{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Golden Valley High School","outOfStateSupporters":22.8,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":7979109,"projectId":10676471,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support of our high school band program! Because of your contributions, we were able to add two new trombones to our instrument inventory, making an immediate and meaningful difference for our brass section.\r\n\r\nPutting the New Trombones into Action\r\nOur students have already put these instruments to work in daily rehearsals and sectional practice. Recently, while preparing our concert band repertoire, having these matching, fully functional trombones allowed our low brass section to build a warm, unified sound that we simply couldn't achieve before. During a recent rehearsal on a high-energy piece with a driving low-brass line, the two students playing these new instruments were able to project with confidence and match pitch effortlessly—a huge boost for both their individual technique and our ensemble's overall balance.\r\n\r\nUnboxing Day Reactions\r\nWhen the instruments first arrived and the students opened the cases, their faces lit up. Seeing their pride in having top-quality equipment to play on was an incredible moment for our entire band room.","fullyFundedDate":1793195257796,"projectUrl":"project/trombones-needed/10676471/","projectTitle":"Trombones Needed","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Boyle","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7979109_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1628819674018","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7979109"},{"teacherId":10531620,"projectId":10338211,"letterContent":"The day this box came, we didn't have a very productive day. No one worked on their programs because no one could focus as I opened the box and gasped at each thing I pulled out. The kids gathered around as I showed them each section of books and we unwrapped them. I talked constantly about each one and the kids grabbed each one, turning them over and talking about them and asking me constant questions Can I read this one? Is this my Level? Can I read this next? What is this one about? It was chaos and fun and heart wrenching at the same time because its crazy to see my \"Low Readers\" be so excited about books. As we finally finished and sat down I heard one kid tell another \"Nothing like opening up a fresh clean box of books. Its like Christmas morning.\"","fullyFundedDate":1783224578019,"projectUrl":"project/books-needed/10338211/","projectTitle":"Books Needed!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Irish","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10531620_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1783543947222","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10531620"},{"teacherId":2020291,"projectId":9970579,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for making my project titled \"Let's Get 100%: Engaging All Learners in Math Class\" a reality. This project provided me with 5 outstanding books that are true treasurers for math teaching.\r\n\r\nThese books provided me with a wealth of knowledge, skills, concepts, and ideas to enhance my teaching and engage all my students from the moment they step into my classroom. \r\n\r\nThanks to your donation, I have learned new practices and ways to challenge my students mathematically, to teach mathematics in new meaningful ways, and to help my students develop a new passion for the subject I love! \r\n\r\nThank you for being such an incredible partner in this journey!","fullyFundedDate":1774917739035,"projectUrl":"project/lets-get-100-engaging-all-learners-in/9970579/","projectTitle":"Let's Get 100%: Engaging All Learners in Math Class","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Jauregui","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2020291_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1506230373432","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/contribute2math"},{"teacherId":2020291,"projectId":9944636,"letterContent":"Thank you very much for your support and for making this project a reality! The books your contribution provided have given me the opportunity to explore new topics that vertically align with the topics I teach in both my Calculus and Statistics courses.\r\n Through these resources, I have learned about new applications and uses of mathematics in modern society (especially in the contexts of data science and machine learning). I have learned about different algorithms and techniques that are used in our technological world.\r\n These books have given me the opportunity to enrich my lessons with stories and potential uses of the concepts we are currently learning. In addition, I have used these resources as inspiration to design new end-of-the-year enriching projects where students will be able to extend their learning; this will be achieved as my students are exposed to other mathematical concepts that are considered essential for success in this second quarter of the 21st century.","fullyFundedDate":1766439699653,"projectUrl":"project/math-teaching-in-the-second-quarter-of-t/9944636/","projectTitle":"Math Teaching in the Second Quarter of the 21st Century","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Jauregui","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2020291_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1506230373432","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/contribute2math"},{"teacherId":2020291,"projectId":9944626,"letterContent":"Thank you very much for your donation! As a life-long learner that constantly aims to empower each and all of my students, I am constantly looking for effective strategies that will help them develop stronger numerical reasoning skills. In such a journey, books are some of the best tools to gain that extra insight and provide my students with rich mathematical experiences that will help them acquire powerful numerical strategies.\r\n In the particular case of this project, these books gave me the opportunity to incorporate number talks as part of the just-in-time interventions we use to teach concepts in high school geometry. As you can see in one of the pictures, students were posed with a very typical numerical expression that results when one works with right triangles. Particularly, this and comparable expressions were used when working with questions involving right-triangle trigonometry and the Pythagorean theorem. Students not only practiced their numerical reasoning, but improved on it, by sharing and listening to the different approaches students used to evaluate such an expression.\r\n Additionally, these books were used to learn new concepts that were incorporated as part of the lesson design process. In one case, I introduced the concept of the open number line to do computations mentally in the context of the Triangle Angle Sum Theorem. Now, as my students are wrapping up the units around the big concept of similarity, I will have them research-write-cite-and share on the relationship of fractals and similarity.\r\n We really appreciate you valuable contribution and for making this project a reality!","fullyFundedDate":1766439892076,"projectUrl":"project/books-to-promote-and-inspire-numerical-r/9944626/","projectTitle":"Books to Promote and Inspire Numerical Reasoning","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Jauregui","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2020291_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1506230373432","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/contribute2math"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_73706","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":2153,"numTeachers":96,"percentFrplEligible":94,"percentAsian":2,"percentBlack":4,"percentWhite":2,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":88,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":0,"percentMultiracialImputed":2,"gradesServed":"9 - 12","studentTeacherRatio":"22.4:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":77.2,"schoolId":73706,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Golden Valley High School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Golden Valley High School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/california/kern-high-school-district/golden-valley-high-school/73706"}