{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Montgomery High School","outOfStateSupporters":16.4,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":8549647,"projectId":10228839,"letterContent":"Wow, thank you so much for your support in getting this project funded so quickly! My students and I were so excited to be able to start using some of the new supplies before the current school year even ended! Being able to open packages filled with brand new, much needed supplies was a great way to end the school year.\r\nMy colleagues were thrilled when they saw the containers of tide pods so that students could continue to help with laundry. My students were especially grateful for the new pencils. I have already used the laminator sheets to make task cards for students to use to review and practice important life skills.","fullyFundedDate":1778124227459,"projectUrl":"project/a-successful-new-beginning/10228839/","projectTitle":"A Successful New Beginning","teacherDisplayName":"Mx. Lewin","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8549647_orig.jpg?crop=1501,1501,x1360,y796&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1659052203332","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8549647"},{"teacherId":4068630,"projectId":10234709,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your incredible donation. We were so excited to get the box yesterday. \r\n\r\nI have about 12 students right now who want to help me put together the bookcase. I especially am happy as I will finally be able to get all of the packing boxes out of my classroom from last August's move into the new building.\r\n\r\nWe will be so grateful to not search through boxes for the perfect book, and instead be able to browse bookshelves as if we are in a bookstore or library. \r\n\r\nThank you for also including a a few replacement binders to replace the ones that have been worn out. We appreciate your generosity!","fullyFundedDate":1777992258676,"projectUrl":"project/student-choice-bookshelves/10234709/","projectTitle":"Student Choice Bookshelves","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Coltrin","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4068630_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1478900424797","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-coltrin"},{"teacherId":4068630,"projectId":10211036,"letterContent":"Wow! Thank you so much for your incredible donations to this project. Even though I funded a lot of it myself, I couldn't have made it to the finish line without you.\r\n\r\nThe students were so excited to see all the brand, new markers and pens that we got. We also got some cleaning supplies so we can clean the binders and desks for our future students.\r\n\r\nThe extra pencils will go a long way, as always! It's crazy the amount of pencils that we go through each week, and these will keep us supplied through the end of the month.\r\n\r\nThank you again!","fullyFundedDate":1778532471191,"projectUrl":"project/spring-supplies/10211036/","projectTitle":"Spring Supplies!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Coltrin","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4068630_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1478900424797","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-coltrin"},{"teacherId":7628748,"projectId":9652848,"letterContent":"My aim in raising money to purchase multiple copies of John Warner's book on writing in the age of AI was to inform and reshape writing pedagogy in our district. As English department co-chair for one of its high schools, I wanted to bring attention to the power we have as educators to help students develop an authentic relationship with their own writing. \r\n\r\nBeyond catching them at plagiarism, we have a role in helping them embrace their own critical and creative process, their own voice and style as expressions of identity that must never be supplanted by AI. Shifting the way we teach writing to emphasize process instead of product is one of Warner's primary insights in the book, and I knew this was worth sharing with colleagues. My students, and I hope my colleagues' students, felt the impact of Warner's lessons in writing instruction that valued student agency, authentic engagement and consciousness of audience and purpose over imitative products. I hope and believe his ideas and the book will have a lasting positive impact on students at our schools.","fullyFundedDate":1757256306293,"projectUrl":"project/writing-our-humanity-in-the-age-of-ai/9652848/","projectTitle":"Writing Our Humanity in the Age of AI","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Harris","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7628748_orig.jpg?crop=2018,2018,x301,y649&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1659944450207","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7628748"},{"teacherId":9045206,"projectId":10097389,"letterContent":"On behalf of the entire Montgomery High School community, I want to express my sincere thanks for your donation to our Donors Choose campaign. Your donation allowed us to purchase a new camera along with a longer lens, so that we can better capture the exciting events taking place in our school community. \r\n\r\nThe equipment we purchased allows students to better showcase their photography skills, because they can take closer and clearer images from the sidelines at sporting events. These improved photographs will then be included in the yearbook, and will become a keepsake for years to come.","fullyFundedDate":1773871077024,"projectUrl":"project/camera-for-the-kids/10097389/","projectTitle":"Camera for the Kids!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Geary","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9045206"},{"teacherId":9030700,"projectId":9890676,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your kind donation. Most of the supplies needed are basic necessities that are needed to keep a classroom running such as ink, paper clips, binder/printer paper and more. At the beginning of the year, we were given a budget of $0. Yes, that's correct; zero. It was a new low for me to have to face that we are simply no longer honestly and earnestly funding public education. In that moment of truth, I did not despair because I know that there are supporters out there through organizations like Donors Choose. \r\n\r\nIt is with your donations of basic supplies that I have been able to not just keep my classroom functioning but we are thriving. My Spanish 2 honors students let me know that they were having a hard time visualizing the novel. I printed pictures of the characters, scenes from the book and pictures of the book's location of Costa Rica. This has helped them immensely. The book was brought to life on the book wall in the back of the classroom along with the featured chapter of the week on the main whiteboard. \r\n\r\nIn addition, I finally implemented library time at the beginning of two class periods a week for my higher level students. Students sit and read books from the classroom library. Many of the books purchased truly elevated the caliber of our library. Many students were able to pick up books about Michael Jordan, Selena, the How I survived series and books such as the biography of the Mexican American astronaut José Moreno Hernandez. I plan on bringing these books to life with mini video reviews performed by these students. \r\n\r\nAll in all if you walked in our classroom you would never know that we received zero funding this year and that is thanks to you! Thank you for looking out for students at Montgomery High School, teachers like me and funding public education. Your thoughtfulness means so much to me and my students.","fullyFundedDate":1766440291484,"projectUrl":"project/ordinary-supplies-become-possibility-cr/9890676/","projectTitle":"Ordinary Supplies Become Possibility, Creativity & Imagination","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Coston","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-1_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9030700"},{"teacherId":3623022,"projectId":8668202,"letterContent":"Thank you so much!!! The sensory things this project provides have been so popular with the kids. It has been great to have putty, sensory toys, and textured items for our kids. Our vision specialist and occupational therapist were so excited to see what we had gotten. They have integrated the supplies into their lessons. The kids have also been able to use them during se dory breaks and to support them when they are working. It has been so great to have a wide variety of sensory toys for the kids to choose from. We created a sensory station where the kids can choose what to use. We also use the textile squares to help the kids with vision disabilities during their lessons and to teach them descriptive words.","fullyFundedDate":1726796866178,"projectUrl":"project/sensory-development-toys-to-enhance-our/8668202/","projectTitle":"Sensory Development Toys to Enhance Our Classroom Environment","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Buhn","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3623022_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1671667202145","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3623022"},{"teacherId":9712342,"projectId":10095942,"letterContent":"You have made such an impact on my class!\r\nAs the year starts to wind down, supplies become limited around the school and your support has meant that my students and I don't have to worry if there will be supplies for that day's activities!\r\n\r\nYou have truly lifted a weight off my shoulders and allowed me to move my energy into giving my students the best lessons possible. We have already started to use the materials you purchased. The paper has been used to allow students to have physical handouts, reducing distractions and improving their understanding. The glue and Sharpies have been used to make research posters that decorate our halls, and the pencils are a daily blessing.","fullyFundedDate":1773871077094,"projectUrl":"project/mid-year-restock/10095942/","projectTitle":"Mid-Year Restock","teacherDisplayName":"Mx. Silber","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9712342_orig.jpg?crop=695,695,x388,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1724798060692","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mxsilber"},{"teacherId":5987406,"projectId":10081322,"letterContent":"My classes and I thank you so much for your generous gift to our science lab. We received our ring stands, and have done several labs so far with them! We made rock candy by boiling a super-saturated sugar water solution, we investigated the relative densities of states of matter by heating steam in soda cans and collapsing them by plunging them into ice water, and next we will turn copper pennies into brass by plating them with zinc and melting the copper and zinc together into an alloy.\r\n\r\nWithout your help, I could not have brought these experiences to my students. I am so grateful.","fullyFundedDate":1770653468232,"projectUrl":"project/put-a-ring-stand-on-it/10081322/","projectTitle":"Put a Ring (Stand) On It!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Kaper","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5987406_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1539793504002","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/l-kaper"},{"teacherId":9085719,"projectId":9633304,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to my classroom! Your generosity has allowed my students to have some really fun and exciting hands-on experiences this year. One of our favorite activities was our greenhouse lab where students got to make smores while learning about solar energy and heat. It was such a fun day and my students absolutely loved it!\r\nYour donation of cheesecloth, food coloring, heat lamp stands, and copy paper has also helped my students participate in many other labs throughout the year. These supplies may seem small, but they make a big difference in my ability to give my students real science experiences. As a first year teacher, your support has meant everything to me. Thank you so much for believing in my students and helping make my classroom a place where science is fun and exciting!","fullyFundedDate":1757539580088,"projectUrl":"project/earth-science-lab-materials/9633304/","projectTitle":"Earth Science Lab Materials","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Peakes","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9085719"},{"teacherId":1891618,"projectId":9628744,"letterContent":"A belated thank you for your generosity in supporting this project. Our district made the shift to be 1-1 a few years ago and due to financial issues, will be shifting away from that with seemingly few plans to provide technology once the current devices wear out. I am working on shifting things back to handwritten for multiple reasons, but having some chromebooks in the classroom for everyone's access is essential for certain projects and assignments. \r\n\r\nCurrently, my students are about to design their own illustrations for scenes from the novel Life of Pi, and having digital tools gives some support to students who are less confident in their artistic and design skills. My juniors are also investigating global issues related to illustrations critiquing societal issues (environment, consumerism, technology). When they don't have their usual device, this enables them to stay current with the assignment because they have access to a backup. There have also been times when students have checked out the Chromebooks for use in other classes or at home because they needed extended time, and having multiple devices means I can allow them and still have spares for the other classes.\r\n\r\nTruly, many thanks for your willingness to contribute to school projects such as this one. Knowing there are people who support public education in this direct way is heartening.","fullyFundedDate":1758851768568,"projectUrl":"project/technology-access-equity/9628744/","projectTitle":"Technology Access & Equity","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Reed","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1891618_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1689026216567","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1891618"},{"teacherId":4068630,"projectId":10094664,"letterContent":"We are so excited for the new binders! We have a place in class for students to keep all of their things: In their English binders. Over the years, we have collected inserts and sections, as well as a pencil pouch for their pencils. This way, students can stay organized and keep all supplies for class in the class.\r\n\r\nKeeping supplies in class for everyone makes it equitable as well as more manageable. Students don't have to look for things; they are already there. No excuses to visit their lockers, either.\r\n\r\nThank you all for your incredible generosity. My current and future students thank you as well!","fullyFundedDate":1771029818101,"projectUrl":"project/binders-baby/10094664/","projectTitle":"Binders, Baby!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Coltrin","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4068630_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1478900424797","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-coltrin"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_5194","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":1433,"numTeachers":72,"percentFrplEligible":47,"percentAsian":4,"percentBlack":2,"percentWhite":30,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":54,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":2,"percentMultiracialImputed":4,"gradesServed":"9 - 12","studentTeacherRatio":"19.9:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_MIDSIZE"},"inStateSupporters":83.6,"schoolId":5194,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Montgomery High School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Montgomery High School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/california/santa-rosa-city-school-district/montgomery-high-school/5194"}