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They have not only supported a student-led initiative but have also helped create lasting change in how mental health is understood and supported within the school community.","fullyFundedDate":1777332398532,"projectUrl":"project/mind-matters-students-leading-the-menta/10202412/","projectTitle":"Mind Matters: Students Leading the Mental Health Movement","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Graser","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp596118_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1471411641183","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/jgraser"},{"teacherId":596118,"projectId":10164220,"letterContent":"Donations made to support the organization of our classroom will have a meaningful and lasting impact on both the learning environment and student experience. 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I've already had some kids asking about wait lists for some of these books. Thank you for helping me give my students fun, interesting books to read!\r\n\r\nWe're getting closer to the end of the year, but it's still great to have new books for my students during their last few library visits. Many of these books will have a prominent place on my \"New Book\" shelf when the new school begins, as well! Thank you for helping my encourage students to read.","fullyFundedDate":1775508282175,"projectUrl":"project/wizards-zombies-and-zillionaire-ducks/10169946/","projectTitle":"Wizards, Zombies, and Zillionaire Ducks: Fun Books for My Students!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. D.","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrd-library"},{"teacherId":3414663,"projectId":10084016,"letterContent":"Thank you so much! We are finally able to replace the VERY worn out copies of the most popular titles in the library. These shiny new copies have been slipped into the shelves and are already being picked up and admired by our students. Thank you so much! There's only so many times that a book can be patched together before it's so tattered, torn, and ugly... now I can give away the old copies!\r\n\r\nThanks for giving my students more books to read. 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Thank you so much for these new books!\r\n\r\nSo many of my students love to read manga, graphic novels, and comics -- thanks to the kindness of donors and DonorsChoose, I'm actually able to give my kids access to the books they love. Thank you for everything, and keep reading!","fullyFundedDate":1773883437253,"projectUrl":"project/more-manga-for-more-students/10002019/","projectTitle":"More Manga for More Students!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. D.","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrd-library"},{"teacherId":3414663,"projectId":10120581,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generosity! I was able to replace some of our most worn copies of the Wimpy Kid series, and add more copies of the Plants vs Zombies comics that my kids love so much. The book tape is really handy -- I was running low on book tape, and I use it for repair, reinforcing paperbacks, fixing worn covers, and so much more. Now I just need to start going through my cart of damaged books!\r\n\r\nThanks for all your help. We now have more of the books my kids love to read, which means that more of my students will be likely to actually READ! Thanks for helping me share the joy of reading!","fullyFundedDate":1773890327814,"projectUrl":"project/more-wimpy-books-and-repair-supplies-for/10120581/","projectTitle":"More Wimpy Books and Repair Supplies for our Library","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. D.","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrd-library"},{"teacherId":3414663,"projectId":9888964,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your kindness and generosity! These new books have been in constant circulation since I added them to the collection -- the Warrior Cats manga have been quite popular, and I can't seem to keep the Wimpy Kid books on the shelf for more than an hour at a time!\r\n\r\nMy students will readily read when they have access to books they enjoy, and these additional Wimpy Kid titles and other books ensure that more and more of my students have the opportunity to reads books they enjoy. Thank you for helping share the joy of reading with some many of my students!","fullyFundedDate":1767046682587,"projectUrl":"project/more-kids-more-wimpy-kid-books/9888964/","projectTitle":"More Kids -- More Wimpy Kid Books!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. D.","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrd-library"},{"teacherId":3414663,"projectId":9789530,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your help! The extra manga volumes have really helped me better meet the demand in the library. Almost all the volumes are in the hands of students, but now we have TWICE AS MANY COPIES -- so twice as many students get to enjoy their favorite series. Thank you for helping my students learn to enjoy reading!\r\n\r\nWhile many of my students are \"reluctant readers,\" I've found that nearly all of them will happily read when they have access to books they enjoy. 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In addition, the new manga books have proven to be quite popular -- I have a hard time keeping them on the shelves!\r\n\r\nThanks for all you've done for my students. It can be a struggle getting kids to read, but when I have the right books, they will grab them! Thanks for giving my students the joy of reading!","fullyFundedDate":1767201710207,"projectUrl":"project/new-books-and-library-supplies-to-keep-u/9908420/","projectTitle":"New Books and Library Supplies to Keep Us Going!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. D.","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrd-library"},{"teacherId":3414663,"projectId":9618428,"letterContent":"These new books have been popular with my students. I have very few of the new books left now -- most of them have been borrowed by students! Thank you for giving me more of the kinds of books my students enjoy. 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About this school
Will C Wood Middle School is
an urban public school
in Sacramento, California that is part of Sacramento City Unified School District.
It serves 666 students
in grades 7 - 8 with a student/teacher ratio of 23.0:1.
Its teachers have had 285 projects funded on DonorsChoose.
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Title 1
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Grades 7 - 8
666 Students
29 Teachers
6201 Lemon Hill AveContact info is sourced from our partners at MDR Education, and DonorsChoose updates our site ahead of each school year.
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86%
of students are Black, Latino, Native
American, or Asian
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Will C Wood Middle School
$111,543
raised using DonorsChoose
285
projects
funded
18
teachers
funded
373
donors
21
projects
for
basic supplies
13
projects for
technology
191
projects for
books
5
projects
for
art supplies
Will C Wood Middle School has received support from
261 individuals from California and
112 individuals out-of-state.