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Thanks for your support!","fullyFundedDate":1764702274481,"projectUrl":"project/help-the-debate-team-deliver/9735190/","projectTitle":"Help the Debate Team Deliver!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Dippel","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2701255_orig.png?crop=446,446,x4,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1723696328713","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mdippel"},{"teacherId":2701255,"projectId":9605550,"letterContent":"Germs averted for me! I'm proud to say I have not gotten sick yet this year. (Knock on wood!) I credit this, in part, to keeping our classroom clean and organized. Wipes are commonly used to clean our desks, seats, and surfaces. All middle school students spent the day before winter break also wiping down walls, doors, and shelves. The lemon scent was refreshing. Our vacuum works perfectly to keep our carpet and floors clear of debris. Students fight over vacuuming as a classroom job. We even had a spilling of tiny beads that would have been impossible to clean without a vacuum. Thanks so much!","fullyFundedDate":1755724282320,"projectUrl":"project/were-just-so-fresh-and-so-clean-clean/9605550/","projectTitle":"We're Just So Fresh and So Clean, Clean!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Dippel","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2701255_orig.png?crop=446,446,x4,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1723696328713","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mdippel"},{"teacherId":2701255,"projectId":9605476,"letterContent":"This book was a stunning addition to our Education Studies class. Students realized that school is just one system within a much larger system of inequality. While this sounds depressing, it actually sparked amazing conversations. Students used the text in an arts-infused project, building scale models of future schools. I asked students what they dreamed school to be like and to put that into a concrete vision. Six students presented at the arts fair and used the text as a source for their arguments. We received excellent feedback on their deep comprehension and connections to Kozol! I will certainly use this text again.","fullyFundedDate":1755734227194,"projectUrl":"project/exploring-inequality-in-education/9605476/","projectTitle":"Exploring Inequality in Education","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Dippel","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2701255_orig.png?crop=446,446,x4,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1723696328713","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mdippel"},{"teacherId":2701255,"projectId":9013721,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supplying physical book copies for this unit. It has been a highly engaging second unit of the year, especially given the presence of ICE in our community. Students are reading both fiction and nonfiction. The \"Immigration\" copies provide a fantastic opportunity to review non-fiction text features in an age-appropriate way. Students also use these copies to learn interesting facts about immigrants and improve their notetaking and discussion skills. We should wrap up this unit at the beginning of our second semester, and look forward to more intervention topics in Spring!","fullyFundedDate":1736950884987,"projectUrl":"project/the-great-debate-immigration/9013721/","projectTitle":"The Great Debate: Immigration","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Dippel","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2701255_orig.png?crop=446,446,x4,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1723696328713","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mdippel"},{"teacherId":10264978,"projectId":9811200,"letterContent":"The Penguin Young Readers and National Geographic Kids Readers texts you generously funded are having a powerful and immediate impact in my ESL English I classroom. Through these books, students are building essential literacy skills such as recognizing high-frequency words, identifying the beginning, middle, and end of a story, determining a text's theme, learning new English vocabulary, and responding to comprehension questions using complete sentences. Because the Penguin Young Readers and National Geographic Kids Readers texts are written at an accessible instructional level and include clear language and engaging visuals, students are able to better comprehend English texts independently and build confidence with reading in English.\r\n\r\nReading in our classroom now includes a weekly independent reading routine that students truly look forward to. During this time, students choose a book from the donated classroom library and read independently while completing an Independent Reading Log. As they read, they actively track cognates, identify story structure and theme, record new vocabulary, and answer reflection questions. This helps them engage thoughtfully with the text and apply the skills they are learning. This routine has created a calm, focused learning environment where reading feels purposeful and accessible.\r\n\r\nWhen students finish an independent reading log and still have time left, they often grab another book to continue reading simply because they want to! This donation has sparked strong intrinsic motivation and a genuine joy for reading, while also establishing a consistent and meaningful literacy routine in our classroom. The books are not only strengthening academic skills, but also empowering students to see themselves as confident, capable readers!\r\n\r\nMy students and I are incredibly grateful for your support!","fullyFundedDate":1760731877004,"projectUrl":"project/foundations-for-fluency-books-for-my-es/9811200/","projectTitle":"Foundations for Fluency: Books for My ESL Classroom","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Pagán","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10264978_orig.jpg?crop=1169,1170,x0,y38&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1758551410683","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10264978"},{"teacherId":10264978,"projectId":9719376,"letterContent":"The bilingual texts you generously funded are having a powerful and immediate impact in my ESL English I classroom. Through these books, students are building essential literacy skills such as identifying cognates between Spanish and English, recognizing the beginning, middle, and end of a story, determining a text's theme, learning new English vocabulary, and responding to comprehension questions using complete sentences. The side-by-side format allows students to confidently use their native Spanish as a support while engaging with English, strengthening comprehension and reinforcing that bilingualism is an asset.\r\n\r\nReading in our classroom now includes a weekly independent reading routine that students truly look forward to. During this time, students choose a book from the donated classroom library and read independently while completing an Independent Reading Log. As they read, they actively track cognates, identify story structure and theme, record new vocabulary, and answer reflection questions. This helps them engage thoughtfully with the text and apply the skills they are learning. This routine has created a calm, focused learning environment where reading feels purposeful and accessible.\r\n\r\nWhen students finish an independent reading log and still have time left, they often grab another book to continue reading simply because they want to! This donation has sparked strong intrinsic motivation and a genuine joy for reading, while also establishing a consistent and meaningful literacy routine in our classroom. The books you donated are not only strengthening academic skills, but also empowering students to see themselves as confident, capable readers in both languages.\r\n\r\nMy students and I are incredibly grateful for your support!","fullyFundedDate":1758817560912,"projectUrl":"project/bilingual-books-for-my-esl-classroom/9719376/","projectTitle":"Bilingual Books for My ESL Classroom","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Pagán","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10264978_orig.jpg?crop=1169,1170,x0,y38&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1758551410683","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10264978"},{"teacherId":1587416,"projectId":9386023,"letterContent":"This year, my students were able to create their own creative collage pages inspired by the story \"Math Curse,\" and it was exciting to hear how we subverted expectations... \"We're reading a BOOK in math class?!\" \r\n\r\nI've enjoyed having an expanded collection of math books to show my students as examples, and when we return from Winter Break, we're going to dive in to more literacy-supported instruction as we tackle grade-level content. My seventh grade students will be learning how to calculate percentages using our text \"Sir Cumference and the 100 Percent Goose Chase\" that you graciously funded! Eighth grade will be able to utilize a much more relevant text this year in \"Sir Cumference Speaks Volumes.\" \r\n\r\nThank you once again for your generosity, and have a wonderful holiday season!","fullyFundedDate":1755705834381,"projectUrl":"project/creating-a-math-library/9386023/","projectTitle":"Creating a Math Library","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Ialungo","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1587416_orig.png?crop=271,271,x84,y72&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1719410777261","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ialungo-math"},{"teacherId":9465113,"projectId":9318657,"letterContent":"While I may be late at getting around to writing thank you notes, it's not because I am ungrateful or lazy; in fact quite the opposite is true. Since becoming a teacher - and now a mom - I've found myself often stunned into quiet silence by my quiet gratitude. I look around my classroom, at students who don't know we're in a Tier 1 classroom, who always have a snack handy when they're with me, who can request special supplies, who trust that adults are good and generous people and the world will help them. \r\n\r\nAnd it's because I have swallowed my pride, which allows me to ask for help when I need it. And it's become my most valuable asset. You are my student's silent safety, and I'm so lucky that they know a world where people love kids so much they'd buy them all the clay in the world.","fullyFundedDate":1746609480036,"projectUrl":"project/an-art-classroom-refresh-finding-makin/9318657/","projectTitle":"An Art Classroom Refresh: Finding, Making, Displaying","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. K","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9465113_orig.jpg?crop=500,500,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1725904242818","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/msksclassroom"},{"teacherId":8020370,"projectId":9102623,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting this project and helping bring it to life. Because it was funded late last year, our students are actually carrying it out right now and it has also become a meaningful part of our arts-infused work this school year. \r\n\r\nWith the new camera, our ELL Buddies are learning photography and filmmaking skills while documenting their immigration journeys, cultural traditions, and the everyday moments that define who they are. Their excitement is THE BEST thing to witness, and they are already capturing powerful images and stories that will be showcased in a gallery walk at the end of the year. \r\n\r\nYour generosity is giving our students the tools, confidence, and creative space to share their voices with our school community. We are truly soo grateful!","fullyFundedDate":1746786199857,"projectUrl":"project/take-more-pictures-debi-tirar-mas-fotos/9102623/","projectTitle":"Take More Pictures (Debi Tirar Mas Fotos): Capturing Our Cultures","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Henao","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8020370_orig.jpg?crop=3328,3328,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1744639381649","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8020370"},{"teacherId":9465113,"projectId":9146664,"letterContent":"An incredible thing is done each day that you consider someone who is in need. And my kids are kids who have needs. Whether they address it outright or not, they are aware that they exist in an inequitable world. But because you chose to give, their burden is lessened, and so is mine. \r\n\r\nI often talk to my administration, and the department of art ed about the importance of supplies. Even though we art teachers survive on cardboard scraps and old markers as long as we can, when kids have access to clean, new, exciting mediums, their artistic worlds open up. Because this year, we have plaster of Paris for Emily's swan sculptures, real acrylic paint for Gabriel's painting of Link, and brand-new motorized cutters for quick and painless sculpture-making. \r\n\r\nWe will never get over the generosity of strangers, especially in this day and age. While we are all struggling, when we share our gifts with others, we are all uplifted. Thank you for uplifting my students.","fullyFundedDate":1741666433553,"projectUrl":"project/operation-20-hours-each-students-visio/9146664/","projectTitle":"Operation 20-Hours: Each Student's Vision Comes to Life! Supplies Needed","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. K","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9465113_orig.jpg?crop=500,500,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1725904242818","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/msksclassroom"},{"teacherId":9308164,"projectId":9601924,"letterContent":"Thank you again for donating towards getting headphones for all of our junior high students at Kelvyn Park. In these first two months of school the students have been making incredible progress using the headphones to increase their reading scores using an application called Lexia, and their math skills using a program called IXL. Many of the students impacted need guided support through these applications and the headphones allow them to have passages or directions read to them. Without your kindness this would not have been possible.","fullyFundedDate":1755375245715,"projectUrl":"project/happy-with-headpones/9601924/","projectTitle":"Happy With Headpones","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Tate","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9308164_orig.jpg?crop=1270,1270,x2070,y1071&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1755278471081","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9308164"},{"teacherId":2701255,"projectId":9239880,"letterContent":"Thank you for our new independent reading titles! It is always a challenge to keep libraries updated with relevant and engaging texts that speak to a diverse student body. Last semester, we worked on having each student select an appropriate book and stick with it. Several students were \"caught\" with their books and received donuts as a reward for being prepared. This semester, we are tracking titles as an English department and encouraging students to strengthen the pace of their reading. These titles will only give them even more choices. Thank you!","fullyFundedDate":1744213119100,"projectUrl":"project/stunning-titles-for-solo-reading/9239880/","projectTitle":"Stunning Titles for Solo Reading","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Dippel","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2701255_orig.png?crop=446,446,x4,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1723696328713","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mdippel"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_5551","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":492,"numTeachers":25,"percentFrplEligible":85,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":10,"percentWhite":2,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":85,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"7 - 12","studentTeacherRatio":"19.7:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":68.2,"schoolId":5551,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Kelvyn Park High School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Kelvyn Park High School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/illinois/chicago-public-school-district-299/kelvyn-park-high-school/5551"}