{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Deer Valley High School","outOfStateSupporters":19.6,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":1776247,"projectId":10415214,"letterContent":"We are so profoundly grateful for your donation to our classroom! We are especially thankful for the new bakery rack and cookie sheets that came just as we were running out of space to store our larger Advanced Ceramics and AP 3D Art projects! These kids keep dreaming up bigger and more complex projects and without your support we would not have had the space to accommodate the scale of work they are building. \r\n\r\nIt has also been so helpful to have air dry clay available for AP 3D Art students to take home to create smaller details for their more intricate projects. Air dry clay is a less hazardous and more straightforward medium for them to practice with and work with at home than Ceramic clay. \r\n\r\nFinally, the new texture rollers and cookie cutters have provided our intermediate students with the opportunity to make small textured jewelry dishes that are very fun to use to experiment with different glazing techniques. Glaze breaks over textures differently than over smooth surfaces, so having so many different textures to play with has been really neat!\r\n\r\nAbove all, I just want to thank you for supporting our students' creativity so directly at a time when our students need the arts more than ever. It means a great deal to all of us.","fullyFundedDate":1785425645612,"projectUrl":"project/creative-organized-ceramics-workshop/10415214/","projectTitle":"Creative & Organized Ceramics Workshop","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Rittenhouse","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1776247_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1471567576900","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-s-stevenson"},{"teacherId":1776247,"projectId":10246602,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your incredible support of our classroom! With your help, we have been able to create a safer and more welcoming workshop environment. With lamps for our tables, we don't have to turn on the glaring overhead lights, with our new vacuum with a HEPA filter and a quality mask we can more safely clean hazardous materials, and with sponges and new mops, we can avoid dry clay dust that is is bad for us to breathe! \r\nWhat's more with new bags each student is able to store their clay well, keeping it plastic and pliable for longer. We've also already used our new spray paint to finish our butterfly color matching projects, where students try to camouflage butterflies around the room so well that our administrators can't find them. Having the ability to match the gloss of laminated posters or the matte finish of our tables really helps them to blend in!\r\nFinally, we are beyond excited for our mason stains to color our slip and our clay. Our advanced students have been busy planning their senior portfolio projects, and many are planning to utilize the stains for everything from Mishima and sgraffito to \"painting\" colored slip in an impressionist style. This one material has sparked so many interesting and creative ideas! None of this would have been possible without your generous donation. Thank you so much, from all of us!","fullyFundedDate":1777958004612,"projectUrl":"project/safe-fun-efficient-ceramics-workshop/10246602/","projectTitle":"Safe, Fun & Efficient Ceramics Workshop","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Rittenhouse","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1776247_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1471567576900","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-s-stevenson"},{"teacherId":1776247,"projectId":9835873,"letterContent":"With your help, students were able to complete a glazing research project where they chose a finishing technique like slip trailing, gradient glazing, mishima, sgrafitto, bubble glazing, and shaving cream marbling. They then researched the technique extensively before trying it out on three simple drape mold jewelry dishes or magnets. As they experimented, they took photographs and notes, revising their strategy as they tried each version until they had perfected it. Then students created a \"how to\" booklet for their peers with step by step directions. \r\n\r\nStudents were so thrilled to have so many new materials at their disposal and the pegboards and glaze bottles made it really easy for them to find what they needed independently. Without your support, students only have access to the basic clay and glazes, so it was such a treat to have extra resources. \r\n\r\nStudents then selected three of their peers' booklets to follow as they created three more jewelry dishes or magnets before providing the authors with feedback on how clear their directions were. Students were really invested in this project because they had so much control over what techniques they researched and because they knew their peers were going to be using their directions! It was by far our most successful project to date!\r\n\r\nNot only did students thoroughly enjoy this project but because of you, we now have the beginning of a little library of glazing and finishing strategies for all sections of Ceramics to reference as they create their pieces for many years to come.","fullyFundedDate":1764622753570,"projectUrl":"project/experiments-in-ceramics-part-iii/9835873/","projectTitle":"Experiments in Ceramics Part III","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Rittenhouse","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1776247_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1471567576900","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-s-stevenson"},{"teacherId":1776247,"projectId":9281360,"letterContent":"What an incredible opportunity you provided to our students with your donation! Our advanced students spent some time researching different ways to finish their ceramic pieces, created three detailed jewelry dishes utilizing these molds and materials, experimenting with the method they researched, and then created a \"how to\" booklet for their peers with step by step directions! \r\n\r\nEach student then utilized three \"how to\" booklets authored by their peers to create three more dishes in different styles and provide feedback to the booklet authors on how to improve their directions. \r\n\r\nNow, thanks to your support, we have a library of \"how to\" booklets for all levels of Ceramics, covering so many fun methods of finishing our pieces: slip trailing, bubble glazing, gradient glazing, underglaze transfers, shaving cream marbling, using fondant molds, alcohol drop glazing, underglaze painting, and watercolor marbling to name just a few! What an incredible resource for our students to continue to experiment and challenge themselves in this medium. Thank you so much for providing the materials to make this a reality for our students!","fullyFundedDate":1755728550024,"projectUrl":"project/detailed-dish-project/9281360/","projectTitle":"Detailed Dish Project","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Rittenhouse","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1776247_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1471567576900","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-s-stevenson"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_48079","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":1661,"numTeachers":113,"percentFrplEligible":32,"percentAsian":2,"percentBlack":5,"percentWhite":50,"percentIndigenous":1,"percentLatinx":32,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":0,"percentMultiracialImputed":6,"gradesServed":"9 - 12","studentTeacherRatio":"14.7:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":false,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"UNCLASSIFIED","ncesMetroType":"SUBURB_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":80.4,"schoolId":48079,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Deer Valley High School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Deer Valley High School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/arizona/deer-valley-unified-school-district/deer-valley-high-school/48079"}