{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Durango High School","outOfStateSupporters":43.0,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":7396233,"projectId":9143682,"letterContent":"I truly appreciate your generous donation to my orchestra classroom. Because of your support, I was able to purchase needed items that helped transform the space into a more welcoming, calming, and inspiring environment for my students. The new decorations have made a huge difference, not just in appearance, but in how students feel when they walk in. Many have commented that the classroom now feels like a place they want to be, where they feel comfortable, focused, and ready to learn. Your kindness has had a real impact on both their learning and their well-being. Thank you again for helping make our space feel like home.","fullyFundedDate":1752586390824,"projectUrl":"project/an-inviting-orchestra-room/9143682/","projectTitle":"An Inviting Orchestra Room","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Utter","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7396233_orig.jpg?crop=1995,1995,x205,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1597765793321","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7396233"},{"teacherId":7396233,"projectId":8247616,"letterContent":"On behalf of my high school orchestra program, I would like to extend my heartfelt gratitude for your generous support in funding the decorations for our classroom. Thanks to your contribution, the space has been transformed into a warm and welcoming environment. The students absolutely love it! They have shared how the decorations make them feel more at ease, comfortable, and inspired during rehearsals. A positive environment helps foster creativity, focus, and community, and your generosity has directly made that possible. Thank you for investing in our students' musical journey and helping create a space where they feel excited to learn and grow.","fullyFundedDate":1711549973817,"projectUrl":"project/orchestra-organization/8247616/","projectTitle":"Orchestra Organization","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Utter","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7396233_orig.jpg?crop=1995,1995,x205,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1597765793321","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7396233"},{"teacherId":8499811,"projectId":9478536,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supplying my students with composition notebooks! We use out notebooks every day for our warm-ups when we come into class which range from grammar practice to writing journal entries. We use our notebooks to take notes on different types of writing, keep track of vocabulary, and plan our responses to questions.\r\n\r\nStudents who are in tough financial positions were given a notebook, so they can equitably participate in or day to day work. As students have transferred to my class through out the year, I have been able to provide them with a notebook. This makes them feel welcome and prepared during their transitional period. I have many extra notebooks and will be able to help students in schools years to come.","fullyFundedDate":1753375468384,"projectUrl":"project/write-on-9th-grade/9478536/","projectTitle":"Write On, 9th Grade!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Emery","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8499811_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1672438401263","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8499811"},{"teacherId":8499811,"projectId":9312054,"letterContent":"All of these back to school supplies have made the classroom environment so much more organized. My students feel at ease knowing that supplies that we use daily like glue and pencils are on hand if they ever forget their own. \r\nThe bar code scanner for the library has also been a hit! We started checking out independent reading novels, and the scanner makes checking out a book feel more legit. It also helps me organize my library. The database I am able to use now to check out books keeps stats on what my students read, and provides summaries of books, so students can easily find their next read. The scanner has made reading much more accessible to students, and thus will make them better readers. \r\nLastly, I'm so excited to use some of the materials I haven't used yet. Most notably, the thumbs up, thumbs down signs. I know my students will love them, and will be so excited to use them when we get into the school year! \r\nThank you so much for helping make school a comfortable and enjoyable place for my students!","fullyFundedDate":1746785766220,"projectUrl":"project/ready-set-school/9312054/","projectTitle":"Ready, Set, School!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Emery","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8499811_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1672438401263","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8499811"},{"teacherId":5654499,"projectId":8896060,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support of our Adventures in Literacy project!\r\n\r\nThanks to your donation, my students now have access to engaging tools like the Player's Handbook, Monster Manual, Dungeon Master's Guide, and other D&D resources. These have made a difference in our classroom. These materials are not just game pieces, they're gateways to imaginative worlds, collaborative storytelling, and meaningful literacy growth.\r\n\r\nThe fantasy miniatures, customizable GM screens, and starter kits have also brought a new level of excitement and immersion to our sessions. I've already seen increased engagement, creativity, and teamwork among my students, and I'm confident this project will continue to inspire them throughout the years.\r\n\r\nThank you again for investing in our classroom and helping make learning magical. Your support means the world to me and my students.","fullyFundedDate":1739210653357,"projectUrl":"project/adventures-in-literacy-building-worlds/8896060/","projectTitle":"Adventures in Literacy: Building Worlds with Dungeons & Dragons","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Gardea","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5654499"},{"teacherId":8499811,"projectId":9142705,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to my project to give my students new novels to read! Reading is so important because it fosters empathy. It allows students to resonate with the conflicts presented, or to gain new perspectives of how others may be experiencing life. \r\n\r\nThe novels are also helping my students with hard skills such as developing their vocabulary, sentence structure skills, characterization, plot development, and so many more literary elements. \r\n\r\nMy students cherish their few minutes of reading time at the beginning of the class period. As the year is coming to a close, many of my students are working on finishing their last novel of the school year. A few of the new books did get checked out, most notably \"Long Way Down\" by Jason Reynolds had many students captivated as it is a novel in verse. \r\n\r\nI'm so grateful to have these diverse novels in our classroom library for all of my future students to enjoy and learn from. Thank you for your generous donation, again.","fullyFundedDate":1743006280766,"projectUrl":"project/help-us-turn-pages-inspire-minds/9142705/","projectTitle":"Help Us Turn Pages, Inspire Minds","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Emery","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8499811_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1672438401263","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8499811"},{"teacherId":7535153,"projectId":8558351,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generosity. My whole reason for selecting the books I did was so that my students could see themselves, and others, in the stories we read. I wanted to incorporate more diverse texts into our classroom. \r\n\r\nOur first unit after receiving our donations involved literature circles. I read the class \"I am Golden\" and we talked about various things that stood out to us in the text. This was a low stakes way to introduce the idea of lit circles. Next, I gave each student a role sheet and this time I read Marisol Macdonald no Combina/Does Not Match. This book was exciting because it is written in English and Spanish. Knowing that I had a large ESL population in my class (not all Spanish speaking) I read both the English and Spanish. My classes were so engaged and although my Spanish is pretty rusty, I explained that I ask them to speak in English all the time, even when they aren't comfortable so the least I could do was read in Spanish. Students filled out the lit role sheet while I read and afterwards, we talked about the various roles and what they put down on their sheets. \r\n\r\nThe novels provided have been added to our classroom library and students are enjoying having a larger variety of texts to choose from. We start class with 5 minutes of reading every day and these additional titles have been well received by all students. \r\n\r\nWe are eternally grateful for the kindness you all have shown us.","fullyFundedDate":1731968417344,"projectUrl":"project/seeing-themselves-in-their-books/8558351/","projectTitle":"Seeing Themselves in Their Books!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Jackson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7535153_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1722973189178","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7535153"},{"teacherId":9421627,"projectId":8780947,"letterContent":"My students were so excited when they saw their new portable whiteboards. They used them during our group activities and gallery walks. A Gallery walk is an activity where I pose questions on the whiteboards, and each student responds anonymously with a unique answer. After, during a class discussion, we point out which responses are correct and how we can adjust the others to make them accurate. \r\n\r\nAnother version of a Gallery Walk that we did recently is where I printed a problem on paper and taped it to the board. The board is then used for students to work out the problem, arrive at a solution, write their solution on their paper, erase their board, and then move on to the next problem. Activities like a Gallery Walk save me time and paper as I do not have to print a multiple-page assignment per student. These activities also engage students in the content and connect with their peers. \r\n\r\nYour generous donation has made our journey more efficient and engaging.","fullyFundedDate":1726688830774,"projectUrl":"project/enhancing-math-engagement-and-collaborat/8780947/","projectTitle":"Enhancing Math Engagement and Collaboration","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Carrillo-Mariano","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9421627_orig.jpg?crop=900,900,x0,y246&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1726614907325","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9421627"},{"teacherId":9526220,"projectId":8748962,"letterContent":"By introducing these new young adult books, I've seen my students become more motivated to engage in reading. They are noticing content in books that is actually interesting to them (versus many of the texts we may read in classes). They are able to see characters who struggle with the same issues that they struggle with, which is helping their confidence. It's also helping them with comprehension overall, as well as their writing skills. \r\n\r\nI had a student who would \"fake\" read every time we had silent reading time, and she finished her first book of the semester after I introduced her to one from this shipment! \r\n\r\nMany of the books feature diverse characters and perspectives, allowing students to explore different cultures and experiences. This promotes empathy and understanding, encouraging a more inclusive classroom environment. \r\n\r\nThis semester, we are beginning reading conferences, so students will get the chance to talk about the books they are reading, set goals for themselves, and reflect on what independent reading means for them. 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