{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Johnson Senior High School","outOfStateSupporters":34.8,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":2137827,"projectId":9980562,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping us get our new ultrawide monitor! You might have a regular computer screen at home, but this one is specially designed to be extra wide and slightly curved. It has completely changed how our students use our classroom flight simulator. Instead of looking at a small square, the new screen wraps around their field of vision. This helps them learn because they can see the airplane's dashboard instruments and the runway at the same time, just like a real pilot. It turns abstract math and science concepts into real-world skills, teaching them about speed, altitude, and how to focus on multiple things at once without getting overwhelmed.\r\n\r\nThe most exciting part for the students is how incredibly real it feels. With our old, smaller screen, flying just felt like playing a video game. Now, the huge monitor makes them feel completely immersed. When they push the throttle forward to take off, the wide view of the runway rushing by makes it feel like they are actually moving. They love the thrill of flying through the clouds and being able to look out the \"side windows\" of the cockpit. It has sparked a huge interest in aviation.","fullyFundedDate":1770647779104,"projectUrl":"project/clear-skies-expanding-the-view-for-futu/9980562/","projectTitle":"Clear Skies: Expanding the View for Future Pilots","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Corcoran","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2137827_orig.jpg?crop=1075,1075,x499,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1734454910793","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2137827"},{"teacherId":2137827,"projectId":9963426,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for providing our classroom with a powerful new laptop! While you might use a computer at home to check emails or watch videos, running a complex flight simulator in school requires a lot of special computing power. This new laptop has the speed and graphics we need to run these programs smoothly without freezing. It is helping our students learn by turning difficult subjects like math, geography, and science into a hands-on adventure. Instead of just reading about wind resistance they are actually applying those concepts in real-time to keep their virtual airplane in the sky safely.","fullyFundedDate":1770647780146,"projectUrl":"project/cleared-for-takeoff-tech-for-future-pil/9963426/","projectTitle":"Cleared for Takeoff: Tech for Future Pilots","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Corcoran","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2137827_orig.jpg?crop=1075,1075,x499,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1734454910793","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2137827"},{"teacherId":5013205,"projectId":9753413,"letterContent":"I'm starting another poetry unit with my 9th grade students, and having a robust shelf of poetry to choose from is a wonderful gift that you have helped give to me, and to the students in my classroom. I have enough books for every student in the room to have a stack of poetry to page through, choosing which ones they like, and which ones they want to pass back to the table behind them. I have enough books to happily send a book home with a student. Most of the assignment can be taught in class, but sometimes the right book can hit the right student and I never want to be stingy with books. \r\n\r\nI have taught in this school a long time, and it has always been a place where kids start working for real money quite young, or parents are working two jobs, or being without stable housing is nothing to raise an eyebrow at. I have also had the joy of seeing my former students do awesome stuff like work as a doctor, get a degree in aerodynamics, coach a college team, or start working in a law office as they apply to law school. Even more heartwarming to me are the stories like a former student who checks in on his little brother who is in my class now, a student of mine who bought a house down the block, the basketball player who enrolled his son as a 9th grader, a kid who didn't have stable housing making a home of his own. \r\n\r\nThere are big challenges, like the per-pupil funding number not being tied to inflation at the state of Minnesota, or a dropping birth rate/enrollment all over the state, or uncertainty in many areas of education. I am so heartened not just for the gift of books, but for the gift of care for our public schools, care for our vulnerable children, and care for the future of humanities in education. Thank you again, and I hope you have a wonderful day.","fullyFundedDate":1769260140778,"projectUrl":"project/updates-and-new-books/9753413/","projectTitle":"Updates and New Books","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Montgomery","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5013205_orig.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1758920001265","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5013205"},{"teacherId":2137827,"projectId":9710716,"letterContent":"While the entire class has benefited, I've seen a remarkable transformation in a few specific groups of students. In particular, I'm thinking of a student named we'll call Alex. Alex has often struggled with traditional lecture-style learning and sometimes felt disengaged from core subjects like math and physics.\r\n\r\nHowever, since we introduced this technology, Alex has become a leader in the classroom. The tactile nature of the flight controls and the visual data provided by the software clicked in a way that paper and pencil never did. Alex is now staying after school to \"clock hours\" and is suddenly asking deep, insightful questions about trigonometry and wind vectors because they now see the practical application of those numbers.\r\n\r\nFurthermore, I've noticed that some of our more reserved students have found their voice through this project. The technology provides a common language for them to collaborate, troubleshoot, and mentor one another. It has leveled the playing field, allowing students who might not excel in traditional testing to shine as technical experts and skilled operators.","fullyFundedDate":1763557330079,"projectUrl":"project/flight-sim-lab-upgrade-integrating-phys/9710716/","projectTitle":"Flight Sim Lab Upgrade: Integrating Physical Building and Virtual Reality","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Corcoran","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2137827_orig.jpg?crop=1075,1075,x499,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1734454910793","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2137827"},{"teacherId":2137827,"projectId":9910419,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your kind and generous donation. It is going to be so much fun having students work on their new technology to have them discover the wonderful wonders of flight. My students love to use technology to ensure they're keeping up with the times always.\r\n\r\nWhile many of you use tablets or computers for work and communication, the technology you've provided serves a very specific pedagogical purpose: experiential simulation. In a traditional classroom setting, aviation concepts like lift, drag, and thrust can feel abstract and distant. However, with this new technology, my students are no longer just reading about Bernoulli's principle—they are feeling its effects in real-time.\r\n\r\nThe software and hardware act as a \"safe-to-fail\" environment. In flight training, mistakes are part of the learning process, but in a real aircraft, those mistakes are costly and dangerous. This technology allows students to experiment with complex maneuvers, understand the nuances of weather patterns, and practice navigation without ever leaving the ground. It bridges the gap between a textbook diagram and the physical intuition required to be a pilot.","fullyFundedDate":1764006170624,"projectUrl":"project/expanding-student-access-for-switch-2-es/9910419/","projectTitle":"Expanding Student Access for Switch 2 Esports and Game Clubs","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Corcoran","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2137827_orig.jpg?crop=1075,1075,x499,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1734454910793","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2137827"},{"teacherId":8390842,"projectId":9292423,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our engineering students. With our new Jenga game, students practice the engineering mindset skills of risk-taking, creativity, and systems thinking. By coloring the blocks and asking students to roll a colored die, they are constrained to moving only a block color that matches what they rolled. This modification to the game increases their ability to problem solve and often times increases communication within the group. The card games are utilized early in the year to build relationships through a fun activity. This is especially important when students come from all different middle schools and do not know each other yet. Using these resources we are able to create a welcoming, fun, and engaged learning environment.\r\n\r\nThe engineering-related books are a wonderful addition to our space! The museum books, Botanicum, Oceanarium, and Animalium, are resources for students to select a topic where they conduct research in order to develop an ArcGIS StoryMap. Several students have gravitated to the new books and read before class. Students also use the origami book/paper to create projects and give them away to others.\r\n\r\nOutside our classroom, the bulletin board background paper allows for student work to be displayed. On the board are student computer-generated designs, 3D printed models, and ArcGIS StoryMaps. Parents, staff, and students are able to see some of the work completed in our course.","fullyFundedDate":1751734805453,"projectUrl":"project/engineering-literacy-community-buildin/9292423/","projectTitle":"Engineering Literacy & Community Building","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Vojtech","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8390842_orig.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1737646750144","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8390842"},{"teacherId":2137827,"projectId":9009846,"letterContent":"I want to take a moment to thank you for your generous donation of food to our classroom. Your kindness has made a huge difference for our students, and I want to share how your support is helping them.\r\n\r\nSince receiving the food, we've been able to make sure that students in class don't worry about being hungry during the school day. Many of our students were often distracted or struggling because they didn't have enough to eat, but now, with the snacks and meals you provided, they are more focused and ready to learn.\r\n\r\nWhen the students first saw the food, their faces lit up. Some of them even said things like, \"I didn't realize how much I needed this!\" It's amazing to see how much a little bit of food can change their mood and make them feel cared for.","fullyFundedDate":1742823916007,"projectUrl":"project/food-for-thought/9009846/","projectTitle":"Food for Thought!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Corcoran","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2137827_orig.jpg?crop=1075,1075,x499,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1734454910793","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2137827"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_76114","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":1076,"numTeachers":85,"percentFrplEligible":92,"percentAsian":53,"percentBlack":21,"percentWhite":5,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":11,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"9 - 12","studentTeacherRatio":"12.7:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":65.2,"schoolId":76114,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Johnson Senior High School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Johnson Senior High School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/minnesota/saint-paul-public-schools/johnson-senior-high-school/76114"}