{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Fairchild Wheeler - Biotech","outOfStateSupporters":33.8,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":7182561,"projectId":9576637,"letterContent":"I want to thank you again for your donation of snacks for my students. The Capstone students love a pick-me-up during their classtime, and they were so excited when I told them that I had gotten a Donor's Choose for them. They said I was the best, and that they were so happy I had thought of getting them snacks. I explained that I only asked for the donations-you, the donors, made it happen!\r\n\r\nI also shared the snacks with my Nutrition class students. In that class, I let them choose a snack, and then they had to evaluate the snack with regard to calories, fat, trans fat, protein, and fiber. This was a really great teaching opportunity. I teach them about label ingredients and how to evaluate food products, so they were able to use their newly-acquired skills while enjoying their snacks.\r\n\r\nI still have a great stash of snacks that will last throughout the semester. Small gesters like providing snacks go a long way toward building bonds with students, and I am grateful I was able to provide that with your help.","fullyFundedDate":1759209643931,"projectUrl":"project/snacks-fuel-creativity/9576637/","projectTitle":"Snacks Fuel Creativity","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Liskov","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7182561_orig.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1619631838675","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7182561"},{"teacherId":1148549,"projectId":9106906,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for providing our art classroom with a laminator! It has already made a wonderful difference—helping us preserve student artwork, create durable teaching materials, and bring more creativity into our space. Your support means a lot and truly enhances our students' learning experience.\r\nWe are incredibly grateful for your generous donation and the thoughtfulness behind it. Your contribution has brought new possibilities to our classroom and inspired both students and staff. It's heartwarming to know that our community values the arts and is invested in enriching our students' education.","fullyFundedDate":1749386798751,"projectUrl":"project/preserving-creativity-enhancing-art-edu/9106906/","projectTitle":"Preserving Creativity: Enhancing Art Education with a Laminator","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Wilczak","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1148549_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1590677576821","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-wilczak"},{"teacherId":9200624,"projectId":9187466,"letterContent":"Thank you for your donations. The students were super excited about all the materials that were donated to our classroom. \r\nI've been using the printing paper to print copies for homework, test, quiz, and assignments. They students are taking advantage if the paper because it it's easier for them to do the work on paper instead of doing the work online. Also students are using the chart paper to do projects on them. The dry erase markers they use to create a thinking classroom. By using the markers on whiteboards while doing practice problems in math.","fullyFundedDate":1744033038380,"projectUrl":"project/math-materials/9187466/","projectTitle":"Math Materials","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Suero Santana","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9200624_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1695427564628","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9200624"},{"teacherId":5773450,"projectId":9131948,"letterContent":"Your donations were received with great enthusiasm from the students! Students were able to utilize the art supplies and visual resources provided to create excellent final projects. Students developed the confidence to display and present these projects to the classroom!\r\n\r\n In particular, the students who may not be as vocal as others (SPED, ELL, ESOL, etc.) were able to showcase other skills to the class! These skills included creating elaborate maps for a created society, developing a culture around this society and designing a government to sun this society. Students utilized the donations & resources you provided to create these societies and showcase these amazing skills!\r\n\r\nThank you again for your kind and generous donations! They are much appreciated!","fullyFundedDate":1741370937714,"projectUrl":"project/how-about-you-show-me-visual-art-i/9131948/","projectTitle":"\"How About You Show Me...\": Visual Art in Social Studies","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Andres Reyes","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5773450_orig.jpg?crop=3024,3024,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1552269183445","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5773450"},{"teacherId":5290838,"projectId":8946518,"letterContent":"For this project the students get to appreciate the new whiteboards the most. The whiteboards are used to enable authentic critical thinking in the classroom. After a brief introduction, the students attempt to tackle the concept up at the whiteboards. Their non-permanent nature gives students the courage to make mistakes. Since they are up on the walls, they are less on their phones, alert, and enable me to more easily check in on what they are thinking. Since they are up on the wall, it enables students who are stuck, but too shy to ask for help, to take a peek at another group's work for a hint. Of course, I can see easily see if they are stuck and step in at more appropriate times. Gone are the days where I'm not sure where a kid is at, so I ask \"How are you doing? Have any questions?\" Since I know exactly where they are at, it is very easy to ask very pointed questions. Since they are already standing, it is more organic for students to walk over and offer help.\r\nI appreciate your donation since I won't have to dip into my own wallet to create some half-solution that'll need to be replaced every few years. You might have seen on my previous project how students are assigned jobs to take care of the classroom, so you can know that these boards will be taken care of and hopefully last a long while. In fact, a funny moment happens in class once in a while where students try to wipe away the expo marker with their hands and they get correct by their peers to wipe it away with the towels I provide.\r\nMy next step as an educator is to keep improving my practice, to ensure the best for my students. I'm working on incorporating even more of the findings from Dr. Peter Liljedahl's research on promoting thinking in the classroom. Incorporating his work so far has been transformative, so I'm excited to continue. I imagine my next step, after spending some more effort on implementation, is to find some coaching or \"audit\" so I can identify areas of improvement.\r\nYour generosity is much appreciated.","fullyFundedDate":1740752531995,"projectUrl":"project/building-thinking-classrooms-in-mathemat/8946518/","projectTitle":"Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Kozinski","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5290838_orig.jpg?crop=278,278,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1723498084537","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5290838"},{"teacherId":9315126,"projectId":8985363,"letterContent":"On behalf of our students, we want to express our heartfelt gratitude for your generous donation to the Biome project. Your support is helping to bring the world of biomes to life, allowing students to engage in hands-on learning, build creative models, and deepen their understanding of the environment.\r\nThanks to your contribution, students will have the tools they need to explore the complexities of ecosystems and present their findings in meaningful ways. Your generosity is making a lasting impact on their education and inspiring them to think critically about the natural world.\r\nWe truly appreciate your commitment to supporting our students' growth and helping to foster a love of learning. Thank you once again for your kindness and generosity.","fullyFundedDate":1735525918332,"projectUrl":"project/make-real-biomes-for-students/8985363/","projectTitle":"Make Real Biomes for Students","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Lacan","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9315126"},{"teacherId":4679042,"projectId":8788245,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your kind donations. Since getting the materials that you so kindly donated towards. My students have been able to complete projects that allowed them to be creative and innovative. Most recently, we completed a progressive era fair in which students used the materials to create booths for their progressive issue. \r\n\r\nAgain, thank you for kind donations and for making this project a successful reality. My students and I are very grateful for the supplies that we received through this project.","fullyFundedDate":1726780421693,"projectUrl":"project/sharp-minds-bright-colors-support-our/8788245/","projectTitle":"Sharp Minds, Bright Colors: Support Our Classroom Needs!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Valencia","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4679042_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1673299952994","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/msvalencia2309"},{"teacherId":1148549,"projectId":8498556,"letterContent":"Thank you for providing the Studio Arts classroom with a much-needed drying rack. Students were thrilled to be able to properly store in progress artwork. Previously work was being stored on any available flat surface and a very small dysfunctional drying rack. The old rack could not even hold the work of one class. the new rack is large and very sturdy, it can hold everyone's work.\r\nThe drying rack not only helped students in the studio arts classroom room but also outside of the studio arts classroom. Our school is an engineering school, students also build the drying rack themselves and were able to use the time toward credit hours. They were excited to have the opportunity to build something that than directly impacted there experience within the classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1726587310882,"projectUrl":"project/art-drying-rack/8498556/","projectTitle":"Art Drying Rack","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Wilczak","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1148549_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1590677576821","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-wilczak"},{"teacherId":5290838,"projectId":8692998,"letterContent":"I'm very glad for the materials. Since this project was focused on me getting organized, the students are aware of only a fraction of the benefit this has provided. Even so, that fraction is indeed very present. I used the whiteboard paper to turn my cabinets into whiteboards, which I'm currently using to assign classroom chores. This enables the class to help me with the organization! For example, I have my more trustworthy students inform me when I'm running low on supplies, and they'll go a print extra copies. This student autonomy was enabled by your generous donation of the whiteboard paper.\r\n That being said, out of everyone, I, personally, appreciate everyone's generosity the most. I am very much appreciating the luxury of being more efficient at my job, lessening the amount of work I need to take home. The improved work/life balance can't be understated. An example of this is using the large binders to organize copies of all my assignments, answer keys, and projects, for all of the different courses I teach. A couple years ago, I would make answer keys and simply lose track of them! This year, I was a little better, I had them in a folder, but I had to shuffle quite a bit of paper to find the right answer key depending on what I'm grading (students work on different material in my class so I'm constantly changing keys).\r\n My next step is to focus on my students. I read quite a bit of research on promoting thinking classrooms, and I am looking to implement it. I currently have a project to get a big whiteboard for my backwall of the classroom. The idea is that students are thinking more and using phones less when they are standing and discussing math on a non-permanent surface rather than sitting in a traditional style classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1731501555569,"projectUrl":"project/starting-off-the-year-organized-and-prep/8692998/","projectTitle":"Starting Off the Year Organized and Prepared!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Kozinski","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5290838_orig.jpg?crop=278,278,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1723498084537","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5290838"},{"teacherId":7182561,"projectId":8304043,"letterContent":"My students use the muffle furnace that you funded to determine the heavy metal content of various samples. One student was testing heavy metal removal using sunflowers and two different types of bacteria in the soil. Another student was comparing heavy metal uptake by aquatic plants vs. potato peels in water. These are two examples of Capstone projects that used the muffle furnace. Future projects are already planned to make good use of your generous donation, and I look forward to continuing to test the results of these projects.\r\n\r\nWhen we first unboxed the muffle furnace, my students and fellow teachers were very excited. I had used a similar oven in graduate school, but others had never heard of ashing materials with a muffle furnace. We had to learn how to set it up and use it, but then we were able to use it effectively. Students were pleased with their results. This furnace has allowed me as a teacher to oversee projects that my students would otherwise not be able to conduct.","fullyFundedDate":1716207497922,"projectUrl":"project/removal-of-heavy-metals-using-plants-and/8304043/","projectTitle":"Removal of Heavy Metals Using Plants and Bacteria Synergistically","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Liskov","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7182561_orig.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1619631838675","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7182561"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_110148","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":376,"numTeachers":31,"percentFrplEligible":88,"percentAsian":1,"percentBlack":25,"percentWhite":7,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":54,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"9 - 12","studentTeacherRatio":"12.1:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR District Record","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":false,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":null},"inStateSupporters":66.2,"schoolId":110148,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Fairchild Wheeler - Biotech on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Fairchild Wheeler - Biotech","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/connecticut/bridgeport-public-schools/fairfield-wheeler-biotech/110148"}