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The activities and games brought excitement to our campus and created lasting memories for many students. We are grateful for your generosity and for helping us provide these opportunities for our school community.\r\n\r\nOur students were very happy when they saw everything set up. They were excited right away to try each activity. Yesterday was filled with fun, laughter, and energy—students enjoyed moving from station to station and spending time with their friends.\r\n\r\nToday, we completed a short reflection where students shared their favorite parts of the carnival and what they learned about teamwork and leadership. We also cleaned up and organized the remaining materials so everything is ready for future school events. Thank you again for your kindness and support of our students and school community.\r\n\r\nThank you for investing in August Boeger Middle School. We truly appreciate your kindness.","fullyFundedDate":1778505739168,"projectUrl":"project/end-of-the-year-all-school-carnival/10256748/","projectTitle":"End-Of-The-Year All School Carnival!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Nash","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-9_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7746157"},{"teacherId":3856085,"projectId":10129756,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for providing this wonderful Marley flooring for our dance/band room! It has been many years since our band program has had an indoor rehearsal space -- we can't express how excited we are to be able to use this new room. Our students will appreciate that they no longer have to haul all of their equipment behind the gym everyday for rehearsal. They will be able to hear all of the sections -- the flutes and clarinet players will finally be heard. Students will be able to hear the difference between loud and soft playing (dynamics) and won't have to yell out their questions. This is going to make a huge difference to our band program. Thank you so much for providing this to our band program.","fullyFundedDate":1778505739751,"projectUrl":"project/band-and-dance-on-the-same-floor/10129756/","projectTitle":"Band and Dance On the Same Floor!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Love","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3856085_orig.png?crop=786,786,x558,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1667221603213","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/clove"},{"teacherId":3856085,"projectId":10240795,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for providing these new trumpet cases to our band program. The students are so happy to have them and are in awe of what new cases look like-- no broken hinges or duct-taped corners. What a wonderful way to end our fabulous year in band. Now, for our final concerts students will be able to transport their instruments with pride, and next year, our instruments will look like new in these new cases. Thank you so much for helping our students feel like they have high-quality instruments and inspiring them to continue to learn more and more in our music program every day.","fullyFundedDate":1778505736472,"projectUrl":"project/new-cases-for-trumpets/10240795/","projectTitle":"New Cases for Trumpets!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Love","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3856085_orig.png?crop=786,786,x558,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1667221603213","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/clove"},{"teacherId":3856085,"projectId":9963675,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for providing these new power cords for our Casio keyboard pianos. I'm so happy that all of the students will now have pianos to practice with that can be heard -- the old cords had very low sound quality as they reached the end of their lifespan. Now, the students efforts can be rewarded with consistently clear sound. \r\n We'll also have a couple of extra plugs for when the next few keyboards decide to go kaput. It's wonderful to know that many of the problems we've been having with the older keyboards was their plug -- a new plug will bring new life to the old keyboards. With your help we're ready to finish the year strong in piano class, and start the next year off right with working pianos. Thank you so much for your support with this project.","fullyFundedDate":1778505732719,"projectUrl":"project/new-plugs-for-our-pianos/9963675/","projectTitle":"New Plugs for Our Pianos!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Love","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3856085_orig.png?crop=786,786,x558,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1667221603213","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/clove"},{"teacherId":3856085,"projectId":10073086,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for providing these reeds for our band students. They come at the perfect time, just in time for our Promotion Performances. Student's won't need to worry about a limited supply of reeds for the end of the school year, with your gift, we have plenty!\r\n We'll also have a good supply of clarinet and saxophone reeds to start next year off right. It is so wonderful to know that students can freely help themselves to new reeds when they need one, without having to worry about how much they will cost.\r\n Reeds usually last 2-3 weeks for each clarinet or saxophone player, and they cost about $3 each. Our students don't need to worry about how much they cost -- with your continued support they will always have new reeds available so they can continue to play their instruments, making beautiful music together every day. \r\n Thank you for helping to make this happen for our students, and for helping to keep the music playing.","fullyFundedDate":1778505731677,"projectUrl":"project/fresh-reeds-please/10073086/","projectTitle":"Fresh Reeds, Please!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Love","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3856085_orig.png?crop=786,786,x558,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1667221603213","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/clove"},{"teacherId":3856085,"projectId":10123710,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for providing these treats for all of our students to earn! We are down to our last few weeks of school for the year and these prizes will be a great incentive for all of our students to finish the year on a positive note. The students saw the variety of treats that your generous donations provided and they all gave them a \"thumbs up\". Our Boeger Buck store will be well-stocked and ready for every student to come and choose their favorite. Thank you so much for providing this to our student community, we truly appreciate your support!","fullyFundedDate":1778033036761,"projectUrl":"project/just-because-positive-rewards-for-all/10123710/","projectTitle":"Just Because -- Positive Rewards for All Students.","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Love","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3856085_orig.png?crop=786,786,x558,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1667221603213","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/clove"},{"teacherId":3856085,"projectId":10141658,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for providing these copies of Shel Silverstein's \"Where the Sidewalk Ends\" to our class. The students were making comments like \"my mom used to read this to me\" and \"this is one of my favorites.\" I was able to recite \"It's Dark in Here\" and one of the students found the poem and tested my memorization skills -- I passed! 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The tuners have already made a huge difference to our sound, especially in our saxophone and clarinet sections. The mouthpiece puller has already been needed 3 times, and the new sheet music is a hit with our students -- we will be using it in our upcoming Spring Concert. Thank you so much for providing these items to our band program, the little things make a huge difference.","fullyFundedDate":1772546748018,"projectUrl":"project/percussion-precision/9957450/","projectTitle":"Percussion Precision!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Love","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3856085_orig.png?crop=786,786,x558,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1667221603213","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/clove"},{"teacherId":3856085,"projectId":9957426,"letterContent":"Thank you for providing these Yamaha Recorders to our 4th grade students so that they may be introduced to the wonderful world of instrumental music. 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Thank you.","fullyFundedDate":1772546748467,"projectUrl":"project/it-all-starts-with-a-recorder/9957426/","projectTitle":"It All Starts With A Recorder!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Love","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3856085_orig.png?crop=786,786,x558,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1667221603213","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/clove"},{"teacherId":3856085,"projectId":9914677,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for providing these recorders for our beginning band students. The are the highest-quality recorders, so the students will be able to easily make beautiful sounds from the moment they start playing, not just shrill whistles. They will be able to easily learn that changing the fingerings on a recorder changes the sound that it makes, one of the first and most basic ideas in music. Together we will learn to count and create beautiful music and hopefully develop a love of creating music together. 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August Boeger Middle School is
an urban public school
in San Jose, California that is part of Mount Pleasant Elementary School District.
It serves 398 students
in grades 6 - 8 with a student/teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
Its teachers have had 272 projects funded on DonorsChoose.
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Grades 6 - 8
398 Students
29 Teachers
1944 Flint AveContact info is sourced from our partners at MDR Education, and DonorsChoose updates our site ahead of each school year.
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August Boeger Middle School
$186,356
raised using DonorsChoose
272
projects
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34
teachers
funded
545
donors
20
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basic supplies
34
projects for
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23
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August Boeger Middle School has received support from
336 individuals from California and
209 individuals out-of-state.