{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Oak Grove Middle School","outOfStateSupporters":25.3,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":107565,"projectId":9730310,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for funding the Finding Joy and Focus in a Calm and Creative Classroom project. My students appreciate the fun assortment of fidgets, erasers, pencils, and headphones. The fidgets are given to students who need them during their English, History, Math, and Science classes to help them focus on their teacher during lectures and while taking notes. They are also given to students as awards for being on time and for completing their work. My students loved the colorful pencils and pens and have been using them to make their notes fun and easier to read. They appreciate having new headphones, which they use to listen to educational videos and lessons or to hear calming music while typing their written assignments.\r\nThank you so much for making 2025 such a fun and happy year for my students. We appreciate everything and wish you and your family a beautiful year!","fullyFundedDate":1767209747838,"projectUrl":"project/finding-joy-focus-in-a-calm-creative/9730310/","projectTitle":"Finding Joy & Focus in a Calm & Creative Classroom","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Harris","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp107565_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1505623726465","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-harrisoakgrovemiddleschool"},{"teacherId":107565,"projectId":9790972,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous gift of beautiful school supplies for my classroom. It has been wonderful to be able to give students sharpened pencils when they forget their pencil in English, History, Science, or Math class. My students love the hologram and sleek black pencils. They are high quality pencils that come with a useful eraser. The erasers are also incredibly helpful to my students when they are editing their essays or working on their math word problems. Thank you also for giving my classroom an assortment of colorful Post-it notes. These are so handy for writing assignments and as \"to do\" lists to remind students which homework assignments they need to complete.\r\nMy students and I wish you and your family a happy and healthy 2026! Thank you again for making our school year such a positive and productive one!","fullyFundedDate":1764648310013,"projectUrl":"project/pencils-ready-back-to-the-basics-for-a/9790972/","projectTitle":"Pencils Ready? 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Even my shyest students felt more confident speaking through their characters, which helped them participate more freely. Moving forward, students will continue building their oral language skills by expanding scenes and practicing new dialogues. Your support has truly helped my students find joy and confidence in learning Spanish.","fullyFundedDate":1765668799063,"projectUrl":"project/puppets-and-drama-in-spanish-class/9950949/","projectTitle":"Puppets and Drama in Spanish Class","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Hassan Montero","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9740611_orig.jpg?crop=593,593,x0,y207&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1728958562915","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9740611"},{"teacherId":9740611,"projectId":9914506,"letterContent":"Thanks to your generous support, my students are using the puppets to practice Spanish in a fun and meaningful way. Each student created their own character, and together—using AI—we developed a collective theater play that allowed everyone to practice speaking Spanish in front of their classmates. This project turned language learning into a creative and engaging experience.\r\n\r\nWhen the students first saw the puppets, their excitement was immediate. Even my shyest students felt more confident speaking through their characters, which helped them participate more freely. Moving forward, students will continue building their oral language skills by expanding scenes and practicing new dialogues. Your support has truly helped my students find joy and confidence in learning Spanish.","fullyFundedDate":1763949177140,"projectUrl":"project/puppets-for-confident-spanish-learners/9914506/","projectTitle":"Puppets for Confident Spanish Learners","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Hassan Montero","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9740611_orig.jpg?crop=593,593,x0,y207&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1728958562915","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9740611"},{"teacherId":9740611,"projectId":9060053,"letterContent":"Using an iPad to record videos allows students to meaningfully improve their oral expression while honoring their personal histories and cultural identities. 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The squishy ball is a big hit for all of them and some of them even want to take it home with them! \r\nBeing able to have a little box with different items to help them is so great for my office and classroom. They are excited to take the little stickers and put them on their phones, binders, notebooks.","fullyFundedDate":1752766501232,"projectUrl":"project/tranquility-toolbox/9427688/","projectTitle":"Tranquility Toolbox","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Harris","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5633444_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1722445485019","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrsharrishere"},{"teacherId":7525675,"projectId":9590761,"letterContent":"These art supplies have been used by students to express themselves. They check in with feelings by selecting a color and utilizing it to draw how they feel or we have been using supplies to do create visuals of the content we are reviewing. \r\n\r\nIt has been exciting to see their enthusiasm to use materials and supplies rather than just talk or watch videos to learn. Students thrive when they get to use their hands to create. They have also often expressed never used these materials before. It's nice to provide them opportunities to new artistic materials and modalities of expression through art.\r\n\r\nThank you, thank you!","fullyFundedDate":1758125520178,"projectUrl":"project/art-therapy/9590761/","projectTitle":"Art Therapy","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Navarro","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7525675_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1737746326080","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7525675"},{"teacherId":107565,"projectId":9598833,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for buying this assortment of healthy snacks for my middle schoolers. They always look forward to choosing one of the bags of nuts, popcorn, dried fruit, crackers, or granola bars when we have a minimum day schedule.\r\n My students are more alert and focused when they are not hungry. They are learning how to choose healthier snacks that give them the energy they need to think, grow, learn, and thrive throughout their lives. Thank you so much for making this school year a positive one for my students. We wish you the best always!","fullyFundedDate":1758835548330,"projectUrl":"project/healthy-snacks-for-the-new-school-year/9598833/","projectTitle":"Healthy Snacks for the New School Year!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Harris","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp107565_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1505623726465","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-harrisoakgrovemiddleschool"},{"teacherId":107565,"projectId":9666937,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for making this school year such a special one for my students. These arts and crafts supplies will be put to good use throughout the year when my middle schoolers earn a creative break. These hands-on projects are fun, engaging, and educational and allow students the opportunity to express themselves in a unique way.\r\n The paper and watercolors were used for several art projects this quarter. My students were inspired to paint baby pumpkins, gourds, squash, and Indian corn that I brought to the classroom after visiting a pumpkin patch. After creating a work of art, they wrote a nature poem about the autumn harvest. The colorful clay was used to craft miniature versions of stone tools used by Hominids during our prehistoric history unit. The looms and needles were used to create colorful weavings.\r\n We are looking forward to using the other materials to create bracelets, landscapes, and \"Winter Trees\" in the coming months. Thanks again for your kindness in funding our project! Have a beautiful year!","fullyFundedDate":1758078524069,"projectUrl":"project/creative-sparks-and-healing-arts/9666937/","projectTitle":"Creative Sparks and Healing Arts","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Harris","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp107565_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1505623726465","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-harrisoakgrovemiddleschool"},{"teacherId":568971,"projectId":9389911,"letterContent":"These electric hole punchers have been so helpful for my classroom as well as several others across my school! It's so much easier to help students keep their binders organized when and easy-to-use hole puncher is right there in the classroom. Previously, we only had one in the staff copy room and one in the office, so it was really inconvenient if you needed to hole punch a lot of papers at once! 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It has been a great way to connect with students I might not have seen otherwise or only in passing or classroom presentations. I can hear about their day or how they've been doing lately. It's truly a great way to get to know my students and to help them feel like they can learn.","fullyFundedDate":1754440094393,"projectUrl":"project/snacks-for-students/9506989/","projectTitle":"Snacks For Students","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Harris","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5633444_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1722445485019","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrsharrishere"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_4141","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":692,"numTeachers":35,"percentFrplEligible":93,"percentAsian":8,"percentBlack":3,"percentWhite":4,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":76,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"6 - 8","studentTeacherRatio":"19.8:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"SUBURBAN","ncesMetroType":"SUBURB_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":74.7,"schoolId":4141,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Oak Grove Middle School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Oak Grove Middle School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/california/mount-diablo-unified-school-district/oak-grove-middle-school/4141"}