{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Middle School 223 Laboratory School of Fin & Technical","outOfStateSupporters":40.9,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":1387,"projectId":9711096,"letterContent":"Thank you for bringing joy to our work! We work with students every week on Thursday and Friday from 2:30pm-4:30pm in a groundbreaking program called the Workplace Challenge. The program involves working with professionals at a company or non-profit on a cool problem or challenge. The one we are currently working on involves M&T bank and commercial loan origination. It's a lot of qualitative and quantitative factors. We visited the old Domino Sugar Factory that is now modern offices last week which was a thrill. We also worked on spreadsheets to determine if we would make the loan to the building or not at the beginning. The spreadsheets are new to us and our students but it was so amazing to see them working and wrestling with it with us for hours after school. Many of our students don't eat lunch for a variety of reasons including money and the school lunch being subpar. But thanks to your generous action in providing snacks, our students are happy and charged up for working every Thursday & Friday. \r\n\r\nThank you for giving us fuel to keep the flame of learning alight late into the afternoons! Thank you for helping some intrepid young people in the South Bronx! Thank you for paying it forward. Thank you for giving us encouragement and support to push farther. We wish you a beautiful Spring full of life itself. May you feel the energy of the sun and nourishment of Mother Earth. As Mary Oliver so eloquently said \"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?\"","fullyFundedDate":1769715488329,"projectUrl":"project/snacks-for-intrepid-young-minds/9711096/","projectTitle":"Snacks for Intrepid Young Minds!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Ohl","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1387"},{"teacherId":6452987,"projectId":9704283,"letterContent":"Thank you for supporting this project. I received so many boxes that I had to make more space to store them. That's a great problem to have.\r\n\r\nMy students have been utilizing the snack shack (a closet in my classroom) frequently. Many students are in school until 5:20pm most days with after school programs. This means that they have really long school days. These snacks have been helping to fuel them throughout these long day.\r\n\r\nAs we hit March, I am confident that these snacks will continue to support my students well into the coming months.","fullyFundedDate":1764675173701,"projectUrl":"project/creating-an-energized-classroom-fit-for/9704283/","projectTitle":"Creating an Energized Classroom Fit for Learning and Growing","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Rosado","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6452987_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1683571733465","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6452987"},{"teacherId":1654607,"projectId":9874727,"letterContent":"As you know, a hungry child can focus on little other than their growling stomach. Thanks to you, I am able to meet this essential need and help students get back to learning. Our snack drawer has always emptied faster than I can refill it, and these snacks have saved the day more times than I can count!\r\n\r\nStudents always ask for the granola bars, apple sauce, and chips, and I can see their relief when they know they are here. My students love their snacks and appreciate them so much, and I am so grateful that I am able to provide them. Thank you so much for making this possible.","fullyFundedDate":1762478226213,"projectUrl":"project/snacks-brain-food/9874727/","projectTitle":"Snacks = Brain Food!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Drame","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1654607_orig.jpg?crop=2316,2316,x0,y386&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1766089378275","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/katie-drame"},{"teacherId":1654607,"projectId":9464171,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support of my classroom! Students love the cushions and pillows in our cozy corner, which get used every single class, every single day. Students also enjoy coming to our classroom during their lunch to chill out and have a quiet and peaceful space.\r\n\r\nSelf-care club students were overwhelmed with the choices of new coloring books and astonished that they got to keep one for themselves, as well as a new set of colored pencils! The cats and other kawaii drawings are adorable and the anxiety level I see on a given Friday always decreases after coloring and journaling time.\r\n\r\nMany students in self-care club have been coming back every year and are now in their senior year, the busiest of their lives! They are applying for college, working multiple jobs, playing sports, and watching their siblings. They need their weekly self-care chill time, and you have truly made a difference with your contributions. Thanks so much, again!","fullyFundedDate":1753374046277,"projectUrl":"project/support-student-mental-health-and-upgrad/9464171/","projectTitle":"Support Student Mental Health and Upgrade Our Cozy Calm Corner!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Drame","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1654607_orig.jpg?crop=2316,2316,x0,y386&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1766089378275","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/katie-drame"},{"teacherId":1654607,"projectId":9242707,"letterContent":"As you know, a hungry child can focus on little other than their growling stomach. Thanks to you, I am able to meet this essential need and help students get back to learning. Our snack drawer has always emptied faster than I can refill it, and these snacks have saved the day more times than I can count!\r\n\r\nStudents always ask for granola bars, apple sauce, and fruit snacks, and I can see their relief when they know they are here. My students love their snacks and appreciate them so much, and I am so grateful that I am able to provide them. Thank you so much for making this possible.","fullyFundedDate":1753641372204,"projectUrl":"project/snacks-brain-food/9242707/","projectTitle":"Snacks = Brain Food!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Drame","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1654607_orig.jpg?crop=2316,2316,x0,y386&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1766089378275","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/katie-drame"},{"teacherId":1654607,"projectId":9242171,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for the gift of your books! Our students let out a resounding cheer when I announced that the project was funded! We are so excited to get reading, and I'm sure the books will disappear from the shelves as quickly as we can unpack them.\r\n\r\nIt means the world to us that so many others across the country share in the value of reading and care that our students have access to books that will engage and represent them.\r\n\r\nWe will kick off our book club unit very soon, and students now have so many options for reading and discussing together.","fullyFundedDate":1746486165469,"projectUrl":"project/books-to-celebrate-our-own-voices/9242171/","projectTitle":"Books to Celebrate our Own Voices","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Drame","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1654607_orig.jpg?crop=2316,2316,x0,y386&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1766089378275","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/katie-drame"},{"teacherId":1654607,"projectId":9242597,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating these necessary hygiene products to our classroom \"Self-Care Station!\" It means so much to me and our students to be able to meet their needs discreetly, and there does not go a day without at least 5 students stopping by to help themselves to mints, menstrual products, lotion, or hand sanitizer.\r\n\r\nStudents have often commented on how warm and welcoming our classroom is, and part of that is the knowledge that they can get whatever they need when they come in, without judgment. I am immensely grateful to not have to always fund these items myself because it can add up very quickly. Thank you again for your support!","fullyFundedDate":1746533182359,"projectUrl":"project/stock-our-self-care-station/9242597/","projectTitle":"Stock Our Self-Care Station!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Drame","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1654607_orig.jpg?crop=2316,2316,x0,y386&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1766089378275","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/katie-drame"},{"teacherId":9752158,"projectId":9707361,"letterContent":"THANK YOU SO MUCHHHH!!!!\r\n\r\n\r\nMy students were super excited to see all of our new prizes that we got for the reward bin! One of the students said \"Ms... is that for us?\". It felt so rewarding to be able to tell them yes. So far the students had chosen a variety of items as their incentives, ranging from the mini rubix cubes to the lucky charms cereal bar, to the rainbow scratch off and more! The reward bin has been a hit in the classroom and has been something that the students look forward to. \r\n\r\nCurrently, my students are reading the novel 'A Long Walk To Water\". They are learning about the journey of Salva, a refugee as he travels through the dessert at just 11 years old. Alongside of his story is another story, one of a fictional character named Nya, who shows readers some of the everyday struggles that people in South Sudan faced. Today specifically, I guided the students through a close read of an article called \"The Lost Girls\". This article shed light on many of the troubles that The Lost Girls faced.","fullyFundedDate":1759349723464,"projectUrl":"project/spread-joy-and-ease-in-class/9707361/","projectTitle":"Spread Joy and Ease in Class!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Espinosa","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9752158_orig.jpg?crop=849,849,x419,y537&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1726513484063","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9752158"},{"teacherId":6016504,"projectId":9037885,"letterContent":"Thanks to your generous donation of snack items, our middle school students now have the fuel they need to stay focused and energized throughout the school day—especially during our most interactive and demanding classroom activities.\r\n\r\nWe've been using the snacks as part of a \"Brain Break Station\" in our homerooms and enrichment classes. During longer lessons or project-based learning sessions, students are able to grab a healthy snack, take a quick reset, and return ready to collaborate and think clearly. The snacks kept their energy high during brainstorming sessions and helped them power through presentations with confidence.\r\n\r\nWhen the snack bins were first introduced, the students were overjoyed. Their faces lit up with excitement, and one student even said, \"It feels like someone out there cares about us.\" That moment reminded us how meaningful your support truly is—not just in meeting physical needs, but in fostering a sense of care and community.","fullyFundedDate":1742823926341,"projectUrl":"project/snacks-attack-fueling-students-one-don/9037885/","projectTitle":"Snacks Attack: Fueling Students, One Donation at a time!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. D.","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6016504"},{"teacherId":9752158,"projectId":8789642,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your donations in helping me get the students rewards. The students are excited for the rewards bin! It has ignited the motivation in some of my students. I love sparking joy for them when I can. \r\n\r\n I recalled when I first introduced the rewards bin, I had told students that during that class period I'll be looking for someone who was representing the schools 5 core values. At the end of the period, I acknowledge one of the students hard work throughout the class period, and let her choose a reward. When she pulled out a friendship bracelet box, everyone was shocked. I was meant with excitement and curiosity as students were asking \" Ms, what's in there?\", \"Ms, what's that?\". The next days I then had students ask me when is the rewards bin coming back. The rewards bin have brought joy and excitement to my 7th graders. \r\n\r\nCurrently the students are being introduced to and learning about The Harlem Renaissance. They are learning about the different people and artworks during this time period.","fullyFundedDate":1736778594997,"projectUrl":"project/adding-fun-to-learning/8789642/","projectTitle":"Adding Fun to Learning!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Espinosa","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9752158_orig.jpg?crop=849,849,x419,y537&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1726513484063","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9752158"},{"teacherId":1654607,"projectId":9056442,"letterContent":"As you know, a hungry child can focus on little other than their growling stomach. Thanks to you, I am able to meet this essential need and help students get back to learning. Our snack drawer has always emptied faster than I can refill it, and these snacks have saved the day more times than I can count!\r\n\r\nStudents always ask for the granola bars, apple sauce, and chips, and I can see their relief when they know they are here. My students love their snacks and appreciate them so much, and I am so grateful that I am able to provide them. Thank you so much for making this possible.","fullyFundedDate":1742823894334,"projectUrl":"project/snacks-brain-food/9056442/","projectTitle":"Snacks = Brain Food!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Drame","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1654607_orig.jpg?crop=2316,2316,x0,y386&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1766089378275","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/katie-drame"},{"teacherId":1387,"projectId":8499684,"letterContent":"Thank you Rebecca for bringing so many of our dreams to life! We are a relatively small school in the Bronx but our sports teams have been winning championships over the last few years. Both girls and boys basketball teams have won a city championship in the last few years. This year our boys Lacrosse team won the city championship and the girls lost by one goal in the finals! Student athletes feel stress and anxiety just like we all do. The books you provided in this grant help them through those moments of intensity by giving them helpful breathing techniques and ways to reset and re-center even in the midst of the inevitable storms. \r\n\r\nThank you for supporting us for so many years! Thank you for believing in our important work with intrepid young people from the South Bronx. We are now hiring alumni of our school to be teachers, school aides, paraprofessionals, school secretary, etc. This is helping us sustain our goals and coming full circle for the community. You have been a team player on this beautiful and intense journey. Helping us get these extra resources for our school has been incredibly impactful. I hope you enjoy the student thank you notes. I wish you could meet our young people in person. They are amazing! We are truly grateful for your support and encouragement. Thank you forever!","fullyFundedDate":1726943888425,"projectUrl":"project/mindful-books-for-intrepid-scholar-athle/8499684/","projectTitle":"Mindful Books for Intrepid Scholar Athletes!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Ohl","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1387"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_2179","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":647,"numTeachers":50,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":17,"percentWhite":0,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":79,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"6 - 12","studentTeacherRatio":"12.9:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":59.1,"schoolId":2179,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Middle School 223 Laboratory School of Fin & Technical on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Middle School 223 Laboratory School of Fin & Technical","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/new-york/new-york-city-dept-of-ed/ms-223-lab-school-of-fin-tech/2179"}