{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Waimea High School","outOfStateSupporters":35.6,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":8836514,"projectId":9663988,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping us provide an air conditioned environment for the Engineering Classroom. There is a lot of sensitive equipment in the classroom, most recently drones! \r\n\r\nThings like 3D printers, filament, robotics, laser cutting, resin printing, electronics, and drones all are greatly supported by having a temperature, humidity, and dust controlled environment. \r\n\r\nThank you so much for helping to realize this excellent high school maker space for our students here on Kaua'i. I'm working hard to use these resources effectively to result in strong student outcomes.","fullyFundedDate":1756731244423,"projectUrl":"project/cool-air-for-hot-tech-portable-ac-for-e/9663988/","projectTitle":"Cool Air for Hot Tech: Portable AC for Engineering Students","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Smith","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8836514_orig.jpg?crop=913,913,x1128,y967&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1667945407100","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8836514"},{"teacherId":10253360,"projectId":9777651,"letterContent":"Mahalo nui loa for donating Anatomical posters and models to my Anatomy & Physiology classroom. Having tactile images and models for the students to manipulate and use in their learning process is crucial to their success. I love to see the look on their faces when they are looking at the models or posters and things just \"click\". \r\n\r\nTeaching such a complex subject as the human body can be difficult for adolescent students. Your gracious donations have brought the human body to my students, allowing them to touch and open and learn the insides of the body. This is a necessary step of Anatomy & Physiology education that you have brought to my classroom.\r\n\r\nOn this Thanksgiving day, I want you to know how grateful I am to donors of DonorsChoose, giving classrooms in need the necessary supplies to serve our students, to provide education, and to change children's lives. As teachers, what we do is important, connect with students and make a difference in their lives.....but we could not do that with YOU! You are an important part of our students lives!\r\n\r\nPlease consider my next project to \"Bring the Human Body to Life.\" After purchasing some modeling clay with my own money, I realized how amazing and meaningful it was for the students to build body systems with their own hands, constructing tracheas and lungs from clay, learning each body part intimately by constructing it with their own hands. I want to continue this idea for learning with other body systems, but cannot continue to purchase supplies with my own money. Any donation you could contribute would be incredible for my students!\r\n\r\nHappy Thanksgiving :)","fullyFundedDate":1759521088733,"projectUrl":"project/human-anatomy-3d-models-posters/9777651/","projectTitle":"Human Anatomy 3D Models & Posters","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Kate Plyler","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10253360_orig.jpg?crop=900,900,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1763652812561","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10253360"},{"teacherId":10253360,"projectId":9705387,"letterContent":"A big MAHALO NUI LOA (thank you so much in Hawaiian) for your gracious donations to my classroom. As a first year teacher at Waimea High School on the island of Kaua'i, a Title I school serving the communities on the Westside of the island. Due to our Title I status, we are only allotted a small amount of basic classroom supplies for students and teachers, mostly white board markers and printer paper. Any additional supplies are the responsibility of the teacher to obtain, and I am so grateful to you for helping me fill my classroom with supplies for my students and myself to use throughout the year!\r\n\r\nYour classroom supplies have enabled me to create personalized cell phone cases out of pencil cases to adhere to our \"No Cell Phone\" classroom policy that demonstrate my respect for their property, small snacks to use for activity prizes, facial tissues for stuffy noses, Clorox wipes and paper towels for activity clean up, colored pencils to create colorful anatomy models, and additional white board markers when the ink runs low so students can see the words vibrant on the board. I have started to laminate instructional sheets or activity sheets that can be reused for multiple classes and multiple years to preserve them, such as the \"Bestill my Heart\" Anatomy board game I created for my students! Also, having extra printer paper allows me to create copies of study sheets and fun activities to share with all students! Students are always so appreciative that I have so many thoughtful supplies, not only for instructional activities, but for those moments in between when they need a snack or blow their nose or want to wipe their desk.\r\n\r\nMy classroom would not be the welcoming, comfortable environment without your generous donations. Having students feel welcome and comfortable in the classroom makes them comfortable hanging out in my classroom and makes me an approachable teacher. This relationship I have built with my students is essential to their education and special as they navigate their way through high school. I am blessed to have the opportunity to offer supplies to my students and create such integrative, colorful, fun activities using the supplies you have graciously donated!","fullyFundedDate":1757871973220,"projectUrl":"project/first-year-teacher-supplies/9705387/","projectTitle":"First Year Teacher Supplies","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Kate Plyler","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10253360_orig.jpg?crop=900,900,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1763652812561","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10253360"},{"teacherId":9718471,"projectId":9091634,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your incredibly generous contribution that funded the AP Biology lesson plans for my classroom. This resource is truly transformative, and I'm already excited about how it will enhance the learning experience for my students.\r\n\r\nBefore receiving this resource, I spent countless hours designing high-quality labs and activities to meet the rigorous AP curriculum standards. Now, with a complete, professionally developed set of lesson plans, I can instantly elevate the level of instruction. This doesn't just save me time; it allows me to redirect my energy from planning to truly focusing on differentiating instruction and providing more one-on-one support for students who need extra help mastering complex topics, like gene expression or biochemistry.","fullyFundedDate":1738958007921,"projectUrl":"project/lesson-plan/9091634/","projectTitle":"Lesson Plan","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. P. 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Thanks again!","fullyFundedDate":1691790415995,"projectUrl":"project/safe-space-for-learning/7557379/","projectTitle":"Safe Space for Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Karsner","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7757298_orig.jpg?crop=3024,3024,x0,y262&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1691042669820","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7757298"},{"teacherId":7757298,"projectId":6977567,"letterContent":"My students were very appreciative of the gift cards that were provided through this donor's choose project. Ever since COVID, some students have decided to remain online for various reasons. Similarly, there are in-person students that are taking online classes to make up credits that they did not complete during COVID. Offering gift cards for when students are the top-performing student of the week or when they complete a class helps incentive them to work on their classes. 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