{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Leroy Greene Academy","outOfStateSupporters":38.4,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":850959,"projectId":10099914,"letterContent":"Thank you for your donations that led to the purchase of four pieces for our after school jazz band. These pieces are great starting charts for us that handle different style of rock/funk (Chameleon), Afro-Cuban (A Night in Tunisia), blues (Kidney Stew Blues) and swing (Doxy). Variety is the spice of life and part of the mission of a jazz band is to play of a variety of styles, which these four charts will allow us to do. Thank you to all that donated to this project, you are helping me to keep it exciting for our students.","fullyFundedDate":1772919849668,"projectUrl":"project/a-chameleons-night-in-tunisia-with-the/10099914/","projectTitle":"A Chameleon's Night in Tunisia With the Kidney Stew Blues!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Mabry","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp850959_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1701636094777","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/bmabry"},{"teacherId":850959,"projectId":9882660,"letterContent":"Thank you for the donations that led to a classroom set of mutes for my trumpet students. We are currently using these mutes on Brian Balmages' \"Etowah\". The students have been very eager to use them, practice, and play with them. I wouldn't have been able to do this without, so on behalf of my students, I thank you. Thank you for everything you do to support music education in our public schools systems, each and everyday. You are my super heroes. From the bottom of this band director's heart, I say, thank you.","fullyFundedDate":1772072848727,"projectUrl":"project/mutes-to-muffle-our-toots/9882660/","projectTitle":"Mutes to Muffle Our Toots!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Mabry","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp850959_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1701636094777","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/bmabry"},{"teacherId":6137893,"projectId":9839179,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting this project! \r\n\r\nWith your support students were able to be introduced to a new form of printmaking called Gelli Plate printing and were able to experiment and explore this new material.\r\n\r\nThrough this process, students were able to create a variety of textures using printing techniques and then added hand-drawn elements and collage to create their works of art.\r\n\r\nThis particular style of art is called monotype printing. Monotype is \"one-of-a-kind\", non-reproducible artwork, that often creates a variation in a series.\r\n\r\nStudents were asked to \"Document the Everyday\" with their prints to create a series of artworks that relate to, and/or document, everyday items/activities/objects/actions in their lives.\r\n\r\nSome students opted to select items that are basic necessities while others chose to highlight special or sentimental objects that are important to them.\r\n\r\nThrough this process, students were able to learn a new artmaking technique while reflecting on their own lives and looking more closely at the world around them.\r\n\r\nThank you for supporting their creativity and hands-on making!","fullyFundedDate":1764616856415,"projectUrl":"project/gelli-what-gelli-plate-printmaking/9839179/","projectTitle":"Gelli What? Gelli Plate Printmaking!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Roadruck","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6137893_orig.jpg?crop=1408,1408,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1757624868865","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6137893"},{"teacherId":850959,"projectId":10083988,"letterContent":"Thank you for your donations that led to the purchase of four new pieces for our after school jazz band. These four pieces include a winter concert classic (Frosty the Snowman), a blues standard (Blue Monk), a traditional jazz classic (Basin Street Blues), and a modal staple (Footprints). Band directors are always looking for a variety of styles and compositions to put together for concerts and this project helps us achieve that. Thank you for always supporting music education in our public schools!","fullyFundedDate":1771051687687,"projectUrl":"project/blue-frosty-leaving-footprints-on-basin/10083988/","projectTitle":"Blue Frosty Leaving Footprints on Basin Street!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Mabry","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp850959_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1701636094777","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/bmabry"},{"teacherId":850959,"projectId":9964870,"letterContent":"Thank you for your donations that led to the purchase of a classroom set of Standard of Excellence for Jazz method books for our after school jazz band. This method book series provides a basic foundation of jazz style grooves, articulations, scales, modes, and improvisation. On top of that, it has some fun, beginning, jazz songs in the style of rock, funk, swing, blues, bossa nova, and reggae. This series will give us a springboard for tackling harder charts down the road. Thank you for your contributions to our program.","fullyFundedDate":1771028112781,"projectUrl":"project/a-method-to-our-jazz-madness/9964870/","projectTitle":"A Method To Our (Jazz) Madness!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Mabry","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp850959_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1701636094777","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/bmabry"},{"teacherId":850959,"projectId":9966573,"letterContent":"Thank you for your donations that led to the purchase of these four jazz pieces for our after school jazz band. I have been facing some challenges retaining students from year to year, so I'm hoping having an after school jazz band will help us retain more students. These four pieces will be a welcome addition to jazz library. I have played Blue Train by John Coltrane and Watermelon Man by Herbie Hancock many times with beginners and look forward to working on Killer Joe and Reunion Blues. Thanks once more.","fullyFundedDate":1771078343160,"projectUrl":"project/gettin-the-blues/9966573/","projectTitle":"Gettin' the Blues!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Mabry","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp850959_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1701636094777","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/bmabry"},{"teacherId":850959,"projectId":9871681,"letterContent":"Thank you for your donations that led to the purchase of these three concert band pieces for our students. This is the first of three projects that I am setting up based on a student email. In the student's email, he listed his favorite band pieces from his YouTube and JW Pepper research. I have made it a goal to obtain all the pieces on his email that we don't currently own. Most of these pieces should be playable by our students next semester. Thank you for all you do to support music education in our public schools. Thank you!","fullyFundedDate":1767129771576,"projectUrl":"project/total-request-live-1/9871681/","projectTitle":"Total Request Live 1!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Mabry","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp850959_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1701636094777","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/bmabry"},{"teacherId":850959,"projectId":9849607,"letterContent":"Thanks you for your letters that led to the donation of three Band Quest publication band pieces. These are very unique pieces because they are modern, advant garde pieces written by a composer that spent a month with middle school students creating the pieces together. The outcome is that these pieces are a little bit more unique, creative, and out there than the normal middle school band composition. While these pieces are slightly harder than we are ready to play currently, we might be able to attempt these in a year or two.","fullyFundedDate":1765575713836,"projectUrl":"project/striving-to-fulfill-our-band-quest/9849607/","projectTitle":"Striving to Fulfill Our Band Quest","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Mabry","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp850959_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1701636094777","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/bmabry"},{"teacherId":850959,"projectId":9831105,"letterContent":"Thank you for your donations that led to the purchase of our new concert bass drum for our middle school and high school concert bands. This is the third year of concert band program and our program continues to grow in numbers ability. We have bought our first round of instruments lessening our dependency on renting instruments from the store. Now I can start to focus on getting high quality concert band percussion instruments for our ensembles. Thank you for supporting music education in our public school systems.","fullyFundedDate":1762108828497,"projectUrl":"project/a-proper-thud/9831105/","projectTitle":"A Proper Thud!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Mabry","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp850959_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1701636094777","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/bmabry"},{"teacherId":6137893,"projectId":9708285,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting my Advanced Placement students! These kids work super hard and spend lots of time outside of class creating and perfecting their works of art.\r\n\r\nThis class is tough and students are working to develop a portfolio of pieces related to a specific theme or guiding question that they develop.\r\n\r\nHaving these portfolios has helped students keep their work organized and protected when transporting it between school and home and has enabled them to keep things neat and tidy.\r\n\r\nWe are truly grateful for your support!","fullyFundedDate":1757872565544,"projectUrl":"project/keepin-it-together-we-need-ap-art-por/9708285/","projectTitle":"Keepin' It Together - We Need AP Art Portfolios","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Roadruck","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6137893_orig.jpg?crop=1408,1408,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1757624868865","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6137893"},{"teacherId":850959,"projectId":9795750,"letterContent":"Thank you for your donations that led to the purchase of a slapstick for our middle school concert band ensembles. We are currently playing Leroy Anderson's \"Sleigh Ride\" and Pierre LaPlante's \"Minka's Sleigh Ride\", both of which require a slapstick or whip sound at the very end. We are currently using to Vic Firth SD1 general drumsticks slapped together, so this is a tremendous upgrade to the sound, visual effect, imagery and overall effect of the compositions. Thank you for support music education in our public schools.","fullyFundedDate":1760693704432,"projectUrl":"project/cant-play-sleigh-ride-without-a-slap-st/9795750/","projectTitle":"Can't Play Sleigh Ride Without a Slap Stick!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Mabry","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp850959_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1701636094777","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/bmabry"},{"teacherId":850959,"projectId":9770294,"letterContent":"Thank you for your donations that led to the purchase of a brand new Grover tambourine for our band classes. This tambourine is an upgrade from the tambourines we currently have. This tambourine has a calf head for different timbres from striking area and can be used for a thumb rolls. It also has two rows of chimes to allow the instrument to better cut through the ensemble. Thank you as always for supporting music education in our public school system. We greatly appreciate your ongoing support.","fullyFundedDate":1760693633730,"projectUrl":"project/they-know-how-to-shake-it/9770294/","projectTitle":"They Know How To Shake It!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Mabry","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp850959_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1701636094777","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/bmabry"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_103799","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":740,"numTeachers":40,"percentFrplEligible":51,"percentAsian":15,"percentBlack":13,"percentWhite":16,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":43,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"6 - 12","studentTeacherRatio":"18.5:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":61.6,"schoolId":103799,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Leroy Greene Academy on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Leroy Greene Academy","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/california/natomas-unified-school-district/leroy-greene-academy/103799"}