{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Edward R Murrow High School","outOfStateSupporters":32.3,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":10387680,"projectId":10213092,"letterContent":"Receiving Prismacolor colored pencils for my classroom has made a meaningful difference in my students' artistic experiences. As an art teacher at Edward R. Murrow High School, I strive to provide my students with high-quality materials that allow them to explore their creativity and develop their artistic skills. These colored pencils have given students the opportunity to experiment with blending, shading, layering, and color theory in ways that ordinary materials cannot always achieve.\r\n\r\nHaving access to professional-quality art supplies has encouraged my students to take greater pride in their work, challenge themselves creatively, and pay closer attention to detail. For many students, having these materials available in the classroom means being able to explore techniques and create artwork they may not otherwise have the resources to pursue.\r\n\r\nI am incredibly grateful to everyone who contributed to making this possible. Your generosity has directly supported my students' artistic growth, confidence, and creative expression. These materials are more than just art supplies; they are tools that help my students discover their potential and realize how much they are capable of creating.","fullyFundedDate":1777555644024,"projectUrl":"project/bright-ideas-deserve-bold-color/10213092/","projectTitle":"Bright Ideas Deserve Bold Color","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Shmolovsky","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10387680_orig.jpg?crop=2714,2714,x739,y80&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1766009234953","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10387680"},{"teacherId":277518,"projectId":10700362,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for the generous donation to this project. The students and I are absolutely thrilled with the new color printer and ink. Now forensic photos can be even more colorful and vibrant. \r\n\r\nForensic science is such a cool elective that many of our students choose to take this class. They want the CSI experience basically when doing activities and lab experiments...but it doesn't help when they are only staring at black and white pictures and worksheets. The new printer will help bring their forensic pics to life. Thanks again for your contribution.","fullyFundedDate":1790531448295,"projectUrl":"project/color-sciences/10700362/","projectTitle":"Color Sciences","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Diaz","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp277518_orig.jpg?crop=2844,2844,x400,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1627577882625","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/277518"},{"teacherId":277518,"projectId":10634119,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for the generous donation to this project. The students and I are thrilled about getting new forensic kits and supplies that will help give them a better understanding of forensic science. \r\n\r\nStudents prefer to take part in lab activities or at least hands on activities. The kids and supplies will definitely be used in that aspect. For the students to conduct their own experiments and/or activities, it allows a greater learning experience for them and the students get very engaged when it's an activity and not just worksheets all the time. Thanks again for everything","fullyFundedDate":1790677763626,"projectUrl":"project/forensics-funsies/10634119/","projectTitle":"Forensics Funsies","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Diaz","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp277518_orig.jpg?crop=2844,2844,x400,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1627577882625","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/277518"},{"teacherId":10240075,"projectId":10078652,"letterContent":"On behalf of my scienc students, I want to express my deepest gratitude for your incredibly generous donation of translation pens. Teaching a bilingual classroom with English Language Learners brings unique challenges, especially when tackling complex scientific texts and vocabulary. Your gift has immediately bridged a critical gap, empowering my students to engage with rigorous grade-level material with confidence and independence.\r\n\r\nWith these pens in hand, my students are no longer held back by language barriers when reading dense scientific articles or classroom handouts. They can scan unfamiliar words in real-time, allowing them to focus on understanding core scientific concepts rather than getting stuck on translations. It has transformed our classroom dynamics, encouraging active participation and making complex science much more accessible and less intimidating for everyone.\r\n\r\nThank you once again for investing in my students' education and future. Your kindness and support truly make a lasting difference in their daily learning experience, and we are profoundly grateful for your generosity.","fullyFundedDate":1776133635814,"projectUrl":"project/translation-for-ells/10078652/","projectTitle":"Translation for ELLs","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Cheung","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10240075_orig.jpg?crop=1530,1530,x693,y448&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1756932394495","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10240075"},{"teacherId":6232253,"projectId":10533820,"letterContent":"Thank you for your donation of painting easels for my classroom. My students will be able to create paintings with ease because they will have the proper easel that gives them enough room to place their painting on their desk and will not move around. This will teach my students about independence in their art class because they will be able to get to work. My students will be able to feel confidence knowing they have their paintings at their desks and can paint without having their artwork move around unsecured on the table.","fullyFundedDate":1788386002675,"projectUrl":"project/painting-tools-the-easels/10533820/","projectTitle":"Painting Tools: The Easels","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Pelletier","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6232253_orig.jpg?crop=640,640,x0,y57&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1714747504353","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-feinstein"},{"teacherId":6232253,"projectId":10310951,"letterContent":"Thank you for your donation of water basins for my classroom. My students will be able to create paintings with ease because they will have the proper water basins that have enough room for them to store their brushes and clean their brushes. This will teach my students about independence in their art class. My students will be able to feel confidence knowing they have reasonable sized basins and will not need to use plastic cups to clean their brushes at their desks. These water basins are more durable to travel across the classroom from the sink to their desks and will hold a larger quantity of water which is great when doing larger scale paintings requiring more paint brushes.","fullyFundedDate":1789492852442,"projectUrl":"project/water-basins-for-painting/10310951/","projectTitle":"Water Basins For Painting","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Pelletier","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6232253_orig.jpg?crop=640,640,x0,y57&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1714747504353","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-feinstein"},{"teacherId":6232253,"projectId":10610605,"letterContent":"Thank you for your donation of water basins for my classroom. My students will be able to create paintings with ease because they will have the proper water basins that have enough room for them to store their brushes and clean their brushes. This will teach my students about independence in their art class. My students will be able to feel confidence knowing they have reasonable sized basins and will not need to use plastic cups to clean their brushes at their desks. These water basins are more durable to travel across the classroom from the sink to their desks and will hold a larger quantity of water which is great when doing larger scale paintings requiring more paint brushes.","fullyFundedDate":1789650786436,"projectUrl":"project/paint-brush-basins/10610605/","projectTitle":"Paint Brush Basins","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Pelletier","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6232253_orig.jpg?crop=640,640,x0,y57&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1714747504353","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-feinstein"},{"teacherId":6232253,"projectId":10303555,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous donations to the project \"Keeping Germs Away.\" The sanitizers and soaps will help my students keep the classroom germ free throughout the year! As flu season is upon us, it is important to keep the children healthy so they can learn and not miss school. The hand sanitizers and soaps will also help to keep the school staff from becoming sick - this is important to the teacher and paraprofessionals in the classroom. Protecting everyone's health is a priority and couldn't be done without you!","fullyFundedDate":1786031965600,"projectUrl":"project/keeping-germs-away/10303555/","projectTitle":"Keeping Germs Away","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Pelletier","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6232253_orig.jpg?crop=640,640,x0,y57&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1714747504353","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-feinstein"},{"teacherId":277518,"projectId":10643140,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to our project. All the soap that we got, dish and hand soap are completely essential...especially in science classes. Between cleaning equipment, the tables, and everything else, we want to make sure our science rooms are in tip top shape for all our classes.\r\n\r\nThere are so many science classes that use the lab spaces, from biology to chemistry to engineering and physics. Having clean lab spaces and clean lab equipment goes a long way. Sometimes the activities require oils that make our equipment greasy. They must be cleaned. Thanks again for everything.","fullyFundedDate":1790647562009,"projectUrl":"project/clean-labbies/10643140/","projectTitle":"Clean Labbies","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Diaz","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp277518_orig.jpg?crop=2844,2844,x400,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1627577882625","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/277518"},{"teacherId":277518,"projectId":10675430,"letterContent":"Thanks so much for your generosity to our project. The color printer helps so much with making our forensics projects look super cool. My students were very thrilled to see colored copies and vivid pictures.\r\n\r\nThe color of all the copies and pictures are incredibly beautiful. And we are laminating all the colored copies and pictures so we can keep them for multiple years to come. Forensic science is way more fun with more color.\r\n\r\nThanks again for your generous contribution to our project. We are all grateful.","fullyFundedDate":1789991707265,"projectUrl":"project/forensics-is-more-fun-in-color/10675430/","projectTitle":"Forensics is More Fun in Color","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Diaz","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp277518_orig.jpg?crop=2844,2844,x400,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1627577882625","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/277518"},{"teacherId":277518,"projectId":7323947,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for the ecokits. They are amazing and the students enjoy using the ecokits to learn about ecosystems and ecology. With the ecokits, the students have learned new concepts and topics which would sometimes be harder to understand without hands-on learning and simulations. The use of the kits have been incredibly helpful for, not only the students, but myself as well. The kits were so easy to use and it had everything we needed for the activity to run smoothly. Again I cannot thank you enough for your generous donation to this project.","fullyFundedDate":1690978989963,"projectUrl":"project/learning-ecology-with-ecokits/7323947/","projectTitle":"Learning Ecology With Ecokits","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Diaz","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp277518_orig.jpg?crop=2844,2844,x400,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1627577882625","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/277518"},{"teacherId":277518,"projectId":10266763,"letterContent":"Thank you from the bottom of my heart for this incredibly generous donation. This computer has quite literally changed my life. Before receiving it, I was working with a barely functioning computer, and something as simple as planning a lesson could take me hours. The frustration and extra time were exhausting, and I often found myself spending more energy fighting with technology than focusing on my students.\r\nNow, I can create and adapt meaningful lessons in a fraction of the time, make real-time modifications based on my students' needs, track their progress, and print supplemental materials right from my classroom. Most importantly, this gift has given me back time, energy, and peace of mind. I feel more prepared, more effective, and genuinely happier in my classroom. Your generosity has made a difference not only in how I teach, but in how I experience teaching every day. I am so deeply grateful. 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