{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"John D O'Bryant School of Mathematics and Science","outOfStateSupporters":37.0,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":2876434,"projectId":7236626,"letterContent":"Thank you for supporting our students, your generosity is greatly appreciated! The AP exam review books were put to good use throughout the year as we worked our way through the College Board curriculum.\r\n\r\nUltimately, these review books created another access point for students to deepen their understanding of important economic principles and concepts, not only for the AP exam fro but for life in general. An economic way of thinking helps young and old make important life decisions in a logical and thoughtful way.","fullyFundedDate":1680188964849,"projectUrl":"project/help-all-students-be-successful-on-the-a/7236626/","projectTitle":"Help All Students Be Successful on the AP Economics Exam!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Heffron","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2876434_orig.jpg?crop=2316,2316,x0,y772&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1778075722711","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2876434"},{"teacherId":578992,"projectId":10166724,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping my AP Biology students feel more organized and prepared for the AP exam! When students first saw the sticky tabs, page markers, Post-it flags, pens, and markers, they were excited to start personalizing their review books. Many students immediately began marking important units, key vocabulary, and topics they knew they needed to revisit.\r\n\r\nStudents are using these materials to actively annotate and organize their AP Biology review books during class study sessions. One great classroom moment was watching students flip back to tabs they had created to quickly find information during practice questions and small-group review. Instead of feeling overwhelmed by the amount of content, students were able to break their studying into smaller, more manageable sections.\r\n\r\nNext, students will continue using their organized review books as they prepare for practice exams, review difficult units, and build confidence before the AP Biology exam. Your support gave them practical tools to study more independently, stay focused, and feel more successful during this important review season.","fullyFundedDate":1776090441821,"projectUrl":"project/organizing-for-ap-biology-success/10166724/","projectTitle":"Organizing for AP Biology Success","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Likis","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp578992_orig.jpg?crop=576,576,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1682363592754","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-likis"},{"teacherId":578992,"projectId":10188048,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting my students during AP and final exam season! When students first saw the squishy fidgets, they were excited and immediately wanted to try them out. Many students shared that having something quiet to hold helped them feel calmer while reviewing, practicing, and completing challenging classwork.\r\n\r\nStudents are using these fidgets during independent study, review games, practice questions, and longer writing tasks. One meaningful classroom moment was watching students choose a fidget, settle into their work, and stay focused during a stressful AP review period.\r\n\r\nNext, students will continue using these tools as they prepare for their AP exams and finals. Your donation gave them a simple but meaningful way to manage stress, stay regulated, and feel more confident during an important time of year.","fullyFundedDate":1776090442343,"projectUrl":"project/fidgets-for-finals-and-ap-prep/10188048/","projectTitle":"Fidgets for Finals and AP Prep","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Likis","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp578992_orig.jpg?crop=576,576,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1682363592754","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-likis"},{"teacherId":578992,"projectId":10191954,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping provide gloves for our 9th grade Biology dissection labs! When students saw the materials, they were excited and a little nervous in the best way because they knew they were about to do \"real science.\" Having gloves in different sizes helped every student feel more comfortable, safe, and ready to participate.\r\n\r\nStudents are using these gloves during our rat and bullfrog dissections as they explore major body systems, including the digestive, circulatory, respiratory, nervous, excretory, and urogenital systems. One powerful classroom moment was watching students carefully identify organs they had only seen in diagrams before and begin making connections between structure and function.\r\n\r\nNext, students will use their observations to compare animal anatomy to human body systems and explain how different organs work together to support life. Your donation made this hands-on learning possible and helped students feel confident engaging in meaningful science.","fullyFundedDate":1776732189649,"projectUrl":"project/gloves-for-dissections/10191954/","projectTitle":"Gloves for Dissections","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Likis","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp578992_orig.jpg?crop=576,576,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1682363592754","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-likis"},{"teacherId":9015419,"projectId":9933534,"letterContent":"When the rats first arrived into the classroom, the students were buzzing with a mix of nervous energy and genuine curiosity. Seeing the specimens and tools in person transformed our classroom into a real scientific laboratory, and the excitement was palpable. Many students were initially worried about the sensory experience, immediately asking if we had masks available.\r\n\r\nYour donation of masks provided the essential physical and psychological barrier many students needed to overcome their fears. By mitigating the sights and smells that can often cause students to disengage, the masks gave them the courage to face the dissection head-on. It was incredible to see that nearly every student—even those most hesitant—eventually became an active dissector or a focused recorder for their group.\r\n\r\nWe integrated these resources into a rigorous six-day unit on thermoregulation and human body systems, which included a \"Mini Debate\" where students defended which organ system is most critical to survival, the two-day dissection served as the ultimate hands-on capstone. Looking ahead, my students are moving deeper into our unit on evolution and will look at anatomical similarities between species. They will apply their findings from this lab to analyze how different species adapt to their environments. This opportunity has provided them with a technical foundation and a level of confidence that a textbook simply cannot replicate.","fullyFundedDate":1764684790222,"projectUrl":"project/masks-and-gloves-oh-my/9933534/","projectTitle":"Masks and Gloves, Oh My!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Daley","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9015419_orig.jpg?crop=1081,1081,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1683227126940","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-daley-obryant"},{"teacherId":9015419,"projectId":9933327,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for the rat dissection materials! This was an incredible experience for my students, who remained deeply engaged throughout the entire process. Beyond the biology, this project fostered essential life skills like collaboration and technical lab skills.\r\n\r\nWe integrated the materials into a comprehensive six-day unit on thermoregulation and human body systems. The students participated in a \"Mini Debate\" to defend which organ system is most critical to survival before concluding with the two-day dissection. While some students were initially nervous about working with rats rather than frogs, I was so proud to see nearly all of them overcome their fears to participate actively as dissectors or recorders. This hands-on opportunity was only possible because of your generosity. Thank you for making it happen!","fullyFundedDate":1764719530436,"projectUrl":"project/rats-rats-rats/9933327/","projectTitle":"Rats, Rats, Rats","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Daley","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9015419_orig.jpg?crop=1081,1081,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1683227126940","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-daley-obryant"},{"teacherId":274464,"projectId":9847954,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for the generous donations to our project and our school community. The materials that we received for the project have been instrumental in the O'Bryant school implementing a more positive testing experience for our students!\r\n\r\nOur students took the ELA MCAS and the SAT exam in school this late winter and early spring and the snacks, bins, pencils, and other materials were necessary to give our students a positive testing experience and ensure that they had all they needed to be focused and on task. \r\n\r\nThe O'Bryant School and the School Counseling team is so appreciative of the donations and generosity of everyone who helped contribute!","fullyFundedDate":1767218151667,"projectUrl":"project/a-better-testing-experience/9847954/","projectTitle":"A Better Testing Experience","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Arbit","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/274464"},{"teacherId":578992,"projectId":10068987,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our Biology and AP Biology classroom. My students are using the new cardstock to create hands-on protein synthesis word-and-image match sorts and sequencing activities. In one recent lesson, students worked together to put the steps of protein synthesis in the correct order and match key vocabulary and images to each stage of the process. This gave them a more interactive way to understand how DNA instructions are used to build proteins, and it helped make a complex concept feel more clear and manageable.\r\n\r\nMy students were excited as soon as they saw the materials. The bright colors immediately caught their attention, and they were eager to start cutting, sorting, and building. They enjoyed being able to physically move pieces around, talk through their thinking with classmates, and check whether their sequence made sense. It felt more like solving a puzzle than completing a worksheet, which made students more engaged and willing to keep trying.\r\n\r\nNext, students will continue using these materials as we build on their understanding of protein synthesis and connect it to mutations and protein function. They will use the models to explore how changes in a DNA sequence can affect the final protein and why those changes matter in living organisms. These reusable materials will continue supporting discussion, model building, and deeper understanding in future lessons. Thank you for helping make science more hands-on, meaningful, and memorable for my students.","fullyFundedDate":1774894910044,"projectUrl":"project/modeling-protein-synthesis-through-hands/10068987/","projectTitle":"Modeling Protein Synthesis Through Hands-On Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Likis","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp578992_orig.jpg?crop=576,576,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1682363592754","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-likis"},{"teacherId":578992,"projectId":9971536,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our Biology and AP Biology classroom. My students are already using these new materials in meaningful, hands-on ways. The pots and succulent soil are supporting plant investigations where students are observing growth and collecting data, and the clipboards have been especially helpful during labs because students can move around the room and still record observations easily. My students were excited as soon as they saw the materials. The snacks were a huge hit and helped students feel cared for and ready to focus during long lab periods. Having these useful supplies has made the classroom feel more prepared and inviting for learning. Your support is helping make science more engaging and accessible for my students, and we are so grateful.","fullyFundedDate":1774967731653,"projectUrl":"project/tools-for-active-biology-learning/9971536/","projectTitle":"Tools for Active Biology Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Likis","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp578992_orig.jpg?crop=576,576,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1682363592754","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-likis"},{"teacherId":578992,"projectId":10082690,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our Biology and AP Biology classroom! Students were so excited to see the snacks, Kleenex, and cough drops arrive. They immediately understood that these supplies were here to help them feel cared for, comfortable, and ready to learn. The snacks have already helped energize students during long class periods and hands-on labs, giving them the boost they need to stay focused, participate, and do their best thinking. Your kindness is making a real difference in our classroom every day.","fullyFundedDate":1772550387164,"projectUrl":"project/kleenex-cough-drops-snacks/10082690/","projectTitle":"Kleenex, Cough Drops & Snacks","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Likis","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp578992_orig.jpg?crop=576,576,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1682363592754","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-likis"},{"teacherId":302811,"projectId":9905969,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your incredibly generous donations for this birthday goodie bag project. My students have been extremely happy every time their birthdays get acknowledged and even more excited to get their birthday treat bags. Students have been so excited for their bags that they remind me about their birthdays for multiple days leading up to their birthdays. The bags filled with a variety of stickers, pens, pencils, snacks, slime, and fidgets have brought my students immense joy. \r\n\r\nThank you so much for contributing to the happiness of my students. My students and I greatly appreciate your support.","fullyFundedDate":1766034372747,"projectUrl":"project/birthday-goodie-bags-to-celebrate-studen/9905969/","projectTitle":"Birthday Goodie Bags to Celebrate Students!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Trieu","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-6_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mstrieu"},{"teacherId":3927327,"projectId":9936972,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donations! We are still finishing up our content learning, but we will be switching to review right before break. These books will be a core part of our review, and I am so thankful to have them for my students. During review, students will use the books both at school and at home. Since I have enough books for each student, they will be able to highlight and mark up their books to really support their learning.\r\nMy AP test scores last year were the highest I have received in ten years of teaching, and the review books I received through Donors Choose were a major factor in my students' success.","fullyFundedDate":1766421932553,"projectUrl":"project/ap-all-stars-need-review-books-part-2/9936972/","projectTitle":"AP All Stars Need Review Books- Part 2","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Pocius","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3927327_orig.jpg?crop=1532,1532,x715,y866&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1736031906508","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-pocius"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_62840","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":1509,"numTeachers":96,"percentFrplEligible":71,"percentAsian":17,"percentBlack":31,"percentWhite":11,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":36,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"7 - 12","studentTeacherRatio":"15.7:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":63.0,"schoolId":62840,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about John D O'Bryant School of Mathematics and Science on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"John D O'Bryant School of Mathematics and Science","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/massachusetts/boston-public-schools/o-bryant-school-of-math-science/62840"}