{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Oak Grove High School","outOfStateSupporters":17.1,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":1231551,"projectId":10150026,"letterContent":"Because of your generosity, my high school science students now have what every real lab needs and what so many of them had never experienced before: a fully organized, properly equipped workspace. The lab trays, caddies, spray and squirt bottles for sterilization and sanitation, bench labels, and prep materials you funded have completely transformed how we run lab days. When the supplies arrived, students immediately noticed the difference. One student looked around and said, \"This actually feels like a real lab now\" and that moment said everything.\r\n\r\nWe've already put everything to use. Students are working in small groups at labeled benches, each station stocked with their own tray of materials and sanitation supplies. Before your donation, we were sharing limited resources, spending valuable class time tracking down supplies or improvising with what we had. Now, students move through lab procedures independently and confidently, practicing the same sanitation and prep protocols used in professional and medical lab settings. It's been a genuine shift in how seriously they engage with the work.\r\n\r\nLooking ahead, we're diving deeper into lab-based investigations that require consistent, repeatable setups, exactly what your materials make possible. Students are currently preparing for an extended lab project where they'll design their own procedures, and having properly organized, sanitized workstations means they can focus entirely on their scientific thinking rather than logistics. Your contribution didn't just stock a classroom; it gave these students the experience of being real scientists. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart and theirs.","fullyFundedDate":1773571185616,"projectUrl":"project/keeping-labs-sterile-and-clean/10150026/","projectTitle":"Keeping Labs Sterile and Clean!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Rizzi","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1231551_orig.png?crop=293,293,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1758913244693","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1231551"},{"teacherId":7792483,"projectId":10038027,"letterContent":"Thank you for your amazing donation to my classroom library. I have had students read more books than every before this year. In a survey conducted in the past few weeks, almost 60% of students identified that one of leading factors that contributed to their success as a reader was having a classroom library that reflected their interests. As student interests change, it's essential that my library stay up to date. Based on the same survey, nineteen students came into my class having read zero books in the previous year and that number has dropped to four, while the number of students who have read six or more books this year has double what they stated they had read last year. \r\n\r\nBe Kind. \r\nRead Books. \r\nStay Weird.","fullyFundedDate":1770069132120,"projectUrl":"project/books-students-love/10038027/","projectTitle":"Books Students Love","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Forteamo","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7792483_orig.png?crop=398,398,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1615852224778","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/forteamo"},{"teacherId":7776461,"projectId":10022163,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping my students have items to make learning more fun. All of my students have disabilities related to communication or language development. The Uno cards help my students think logically and interact using communication with each other. The technology items allow my students to gather around to see and hear interactive communication videos and lessons on a large screen and with good volume. This also promotes interaction and communication among them. My students have been engaging more about the activities and are looking forward to to engaging more with technology.","fullyFundedDate":1769178100438,"projectUrl":"project/classroom-needs-for-speech-disabilities/10022163/","projectTitle":"Classroom Needs for Speech Disabilities","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Luna","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-1_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7776461"},{"teacherId":1231551,"projectId":10117240,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generosity and support of our classroom and maker space. With your donations, a modern 3D printer with filament was purchased to bring our students creativity to life. We have been able to design models as a way to express our learning and understanding of biology principles, create lab bench accessories to enhance our lab practices and exercises, as well as print and design custom trinkets to sell at school for fundraisers that support our clubs and Health Occupation Students of America chapter.\r\n\r\nWe've seen and had 3D printers before, and their quality and speed could not compete with modern material and tools. Our decades old printer has required a lot of maintenance and upkeep. The new printer added to our fleet has helped to expedite prints, bring ideas to life quicker, and improve the quality of our designs and products.\r\n\r\nThrough the process, we have been inspired to get designing again, finding ways to problem solve in our local ecosystem, environment, and lab space while practicing entrepreneurship with design and sales of our trinkets. Most of our students who would be satisfied making a poster or modeling with clay have found a new passion and skill in designing in the 3D modeling space as well as exploring creative solutions to basic challenges in our lab space and design. \r\n\r\nWe are very grateful for this opportunity to be hands on with advanced tools and will take great care of printer for years to come!","fullyFundedDate":1772048117573,"projectUrl":"project/designing-our-future/10117240/","projectTitle":"Designing our Future","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Rizzi","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1231551_orig.png?crop=293,293,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1758913244693","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1231551"},{"teacherId":799337,"projectId":9503478,"letterContent":"Being able to help students create original clocks, which was their first functional art piece in my Sculpture class, was an incredible experience. The creativity students displayed as well as their perseverance when challenges arose, made the project so meaningful. \r\nMy students have already shared that this has been their favorite project so far, and the interest students in my other classes are showing in the clocks is validating, to say the least. \r\nI feel so grateful to have been able to bring this type of project into my classroom, and I look forward to doing this again next year. I learned a lot right alongside my students, and we all grew as artists because of your generous support.","fullyFundedDate":1757683136012,"projectUrl":"project/its-about-time-sculpting-clocks-with-p/9503478/","projectTitle":"It's About Time: Sculpting Clocks with Purpose","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Hopkins","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp799337_orig.jpg?crop=1080,1080,x0,y108&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1705005867765","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/799337"},{"teacherId":9939024,"projectId":9440635,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating money for the equipment to allow my students to film better quality content. They've already been learning to use the equipment by conducting some interviews with teachers and plans are afoot to film some skits and content for schoolwide lessons.\r\n\r\nThe students LOVE the light ring, and it makes such a difference when under fluorescent classroom lighting or the gym. The microphones are probably the biggest game changer given prior attempts to film with phone microphones were muffled and plagued by ambient noise. That is no longer an issue and the students are having so much fun conducting interviews and trying different distances, angles, etc for the best effect. Even the teachers are having fun in the spotlight!\r\n\r\nThank you for giving my students access to new technology as I strongly feel that a familiarity with basic tools like these is essential for youth entering the job market. Furthermore, our schoolwide lessons are going to be SO much better with both student creativity AND quality tech combined. I can't thank you enough.","fullyFundedDate":1755738139638,"projectUrl":"project/help-make-our-lessons-engaging-with-a-te/9440635/","projectTitle":"Help Make Our Lessons Engaging With a Technology Boost!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. V","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9939024_orig.jpg?crop=1995,1995,x0,y152&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1751310737599","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9939024"},{"teacherId":9939024,"projectId":9440370,"letterContent":"My students were elated to see a new addition to the room. The brightly lit shelving immediately caught their attention and they all had questions as they entered the room. I explained that after completing the lesson on The Politics of Food, we were going to try to grow some winter vegetable seeds and enjoy watching them grow into healthy, mature plants that would provide sustenance for their families. \r\n\r\nWe went outside to shovel soil into the trays, and students selected what kind of vegetable seeds they wanted to plant. Oddly, there was fierce competition for carrots, broccoli, and buttercrunch lettuce, lol. Not so much for the kale. It was so chaotic that I forgot to take a picture, but that is part of the beauty of having students engage in something hands-on like gardening. They all gently pressed their seeds into the soil and sprinkled a layer atop with nary a phone in sight. \r\n\r\nEvery day they walk in and check out the progress of their tiny little sprouts and the magic captures them. Even my two houseplants atop the rack seem to bring them joy! I'm excited to continue to connect students with the natural cycles of the earth and provide them with an inexpensive way to address food deserts and expensive produce! Thank you so much for investing in my students!","fullyFundedDate":1751343738790,"projectUrl":"project/reduce-stress-with-plants/9440370/","projectTitle":"Reduce Stress with Plants!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. V","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9939024_orig.jpg?crop=1995,1995,x0,y152&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1751310737599","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9939024"},{"teacherId":4289701,"projectId":9039369,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generosity and help making my classroom much safer during this fun project of decorating wood with an incredibly hot burn tool. I noticed great improvement compared to previous years. Students did not burn their fingers or any of my classroom furniture, which is always good! Sadly I forgot to take pictures during this unit but I am happy to show one of the finished products a student made and was so good it was chosen to be displayed in our school art show. \r\n\r\nI am always grateful to our generous community members for their continued support of public education and the arts.","fullyFundedDate":1743008135465,"projectUrl":"project/my-classroom-is-heating-up/9039369/","projectTitle":"My Classroom is Heating Up!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Renault","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4289701_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1664995970474","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-renault"},{"teacherId":7792483,"projectId":9609369,"letterContent":"Were you able to check out some samples of the bookmarks students created using the laminating materials? They are absolutely gorgeous! We spent the first few days of school coloring bookmarks, and then I spent a few days laminating their work. Students have been using them daily during our independent reading time. Friends of students cam in during lunch to color their own personal bookmarks, and as students have transferred out of my class to attend other schools, more often than not, they have chosen to take their bookmarks with them. \r\n\r\nReading fiction is at the heart of my classroom, so any chance I get to celebrate their reading, I do. Every time a student finishes a book, they get to book a \"book spine\" on the wall with the book's title and their review. The new books will be added to the collection, so that students will continue to have interesting, topical and imaginative texts to choose from.","fullyFundedDate":1755702403733,"projectUrl":"project/books-booky-things/9609369/","projectTitle":"Books, Booky Things","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Forteamo","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7792483_orig.png?crop=398,398,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1615852224778","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/forteamo"},{"teacherId":7792483,"projectId":9542648,"letterContent":"Wow! This activity was an absolute hit! I wasn't sure how the students would respond when I asked them to spend a class period making senior crowns. I wasn't sure if they would buy-in to the school spirit. Turns out, they did! It was a great day. They were laughing and talking, and it was a nice opportunity for me to get to know them as I sat and chatted along with groups. We listened to music and I got to see which students were super creative and which struggled. \r\n\r\nAfter class, a few students brought their friends in during lunch to keep making the crowns, which is exactly what I hoped would happen. \r\n\r\nI'm already looking forward to the next crown-building day.","fullyFundedDate":1754699989420,"projectUrl":"project/crowning-seniors/9542648/","projectTitle":"Crowning Seniors","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Forteamo","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7792483_orig.png?crop=398,398,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1615852224778","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/forteamo"},{"teacherId":7792483,"projectId":9426050,"letterContent":"We have received all of the items from this project! Students have been chowing down on the boxes of Cheez-its and popcorn. Not only have I been using them as part of the awards for our Blooket competitions, but when students come in needing a little extra boost, I have snacks to offer. \r\n\r\nThe computers have been shielded with the screen protectors/privacy screens. Already, I feel more comfortable talking about students grades, IEPs and 504 plans, knowing that if another student comes to my desk, they won't be able to see the private information of others. \r\n\r\nThe black borders have been added to the walls for students to showcase their finished reading books. \r\n\r\nMy school-year starter-pack has done its job and helped to kick off my school year.","fullyFundedDate":1750640104414,"projectUrl":"project/school-year-starter-pack/9426050/","projectTitle":"School Year Starter Pack","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Forteamo","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7792483_orig.png?crop=398,398,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1615852224778","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/forteamo"},{"teacherId":799337,"projectId":8998246,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our DonorsChoose project, Crochet Coral Reefs. The additional yarn, hooks, and supplies you helped provide allowed my students to take this project further than we had originally imagined. With a greater variety of materials available, students had more flexibility in their designs and were able to explore creative solutions beyond the initial coral reef concept. This variety sparked experimentation and empowered students to make meaningful choices in their work.\r\n\r\nAs the project developed, our Sculpture class began to discuss ways to connect their art more directly to our school community. Students themselves advocated for more freedom, leading to the idea of \"yarn bombing\" the campus. While some students continued crocheting coral reefs, others created Minions, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, internal organs (displayed near our BioTech classroom), and playful fruits and flowers. These imaginative works found their way onto architectural features and natural spaces around campus, transforming ordinary places into vibrant, unexpected galleries.\r\n\r\nThe impact was felt far beyond the classroom. Students, teachers, and staff shared photos on Instagram and talked enthusiastically about the colorful surprises around campus. What began as a crochet coral reef project became a beloved class and community favorite—one that brought joy, sparked conversations, and helped foster a stronger sense of belonging. None of this would have been possible without your generosity, and we are so grateful for your role in making this project such a success.","fullyFundedDate":1741299129232,"projectUrl":"project/crochet-coral-reefs/8998246/","projectTitle":"Crochet Coral Reefs","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Hopkins","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp799337_orig.jpg?crop=1080,1080,x0,y108&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1705005867765","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/799337"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_4758","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":1417,"numTeachers":80,"percentFrplEligible":57,"percentAsian":24,"percentBlack":3,"percentWhite":5,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":61,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":0,"percentMultiracialImputed":4,"gradesServed":"9 - 12","studentTeacherRatio":"17.7:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":82.9,"schoolId":4758,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Oak Grove High School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Oak Grove High School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/california/east-side-union-high-school-district/oak-grove-high-school/4758"}