{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Maui High School","outOfStateSupporters":45.5,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":9367475,"projectId":8974058,"letterContent":"With the materials you supplied, students have been able to learn about irrigation systems, fruit tree grafting, compost management and all sorts of things that can help them in their future work as farmers. \r\n\r\nWe're continuing to make progress on the goals you supported students to pursue.\r\n\r\nSoon this farm will be at a point where we are able to produce and sell consistently and the learning opportunities will continue to come. One thing that has me really excited is our plan to route a percentage of the proceeds from our produce sales to a fund controlled by students. From this they will purchase needed supplies and materials, and take care of their own end of the year party. The learn-by-doing model is going strong at Maui High Farm.","fullyFundedDate":1733036256643,"projectUrl":"project/supporting-senior-projects-on-the-maui-h/8974058/","projectTitle":"Supporting Senior Projects on the Maui High Farm","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. JONES","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9367475"},{"teacherId":9445233,"projectId":9781628,"letterContent":"Mahalo nui loa for your incredibly generous donation to our health classroom. It is rare to receive a gift that so perfectly balances the practical, the creative, and the intellectual needs of growing students. By providing these resources, you have directly enhanced our ability to foster a holistic environment where wellness isn't just a subject in a textbook, but a hands-on experience. Your support empowers our students to take ownership of their physical, mental, and social health in ways that will resonate far beyond the school year.\r\nOur students have already integrated these items into their daily routines with great enthusiasm. The awashi paper has become a staple for mindfulness exercises and visual journaling, while the external hard drive provides a vital safety net for saving their long-term digital health portfolios. During \"Social Wellness\" breaks, the classroom comes alive with friendly competition over Bop It, cards, and Yahtzee, helping students build interpersonal connections and de-stress. Meanwhile, our new library of motivational books—ranging from the habit-stacking strategies of Atomic Habits to the emotional insights of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone—has sparked profound discussions about resilience, financial literacy, and the importance of seeking help.\r\nThis donation does more than just fill shelves; it sends a clear message to our youth that their community is invested in their future. Watching a student pick up Money Skills for Teens or find inspiration in the grit of Can't Hurt Me proves that these resources are meeting them exactly where they are. We are deeply grateful for your commitment to the well-being of Hawaii's keiki and for helping us create a classroom that feels like a true hub for personal growth.","fullyFundedDate":1759622830609,"projectUrl":"project/a-healthy-health-classroom/9781628/","projectTitle":"A Healthy Health Classroom","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Melia","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-7_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9445233"},{"teacherId":8357829,"projectId":9633554,"letterContent":"I am writing to express my deepest gratitude for your incredible generosity in funding food for our classroom. Living on Maui, we are often surrounded by natural beauty, but the reality for many of our families is far more difficult. Recent data shows that food insecurity on our island has surged to crisis levels, with approximately 41% of Maui households now struggling to put food on the table—a significant jump that reflects the ongoing economic strain of rebuilding after the 2023 fires. In our classroom, this isn't just a statistic; it is a daily reality where one in five children lives in a home where they simply do not have enough to eat.\r\n\r\nThe snacks and meals you provided bridge a critical gap that our current systems often miss. While we strive to support every student, Hawaii does not yet have universal free lunch for all. Many of our families live in the \"ALICE\" category—Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed—meaning they earn too much to qualify for federal assistance but not enough to keep up with the high cost of living. Furthermore, many families are hesitant or even afraid to apply for reduced-price lunch due to language barriers or the fear of disclosing personal information. Your gift ensures that no child in my care has to feel the stigma of hunger or the anxiety of an empty stomach.\r\n\r\nAs an educator, I see firsthand how vital these resources are for academic success. According to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, a child's most basic physiological requirements—like food and water—must be met before they can even begin to focus on higher-level tasks like learning, creativity, or problem-solving. When a student is hungry, their brain is in survival mode, not \"learning mode.\" Because of your support, my students can now walk into the classroom knowing their needs will be met, allowing them to feel safe, focused, and ready to reach their full potential. Thank you profusely for investing in their health and their future.\r\n\r\nWith much aloha,","fullyFundedDate":1766067675012,"projectUrl":"project/help-feed-hungry-students/9633554/","projectTitle":"Help Feed Hungry Students","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Holland","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8357829_orig.jpg?crop=1713,1713,x370,y903&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1646699875917","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8357829"},{"teacherId":8357829,"projectId":9781224,"letterContent":"I am writing to express my deepest gratitude for your incredible generosity in funding food for our classroom. Living on Maui, we are often surrounded by natural beauty, but the reality for many of our families is far more difficult. Recent data shows that food insecurity on our island has surged to crisis levels, with approximately 41% of Maui households now struggling to put food on the table—a significant jump that reflects the ongoing economic strain of rebuilding after the 2023 fires. In our classroom, this isn't just a statistic; it is a daily reality where one in five children lives in a home where they simply do not have enough to eat.\r\n\r\nThe snacks and meals you provided bridge a critical gap that our current systems often miss. While we strive to support every student, Hawaii does not yet have universal free lunch for all. Many of our families live in the \"ALICE\" category—Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed—meaning they earn too much to qualify for federal assistance but not enough to keep up with the high cost of living. Furthermore, many families are hesitant or even afraid to apply for reduced-price lunch due to language barriers or the fear of disclosing personal information. Your gift ensures that no child in my care has to feel the stigma of hunger or the anxiety of an empty stomach.\r\n\r\nAs an educator, I see firsthand how vital these resources are for academic success. According to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, a child's most basic physiological requirements—like food and water—must be met before they can even begin to focus on higher-level tasks like learning, creativity, or problem-solving. When a student is hungry, their brain is in survival mode, not \"learning mode.\" Because of your support, my students can now walk into the classroom knowing their needs will be met, allowing them to feel safe, focused, and ready to reach their full potential. Thank you profusely for investing in their health and their future.\r\n\r\nWith much aloha,","fullyFundedDate":1759588505885,"projectUrl":"project/snacks-and-supplies/9781224/","projectTitle":"Snacks and Supplies","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Holland","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8357829_orig.jpg?crop=1713,1713,x370,y903&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1646699875917","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8357829"},{"teacherId":9468881,"projectId":9774139,"letterContent":"My students and I are enjoying the hands-on materials for our Biology class supplied by you through Donors Choose. Your thoughtfulness has brought tactile-based learning to not only to my student who is blind but also to my sighted students, who benefit from these materials as well.\r\n\r\nSo far we have been able to use about half of the materials, given our pacing guide, and look forward to being able to utilize the rest. So far the fabric paint has proven to be the most effective and versatile of the materials for my student who cannot use his eyes to learn (and, again, his peers find the colorful, raised materials to be enriching), and the other students have been using the colored pencils and glue for learning activities on a regular basis.\r\n \r\nAs we get ready to begin our unit on DNA Structure, we look forward to using the DNA puzzle kits to assemble our models and continuing to use the fabric paint to bring the flat images in our print materials to 3-D life. It is the generosity of folks like you who make a real difference in today's classrooms.","fullyFundedDate":1759526064114,"projectUrl":"project/making-sense-of-biology-through-the-sens/9774139/","projectTitle":"Making sense of biology through the senses!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Aviles","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-1_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9468881"},{"teacherId":9366968,"projectId":9854227,"letterContent":"Thank you again so much for your generous donation to my Physical Education and resource English classes. My students are incredibly grateful for new equipment and classroom materials as they do not receive new materials very often. \r\n\r\nMy Physical Education classes have already had the opportunity to enjoy the use of the floor hockey pucks, the new badminton birdies, the softball gloves, and even the Samsung tablet. Being able to have a portable device to bring to PE classes has been very helpful when wanting to show videos to the class prior to a new sport or activity. \r\n\r\nMy English class has been enjoying the ability to each have their own whiteboards to write on. It has helped make the classroom environment much more engaging.","fullyFundedDate":1761182844299,"projectUrl":"project/mhs-pe-project/9854227/","projectTitle":"MHS PE Project","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Fronte","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9366968"},{"teacherId":9367475,"projectId":8883702,"letterContent":"Mahalo nui for your support. We've had numerous sales using our produce scale and packed a lot of vegetables and herbs into those produce bags! \r\n\r\nWe're developing a routine where we balance class activities including exploration and research, discussion and direct instruction backed with hands on learning about concepts in Ag Food and Natural Resources (AFNR), and then farm work, production mode - leading to putting produce in the hands of faculty, staff and students at Maui High. When we shift to this mode, the learning we've been engaged in is consolidated into understanding and action - successes and failures are tangible. A knowledge base is growing beneath our students.\r\n\r\nWhen we switch to production mode, we listen to music and laugh. We delight in having a classroom that smells like a farmer's market - you might not put basil and green onions in the same pan, but they smell like possibility when they rest together in their bags, waiting to be delivered.","fullyFundedDate":1731521604301,"projectUrl":"project/equipment-for-mhs-farm-and-nursery-store/8883702/","projectTitle":"Equipment for MHS Farm and Nursery Store","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. JONES","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9367475"},{"teacherId":9224045,"projectId":9773538,"letterContent":"Thank you for supporting our Drawing and Painting students at Maui High School. Because of your generosity, our classroom received heavy body acrylic paint, new drawing paper, and USB SD card adapters. These supplies arrived at the perfect time — we were putting in serious hours in the studio, and the new materials immediately assited the quality of student work. The fresh drawing paper allowed students to create more detailed and refined pieces, while the heavy body acrylics gave their paintings richer color, texture, and a more professional finish.\r\n\r\n The impact was great as students were excited to use the new supplies, experiment, and push their ideas further. Several painting students used these materials to submit work to the Maui County Fair Art Show, where we were able to earn awards for Best in Show, First Place (11th–12th grade), and Third Place (11th–12th grade). Watching their reactions when they realized they had won was a moment I won't forget.\r\n\r\n Thanks to your donation, our students now have the tools to continue growing as artists. We're continuing to build drawing and painting skills, develop new compositions, and prepare future work for exhibition in our school and community. Your support didn't just provide supplies — it gave young artists the opportunity to believe in their own creative potential. Thank you for being part of that journey.","fullyFundedDate":1759271832287,"projectUrl":"project/capturing-creativity-paint-paper-ph/9773538/","projectTitle":"Capturing Creativity: Paint, Paper, & Photo Tech for Our Artists","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Ross","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9224045_orig.jpg?crop=695,695,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1693002933949","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9224045"},{"teacherId":7936179,"projectId":9776427,"letterContent":"We have been so excited to get our new books and pens. Literacy is such an important life skill, and you have definitely made an impact by providing our students with much needed supplies for learning.\r\n\r\nSome of my students have said that this is their favorite class, while others have said this is their best year of English Language Arts. I want to personally thank you for the difference you've made in our classroom; because of your donation, I have students who truly WANT to learn, and this is so exciting!","fullyFundedDate":1759446566409,"projectUrl":"project/books-and-writing-pens/9776427/","projectTitle":"Books and Writing Pens!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Lema","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7936179_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1701914852721","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7936179"},{"teacherId":7938398,"projectId":9783790,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for keeping the Hawaiian Spirit alive in the Maui High School library. The books about Hawaiian history have added depth to our library collection and really helped fill some gaps. \r\n\r\nIn addition to the books, we also purchased book/document scanner. With this scanner, we are in the process of creating digital copies of old Hawaiian books so students in future years will have access to the books long after the books have disintegrated. The digital copies of the content we are created comply with copyright laws and will be available for Maui High School students via our student created (our library aides are doing the digitizing) digital library. \r\n\r\nWe are proud our of Hawaiian collection, and thanks to our donors, it took a giant step forward this year.","fullyFundedDate":1759617998116,"projectUrl":"project/bringing-hawaiian-history-to-maui-high/9783790/","projectTitle":"Bringing Hawaiian History to Maui High","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Seno","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7938398"},{"teacherId":10296137,"projectId":9795014,"letterContent":"Thank you again for supplying us with the fish tank supplies. Everything is almost set up! I am going to buy the fish today and put them in the tanks.\r\n\r\nWe did a fish tank design project focusing on the overall design of the aquarium, but also how photosynthesis, cellular respiration, and nitrogen cycle work in a fish tank. In my six classes we had around 50 designs total. \r\n\r\nThen we had representatives from each class, the science club, and science teachers vote on the top design. The designS chosen were a south american ciclid tank, and a schooling tank called the \"galaxy tank\"","fullyFundedDate":1760306250905,"projectUrl":"project/student-led-scientific-inquiry-using-a-f/9795014/","projectTitle":"Student Led Scientific Inquiry Using a Fish Tank (part 2)","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Gunderson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-9_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10296137"},{"teacherId":7941712,"projectId":9771957,"letterContent":"Thanks for the supplies to help my students learn. My students ask me constantly asked me for pencils to do their work and paper. Prior to this I would not be able to provide them with what they asked for quickly but now I have supplies around the classroom that the students are freely able to grab. My students greatly appreciate those basic supplies. \r\nAdditionally the graphs were very helpful in our last unit, which was graphing linear equations. The student were able to work collaboratively to graph using intercepts.\r\nThanks so much!","fullyFundedDate":1759198396203,"projectUrl":"project/supplies-for-learning-math/9771957/","projectTitle":"Supplies for learning math","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Phillips","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-7_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7941712"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_50986","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":1725,"numTeachers":120,"percentFrplEligible":56,"percentAsian":45,"percentBlack":0,"percentWhite":5,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":17,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"9 - 12","studentTeacherRatio":"14.4:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":false,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_SMALL"},"inStateSupporters":54.5,"schoolId":50986,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Maui High School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Maui High School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/hawaii/maui-school-district/maui-high-school/50986"}