{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Mark Twain Special Education School","outOfStateSupporters":28.6,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":1937149,"projectId":9743897,"letterContent":"Thank you for supporting our Adult Transition Program and the amazing students we serve. As part of our program, we work with our students to learn different vocational skills that can be used in supported employment in the future. We work on janitorial skills, food service and packing and shipping. \r\n\r\nWith these 3D printers, we have been able to increase our student's knowledge in possible ways to support themselves. Students are learning to create designs as well as print and prepare new types of items. This has been one of our student's favorite activities so far this year.\r\n\r\nThank you so much for giving our program and our students an opportunity to grow and learn. We appreciate you!","fullyFundedDate":1758765014768,"projectUrl":"project/special-printers-for-special-people/9743897/","projectTitle":"Special Printers for Special People","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Percival","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/katiepercival"},{"teacherId":1937149,"projectId":9743825,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our Adult Transition Program. Part of our program is to teach life skills for our adults with disabilities, and cooking is a major part of that. Prior to this year, we were limited in what we could teach as we had to work with microwaves and other portable appliances. But at the end of last school year, our school was donated 5 ovens and stove tops.\r\n\r\nFor the first few months of the year, we could not use them because we didn't have the proper cooking supplies in the form of pots, pans, baking sheets and utensils. Because of this grant, not only have we been cooking more but planned, prepared and made and entire Thanksgiving Feast for 250 people here on our campus. It was truly an amazing thing.\r\n\r\nThank you again for supporting our program and providing us with the tools to further our student's education.","fullyFundedDate":1758834622835,"projectUrl":"project/cooking-supplies-for-life-skills/9743825/","projectTitle":"Cooking Supplies for Life Skills","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Percival","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/katiepercival"},{"teacherId":1937149,"projectId":9611793,"letterContent":"Thank you for supporting our classroom and our unique health needs. My class LOVES our new fridge, and my staff is incredibly grateful that we can keep necessary items for the health and safety of our students right in our classroom. We use the fridge to keep chilled foods to help with taking medication, ice packs to help students who are overheating and to keep emergency medications that can assist our students in crisis.\r\n\r\nMy students and their unique health needs can sometimes mean that we have seconds, not minutes, to manage a crisis. Now that we have this fridge steps away from us, everyone in my classroom is more comfortable and safe. Thank you for supporting my students, staff and our program.","fullyFundedDate":1755697023852,"projectUrl":"project/health-fridge/9611793/","projectTitle":"Health Fridge","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Percival","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/katiepercival"},{"teacherId":9693235,"projectId":9360545,"letterContent":"Calm corners are special areas with tools like weighted blankets, fidgets, noise-cancelling headphones, soft lighting, and feelings charts. These areas help students feel safe and supported, allowing them to manage their emotions and focus on learning. Teachers have seen that when students use these calm corners, they can get back to their work faster and feel more confident.\r\n\r\nThe sensory tools also help students express their feelings and communicate better. Younger students especially like using the feelings chart, which helps them name their emotions and pick strategies to calm down. This not only reduces their frustration but also helps them learn healthy ways to cope and build emotional strength. Older students even help show others how to use these tools, allowing them to practice leadership skills while assisting their classmates.\r\n\r\nOverall, sensory-friendly spaces have created a culture of wellness and support in our school. Students now have effective ways to handle stress and other needs, which improves the learning environment for everyone. These efforts continue to strengthen connections within our community and empower students to take care of their well-being.","fullyFundedDate":1748631844485,"projectUrl":"project/calm-corners-for-all/9360545/","projectTitle":"Calm Corners for All","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Jaramillo","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9693235"},{"teacherId":1937149,"projectId":9275217,"letterContent":"Every year I have to purchase sensory supplies for my students. When you have students with extreme sensory needs, it often takes a kit of things for every student in order to help them feel comfortable in their own skin. Sensory items can help students access the world around them, show the skills they have that can sometimes be hidden and even prevent an individual from becoming upset. It takes an army of supplies sometimes just to fit the unique needs of a classroom of 12 students.\r\n\r\nThank you for assisting me in providing the sensory input my students need in order to thrive. I have seen some truly amazing things from students when they have the correct sensory input. You have helped make that magic happen.","fullyFundedDate":1746480896438,"projectUrl":"project/sensory-and-classroom-supplies-for-excep/9275217/","projectTitle":"Sensory and Classroom Supplies for Exceptional Students","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Percival","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/katiepercival"},{"teacherId":1937149,"projectId":9176791,"letterContent":"From the bottom of my heart, thank you. I've written several grants on DonorsChoose throughout my teaching career. Of all the amazing supplies I have gotten, these office style chairs for my students have changed the game. For individuals with sensory needs, sitting on hard plastic chairs can be extremely difficult. With these chairs, my students are sitting and attending for longer periods of time.\r\n\r\nThey are also the most noticed and admired supplies I have ever gotten in a grant. Teachers around my school and even our administration love the new seating and have talked about doing it in their classrooms. Hopefully your help with this grant can change the seating options for students around my school.\r\n\r\nThank you so much for supporting my","fullyFundedDate":1742925817346,"projectUrl":"project/comfortable-seating-creates-good-scholar/9176791/","projectTitle":"Comfortable Seating Creates Good Scholars","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Percival","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/katiepercival"},{"teacherId":1937149,"projectId":9053061,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your kindness and generosity in donating to my classroom. It is hard to put into words how much your donation has not only changed my classroom but also my school at large. These rocking sensory chairs have been so successful that ALL of my students love them and, even more, students from other classes have been using them as well. They are such a hit and so appropriate for the students at my school, our principal decided to buy one for each classroom and our recreation area. The simple donation to one classroom has changed and improved 9.\r\n\r\nThank you from the bottom of my heart.","fullyFundedDate":1736967021050,"projectUrl":"project/sensory-seating-for-students/9053061/","projectTitle":"Sensory Seating for Students","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Percival","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/katiepercival"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_55644","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":85,"numTeachers":7,"percentFrplEligible":82,"percentAsian":40,"percentBlack":0,"percentWhite":10,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":49,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Not specified","studentTeacherRatio":"12.1:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":false,"metroType":"SUBURBAN","ncesMetroType":"SUBURB_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":71.4,"schoolId":55644,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Mark Twain Special Education School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Mark Twain Special Education School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/california/garden-grove-unified-school-district/mark-twain-school/55644"}