{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Life Academy","outOfStateSupporters":30.7,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":1717439,"projectId":10142358,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our Beat the Heat project! The air conditioner and window coverings have completely transformed our classroom and, more importantly, the learning environment for my students.\r\n\r\nBefore this project, afternoon classes were especially difficult. The sun shines directly into our classroom and quickly turns the room into an uncomfortable, overheated space. Our only real solution was to close all of the blinds and block out as much sunlight as possible. By the afternoon, our classroom often felt like a dark cave. We were choosing between having natural light and having a room that was cool enough for students to focus. Now, we don't have to make that choice. \r\n\r\nThe combination of the window coverings and air conditioner means that we can keep our classroom comfortable while still letting daylight into the room. It may sound like a small change, but it has made an enormous difference. Students can walk into their afternoon classes and settle into learning instead of immediately commenting on the heat, asking to move away from the windows, or struggling to stay focused in a stuffy room. Your donation changed what it feels like to learn in our classroom. We can keep the sunlight without keeping the heat, and our classroom finally feels like a space where students can comfortably work throughout the entire school day.\r\n\r\nThank you for helping us beat the heat and for investing in a learning environment where my students can focus, participate, and do their best work.","fullyFundedDate":1773507296776,"projectUrl":"project/beat-the-heat-in-our-oakland-classroom/10142358/","projectTitle":"Beat the Heat in Our Oakland Classroom","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Contreras","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1717439_orig.png?crop=272,272,x34,y46&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1773252655986","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/vanessa-contreras"},{"teacherId":4858731,"projectId":6235252,"letterContent":"I owe you a long-overdue thank you! A few years ago, you helped me fund podcast equipment for our students, and I never got around to sending photos or an update. Over the last four years, we have carved out space for our students to have their voices heard and to share important information with our school community. Students are finding the power in their voice and recognizing how they can make an impact in their school community. Students are walking up a little bit straighter with pride of the impact they're creating.\r\n\r\nYour support made a difference. Feel free to visit our school's social media account to see students utilizing their voice! Thanks again!","fullyFundedDate":1648867809237,"projectUrl":"project/help-the-biohazard-weekly-project-their/6235252/","projectTitle":"Help the Biohazard Weekly Project Their Voice Over the Airways!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Rodrigo \"Roro\" Sandoval-Perez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4858731_orig.jpg?crop=2842,2842,x235,y507&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1786916280562","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4858731"},{"teacherId":8379904,"projectId":9954584,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donations to my DonorsChoose campaign. Because of your kindness, my advisory students now have a full class set of the Red Rising series—and we are no longer fake reading during SSR! Instead, for the past two months, we've met once a week for our book club, and the shift has been wonderful! Instead of silently pretending to read or nodding off during SSR, my students are genuinely engaged—asking questions, figuring out the language of the dystopian future, and sharing their thoughts about the story. \r\n\r\nThough we haven't finished the first book yet, I'm so excited for what this routine has brought to our advisory community and we'll absolutely pick up where we left off in the fall. The best news, however, is that on Thursday, our last day of reading before we break for the summer, I saw Hansel and Sergio decide to take it home for the summer. It felt like such a win. Your donations made this possible, turning a simple idea into an activity that sparks conversation, focus, and connection. Thank you for helping create a space where my students can rediscover what reading can be.","fullyFundedDate":1771439695377,"projectUrl":"project/advisory-book-club/9954584/","projectTitle":"Advisory Book Club","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Green","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8379904_orig.jpg?crop=2316,2316,x0,y54&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1676407131869","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8379904"},{"teacherId":11668,"projectId":9854072,"letterContent":"Thank you for donating non-fiction decodable books, vocabulary flashcards and workbooks, and phonics and vocabulary games. The Real World non-fiction decodable readers have become fast favorites with all my students, in sixth grade through twelfth. It's great to see enthusiasm for new reading materials and we've had lots of interesting conversations about inventions and scientific discoveries and processes described in the books. \r\n\r\nThe flashcards and phonics games are a huge hit, too. Students enjoy changing things up and playing games on Fridays to practice the phonics skills we are learning in daily lessons. The Talisman card game practices words students have read in a fictional decodable series for older readers and so far, these games have been a hit with my high school readers. They like the Talisman workbook activities for independent work time -- and have said having extension activities that connect with their decodables is cool. I've been making progress practicing vocabulary with students using the new vocabulary flashcards and playing the vocabulary games, which students have found to be fun. They're getting good at giving clues for me to guess the vocabulary word on cards as well, which makes our games a lot more interactive. Having the game in two grade levels is helpful for that! Thanks for supporting our reading classroom. We are better because of your gifts.","fullyFundedDate":1766440245550,"projectUrl":"project/non-fiction-decodable-books-and-word-gam/9854072/","projectTitle":"Non-fiction Decodable Books and Word Games","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Klein","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp11668_orig.jpg?crop=768,768,x92,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1725920110670","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/11668"},{"teacherId":1040027,"projectId":9853393,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to this project! With a budget of $0 annually for the last 10 years, it can be really hard to meet students needs and get the books they are most excited about! \r\n\r\nWith your generous help, we were able to get 24 books for the library that students requested in September and October. \r\n\r\nIt is truly special to see kids unbox and enjoy the books they have asked for. And, most importantly, it reiterates to them that they are an important part of our library community and creates a collection that reflects them and their interests.","fullyFundedDate":1765473736650,"projectUrl":"project/books-by-request-september-and-october/9853393/","projectTitle":"Books by Request, September and October","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Solomon","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1040027_orig.jpg?crop=720,720,x180,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1552668311822","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/calvinsimmonslibrary"},{"teacherId":1040027,"projectId":9601836,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for giving to this project!\r\n\r\nWhen I think about the hierarchy of needs in a school library, of course, books are important, but we also need things like tissues and cleaning wipes to keep our space, welcoming, supportive, and healthy for all students.\r\n\r\nThese kind of donations are not particularly sexy or fun to ask for, but they are incredibly important to running a school library.\r\n\r\nThank you so much for helping keep our Library clean safe and running! Thank you for your generosity!","fullyFundedDate":1761939465610,"projectUrl":"project/basic-school-supplies-for-the-library/9601836/","projectTitle":"Basic School Supplies for the Library","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Solomon","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1040027_orig.jpg?crop=720,720,x180,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1552668311822","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/calvinsimmonslibrary"},{"teacherId":1040027,"projectId":9704973,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for getting to this project! When kids see the books that they've asked for appear on the Library shelves, they are always so excited! And more importantly, it helps them to see themselves as readers and valued members of our Library community!\r\n\r\nAs a school Library with a zero dollar budget this is a really hard goal for us to meet without your help. So thank you so much for making it possible for us to keep our library collection, relevant and meaningful to our students.\r\n\r\nThank you for your generosity.","fullyFundedDate":1760719553025,"projectUrl":"project/books-by-request-august/9704973/","projectTitle":"Books by Request-August","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Solomon","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1040027_orig.jpg?crop=720,720,x180,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1552668311822","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/calvinsimmonslibrary"},{"teacherId":1888958,"projectId":9464783,"letterContent":"My focus as a teacher is always on helping my students progress on their academic journeys. I became — and have remained — a teacher because I believe that literacy skills are essential to a choice-filled life. This drives my work, and I wouldn't have it any other way. I also know that students are not learning machines. They are full humans going through a really funky life stage during a strange time in history. \r\n\r\nThat's why it's so important that we make school a place of delight, not just duty or drudgery. The donations you generously gave make our days sweeter and more fun. Students LOVE the new carpet. The tennis balls for the chairs and tables make the frequent reconfigurations we do for various activities peaceful and easy. The games are a total hit, AND the prizes make academic progress feel like victory.\r\n\r\nThank you for your support. May 2026 be full of instant karma for your generosity.","fullyFundedDate":1761446960919,"projectUrl":"project/old-room-new-tricks/9464783/","projectTitle":"Old Room, New Tricks","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Grossman","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1888958_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1449083439112","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/christicarpenterreading"},{"teacherId":11668,"projectId":9341878,"letterContent":"I wish you could see student reactions in the moment when they see new materials appear. So much joy - thank you! We use the rope baskets to organize our books and snacks. They make our space feel more cozy and less closet. Students in the Bob Books decodables have really enjoyed having little Ziplock bags of Bob Books they can take home. They like being able to exchange them for \"new ones\" when they feel they've practiced them a lot. The Moondogs Decodable book series has been great to have on hand and they provide a lot of great illustrations and more complex stories for students than the Bob Books, so they encourage students with what reading can offer. We've been using the decodable phonics passages to do fluency practice and they are an awesome resource. And finally, thanks a ton for the markers, gel pens, stickers, index cards, painters tape, dry erase markers, and tacks. It's so nice having all of these things accessible whenever we need them.","fullyFundedDate":1757375883297,"projectUrl":"project/lets-keep-the-progress-going/9341878/","projectTitle":"Let's Keep The Progress Going!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Klein","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp11668_orig.jpg?crop=768,768,x92,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1725920110670","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/11668"},{"teacherId":11668,"projectId":9385714,"letterContent":"It has been great to have so many new books in the classroom. Since we spend a lot of time reading decodable books, which students need and appreciate and worry look \"easy\" to others, the push to include what they perceive as \"real chapter books\" has been fun to observe. Having them has kicked off more independent reading because the books are high-interest, accessible reading levels, and look like the books students' peers are reading. I've got students discovering that they actually like reading more than they thought and that's been really exciting to see. For some of the young people, we've been working for a year or more to consistently get a quality \"just right\" book in their backpacks for independent reading for sustained silent reading (SSR) in classrooms and at home. Thanks for helping us make a big push forward by providing us with some tried-and-true great books!","fullyFundedDate":1753761325904,"projectUrl":"project/independent-reading-books-for-older-emer/9385714/","projectTitle":"Independent Reading Books for Older Emerging Readers","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Klein","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp11668_orig.jpg?crop=768,768,x92,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1725920110670","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/11668"},{"teacherId":1040027,"projectId":9296399,"letterContent":"Thanks so much for giving to this project! When kids see the books they requested arrive in the library, they are so excited! Projects like this one help create a library collection that is user centered, responsive to student needs, and (most importantly) that's fun for kids to use! \r\n\r\nThe headline is this: When kids have positive experiences in the library, it keeps them coming back. Not just to our library, but to the public library as well!\r\n\r\nA special thanks to Ripple for giving to this project! We are so grateful for your support!","fullyFundedDate":1746587880096,"projectUrl":"project/books-by-request-april/9296399/","projectTitle":"Books by Request - April","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Solomon","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1040027_orig.jpg?crop=720,720,x180,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1552668311822","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/calvinsimmonslibrary"},{"teacherId":1040027,"projectId":9184260,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping bring Arabic books to our library for the very first time! Arabic speakers represent a small number of students in my Library community, which makes it feel extra important that they are represented in our collection. \r\n\r\nOrdering high interest books in Arabic shows our Arabic students that we value their culture and experience in the library, and it allows them to engage with favorite books of other students, their age!\r\n\r\nThank you so much for making sure our Arabic speaking students know they have a place in our Library community!","fullyFundedDate":1743000518628,"projectUrl":"project/arabic-books-for-newcomers/9184260/","projectTitle":"Arabic Books for Newcomers","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Solomon","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1040027_orig.jpg?crop=720,720,x180,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1552668311822","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/calvinsimmonslibrary"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_3900","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":434,"numTeachers":26,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":2,"percentBlack":3,"percentWhite":0,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":91,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":0,"percentMultiracialImputed":1,"gradesServed":"6 - 12","studentTeacherRatio":"16.7:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":69.3,"schoolId":3900,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Life Academy on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Life Academy","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/california/oakland-unified-school-district/life-academy-health-bioscience/3900"}