{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Life Academy","outOfStateSupporters":30.6,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":1040027,"projectId":10162772,"letterContent":"The purpose of this project was to create a joyful and inclusive book fair by purchasing bookmarks, pens, and other trinkets to pair with the high-quality chapter books we had had donated to the library, and create a true book fair experience at no cost to kids or families.\r\n\r\nBoy, was this a hit!\r\n\r\nOur free book fair gave away over 100 bucks to middle and high schoolers and each one of those kids also got to select a treat that you provided. Thank you for the opportunity to engage students with the fun and frivolous side of reading!","fullyFundedDate":1775161759004,"projectUrl":"project/free-book-fair-ephemera/10162772/","projectTitle":"Free Book Fair Ephemera","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Solomon","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1040027_orig.jpg?crop=720,720,x180,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1552668311822","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/calvinsimmonslibrary"},{"teacherId":1040027,"projectId":10143796,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for giving to this project! Every time we can provide kids with a book that they are genuinely interested in we increase the chance that they will grow to be lifelong readers!\r\n\r\nThe unboxing of books that students request is always especially fun because I let the students open the boxes themselves. Sometimes they actually shrink with joy! That is a powerful moment that will stick with them, thank you for providing it! \r\n\r\nOne of my big goals of a projects like this one is to help kids feel that there was an interest belong in the library and you have truly made that happen!","fullyFundedDate":1773540000408,"projectUrl":"project/books-by-request-march-2026/10143796/","projectTitle":"Books by Request March 2026","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Solomon","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1040027_orig.jpg?crop=720,720,x180,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1552668311822","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/calvinsimmonslibrary"},{"teacherId":3640214,"projectId":10178405,"letterContent":"The new projector screen is fantastic. Having a functioning projector screen allows me to project the daily slides while also using the white board space to annotate documents and write class notes. There was previously a broken projector screen that would not go up, which made it impossible to use the white board space underneath.\r\n\r\nIn addition to the screen, I was also able to purchase a large whiteboard sticker to use on my wall to outline the weekly agenda for the three classes that I teach. That has also been very helpful to me as a teacher. \r\n\r\nThank you again for your generosity. It is greatly appreciated!","fullyFundedDate":1775341943679,"projectUrl":"project/new-projector-screen-and-whiteboard-spac/10178405/","projectTitle":"New Projector Screen and Whiteboard Space","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Madom","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mr-madom"},{"teacherId":11668,"projectId":10208528,"letterContent":"As the start of the school year gets underway, our new decodable books have been arriving. It's so much fun to get packages full of new books -- that are decodable and can be read by students without trouble! Access to books like these is so important for building reading skills! I'm especially thrilled about these books because they both offer students \"something new to read\" and because they are non-fiction texts, they are full of great vocabulary -- scientific vocabulary! We are Life Academy of Health and Biosciences after all. Research shows that reading non-fiction texts has a positive impact on vocabulary acquisition, which is important to reading comprehension. And now we also have a set of non-fiction decodable books I can split up to lend students to read at home too. \r\n\r\nThank you for making our classroom (and Donors Choose) part of your charitable giving. Budget cuts have hit our schools hard and materials like these, which are so critical to teaching reading, are hard to come by in middle and high schools. It's meaningful for returning students to have new materials to look forward to read.","fullyFundedDate":1777997854747,"projectUrl":"project/more-decodable-books-please/10208528/","projectTitle":"More Decodable Books, Please!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Klein","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp11668_orig.jpg?crop=768,768,x92,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1725920110670","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/11668"},{"teacherId":1717439,"projectId":10142358,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our Beat the Heat project! The air conditioner and window coverings have completely transformed our classroom and, more importantly, the learning environment for my students.\r\n\r\nBefore this project, afternoon classes were especially difficult. The sun shines directly into our classroom and quickly turns the room into an uncomfortable, overheated space. Our only real solution was to close all of the blinds and block out as much sunlight as possible. By the afternoon, our classroom often felt like a dark cave. We were choosing between having natural light and having a room that was cool enough for students to focus. Now, we don't have to make that choice. \r\n\r\nThe combination of the window coverings and air conditioner means that we can keep our classroom comfortable while still letting daylight into the room. It may sound like a small change, but it has made an enormous difference. Students can walk into their afternoon classes and settle into learning instead of immediately commenting on the heat, asking to move away from the windows, or struggling to stay focused in a stuffy room. Your donation changed what it feels like to learn in our classroom. We can keep the sunlight without keeping the heat, and our classroom finally feels like a space where students can comfortably work throughout the entire school day.\r\n\r\nThank you for helping us beat the heat and for investing in a learning environment where my students can focus, participate, and do their best work.","fullyFundedDate":1773507296776,"projectUrl":"project/beat-the-heat-in-our-oakland-classroom/10142358/","projectTitle":"Beat the Heat in Our Oakland Classroom","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Contreras","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1717439_orig.png?crop=272,272,x34,y46&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1773252655986","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/vanessa-contreras"},{"teacherId":4858731,"projectId":6235252,"letterContent":"I owe you a long-overdue thank you! A few years ago, you helped me fund podcast equipment for our students, and I never got around to sending photos or an update. Over the last four years, we have carved out space for our students to have their voices heard and to share important information with our school community. Students are finding the power in their voice and recognizing how they can make an impact in their school community. Students are walking up a little bit straighter with pride of the impact they're creating.\r\n\r\nYour support made a difference. Feel free to visit our school's social media account to see students utilizing their voice! Thanks again!","fullyFundedDate":1648867809237,"projectUrl":"project/help-the-biohazard-weekly-project-their/6235252/","projectTitle":"Help the Biohazard Weekly Project Their Voice Over the Airways!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Rodrigo \"Roro\" Sandoval-Perez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4858731_orig.jpg?crop=2842,2842,x235,y507&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1786916280562","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4858731"},{"teacherId":8379904,"projectId":9954584,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donations to my DonorsChoose campaign. Because of your kindness, my advisory students now have a full class set of the Red Rising series—and we are no longer fake reading during SSR! Instead, for the past two months, we've met once a week for our book club, and the shift has been wonderful! Instead of silently pretending to read or nodding off during SSR, my students are genuinely engaged—asking questions, figuring out the language of the dystopian future, and sharing their thoughts about the story. \r\n\r\nThough we haven't finished the first book yet, I'm so excited for what this routine has brought to our advisory community and we'll absolutely pick up where we left off in the fall. The best news, however, is that on Thursday, our last day of reading before we break for the summer, I saw Hansel and Sergio decide to take it home for the summer. It felt like such a win. Your donations made this possible, turning a simple idea into an activity that sparks conversation, focus, and connection. Thank you for helping create a space where my students can rediscover what reading can be.","fullyFundedDate":1771439695377,"projectUrl":"project/advisory-book-club/9954584/","projectTitle":"Advisory Book Club","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Green","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8379904_orig.jpg?crop=2316,2316,x0,y54&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1676407131869","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8379904"},{"teacherId":1040027,"projectId":10176335,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for giving to this profoundly important, but unsexy project! Book covers like these are absolutely an essential part of the work that our library does, because it keeps books on the shelf and circulating much longer than if they were uncovered.\r\n\r\nMany of the books that receive covers like this are manga, many of which are only available in paperback and also our top circulating titles.\r\n\r\nYour donation allows us to keep those books on the shelves longer and reach more students. Thank you so much for keeping these books in students hands.","fullyFundedDate":1774994549340,"projectUrl":"project/keep-our-paperbacks-circulating/10176335/","projectTitle":"Keep Our Paperbacks Circulating","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Solomon","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1040027_orig.jpg?crop=720,720,x180,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1552668311822","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/calvinsimmonslibrary"},{"teacherId":11668,"projectId":9854072,"letterContent":"Thank you for donating non-fiction decodable books, vocabulary flashcards and workbooks, and phonics and vocabulary games. The Real World non-fiction decodable readers have become fast favorites with all my students, in sixth grade through twelfth. It's great to see enthusiasm for new reading materials and we've had lots of interesting conversations about inventions and scientific discoveries and processes described in the books. \r\n\r\nThe flashcards and phonics games are a huge hit, too. Students enjoy changing things up and playing games on Fridays to practice the phonics skills we are learning in daily lessons. The Talisman card game practices words students have read in a fictional decodable series for older readers and so far, these games have been a hit with my high school readers. They like the Talisman workbook activities for independent work time -- and have said having extension activities that connect with their decodables is cool. I've been making progress practicing vocabulary with students using the new vocabulary flashcards and playing the vocabulary games, which students have found to be fun. They're getting good at giving clues for me to guess the vocabulary word on cards as well, which makes our games a lot more interactive. Having the game in two grade levels is helpful for that! Thanks for supporting our reading classroom. We are better because of your gifts.","fullyFundedDate":1766440245550,"projectUrl":"project/non-fiction-decodable-books-and-word-gam/9854072/","projectTitle":"Non-fiction Decodable Books and Word Games","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Klein","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp11668_orig.jpg?crop=768,768,x92,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1725920110670","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/11668"},{"teacherId":1040027,"projectId":9853393,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to this project! With a budget of $0 annually for the last 10 years, it can be really hard to meet students needs and get the books they are most excited about! \r\n\r\nWith your generous help, we were able to get 24 books for the library that students requested in September and October. \r\n\r\nIt is truly special to see kids unbox and enjoy the books they have asked for. And, most importantly, it reiterates to them that they are an important part of our library community and creates a collection that reflects them and their interests.","fullyFundedDate":1765473736650,"projectUrl":"project/books-by-request-september-and-october/9853393/","projectTitle":"Books by Request, September and October","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Solomon","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1040027_orig.jpg?crop=720,720,x180,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1552668311822","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/calvinsimmonslibrary"},{"teacherId":1040027,"projectId":9601836,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for giving to this project!\r\n\r\nWhen I think about the hierarchy of needs in a school library, of course, books are important, but we also need things like tissues and cleaning wipes to keep our space, welcoming, supportive, and healthy for all students.\r\n\r\nThese kind of donations are not particularly sexy or fun to ask for, but they are incredibly important to running a school library.\r\n\r\nThank you so much for helping keep our Library clean safe and running! Thank you for your generosity!","fullyFundedDate":1761939465610,"projectUrl":"project/basic-school-supplies-for-the-library/9601836/","projectTitle":"Basic School Supplies for the Library","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Solomon","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1040027_orig.jpg?crop=720,720,x180,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1552668311822","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/calvinsimmonslibrary"},{"teacherId":1040027,"projectId":9704973,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for getting to this project! When kids see the books that they've asked for appear on the Library shelves, they are always so excited! And more importantly, it helps them to see themselves as readers and valued members of our Library community!\r\n\r\nAs a school Library with a zero dollar budget this is a really hard goal for us to meet without your help. So thank you so much for making it possible for us to keep our library collection, relevant and meaningful to our students.\r\n\r\nThank you for your generosity.","fullyFundedDate":1760719553025,"projectUrl":"project/books-by-request-august/9704973/","projectTitle":"Books by Request-August","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Solomon","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1040027_orig.jpg?crop=720,720,x180,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1552668311822","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/calvinsimmonslibrary"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_3900","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":434,"numTeachers":26,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":2,"percentBlack":3,"percentWhite":0,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":91,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":0,"percentMultiracialImputed":1,"gradesServed":"6 - 12","studentTeacherRatio":"16.7:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":69.4,"schoolId":3900,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Life Academy on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Life Academy","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/california/oakland-unified-school-district/life-academy-health-bioscience/3900"}