{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Leroy Greene Academy","outOfStateSupporters":37.1,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":850959,"projectId":10083988,"letterContent":"Thank you for your donations that led to the purchase of four new pieces for our after school jazz band. These four pieces include a winter concert classic (Frosty the Snowman), a blues standard (Blue Monk), a traditional jazz classic (Basin Street Blues), and a modal staple (Footprints). Band directors are always looking for a variety of styles and compositions to put together for concerts and this project helps us achieve that. Thank you for always supporting music education in our public schools!","fullyFundedDate":1771051687687,"projectUrl":"project/blue-frosty-leaving-footprints-on-basin/10083988/","projectTitle":"Blue Frosty Leaving Footprints on Basin Street!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Mabry","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp850959_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1701636094777","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/bmabry"},{"teacherId":850959,"projectId":9964870,"letterContent":"Thank you for your donations that led to the purchase of a classroom set of Standard of Excellence for Jazz method books for our after school jazz band. This method book series provides a basic foundation of jazz style grooves, articulations, scales, modes, and improvisation. On top of that, it has some fun, beginning, jazz songs in the style of rock, funk, swing, blues, bossa nova, and reggae. This series will give us a springboard for tackling harder charts down the road. Thank you for your contributions to our program.","fullyFundedDate":1771028112781,"projectUrl":"project/a-method-to-our-jazz-madness/9964870/","projectTitle":"A Method To Our (Jazz) Madness!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Mabry","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp850959_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1701636094777","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/bmabry"},{"teacherId":850959,"projectId":9966573,"letterContent":"Thank you for your donations that led to the purchase of these four jazz pieces for our after school jazz band. I have been facing some challenges retaining students from year to year, so I'm hoping having an after school jazz band will help us retain more students. These four pieces will be a welcome addition to jazz library. I have played Blue Train by John Coltrane and Watermelon Man by Herbie Hancock many times with beginners and look forward to working on Killer Joe and Reunion Blues. Thanks once more.","fullyFundedDate":1771078343160,"projectUrl":"project/gettin-the-blues/9966573/","projectTitle":"Gettin' the Blues!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Mabry","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp850959_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1701636094777","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/bmabry"},{"teacherId":850959,"projectId":9871681,"letterContent":"Thank you for your donations that led to the purchase of these three concert band pieces for our students. This is the first of three projects that I am setting up based on a student email. In the student's email, he listed his favorite band pieces from his YouTube and JW Pepper research. I have made it a goal to obtain all the pieces on his email that we don't currently own. Most of these pieces should be playable by our students next semester. Thank you for all you do to support music education in our public schools. Thank you!","fullyFundedDate":1767129771576,"projectUrl":"project/total-request-live-1/9871681/","projectTitle":"Total Request Live 1!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Mabry","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp850959_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1701636094777","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/bmabry"},{"teacherId":850959,"projectId":9849607,"letterContent":"Thanks you for your letters that led to the donation of three Band Quest publication band pieces. These are very unique pieces because they are modern, advant garde pieces written by a composer that spent a month with middle school students creating the pieces together. The outcome is that these pieces are a little bit more unique, creative, and out there than the normal middle school band composition. While these pieces are slightly harder than we are ready to play currently, we might be able to attempt these in a year or two.","fullyFundedDate":1765575713836,"projectUrl":"project/striving-to-fulfill-our-band-quest/9849607/","projectTitle":"Striving to Fulfill Our Band Quest","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Mabry","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp850959_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1701636094777","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/bmabry"},{"teacherId":850959,"projectId":9831105,"letterContent":"Thank you for your donations that led to the purchase of our new concert bass drum for our middle school and high school concert bands. This is the third year of concert band program and our program continues to grow in numbers ability. We have bought our first round of instruments lessening our dependency on renting instruments from the store. Now I can start to focus on getting high quality concert band percussion instruments for our ensembles. Thank you for supporting music education in our public school systems.","fullyFundedDate":1762108828497,"projectUrl":"project/a-proper-thud/9831105/","projectTitle":"A Proper Thud!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Mabry","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp850959_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1701636094777","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/bmabry"},{"teacherId":6137893,"projectId":9708285,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting my Advanced Placement students! These kids work super hard and spend lots of time outside of class creating and perfecting their works of art.\r\n\r\nThis class is tough and students are working to develop a portfolio of pieces related to a specific theme or guiding question that they develop.\r\n\r\nHaving these portfolios has helped students keep their work organized and protected when transporting it between school and home and has enabled them to keep things neat and tidy.\r\n\r\nWe are truly grateful for your support!","fullyFundedDate":1757872565544,"projectUrl":"project/keepin-it-together-we-need-ap-art-por/9708285/","projectTitle":"Keepin' It Together - We Need AP Art Portfolios","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Roadruck","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6137893_orig.jpg?crop=1408,1408,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1757624868865","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6137893"},{"teacherId":850959,"projectId":9795750,"letterContent":"Thank you for your donations that led to the purchase of a slapstick for our middle school concert band ensembles. We are currently playing Leroy Anderson's \"Sleigh Ride\" and Pierre LaPlante's \"Minka's Sleigh Ride\", both of which require a slapstick or whip sound at the very end. We are currently using to Vic Firth SD1 general drumsticks slapped together, so this is a tremendous upgrade to the sound, visual effect, imagery and overall effect of the compositions. Thank you for support music education in our public schools.","fullyFundedDate":1760693704432,"projectUrl":"project/cant-play-sleigh-ride-without-a-slap-st/9795750/","projectTitle":"Can't Play Sleigh Ride Without a Slap Stick!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Mabry","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp850959_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1701636094777","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/bmabry"},{"teacherId":850959,"projectId":9770294,"letterContent":"Thank you for your donations that led to the purchase of a brand new Grover tambourine for our band classes. This tambourine is an upgrade from the tambourines we currently have. This tambourine has a calf head for different timbres from striking area and can be used for a thumb rolls. It also has two rows of chimes to allow the instrument to better cut through the ensemble. Thank you as always for supporting music education in our public school system. We greatly appreciate your ongoing support.","fullyFundedDate":1760693633730,"projectUrl":"project/they-know-how-to-shake-it/9770294/","projectTitle":"They Know How To Shake It!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Mabry","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp850959_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1701636094777","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/bmabry"},{"teacherId":850959,"projectId":9770776,"letterContent":"Thank you for your donation that led to the purchase of a variety of glockenspiel mallets to play with on our bell kits. Our repertoire calls for a variety of different timbres or sounds and we need more than one type of mallet to achieve this. I am not a fan of the mallets that come with our bell kits or that are available on Amazon and wanted more variety. This mallets will allow our players to be able to cut through the ensemble and be heard. Thank you for always supporting music education in our public schools.","fullyFundedDate":1760693617526,"projectUrl":"project/help-us-make-our-bells-ding/9770776/","projectTitle":"Help Us Make Our Bells Ding!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Mabry","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp850959_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1701636094777","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/bmabry"},{"teacherId":850959,"projectId":9770782,"letterContent":"Thank you for your donations that led to the purchase of a drum throne and other auxiliary percussion instruments for our band program. It is always good to have a collection of small percussion items when working with junior high students because something they disappear for a variety of reasons. The drum throne will help my students comfortably play the drum set while keeping a proper playing posture. As always, thank you for supporting music education classes in our public school districts nationwide.","fullyFundedDate":1760693607461,"projectUrl":"project/sit-upon-thy-throne/9770782/","projectTitle":"Sit Upon Thy Throne","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Mabry","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp850959_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1701636094777","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/bmabry"},{"teacherId":850959,"projectId":9534517,"letterContent":"Thank you for your donations that led to the purchase of four new wintertime compositions by Randall D. Standridge. Randall's music is extremely exciting and engaging while being very playable for young music students. Our intermediate and advanced classes take place in the fall semester with our finale concert being the winter concert. This means I want to feature a wide array of winter music without repeating songs and not just \"Carol of Bells\" and \"Sleigh Ride\" all the time. As always, thank you for always supporting music education in our public schools.","fullyFundedDate":1758827045655,"projectUrl":"project/a-joyous-wintertime/9534517/","projectTitle":"A Joyous Wintertime!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Mabry","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp850959_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1701636094777","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/bmabry"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_103799","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":740,"numTeachers":40,"percentFrplEligible":51,"percentAsian":15,"percentBlack":13,"percentWhite":16,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":43,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"6 - 12","studentTeacherRatio":"18.5:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":62.9,"schoolId":103799,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Leroy Greene Academy on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Leroy Greene Academy","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/california/natomas-unified-school-district/leroy-greene-academy/103799"}