our students' understanding of engineering by showing them that innovation extends beyond circuits and coding to include creativity, design, and manufacturing. With your support, our students are gaining opportunities to explore engineering in exciting and unexpected ways.\r\n\r\nThe sewing machine and supplies you helped provide have become an important part of our makerspace, allowing students to engage with textile engineering and product design. Students are learning how fabrics, materials, and construction techniques play a role in engineering solutions while developing valuable technical skills. Having access to reliable equipment and essential supplies such as bobbins and needles ensures students can work safely and confidently on their projects.\r\n\r\nThese tools are opening doors to projects such as custom tote bags, wearable technology prototypes, and products designed to address real-world challenges. Through the design process, students practice creativity, problem-solving, and iteration while gaining experience with concepts used in modern manufacturing and product development. Many students are discovering new interests and talents through these hands-on experiences.\r\n\r\nYour support is helping us create a makerspace where every student can find their place as an innovator, designer, and problem-solver. By investing in these creative engineering tools, you are helping students develop skills that will serve them in future careers and empowering them to see new possibilities for themselves. Thank you for investing in our students and inspiring the next generation of creators and engineers.","fullyFundedDate":1778284831360,"projectUrl":"project/stitching-innovation-where-engineering/10186239/","projectTitle":"Stitching Innovation: Where Engineering Meets Creativity!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Alison Murray","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4647849_orig.jpg?crop=401,402,x0,y41&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1573219519942","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/alisonjmurray"},{"teacherId":4647849,"projectId":10151215,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous support of our new high school's engineering lab and makerspace through our DonorsChoose project. As we open the doors to a brand-new school, your contribution is helping us create an environment where students can explore, design, and innovate from their very first day in our engineering program. Your investment is helping transform an empty room into a vibrant space for creativity and problem-solving.\r\n\r\nBecause of your support, our students now have access to essential supplies and tools that make hands-on learning possible. Items such as storage bags, silicone mats, trash cans, and a heat press may seem simple, but they are foundational pieces of a successful makerspace. These resources help students stay organized, work safely, and focus on bringing their ideas to life.\r\n\r\nThe addition of the heat press has opened exciting opportunities for students to explore product design, branding, entrepreneurship, and manufacturing concepts alongside traditional engineering projects. Meanwhile, the organizational and workspace materials help students manage projects efficiently and maintain a professional engineering environment where collaboration and creativity can thrive.\r\n\r\nMany of our students are experiencing a dedicated engineering lab for the first time, and your support is helping them see themselves as engineers, makers, and innovators. By investing in these tools and supplies, you are investing in the next generation of problem-solvers and creators. Thank you for helping us launch our new makerspace and for inspiring students to imagine, design, and build the future.","fullyFundedDate":1778262315919,"projectUrl":"project/makers-making-building-big-ideas-in-ou/10151215/","projectTitle":"Makers Making: Building Big Ideas in Our New Lab!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Alison Murray","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4647849_orig.jpg?crop=401,402,x0,y41&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1573219519942","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/alisonjmurray"},{"teacherId":4647849,"projectId":10150910,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous support of our DonorsChoose project and for helping bring a Bambu Lab multi-color 3D printer into our engineering classroom. Your gift has provided our students with access to advanced technology that many of them would not otherwise have the opportunity to experience. From the moment the printer arrived, it became one of the most exciting and inspiring tools in our lab.\r\n\r\nOur students especially love the printer because it is easy to use and allows them to create beautiful multi-color designs in a single print. Being able to color-code parts, add labels, and create polished prototypes has made the engineering design process more engaging and realistic. Students are excited to see their digital ideas transformed into physical objects that they can test, improve, and proudly share with others.\r\n\r\nThe printer has already played an important role in our students' work for the MESA Engineering Design Competition. Teams have been using it extensively to create and refine prototypes, helping them develop problem-solving skills and gain experience with the same types of technologies used by professional engineers and manufacturers. The ability to quickly iterate on their designs has strengthened both their creativity and their confidence.\r\n\r\nPerhaps most meaningful was using the printer to create a custom holder for one of our students' feeding machines so it could be mounted to her wheelchair. Seeing students use engineering skills to solve a real problem for a member of their own community was a powerful reminder of what this technology makes possible. Your support has provided much more than a printer—it has given our students the opportunity to innovate, compete, and make a difference in the lives of others. Thank you for investing in our future engineers and helping our students see themselves as creators, designers, and problem-solvers.","fullyFundedDate":1778517287743,"projectUrl":"project/from-ideas-to-impact-multicolor-3d-prin/10150910/","projectTitle":"From Ideas to Impact: Multicolor 3D Printing for Future Engineers","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Alison Murray","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4647849_orig.jpg?crop=401,402,x0,y41&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1573219519942","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/alisonjmurray"},{"teacherId":4647849,"projectId":10140321,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for funding our \"From Chaos to Creation: Organizing Our New Engineering Lab\" project so very swiftly. The label makers, organizing containers and labels from this project were put into use immediately to help organize our robotics carts and equipment. It is much easier to keep everything organized now. My students really appreciate it. Learning to keep items organized is a great critical thinking skill that they all need to lern to be successful. Thank you once again for your generosity and help.","fullyFundedDate":1773360812859,"projectUrl":"project/from-chaos-to-creation-organizing-our-n/10140321/","projectTitle":"From Chaos to Creation: Organizing Our New Engineering Lab","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Alison Murray","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4647849_orig.jpg?crop=401,402,x0,y41&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1573219519942","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/alisonjmurray"},{"teacherId":1061795,"projectId":9778433,"letterContent":"My students and I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your kindness and generosity to schools like ours in the world. We are an urban high school in the city of Central Falls and 100% of our students qualify for free or reduced lunch thereby making us a Title 1 entity.\r\n\r\nOur students come from a rich background of cultures and possess unique and wonderful ideas and traditions which are imbedded in their artworks which drives their creativity. Having quality materials to work with is important to our students and the colored pencils you helped fund definitely contributes to their ability to create vibrant artworks. We wish to thank you from the bottoms of our hearts!","fullyFundedDate":1768323626010,"projectUrl":"project/in-need-of-colored-pencils-to-make-our-d/9778433/","projectTitle":"In Need of Colored Pencils to Make Our Drawings Pop!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Vollucci","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1061795_orig.jpg?crop=1242,1242,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1565131536460","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1061795"},{"teacherId":4647849,"projectId":9850648,"letterContent":"I am writing to express my heartfelt gratitude for your generous support of our \"Building Thinking Classrooms — Whiteboard\" project at Central Falls High School. Because of your donation, our classroom now has the whiteboard space and supplies we need to transform how students engage with STEM and math learning — enabling group work, visual thinking, and active problem-solving.\r\n\r\nThanks to your generosity:\r\n\r\nStudents can now work in small groups, standing at whiteboards, to brainstorm, sketch design ideas, work through complex problems, and collaborate visually. This dramatically shifts our learning environment from passive note-taking to active, shared thinking. \r\n\r\nThe vertical, erasable surfaces give students the freedom to try ideas, erase mistakes, revise their thinking — without fear. This encourages risk‑taking, experimentation, and persistence in solving challenging tasks. \r\n\r\nAs the teacher, I can more easily walk around, observe each group's process in real time, provide support or guidance when needed, and facilitate deeper understanding — instead of waiting for assignments or worksheets. \r\n\r\nAlready I'm seeing the difference: students are more engaged, more excited to work together, and more willing to share ideas. What used to feel like \"just another worksheet\" has become lively discussion, collaboration, and real thinking.\r\n\r\nFrom the bottom of my heart — thank you. Your kindness is helping us build a classroom where thinking matters, where ideas come alive, and where students feel empowered to explore, design, and try again.","fullyFundedDate":1761746146439,"projectUrl":"project/building-thinking-classrooms-whiteboard/9850648/","projectTitle":"Building Thinking Classrooms: Whiteboards for Future Scientists & Engineers","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Alison Murray","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4647849_orig.jpg?crop=401,402,x0,y41&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1573219519942","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/alisonjmurray"},{"teacherId":4647849,"projectId":9761180,"letterContent":"I am writing to express my heartfelt gratitude for your generous support of \"Designing Ideas, Building Futures: Essential Supplies for Young Engineers\" at Central Falls High School. Because of your donation, our engineering students now have markers, colored pens, sticky notes, tape, magnets, and push‑pins — the basic, but powerful tools they need to plan, design, build, and present their ideas. \r\n\r\nThanks to your generosity:\r\n\r\nStudents can sketch out their design ideas, build diagrams, and map project plans using the markers, colored pens, and sticky notes. \r\n\r\n\r\nWith tape, magnets, and push‑pins, we can display prototypes and working diagrams on project boards — sharing work in-progress and fostering collaboration, discussion, and peer feedback. \r\n\r\n\r\nWhat may seem like small supplies are actually helping turn ideas into real projects: giving students the tools to think critically, plan thoroughly, and take ownership of their creative work.\r\n\r\nI have already seen a difference: students are more engaged, more creative, and more confident when we begin design tasks. The room feels more like a makerspace, and students are excited to collaborate, draw out ideas, and build real models.\r\n\r\nThank you from the bottom of my heart. Your kindness helps our students design their futures — giving them access to the resources, skills, and confidence they need for success in engineering, STEM, and beyond.","fullyFundedDate":1760718807120,"projectUrl":"project/designing-ideas-building-futures-essen/9761180/","projectTitle":"Designing Ideas, Building Futures: Essential Supplies for Young Engineers","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Alison Murray","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4647849_orig.jpg?crop=401,402,x0,y41&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1573219519942","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/alisonjmurray"},{"teacherId":4647849,"projectId":9738845,"letterContent":"I am writing to express my heartfelt gratitude for your generous support of our \"Order in the Lab — Folders for STEM Organization\" project at Central Falls High School. Because of your donation, our classroom now has sturdy folders and organizational supplies — exactly what our students needed to keep their STEM work, lab notes, project plans, and assignments neat, accessible, and safe.\r\n\r\nThanks to your kindness:\r\n\r\nStudents now have proper folders to organize their lab notebooks, design sketches, data sheets, and other STEM-related materials. This organization helps them stay on task, keeps their work from getting lost or mixed up, and fosters responsibility for their own learning and materials.\r\n\r\nHaving a clear, organized system means that when we return to class — whether after a lab, project, or break — students can easily pick up where they left off. This makes class transitions smoother, reduces confusion, and saves valuable instructional time.\r\n\r\nThe new folders encourage students to take pride in their work and treat their notes and designs as real scientific artifacts — reinforcing the idea that their ideas and efforts deserve respect and care.\r\n\r\nAlready I'm seeing a difference: students arrive better prepared, handle their materials with more care, and enjoy knowing exactly where their work belongs. What may seem like a simple organizational tool is actually helping build habits of responsibility, order, and care — qualities that are essential for success in science and engineering.\r\n\r\nFrom the bottom of my heart — thank you. Your generosity is making a meaningful, lasting difference. 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