{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Lahaina Intermediate School","outOfStateSupporters":39.8,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":10185059,"projectId":9659069,"letterContent":"My students are thrilled to have the items that you donated for the sensory room. One of my students is absolutely in love with the pizza Pete the Cat stuffed animal that was purchased and it has been instrumental in helping him work on transitioning around campus as this has been a challenge and finding motivators has been hard this year. This has been one of the biggest and most surprising things to have turned his transitions around and I am incredibly grateful we were able to get this donated.\r\n\r\nIn addition, the blackout curtains have allowed us to help our students with calming down when they have been dysregulated but reducing the amount of light into the room and allowing for a darker and more calm environment. While we have curtains and lights off, we have used the glowing lights and other stuffed animals to help our students regulate and calm their bodies to be able to reset and join the class following their dysregulation.\r\n\r\nMahalo for your donation and help to make my students be able to have an area for them to regulate and be able to maintain their dignity while doing so.","fullyFundedDate":1766340337445,"projectUrl":"project/sensory-room/9659069/","projectTitle":"Sensory Room","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Burnham","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10185059"},{"teacherId":9342621,"projectId":10107620,"letterContent":"DonorsChoose materials transform 8th-grade classrooms by closing the gap between basic lessons and real-world readiness. Technology and STEM kits provide the hands-on experience students need to feel confident heading into high school, turning abstract concepts into tangible skills. Meanwhile, high-interest books and flexible seating address the social-emotional needs of young teens, fostering a sense of belonging and reigniting an interest in learning during a notoriously difficult transitional year.\r\n\r\nThe deepest impact, however, is often psychological. When students receive new supplies from donors, it sends a clear message that their education is worth an investment. This boosts morale and accountability, reducing the \"shame\" of being unprepared and replacing it with a sense of community support. These resources aren't just tools—they are proof that people believe in their future success.","fullyFundedDate":1771656023646,"projectUrl":"project/math-made-easy/10107620/","projectTitle":"Math Made Easy","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Cular","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-1_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9342621"},{"teacherId":8147994,"projectId":9910794,"letterContent":"As a result of your generosity, my classroom has been filled not just with new supplies, but with new energy, creativity, and confidence. The support from you and the Hawaiʻi Department of Education has allowed my health and music students to truly bring their learning to life.\r\n\r\nAs last semester came to a close, my 60 health students created presentations showcasing their favorite units. With the butcher paper, colorful construction paper, binders, sheet protectors, markers, pencils, scissors, and glue sticks, they carefully designed projects that reflected both their knowledge and their personalities. Watching students thoughtfully choose colors, trim edges just right, and help one another assemble their work was a beautiful reminder that learning can be both meaningful and joyful.\r\n\r\nIn music class, the dry erase music staff magnets and EXPO markers gave students the opportunity to physically write notation and demonstrate rhythms for their peers. The new mobile standing desk quickly became a favorite tool during presentations, giving students a flexible, professional space to share their work and performances with confidence. Students who were once hesitant stood at the board or behind the desk with pride, proudly showing how much they had grown.\r\n\r\nHaving enough high-quality materials for every student meant fewer limitations and more possibilities. Your support didn't just provide supplies — it created opportunities for creativity, ownership, and pride.\r\n\r\nMahalo for believing in my students and investing in their growth. Your generosity has made a lasting impact in our classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1764098733416,"projectUrl":"project/end-of-semester-student-presentations/9910794/","projectTitle":"End-of-Semester Student Presentations","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Thompson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8147994"},{"teacherId":8545159,"projectId":9701105,"letterContent":"Thank you very much for your generous donation to our life science classroom. My 7th graders are using the resources you have provided to support their learning and explore like never before.\r\n\r\nBecause of your donation students can create art in science, something we don't often get to do. When students create art in an academic setting, it significantly boosts cognitive development, critical thinking, and emotional growth by allowing them to experiment with materials and solve problems. \r\nThank you for supporting Hawaii public education.","fullyFundedDate":1764783390671,"projectUrl":"project/steam-for-7th-graders/9701105/","projectTitle":"STEAM for 7th Graders","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. V","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8545159"},{"teacherId":9657492,"projectId":9772150,"letterContent":"On behalf of my 8th Grade Social Studies students, I would like to extend our deepest and most heartfelt gratitude for your generous support in providing much-needed classroom supplies. Because of your kindness, our classroom has become a more engaging, creative, and inspiring place for learning.\r\n\r\nMost importantly, your generosity sends a powerful message to our students: that their education matters and that there are people in the community who believe in their potential and success. That encouragement motivates them every day to \r\ndo their best.\r\nFrom all of us in our classroom, thank you for investing in our learning, our growth, and our future. Your support is making a lasting impact on young learners, and we are truly grateful.","fullyFundedDate":1759425129580,"projectUrl":"project/classroom-corner-in-need/9772150/","projectTitle":"Classroom Corner in Need","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. MENESES","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9657492_orig.jpg?crop=594,594,x1,y3&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1723968683462","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9657492"},{"teacherId":9377355,"projectId":9774151,"letterContent":"This year's Holiday Stem Activity was filled with fun and laughter for both our students as well as our staff!\r\n\r\nYour contributions allowed our students to participate in the fun as they worked collaboratively with their peers. Having the flexibility of incorporating new and challenging stem activities was amazing. The students were so excited to have the opportunity to participate in the the various activities as they worked together to create their final projects. Mahalo for supporting a day of fun and celebration for our keiki!","fullyFundedDate":1759424094449,"projectUrl":"project/holiday-sel-stem-activity/9774151/","projectTitle":"Holiday SEL-STEM Activity","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Kua'ana","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9377355_orig.jpg?crop=953,953,x290,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1701203733171","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9377355"},{"teacherId":9803936,"projectId":8877585,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your more than generous support of my students and my school.\r\nMy high-needs students received the benefits of your donations through having the accouterments for receiving high-end and nutritious special consumables, and receiving special support for their learning needs. \r\n\r\nBecause of your donations, I was able to provide academic intervention support, special attention, and social and emotional support to students in ways I would not be abe to without your supports. \r\n\r\nThe smile on their faces showed the instant \"hit\" of what I could provide for my students, and the encouragement for learning and belonging continues through their interactions with your provisions for me and my students.","fullyFundedDate":1729527002719,"projectUrl":"project/bridge-the-gap-build-the-future/8877585/","projectTitle":"Bridge the Gap & Build the Future!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. S Baagoe","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-9_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9803936"},{"teacherId":9346535,"projectId":9780531,"letterContent":"We were excited to hear that our project needs were accomplished through the generous donations of Donors Choose. With the new tables and snacks we can continue to reinforce, recognize, and reward our students and staff through our Renaissance program. We celebrate excellence and recognize hundreds of our students and staff daily, monthly, and quarterly through various recognitions like: Students and Staff of the month awards, Up Yours awards, AiDoKea awards, Golden Tickets, Birthdays, Reader/Sora awards, 4.0 Club, Perfect Attendance awards, and many more.\r\nAs my pictures show, we reward students with tangible snacks and special events that utilize the snacks and tables. This excites and motivates our entire school and drives the students to strive for excellence. We appreciate all your support and donations. Aloha!","fullyFundedDate":1759576744802,"projectUrl":"project/renaissance-rewards-and-recognitions-ce/9780531/","projectTitle":"Renaissance Rewards and Recognitions- Celebrating Excellence!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Hayase","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9346535_orig.jpg?crop=1750,1750,x68,y653&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1708463546098","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9346535"},{"teacherId":9346535,"projectId":9766235,"letterContent":"I was so estatic and honored to get this Renaissance project supported by all of the donors. Financial support and assistance through Donors Choose enables most schools and teachers to complete their class/school projects through generous donations of supplies, materials, and/or equipment. Our school's Renaissance program is more successful, effective, and motivating for our students and staff through the tangible rewards and snacks provided by Donors Choose. \r\nOur school's Renaissance program celebrates excellence by recognizing, reinforcing, and rewarding students and staff for all the great things they accomplish. We do daily, monthly, and quarterly recognitions through various recognitions. The pictures I sent in show a small snapshot of students getting rewarded along with some of the different recognitions we implement at LIS.\r\nWe cannot thank you enough for all your support and generous donations. We, at LIS appreciate all of you. Aloha!","fullyFundedDate":1760757076158,"projectUrl":"project/renaissance-reinforcing-recognizing/9766235/","projectTitle":"Renaissance - Reinforcing, Recognizing, and Rewarding Excellence!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Hayase","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9346535_orig.jpg?crop=1750,1750,x68,y653&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1708463546098","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9346535"},{"teacherId":7928090,"projectId":9775924,"letterContent":"Our broadcast now has working mics! This takes a lot of pressure of myself and my students. THere is nothing more stressful than having your mics fail during a live boradcast. Now we are able to run our cast smoothly without sound hiccups. \r\nWe have also been able to get a little fancier with our mics since now we have more than 1. We dont have to keep passing the mic when a different person needs to speak. I truly appreciate your donation to help make my job just a little easier. It really means a lot and it reduces my stress and anxiety when we are going live.","fullyFundedDate":1759450014592,"projectUrl":"project/broadcast-equipment-desperately-needs-an/9775924/","projectTitle":"Broadcast Equipment Desperately Needs an Update","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Lori Koyama","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-6_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7928090"},{"teacherId":6585268,"projectId":9774219,"letterContent":"Our students were so excited to learn about design and manufacturing. The three-dimentional (3-D) printer is an amazing tool to for students to learn with hands on learning. They were so excited to open the box (I let them unrwap it) and see what was inside. They could not believe we received such a generous gift. \r\n\r\nThey were excited to learn about design and they really wanted to 'make things.' They learned about design by exploring design websites and they created their own projects. \r\nThis helped them with math (measuring) and brought out their creativity. This is such an amazing resource. \r\n\r\nDonors choose is such an amazing platform - we never would have been able to purchase these amazing items (the 3D printer and supplies). The excitement on the faces of the students was priceless.","fullyFundedDate":1759387293170,"projectUrl":"project/exploring-careers/9774219/","projectTitle":"Exploring Careers!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Thomas","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6585268_orig.jpg?crop=576,576,x162,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1677903875155","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6585268"},{"teacherId":9371909,"projectId":9784984,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for funding this project! My students have been able to play with math in many ways. Students have been using the tools to create math projects and other art projects, both individually and collaboratively. They have been using the supplies to show their thinking and communicate with others. Students are engaged and having fun demonstrating their learning in new and exciting ways.\r\nStudents were very happy to see the new supplies, puzzles and math tools when they were first delivered. Now that they have had time to use them, they are excited about future projects and activities. We still have yet to implement a project on making catapults to demonstrate student understanding of parabolas and their equations. That is planned for this coming quarter so students are excited.\r\nThank you again for making these activities possible for students!","fullyFundedDate":1759624019709,"projectUrl":"project/math-games-learning-fun/9784984/","projectTitle":"Math Games & Learning Fun","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Dunn","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9371909"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_47706","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":449,"numTeachers":46,"percentFrplEligible":53,"percentAsian":28,"percentBlack":0,"percentWhite":14,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":20,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"6 - 8","studentTeacherRatio":"9.8:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":false,"metroType":"TOWN","ncesMetroType":"TOWN_FRINGE"},"inStateSupporters":60.2,"schoolId":47706,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Lahaina Intermediate School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Lahaina Intermediate School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/hawaii/maui-school-district/lahaina-intermediate-school/47706"}