{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Danbury High School - Main Campus","outOfStateSupporters":42.4,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":9131951,"projectId":9506996,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support in funding supplies for my math classroom. Because of your kindness, my students now have access to new art supplies that allow them to demonstrate their understanding of math concepts in creative, visual ways. These tools have already made learning more engaging and meaningful for them.\r\n\r\nIn addition, the organizers purchased for my desk have greatly improved classroom organization, making it easier to manage materials and support students more efficiently. This has had a positive impact on our daily routines and helps create a more focused learning environment.\r\n\r\nYour generosity directly enhances my students' learning experience, and I am truly grateful for your investment in our classroom. Thank you for helping make math a more creative, organized, and inspiring place for my students.","fullyFundedDate":1757519621443,"projectUrl":"project/solving-for-success-supplies-for-math-m/9506996/","projectTitle":"Solving for Success: Supplies for Math Minds!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Thivierge","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-6_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9131951"},{"teacherId":8214068,"projectId":9599845,"letterContent":"On behalf of my entire high school class, I would like to extend our sincerest thanks to you for your incredible generosity and thoughtfulness. Your donations have made a meaningful difference in our classroom, and we are truly grateful for your support.\r\n\r\nFirst, thank you for the snacks you provided. They have been a wonderful and much-appreciated addition to our school days. It may seem small, but having access to snacks has made our classroom feel more welcoming and supportive, especially on busy or stressful days.\r\n\r\nWe are extremely thankful for the outlet tower. Technology is a huge aspect of my students' education, and having a reliable way to charge their devices is essential. The outlet tower has been incredibly helpful by allowing multiple students to charge laptops at the same time. It has improved organization, reduced distractions, and made our classroom more efficient and functional. \r\n\r\nAdditionally, we appreciate the lamination sheets. These materials have already proven to be very useful for both my students and myself. I am able to reuse important documents, create durable study materials, and protect instructional tools that we rely on throughout the year. Your donation has helped our classroom stay organized.","fullyFundedDate":1758223977880,"projectUrl":"project/back-to-basics/9599845/","projectTitle":"Back to Basics","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Schirmer","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8214068_orig.jpg?crop=1242,1242,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1638380303100","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8214068"},{"teacherId":1977103,"projectId":9585394,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support of our classroom! Your donations have already made a lasting impact on my students and the way we learn together each day.\r\n\r\nWith the composition notebooks, colored folders, tape, and storage bins you provided, our classroom has become a more organized, efficient, and engaging place to learn. Students are using the composition notebooks as interactive notebooks to record their thinking, build diagrams, annotate models, and track their growth over time. One of my favorite moments was watching students set up their first notebook pages; they were excited to personalize their materials and genuinely proud to have a dedicated space to capture their learning.\r\n\r\nThe brightly colored folders and organized bins have also transformed the flow of our lessons, helping students stay focused and confident as they move through labs and activities.\r\n\r\nYour generosity gave you a small window into our classroom, and I'm excited to share what comes next. We are currently deep into a unit where students use their interactive notebooks to visualize complex scientific concepts, reflect on lab results, and build connections across topics. These notebooks will grow with them all year long and will become powerful portfolios of their progress.\r\n\r\nThank you for believing in my students and for supporting their learning in such a meaningful way. Your contribution is felt every single day.","fullyFundedDate":1757519622578,"projectUrl":"project/interactive-science-notebook-supplies/9585394/","projectTitle":"Interactive Science Notebook Supplies","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Mesanovic","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1977103_272x272.png?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1508546894713","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1977103"},{"teacherId":300596,"projectId":9747080,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for fully funding our project! Our new flat light tables are already transforming the way my high school art students work. We've begun using them for character design, clean linework, and animation exercises. During a recent cartooning project, students layered their rough sketches over clean sheets and used the light tables to refine proportions and add expressive details—several commented that their drawings had \"never looked this polished before.\"\r\n\r\nTheir reactions the first day were priceless. When the boxes arrived, the class gathered around as we set up the tables, and a few students immediately asked if they could test them out. As soon as the lights came on, the room filled with \"Whoa!\" and \"These are so cool!\" Many had never used professional tools like this and felt an immediate sense of excitement and possibility.\r\n\r\nNext, students will be using these light tables to plan multi-panel comic pages and to create short frame-by-frame animations. These tools will help them experiment, revise, and push their work to a higher level of craftsmanship. Thanks to your generosity, they're building confidence and skill with every project. We're truly grateful for your support and belief in our young artists. Happy Holidays.","fullyFundedDate":1764698855123,"projectUrl":"project/let-there-be-light-tables-in-art-class/9747080/","projectTitle":"Let There Be Light (Tables) in Art Class!","teacherDisplayName":"Dr. Obre","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp300596_orig.jpg?crop=473,473,x448,y48&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1712685046685","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/300596"},{"teacherId":8670425,"projectId":9677779,"letterContent":"This was a mix of items to get us rolling this school year. We use the air purifier everyday and I think it helps keep us from spreading airborne germs. The candy gives us motivation to keep going. The nutrients were for the tomato plants we are growing and it helps them produce more fruit. The students do all the work for the hydro gardens and leans about the plants that way. They see how the different nutrients help different kinds of plants. We are so happy with all of the items from this project!","fullyFundedDate":1758729394848,"projectUrl":"project/let-us-start-the-year-off-with-a-bang/9677779/","projectTitle":"Let Us Start the Year Off With a BANG!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Turowski","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8670425_orig.jpg?crop=1440,1440,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1707142281395","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8670425"},{"teacherId":10237105,"projectId":9682162,"letterContent":"Thank you very much for the donation for my students! My students are using these new resources to allow them to be engaged and hands on with the material. The images submitted show a project that was completed by chemistry students. Students were responsible for an element and they had to research specific properties and uses of the element and make an informative poster. The specific element that each student was assigned determined the color of construction paper that they would need to use for the poster. This project allowed students to learn more about each element and how the elements on the Periodic Table apply to their daily lives. Once each student made their poster on the assigned element, I created a Periodic Table on our bulletin board. This periodic table was fully constructed from the students and allowed them to apply their knowledge of trends and properties. \r\nScience courses in high school are important for students because they are able to conduct lab experiments and apply what they are learning in class. When my students first saw the supplies, they were very excited because more than half of my students are from low-income households. Your donation gave them materials that they can use to be successful in the classroom. When the project was introduced into the chemistry classes, students loved to be able to be creative and artistic with the markers and colored paper. The forensics students were very excited to conduct the lab experiment and be able to use their observational skills to determine the perpetrator of a crime. This allowed the students to apply what they learned in class and step into the role of a forensic investigator. \r\nThe next steps for my chemistry classroom include students wrapping up the unit on the Periodic Table by completing a project where students are asked to replace an element commonly used with an element with similar properties. Students will apply their knowledge of periodic trends and physical and chemical properties of elements to choose the element that is most similar to the one being used. Once this unit is finished, students will begin to learn about chemical bonding. The next steps for my forensics classroom includes students learning about forensic anthropology and forensic toxicology as well as investigating a mock crime scene using their knowledge on crime scene processing and evidence collection. \r\nThank you so much for your very generous donation for my students!","fullyFundedDate":1757519621665,"projectUrl":"project/who-dunnit/9682162/","projectTitle":"Who Dunnit?","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Babson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10237105"},{"teacherId":9461471,"projectId":9647751,"letterContent":"We are thrilled to share that the new resources you funded are making a huge difference in our classroom! Your generosity has instantly impacted how we learn. For example, having the vocabulary printed and highly visible has made the material so much more accessible and comfortable for the students to use, which is a great help in our language acquisition. \r\n\r\nBeyond the learning materials, the classroom snacks have created a genuine sense of safety for my students, ensuring they have something to eat if they missed a meal at home so they can focus entirely on learning. When the students first saw the materials, they were immediately excited! \r\n\r\nThat enthusiasm hasn't faded; they now actively ask permission to use the resources, which is wonderful motivation for me as a teacher—it's exciting to know that the things we need are readily available. \r\n\r\nLooking ahead, we plan to use these new materials in class-wide projects that can be shared with the rest of the school and utilized by future students for years to come, maximizing the impact of your donation for the long term. \r\n\r\nThank you again for believing in my students and our classroom!","fullyFundedDate":1758223957194,"projectUrl":"project/classroom-essentials/9647751/","projectTitle":"Classroom Essentials","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Lainez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9461471_orig.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1723068854395","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9461471"},{"teacherId":8670425,"projectId":9643357,"letterContent":"Thank you for supporting the health and wellness of our classroom. We are using all of the items sent. There were a variety of items in the project from glue, to a Christmas tree, to wipes! All of these foster a vibe in our classroom that we love. The students enjoy being in a clean festive room and because they enjoy it they spend more time engaged in learning. Most school buildings are old and out dated so it is up to us to decorate and make it more modern. We thank you again for your generous donation!!","fullyFundedDate":1756417570092,"projectUrl":"project/the-quill-essentials/9643357/","projectTitle":"The Quill Essentials","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Turowski","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8670425_orig.jpg?crop=1440,1440,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1707142281395","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8670425"},{"teacherId":4012335,"projectId":9688326,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous contribution of classroom supplies! When my students first saw the new fan, posters, and especially the erasers, pencils, and pencil sharpeners, their excitement was immediate—they were eager to organize their workspaces and put the supplies to use right away. The fan has made our classroom much more comfortable, helping students stay focused and engaged, while the colorful posters brighten our environment and serve as daily inspiration. \r\n\r\nMoving forward, we plan to use these materials to support ongoing STEM and math projects, where students will continue to work in groups to solve challenges, create visual displays, and reflect on their learning. Your donation has not only provided essential supplies but has also fostered a more organized, engaging, and productive classroom environment. Thank you for giving my students the tools they need to succeed and thrive.","fullyFundedDate":1759363842406,"projectUrl":"project/stem-materials-we-need-to-create/9688326/","projectTitle":"Stem Materials We Need to Create","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Manka","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-manka"},{"teacherId":4012335,"projectId":9708003,"letterContent":"When our new compasses arrived, my students were so excited to finally have the proper tools to create precise geometric constructions. We immediately put them to use in our geometry lessons, practicing how to construct perpendicular bisectors, angle bisectors, and circles with exact measurements. Having a class set meant that every student could fully participate and gain hands-on experience. These tools boosted both confidence and accuracy in their work.\r\n\r\nNow that my students are comfortable using the compasses, we're moving into a project where they will design geometric art based on logos for a company using the constructions they've mastered. This activity connects creativity with math skills, allowing them to see the beauty and real-world application of geometry. \r\nThanks to the donors' generosity, my students are not only learning essential math concepts but are also developing a genuine appreciation for the subject through engaging, hands-on experiences.","fullyFundedDate":1759363842863,"projectUrl":"project/compasses-for-constructions/9708003/","projectTitle":"Compasses for Constructions","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Manka","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-manka"},{"teacherId":4918233,"projectId":9403959,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your support to our classroom with your donation! Our math skills have been growing by leaps and bounds this year with the additional calculators. These have ensured that every students has access to the tools they need to participate in each lesson. Students are no longer sharing which means all are on the same page at the same time! I have seen a great increase in confidence in my students this year knowing they have access to the tools they need to learn and be successful in our class!","fullyFundedDate":1752160778068,"projectUrl":"project/calculators-for-classroom/9403959/","projectTitle":"Calculators for Classroom!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Reutzel","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4918233_orig.png?crop=398,398,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1628691206854","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4918233"},{"teacherId":4918233,"projectId":9289768,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your amazing donation to our classroom. These supplies have allowed us to kick off this school year engaged and ready to work. Students have been creating notebook portfolios to keep track of all of their learning. These have been such a great addition to my classroom and students are so engaged and proud to show their work. The cleaning supplies have allowed us to complete labs in the room with the right supplies to clean up for next class. These labs are vital to make connections between our learning and the outside world!\r\nThank you again for your support in our learning journey!","fullyFundedDate":1748009964886,"projectUrl":"project/starting-off-a-successful-year/9289768/","projectTitle":"Starting Off a Successful Year!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Reutzel","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4918233_orig.png?crop=398,398,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1628691206854","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4918233"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_43442","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":3612,"numTeachers":200,"percentFrplEligible":71,"percentAsian":4,"percentBlack":7,"percentWhite":24,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":60,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"9 - 12","studentTeacherRatio":"18.1:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":false,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_SMALL"},"inStateSupporters":57.6,"schoolId":43442,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Danbury High School - Main Campus on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Danbury High School - Main Campus","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/connecticut/danbury-public-schools/danbury-high-school/43442"}