{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Patrick Henry Downtown - Academy","outOfStateSupporters":44.5,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":3555664,"projectId":9614320,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our Scholastic subscription. My students are already so excited, and I know these magazines will spark their curiosity and help them grow as readers. Scholastic was always my favorite when I was in school, so it feels extra special to share that same excitement with my class now. Your generosity gives my students new topics to explore and meaningful learning experiences each month. We appreciate your support more than you know, and I'm truly grateful for the joy you've brought to our classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1758799023864,"projectUrl":"project/scholastic-discoveries/9614320/","projectTitle":"Scholastic Discoveries!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Smith","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3555664"},{"teacherId":9729849,"projectId":9706054,"letterContent":"The excitement in our classroom is building for our January STEM & Science Fair. Students are already asking, \"Can we bring this to the fair?\" and eagerly sketching ideas based on the experiments they've tried. Some are planning to investigate chemical reactions with safe household ingredients, others are designing structures that can withstand \"earthquakes,\" and a few are preparing to showcase circuits that light up using switches they build themselves. These STEM kits opened the door for authentic student-led investigations, and our learners are racing through it with inspiration and confidence.\r\n\r\nOver the next few weeks, students will choose a question they want to explore, design a test, collect real data, and prepare demonstrations using the tools you helped provide. Instead of just reading about science, they're getting ready to show science to families, educators, and community members during the fair. Because of your generosity, our students won't just participate—they will lead with independence, collaboration, and pride. Thank you for helping our young scientists discover not only how the world works, but their place in it.","fullyFundedDate":1763591325048,"projectUrl":"project/growing-together-a-sped-hosted-school-g/9706054/","projectTitle":"Growing Together: A SPED-Hosted School Garden","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Burgoyne","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/patrickhenrysped"},{"teacherId":9729849,"projectId":9682059,"letterContent":"When our garden materials arrived, students immediately began imagining what we could plant, what tools they would use, and how they would care for living things together. For many of our students in special education, learning becomes most meaningful when it is physical, sensory, and shared—and the moment they held their first seed packets and gardening tools, they were full of questions and excitement. One student who rarely speaks in group lessons whispered, \"We're actually going to grow food,\" and then proudly carried soil bags with the rest of the class. The garden has already begun creating moments of inclusion, leadership, and teamwork in ways we couldn't achieve with books alone.\r\n\r\nWe are currently starting a seed-to-table inquiry project, where students will investigate how soil, water, sun, and pollination affect plant growth. As part of this project, students are measuring plant height, tracking changes over time, and recording observations like real scientists. The raised beds, tools, and supplies you helped provide have turned our outdoor space into a living laboratory where students are learning science through discovery, care, and responsibility. Students are building not only academic skills like data collection and vocabulary, but life skills such as patience, collaboration, and problem solving.\r\n\r\nNext, students will connect their work to our upcoming January STEM & Science Fair, where they will present their growing experiments to families, teachers, and community partners. They'll be developing questions like, \"Which soil type works best?\" or \"Do plants grow faster in direct sunlight?\" and using the garden to test their ideas. Because of your support, our students won't just learn about plant life—they will grow knowledge, nurture living things, and share their discoveries as leaders in our school community. Thank you for making this experience possible.","fullyFundedDate":1763591324843,"projectUrl":"project/stem-adventures-experiments-that-inspir/9682059/","projectTitle":"STEM Adventures: Experiments That Inspire Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Burgoyne","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/patrickhenrysped"},{"teacherId":3555664,"projectId":9514812,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donations to our classroom project! Your support provided us with essential items like disinfecting wipes, paper towels, and Dawn soap to help keep our learning space clean. The students especially love using the sweeper and dust buster. These tools have turned cleanup time into a fun and meaningful way to practice responsibility. Your kindness truly helps our classroom run smoothly and keeps our students engaged in taking care of their environment. Thank you for supporting early childhood education!","fullyFundedDate":1754327696481,"projectUrl":"project/little-hands-big-responsibility/9514812/","projectTitle":"Little Hands, Big Responsibility!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Smith","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3555664"},{"teacherId":3555664,"projectId":9316090,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our classroom snack project! Your generous donation helps keep my students energized, focused, and ready to learn throughout the day. Since lunch isn't served until 12:00 noon, having a morning snack is so important to help them stay engaged and comfortable. Snack time has become one of their favorite moments, especially when cheese balls or Goldfish crackers are on the menu! Your kindness truly makes a difference in their learning and happiness each day. Thank you for supporting early childhood education!","fullyFundedDate":1746465365238,"projectUrl":"project/learning-fuel/9316090/","projectTitle":"Learning Fuel!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Smith","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3555664"},{"teacherId":8621299,"projectId":9590614,"letterContent":"Thank You for Making Imagination Come Alive!\r\n\r\nWe are so thankful for your generous support of our inclusion Pre-K classroom! Because of your kindness, our students now have an amazing collection of dress-up clothes and costumes that spark creativity, confidence, and joy every single day.\r\n\r\nThe princess costumes, wizard cape, dinosaur and dragon cloaks, and butterfly and bumblebee wings have transformed our dramatic play area into a world of imagination. Children who are usually shy are finding their voices while pretending to be royalty, explorers, or magical creatures. Our students practice social skills, storytelling, and cooperation—all while building language and self-expression.\r\n\r\nFor many of our little learners, these costumes provide more than fun—they open the door to connection, inclusion, and confidence. Your donation allows every child to feel special, creative, and part of the magic that happens in our classroom each day.\r\n\r\nThank you for believing in our students and helping us create a space where all children can learn and dream together!","fullyFundedDate":1755715240738,"projectUrl":"project/dramatic-play-dress-up/9590614/","projectTitle":"Dramatic Play Dress Up!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Womack","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8621299_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1661969569738","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8621299"},{"teacherId":8621299,"projectId":9567317,"letterContent":"Thank You from Our Inclusion Pre-K Classroom!\r\nWe are so incredibly grateful for your generosity and support of our inclusion preschool classroom! Because of your donations, our students now have so many new and exciting ways to learn through play.\r\n\r\nThe Step2 Waterfall Discovery Wall and pit balls have created endless opportunities for hands-on sensory exploration. The children are fascinated by the flow of water and love using the pastel balls to explore movement, cause and effect, and teamwork.\r\n\r\nOur new Play-Doh set and dough character accessories are helping students strengthen fine motor skills while expressing creativity. The Melissa & Doug cookie set has quickly become a classroom favorite during dramatic play, encouraging sharing, language building, and imagination. The voice recording buttons are a wonderful new tool for helping our students practice communication, make choices, and express themselves independently.\r\n\r\nEvery item you helped fund supports growth across all areas of development—social, emotional, cognitive, and physical—and brings more joy into our classroom every single day. Thank you for believing in inclusive learning and for helping our youngest learners thrive!","fullyFundedDate":1755723258155,"projectUrl":"project/fun-stuff-2025/9567317/","projectTitle":"Fun Stuff 2025","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Womack","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8621299_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1661969569738","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8621299"},{"teacherId":5425205,"projectId":9733430,"letterContent":"Thank you for supporting phonics in our classroom and at home. We were able demonstrate these games for many parents during conferences so that they would know how to play with and help their children at home.\r\n\r\nParents were happy to receive the resource and to understand what phonics expectations are for young learners. The kids were thrilled to receive such a cool game set that they were able to take home and use in the company of their parents. Your generosity helped make conferences a big hit for all of us!","fullyFundedDate":1758845804064,"projectUrl":"project/phonemic-awareness/9733430/","projectTitle":"Phonemic Awareness!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. O.","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5425205_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1528293992178","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5425205"},{"teacherId":5425205,"projectId":9731863,"letterContent":"Thanks for helping us make learning fun by providing us with folder games. I was able to set one box up in my classroom for centered and work my way around the literacy groups to teach the kids how to play and check their work.\r\n\r\nI was able to provide parents with individual folder games that would help their specific child's needs at this point in the school year. Some of the games focused on rhyming, beginning, middle, or ending sounds, and even syllables.\r\n\r\nThe kids are happy to have a game to play with their families!","fullyFundedDate":1758845801953,"projectUrl":"project/practice-with-families/9731863/","projectTitle":"Practice With Families!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. O.","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5425205_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1528293992178","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5425205"},{"teacherId":5425205,"projectId":9736086,"letterContent":"Thank you for supporting our math fluency. I was able to review the math journals with parents and conferences recently and speak with them about how best the kids could use them to help practice what we are learning in class.\r\n\r\nThe parents were thrilled with the resource. They noticed that while there is plenty to practice, each day does not consist of too much work. And the students seemed a little surprised that their families and teacher were working together regarding their education. The kids are going to do great with these math journals.","fullyFundedDate":1758845803586,"projectUrl":"project/minds-for-math/9736086/","projectTitle":"Minds for Math!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. O.","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5425205_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1528293992178","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5425205"},{"teacherId":1911132,"projectId":8649800,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for providing my students with headphones for their classroom technology. We received new technology but did not receive compatible headphones. I wanted to make sure my students had the opportunity to participate in the class, utilizing technology, without having to overshadow one another from devices all playing out loud at once. \r\nWhen the headphones came the students got the pleasure of opening the boxes. They knew that they were head phones, from seeing the individual boxes, but had no idea that they were wireless. Their little minds were completely blown. Thank you so much!","fullyFundedDate":1723652483168,"projectUrl":"project/hearing-the-instruction-i-need/8649800/","projectTitle":"Hearing the Instruction I Need","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Hammock","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1911132_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1470192412988","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-hammock"},{"teacherId":1911132,"projectId":8076697,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for providing my students with a research station for our classroom. They are now able to do research in the classroom setting, without having to rely solely on the classroom devices. When we got the iPad and placed the case on it, you would have thought that they had won the lottery in class. They couldn't understand how a complete stranger would be willing to provide us with something like this, just by setting up a project and explaining the need. I am so grateful because your act of kindness shows them that it is okay to help others when you are able. Thank you so much, Audrey Hammock.","fullyFundedDate":1711274188248,"projectUrl":"project/a-research-station-for-4th-grade-creatio/8076697/","projectTitle":"A Research Station for 4th Grade Creation","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Hammock","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1911132_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1470192412988","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-hammock"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_77988","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":122,"numTeachers":25,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":96,"percentWhite":1,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":0,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Pre-K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"4.9:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":55.5,"schoolId":77988,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Patrick Henry Downtown - Academy on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Patrick Henry Downtown - Academy","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/missouri/st-louis-public-schools/henry-elementary-school/77988"}