{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Palisades Charter High School","outOfStateSupporters":22.1,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":10228116,"projectId":9698620,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support of my classroom. I was able to purchase five window device computers for my students who had lost theirs in the Palisades Fire. This enabled them to keep up with the class work since the majority of the work is done online. Students participated in interactive activities in the World History curriculum. They also needed computers to access the online textbook. Students also had access to online programs such as Canva to create newspapers on the French Revolution. Again, thank you for helping me give students the tools they needed to succeed. They have faced tremendous hardships over the past few months stemming from the Palisades fire.","fullyFundedDate":1757547169648,"projectUrl":"project/laptops-for-classroom-use/9698620/","projectTitle":"Laptops for Classroom Use.","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Osterweil","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10228116_orig.jpg?crop=180,180,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1756325838716","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10228116"},{"teacherId":10227357,"projectId":9656288,"letterContent":"Thanks to your generous support, our statistics students now have access to 20 graphing calculators—an essential tool for mastering real-world data analysis. These calculators allow students to explore complex concepts like regression, probability distributions, and hypothesis testing with confidence.\r\nBefore this project, many students struggled to complete assignments because they lacked the technology needed for advanced statistical work. Now, every student can participate fully in lessons, collaborate on projects, and prepare for college-level math and AP exams.\r\nYour contribution has transformed our classroom into an interactive learning environment where students can visualize data, make informed decisions, and develop critical thinking skills that will serve them in STEM careers and beyond. Thank you for empowering our learners with the tools they need to succeed!","fullyFundedDate":1756932543023,"projectUrl":"project/math-magic-with-the-help-of-graphing-cal/9656288/","projectTitle":"Math Magic with the help of Graphing Calculators","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Wiener","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-9_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10227357"},{"teacherId":10175769,"projectId":9592080,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting my classroom. Your generosity has truly transformed our learning environment—making it more welcoming, organized, and functional for every student. The paper and daily supplies you funded make an immediate difference, especially on days when our internet is unreliable and we rely heavily on printed materials.\r\n\r\nI'm deeply grateful for your kindness and for investing in my students' success. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. My kids are grateful. ¡Muchas Gracias!\r\n\r\n—Mr. Pearson","fullyFundedDate":1755572905074,"projectUrl":"project/from-hola-to-fluency-fuel-our-spanis/9592080/","projectTitle":"From ¡Hola! to Fluency — Fuel Our Spanish Classroom!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Keith Pearson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10175769"},{"teacherId":10115063,"projectId":9655013,"letterContent":"Creating a diverse library where students can find books that reflect their own cultures and experiences can be challenging. Thanks to the support of DonorsChoose, I was able to add titles featuring characters who look like and share experiences with our students.\r\nOur school serves more than 2,400 students from over 100 zip codes across Los Angeles, representing a wide range of cultures, backgrounds, and income levels- a true reflection of the city's diversity.\r\nUsing the honor system, students browse our four bookcases to find titles that spark their interest. Our ninth graders also visit the library with their English classes to select books for their Individual Reading Project (IRP), making it essential to maintain a broad and inclusive collection that offers something for every reader.","fullyFundedDate":1756514075875,"projectUrl":"project/our-library-is-gone-creating-a-diversif/9655013/","projectTitle":"Our Library Is Gone- Creating a Diversified Collection","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. King","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10115063_orig.jpg?crop=1152,1152,x0,y92&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1763915140181","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10115063"},{"teacherId":10213005,"projectId":9637857,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your very generous contributions. It had a significant impact with students, teachers, and counselors here at Palisades Charter High School. There were a great deal of people here at Pali affected by the devastating wildfires in the Pacific Palisades. A lot of us did not even have the basics like printers or copy paper.\r\n\r\nI was able to proudly deliver new color printers/copiers/scanners, copy paper, and usb cables to a great deal of individuals who were in dire need of these basic educational tools.\r\n\r\nNot only were students positively impacted by having printed documents and curriculum, but a lot of teachers, counselors, the mental health office, physical education department, and yearbook staff also benefited from having a brand new printer!\r\n\r\nMy project greatly benefited by Google's 10x donation match!","fullyFundedDate":1758634736808,"projectUrl":"project/printers-copy-paper-to-serve-our-stude/9637857/","projectTitle":"Printers & Copy Paper to Serve Our Students","teacherDisplayName":"Dr. Rick Woodward","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10213005_orig.jpg?crop=1308,1308,x199,y12&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1755794565183","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10213005"},{"teacherId":10169569,"projectId":9653819,"letterContent":"I want to thank you for your generous donation of white and colored copy paper to my classroom. This year has brought a series of challenges for our school community, especially after relocating to a temporary site due to the January fires. Many of our usual resources, including access to a reliable copy machine, have been limited or unpredictable. Because of your support, I have been able to continue providing my students with the materials they need without disruption.\r\n\r\nYour donation may have been paper, but what it provided was far more meaningful: ease, stability, creativity, and a renewed sense of possibility in the classroom. Because of you, I can focus more on teaching and less on logistics. Because of you, my students have consistent access to the tools they need to participate fully in their education.\r\n\r\nThank you again for your kindness, generosity, and belief in the power of supporting teachers. We are deeply grateful, and your impact will continue to be felt throughout the school year.","fullyFundedDate":1756475561341,"projectUrl":"project/rebuilding-learning-one-page-at-a-time/9653819/","projectTitle":"Rebuilding Learning, One Page at a Time","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Rivera","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10169569_orig.png?crop=259,259,x0,y38&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1756239874004","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10169569"},{"teacherId":10214099,"projectId":9669531,"letterContent":"We are very fortunate to be a 1:1 laptop school where we can reduce paper waste and not have to photocopy papers - especially for tests. Instead of running scantrons through a machine my tests can be given online, similar to AP Tests and college formats, and they are automatically graded for quick feedback to students. Besides testing the school has subscriptions to amazing sites like GIZMOS that allow students to do virtual STEM cases where they act as veterinarians, medical investigators, or ecologists. The problem with relying on computers for these activities and tests is that students regularly forget theirs, forget to charge theirs, or sometimes the computer stops working properly for one reason or another (needs updates). \r\n\r\nLucky for us my prayers have been answered. By providing me with 5 loaner laptops I always have just enough to loan out to students in need. Just today we needed to take an internal assessment on PERFORMANCE MATTERS and several student's computers would not connect. Vioila- I produced the loaners. \r\n\r\nWhen we did our digital microscope lab the same computers allowed each lab station to have a computer connected as a display. \r\n\r\nThe students were so happy to know you funded these computers because it means they can always stay on schedule and complete the assigned work during class time. With their busy schedules with after school sports, music, and drama there is little time to come in later for a makeup test or to do the work that they needed a computer for.","fullyFundedDate":1756737814134,"projectUrl":"project/reduce-stress-on-test-days-by-funding-fi/9669531/","projectTitle":"Reduce Stress on Test Days by Funding Five Loaner Laptops","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Julie Benke","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10214099_orig.png?crop=364,364,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1755823564653","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10214099"},{"teacherId":10214099,"projectId":9662587,"letterContent":"On Friday before Thanksgiving Break I unboxed the probes and told them about the lab. They were so excited to see the vernier probes and start experimenting with them already since we had been studying cell respiration in depth. A few boys invented exercise contests to see who could generate the most CO2 in their exhalations- running around the school up and down stairs or doing planks. It was a fun way to end the long week. On Tuesday, everyone will do the official AP Lab. I have various species of plant seed and peas imbibing water and by then they will be actively germinating and undergoing a ton of cell division to grow- with high energy demands to produce ATP to fuel the mitosis there will be CO2 released. Peas, Beans, Corn, Flowers, meal worms. Gram for gram does one species generate more CO2 per minute than another? Do non germinating peas/seeds generate CO2? Do they need energy? Does the temperature of the environment effect the rate of production? The students had so many questions and they are excited to be able to easily capture the data so easily using the vernier carbon dioxide gas probes. \r\n\r\nDue to the generous donations and 10x matching by Google there is enough equipment for six groups of students to test two specimen at a time. Carbon Dioxide levels are recorded in a data table and automatically show up in a graph. They are so happy to have a fool proof way to collect excellent results so they can focus on hypothesis testing and getting a professional lab report completed with autogenerated data tables and graphs.","fullyFundedDate":1756671180063,"projectUrl":"project/vernier-probeware-to-help-ap-bio-student/9662587/","projectTitle":"Vernier Probeware to Help AP Bio Students Experiment like Pros","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Julie Benke","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10214099_orig.png?crop=364,364,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1755823564653","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10214099"},{"teacherId":1396475,"projectId":9790615,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for funding the project to help our students. Since the LA Wildfires, we've had a difficult year and your generosity will help the students of the Palisades in having the technology they need to do their work. With your donations, I was able to use the paper shredder to destroy confidential materials. I used the toner to print all the materials for our students. I don't think I would be able to teach my online students who had to evacuate after the LA wildfires without the extra device to connect to the internet. Thank you!","fullyFundedDate":1760027557010,"projectUrl":"project/classroom-supplies-after-the-wildfires/9790615/","projectTitle":"Classroom Supplies after the Wildfires","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Kung","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1396475_orig.png?crop=256,256,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1754934706606","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1396475"},{"teacherId":1396475,"projectId":9680731,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for funding the project to help our students. Since the LA Wildfires, we've had a difficult year and your generosity will help the students of the Palisades in having the technology they need to do their work. With your donations, I was able to use the laptop daily for the students - especially for our online students. This has been a tremendous help since my old laptop had already failed twice in the last year. I don't think I would be able to teach my online students who had to evacuate after the LA wildfires without the laptop. Thank you!","fullyFundedDate":1759352269844,"projectUrl":"project/help-replace-and-improve-technology-afte/9680731/","projectTitle":"Help Replace and Improve Technology After the LA Wildfires","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Kung","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1396475_orig.png?crop=256,256,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1754934706606","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1396475"},{"teacherId":10171632,"projectId":9580471,"letterContent":"First of all, I would like to give you the thanks for your contribution to our Spanish classroom. Thanks to your donation students have been able to use their creative thinking and be able to create unique work to showcase their knowledge. \r\n\r\nStudent have been able to practice the Spanish language by using our whiteboards to practice our conjugations and vocabulary weekly. This has helped the students do well on their assessments.\r\n\r\nWhen we received the materials students were so excited and they could not believe people donated to our classroom because they wanted to help. They were surprised there are so many people in the world willing to help.\r\n\r\nOnce again, thank you so much for your donation and just know everything is being used to its maximum.","fullyFundedDate":1755169612520,"projectUrl":"project/help-pali/9580471/","projectTitle":"Help Pali!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Navarrete","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-7_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10171632"},{"teacherId":10222617,"projectId":9648709,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your contribution to a replacement printer for the French department at Palisades Charter high School!\r\n\r\nYour generosity is inspiring, and we are one step closer to having fully functioning classrooms worthy of our wonderful students!\r\n\r\nFor now, you can see the printer in our interim school in the old Sears building in Santa Monica, but soon we will return to our original school. \r\n\r\nOne example of how helpful this printer has been is the pen pal project. My students have received letters from Paris on paper. First, I scan these in to save them from getting lost in the process. Students get to choose their pen pals while I make sure that they all have a copy (printer) of their pen pal's letter, on which they also correct the Parisians' English - the French will return the favor. As needed, I make more copies (printer) to even out the numbers between French and Pali pen pals. Students receive sample letters and rubrics (printer, printer) to help them hand-write their very own letters. Students will have questions on how to say certain things, and the printer helps again when reminders need to be printed, as for example about the differences in class level designations in France and in California. Some outgoing letters may need to be printed (printer; from students who are late), because I send out the whole lot of letters over the Thanksgiving break to my fellow teacher in Paris. Both of us teachers are witness to great joy as such letters are then given out to their addressees. They are a sure means to lead to more engagement on all sides!\r\n\r\nPlease see the very happy and busy students who volunteered to be photographed to thank you for your support!\r\n\r\nWarm greetings, merci beaucoup!","fullyFundedDate":1756262817510,"projectUrl":"project/help-us-replace-printer-lost-to-the-fire/9648709/","projectTitle":"Help Us Replace Printer Lost to the Fire","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Pichlbauer","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-9_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10222617"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_7249","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":2991,"numTeachers":null,"percentFrplEligible":76,"percentAsian":7,"percentBlack":9,"percentWhite":50,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":23,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"9 - 12","studentTeacherRatio":null,"demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":false,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":77.9,"schoolId":7249,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Palisades Charter High School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Palisades Charter High School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/california/los-angeles-unified-school-district/palisades-charter-high-school/7249"}