{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"West Oakland Middle School","outOfStateSupporters":24.7,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":6891913,"projectId":9784873,"letterContent":"Wow, thank you all so much for your support. We are extremely gracious for the work you do to support education. Every year we face various obstacles and every year we make it because of groups, people, and institutions like you. Your support has made this year that brings our school towards an overall goal. That goal is for every student to have a piece of equipment to learn with. Our students feel cared for, loved, and noticed from our global community.\r\n\r\nAgain, thank you for your support and dedication to education.","fullyFundedDate":1760464230731,"projectUrl":"project/sports-equipment/9784873/","projectTitle":"Sports Equipment","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Clemmons","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6891913_orig.jpg?crop=1920,1920,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1603840752397","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6891913"},{"teacherId":6891913,"projectId":9283415,"letterContent":"Thank you for your support and unwavering commitment to education. Our students are extremely appreciative of your dedication to Physical Education and were overjoyed and eager to use our new equipment for our current unit. With your donation our students are able to enjoy an inclusive learning environment that supports their health, fitness, and cooperative play.\r\nAgain, we would like to extend our deepest appreciation to you and all you do for education. Without people like you our schools would suffer and students would lose opportunity.","fullyFundedDate":1746787103718,"projectUrl":"project/bowling-set/9283415/","projectTitle":"Bowling Set","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Clemmons","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6891913_orig.jpg?crop=1920,1920,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1603840752397","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6891913"},{"teacherId":6891913,"projectId":9269500,"letterContent":"Thank you for your support and unwavering commitment to education. Our students are extremely appreciative of your dedication to Physical Education and were overjoyed and eager to use our new equipment for our current unit. With your donation our students are able to enjoy an inclusive learning environment that supports their health, fitness, and cooperative play.\r\nAgain, we would like to extend our deepest appreciation to you and all you do for education. Without people like you our schools would suffer and students would lose opportunity.","fullyFundedDate":1746472614484,"projectUrl":"project/physical-education-class-supplies/9269500/","projectTitle":"Physical Education Class Supplies","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Clemmons","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6891913_orig.jpg?crop=1920,1920,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1603840752397","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6891913"},{"teacherId":8946929,"projectId":9247285,"letterContent":"On behalf of the WOMS Library, I would like to extend our deepest gratitude for your generous funding to replace our lost library books. Your thoughtful support has had an immediate and meaningful impact on our community.\r\n\r\nThanks to your contribution, we have been able to restore important titles to our shelves—resources that students, educators, and lifelong learners rely on every day. Access to these books helps foster curiosity, strengthen literacy skills, and open doors to new opportunities. By replenishing these materials, you have not only replaced what was lost, but also renewed hope and excitement for reading in our community.\r\n\r\nYour generosity reminds us that libraries are more than just buildings with books; they are centers of knowledge, imagination, and opportunity. With your help, we can continue to provide a welcoming space where everyone has equal access to learning, growth, and inspiration.\r\n\r\nPlease know that your gift has made a lasting difference. Each reader who borrows one of these new books will benefit directly from your kindness. We are honored to have your support in sustaining our mission.","fullyFundedDate":1746462584105,"projectUrl":"project/library-books-replacement-lost-books/9247285/","projectTitle":"Library Books Replacement: Lost Books","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Remi","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8946929_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1697655347991","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8946929"},{"teacherId":8946929,"projectId":9060004,"letterContent":"On behalf of our school community, I would like to extend our heartfelt thanks for your generous support in helping us build our new Library Store. Thanks to your contribution, this exciting space is now open and thriving—providing our middle school students with an engaging, rewarding, and meaningful experience.\r\n\r\nThe Library Store has quickly become a favorite destination on campus. Stocked with cool and useful school supplies—from colorful pens and notebooks to creative gadgets and personalized items—it offers something every student can look forward to. Even more importantly, everything in the store is purchased using Phoenix Bucks, our school's own positive behavior currency.\r\n\r\nThis system not only encourages academic effort and good citizenship, but it also teaches students about responsibility, goal-setting, and financial literacy in a fun and age-appropriate way. They take great pride in earning Phoenix Bucks and making thoughtful choices when deciding how to spend them. It's been inspiring to watch students light up as they \"shop\" with the rewards they've earned through their hard work and positive behavior.\r\n\r\nThe Library Store has also created a new sense of community, motivation, and school spirit. It's a space where students feel seen, valued, and celebrated—not just for grades, but for character and effort.\r\n\r\nThank you again for investing in our students and in the kind of learning environment that goes beyond the classroom. Your support is making a real and lasting difference","fullyFundedDate":1745496329431,"projectUrl":"project/the-library-store-is-back/9060004/","projectTitle":"The Library Store is Back!!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Remi","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8946929_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1697655347991","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8946929"},{"teacherId":6891913,"projectId":9208236,"letterContent":"Wow!! Thank you for your awesome and unwavering support. Our school is deeply gracious to you and yours. We are extremely grateful to have such a giving global community that prioritizes students' education. Physical Education is a subject that has evolved as science, research, and studies has shined a light on the importance of Physical Education in schools. We will be using the equipment you helped us secure to finish the school year strong. Currently, we are learning the sport of tennis, which requires a lot of tennis balls. I am proud to relay to you that we have enough tennis balls for every student to participate !!!","fullyFundedDate":1744723969240,"projectUrl":"project/physical-education-equipment/9208236/","projectTitle":"Physical Education Equipment","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Clemmons","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6891913_orig.jpg?crop=1920,1920,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1603840752397","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6891913"},{"teacherId":8946929,"projectId":8809061,"letterContent":"West Oakland Middle School is an urban Title 1 school that serves 185 students 6 - 8 grades (ages 10 - 14 yrs old) with over 75% belonging to low-income background and now sharing a campus with a displaced Ralph Bunche continuation High School (75 additional low income teens 14 - 19 yrs old).\r\n\r\nWith that, our school is excited to offer library services to an displaced student body, however, we had very few Young Adult (YA) choices in our library collection. With your help, we will be able to build a library collection to serve the older teen (14 - 19 yrs old) with interesting and age appropriate books/magazines they can get excited about. By adding these new YA choices, our library culture is changing by appealing to a more mature patron. This change equals growth by expanding access to literature to a larger student body.","fullyFundedDate":1728152486525,"projectUrl":"project/extra-extra-read-all-about-it/8809061/","projectTitle":"Extra-Extra.. Read All About It!!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Remi","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8946929_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1697655347991","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8946929"},{"teacherId":8946929,"projectId":8759919,"letterContent":"Our students learned to appreciate cooking as an art form: Preparing food isn't just about sustenance or about helping people enjoy what they eat (although those are certainly two reasons to prepare food for people), it's also about sharing art with people. They learned how you plate dishes and that is an art form in itself, something others can take pleasure in looking at. Then there's the way that you combine aromas and tastes to create different feelings, in the same way that paintings use colors and form to incite different emotions. By studying culinary arts, our students learned how to appreciate food as an art form. 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