{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Umoja International Academy","outOfStateSupporters":15.4,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":5970766,"projectId":10048491,"letterContent":"My students and I would like to express our gratitude for your generous donation to our library. Your support has made a lasting impact on our daily learning.\r\nThanks to your kindness, we received new books and library supplies. I wish you could have seen the excitement on my students' faces when we opened the boxes! They eagerly swarmed the reading area, and we now have even more engaging texts. \r\nYour generosity provides them with windows to the world and encourages them be independent learners.\r\nThank you for recognizing the importance of literacy and for investing in my students' futures. We are fortunate to have a supporter like you in our corner!","fullyFundedDate":1769273824674,"projectUrl":"project/restocking-and-fulfilling-a-request/10048491/","projectTitle":"Restocking and Fulfilling a Request","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Jordan","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5970766_orig.jpg?crop=544,544,x0,y54&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1664471381482","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5970766"},{"teacherId":5696564,"projectId":9766438,"letterContent":"Your generous donation will help so many of my students with special needs. The headphones are truly a gamechanger in being able to provide accommodations during testing and also allowing for a quiet learning environment. \r\n\r\nThe fidgets and snacks are an added bonus that provide an environment of comfort for my students. Everyday these students are fighting more than just the ability to learn, but also being tired, hungry and at time unhoused. Anything that I can do to make their learning environment better is a win.\r\n\r\nThank you for your generosity.","fullyFundedDate":1769178025067,"projectUrl":"project/hocus-pocus-time-to-focus/9766438/","projectTitle":"Hocus Pocus, Time to Focus!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Mahoney","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5696564_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1536035313776","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5696564"},{"teacherId":5696564,"projectId":9893209,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your kindness in supporting our classroom. Your donations have made a real difference for our students, giving them access to materials and resources that will help them learn and grow this year.\r\n\r\nIt's incredibly meaningful to know that there are people like you who care about education and are willing to invest in young people's futures. Your generosity doesn't just provide supplies—it shows our students that their community believes in them.\r\n\r\nWe are truly grateful for your support and the difference you're making in our classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1765387793532,"projectUrl":"project/ib-designers/9893209/","projectTitle":"IB Designers!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Mahoney","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5696564_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1536035313776","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5696564"},{"teacherId":5970766,"projectId":9754108,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your support! Our students have been checking out these books since the moment I put them on the shelves. And as predicted, there are students who are running through the new series quite quickly. I see a couple of students every few days when they come to check out two or more of the books in the new series.\r\nIt really is incredible how quickly students read these books, and it makes me so happy to know that they are reading and that they are enjoying their time off of their screens.","fullyFundedDate":1760722181832,"projectUrl":"project/keep-students-off-of-their-screens/9754108/","projectTitle":"Keep Students Off of Their Screens!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Jordan","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5970766_orig.jpg?crop=544,544,x0,y54&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1664471381482","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5970766"},{"teacherId":5696564,"projectId":9501085,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous contributions to our DonorsChoose project. Because of your kindness, my middle school students now have access to resources that will make their learning more engaging, meaningful, and fun. Your support shows my students that their education matters and that people beyond our classroom walls believe in their potential.\r\n\r\nThe materials you helped provide will spark curiosity, build confidence, and create opportunities for collaboration that simply weren't possible before. My students and I are deeply grateful for your generosity, and we can't wait to put these tools to use every day. Thank you for making a lasting difference in our classroom—you've helped open the door to new possibilities for every learner.","fullyFundedDate":1755724797844,"projectUrl":"project/no-desk-please-lap-desk-time/9501085/","projectTitle":"No Desk Please! Lap Desk Time!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Mahoney","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5696564_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1536035313776","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5696564"},{"teacherId":5970766,"projectId":9302326,"letterContent":"It was so fun to deliver the \"Summer Bucket\" of fun and useful summer item for students who signed up for summer reading, or even for students who mentioned that they were going to make a point to read over the summer. The buckets were delivered to students during the last week of school, and they were so fun that it encouraged many other students to come into the library to sign up for summer reading. \r\nWhile I did not get as many students to sign up for the summer reading program, I do believe that it was a good start. I will continue to adjust the summer reading program to make it better for this year and years to come.","fullyFundedDate":1746568117063,"projectUrl":"project/bucket-loads-of-books-and-fun-this-summe/9302326/","projectTitle":"Bucket Loads of Books and Fun This Summer!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Jordan","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5970766_orig.jpg?crop=544,544,x0,y54&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1664471381482","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5970766"},{"teacherId":5630569,"projectId":9240748,"letterContent":"Thank you again for your donations to my classroom! We are already using the clear front presentation folders to put together our portfolios for the end of the year. My students were very excited, relieved, and moved to have received the donation of the folders as many students were unable to source one themselves. These folders are helping to not only make their selection of work look professional, but it is contributing to teaching them about organization and to take pride in the work they turn in. They are working hard on polishing up their work, and they will start printing and binding their work tomorrow. Some have already completed the project!\r\n\r\nI have included pictures of the Astrobright paper already in good use! So far, I have used the paper to print the steps for CSET - the writing format we use for paragraphs - and to highlight some of the key concepts for our IB school with the ATL Skills and Global Contexts. This paper will continue to be an asset to me in the following years as I put together vocabulary lessons and sentence structuring lessons for next years' students.","fullyFundedDate":1746492917541,"projectUrl":"project/bright-futures-brilliant-portfolios/9240748/","projectTitle":"Bright Futures, Brilliant Portfolios!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Rathbun","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5630569_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1738347684617","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5630569"},{"teacherId":5630569,"projectId":9074256,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to my classroom's project for supplies for out tiny homes. During this unit, students research the varied needs the population might have for a tiny home, such as having a lower carbon footprint or as a possible solution to homelessness. Students create these homes primarily out of cardboard, and in the past, they have had to use the school-supplied children's scissors to craft their houses. To have the cardboard scissors this year was such a game changer! Students were able to not only create the skeleton for their houses faster and easier, but they were able to branch out and create furniture for their homes, as well!\r\n\r\nMy students loved having the 11x14 foam boards! These boards most often gave students a launching point and foundational support for their tiny homes; the foam boards served as the bottom of their home where they were able to attach their blueprint designs, or, if their home was smaller, they were able to use the foam boards to stage the surrounding details for their homes. Students were also required to have at least two sustainability features, such as solar panels or a rain water catcher, and the solid structure the foam boards supplies were a great assistance to that requirement.\r\n\r\nSeveral of the tiny homes were able to be showcased at Open House. Students are now creating presentation slides to discuss their approaches to learning and how they constructed their homes. They will do formal presentations during finals week. \r\n\r\nThank you again for donating to my classroom for this project. These supplies contributed to students having more opportunities to create a realistic tiny home. 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