{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Gateway Charter High School","outOfStateSupporters":18.2,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":4172655,"projectId":9675686,"letterContent":"Thank you for making another classroom library project a success. It's not uncommon for high school students to grumble every now and then about class assignments or activities; this can often manifest as \"can we just have a chill day? How about for once we just don't do anything?\" However, there is never any grumbling when it comes to sustained silent reading time (SSR).\r\n\r\nEach SSR, students have a minute to \"transition into reading\" aka get their books out, open, and jump in. However, now that we're in Quarter 2, it's standard practice for the class to be reading even before transition time ends and official reading time begins.\r\n\r\nThis is the magic of a robust library with diverse genres, formats, and styles. Thank you so much for supporting our emerging readers; I could not do this work without you.","fullyFundedDate":1760534057040,"projectUrl":"project/help-me-build-a-classroom-library-book/9675686/","projectTitle":"Help Me Build a Classroom Library, Book by Book!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. L","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4172655_orig.jpg?crop=1158,1158,x0,y100&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1631835193484","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/sjlamborn"},{"teacherId":4172655,"projectId":9675675,"letterContent":"Thank you again for making another classroom library project a success. Today is one of our regular independent reading days. Although I have been teaching for nearly a decade, it's not uncommon for a student to express a disinterest in whatever that day's task is, after all teenagers will be teenagers. However, no one ever (and I mean ever) complains about sustained silent reading. This routine is one both cherished and yearned for in class - students dive into their books without prompting, and know to find a new book once ready for it.\r\n\r\nThank you again for supporting our next generation of thinkers, leaders, and readers. I truly could not do this without you.","fullyFundedDate":1760534055819,"projectUrl":"project/help-me-build-a-classroom-library-book/9675675/","projectTitle":"Help Me Build a Classroom Library, Book by Book!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. L","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4172655_orig.jpg?crop=1158,1158,x0,y100&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1631835193484","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/sjlamborn"},{"teacherId":4172655,"projectId":9675644,"letterContent":"Thank you for making another classroom library project a success! \r\n\r\nAs we are in the midst of the winter blues and end of semester exhaustion, your generous gifts of new books open up new worlds and spark joy for our young people. \r\n\r\nOne of the defining features of my classroom is our wall of bookshelves, often likened to a bookstore. At the end, in the corner by a South facing window, is a \"new book\" corner, featuring the most recent additions to our classroom library on display.\r\nOn new book days, students often float over to this display, as if drawn in by a magnetic force. Students review the assorted covers, pick books up, read the book jackets, and select a new book to try - a new world to explore and claim for their own.\r\n\r\nThe magic of watching young people fall in love with reading cannot be captured with mere words, but it feels like watching someone leap to discover they can fly. Thank you again for your support; I could not do this without you.","fullyFundedDate":1760534058458,"projectUrl":"project/help-me-build-a-classroom-library-book/9675644/","projectTitle":"Help Me Build a Classroom Library, Book by Book!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. L","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4172655_orig.jpg?crop=1158,1158,x0,y100&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1631835193484","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/sjlamborn"},{"teacherId":9918127,"projectId":9574917,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation of cereal, breakfast bars, books on attendance interventions, and celebratory incentives like pencils and ribbons. These resources have made a meaningful difference in our classroom.\r\n\r\nEach morning, I see students start their day with a nutritious breakfast, fueling both their bodies and their minds. Because of your support, our students are more focused and ready to learn.\r\n\r\nWe also put your donated books to immediate use. As part of a classroom project to improve attendance, we're reading about strategies to help everyone get to school each day. Students are working together to create attendance goals and share ideas for encouraging their classmates.\r\n\r\nThe celebratory pencils have become a cherished incentive. When a student meets an attendance or academic milestone, they proudly pick out a special pencil. Their excitement has helped create a positive, motivating classroom culture.\r\n\r\nLooking ahead, our class is planning a group project where students will track their attendance and reflect on how it impacts their learning. These resources will continue to encourage participation and success.\r\n\r\nThank you once again for investing in our students' well-being and education. Your kindness is truly making a difference every day.","fullyFundedDate":1758133220282,"projectUrl":"project/every-day-matters-truancy-and-drop-out/9574917/","projectTitle":"Every Day Matters: Truancy and Drop Out Prevention","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Redmond","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9918127_orig.jpg?crop=260,260,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1755108759026","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9918127"},{"teacherId":4172655,"projectId":9264322,"letterContent":"Thank you for making another classroom library project a success. It feels like a week doesn't go by without a news source publishing some article about the decline in reading for pleasure in our country. Many of my young people don't see adults in their lives reading for fun, and feel that people don't read unless forced to. However, when I gave them time to browse our classroom library, most students were able to find a book they were intrigued by. There are still a few resistant, emerging readers that I need to connect with a good book, but thanks to your generous support - there are plenty to choose from. \r\n\r\nI truly could not do this work without your generous support; thank you for helping make reading a joyous source of calm and exploration.","fullyFundedDate":1750113238952,"projectUrl":"project/help-me-build-a-classroom-library-book/9264322/","projectTitle":"Help Me Build a Classroom Library, Book by Book!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. L","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4172655_orig.jpg?crop=1158,1158,x0,y100&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1631835193484","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/sjlamborn"},{"teacherId":4172655,"projectId":9264339,"letterContent":"Thank you for making another classroom library project a success. We are in the first few weeks of school, and we just launched sustained silent reading last Friday. One of my students came in that day telling me: \"I hate reading. I don't read.\" I gave him a few books to try, but nothing stuck. Today, I was able to try again with a fresh curated stack, and he found something that had him \"locked in.\" \r\n\r\nI truly could not do this work without your generous support. It is only thanks to you the donations of people like yourself that I am able to show students that there are so many options for them to try; so many books to fall in love with.","fullyFundedDate":1748462658520,"projectUrl":"project/help-me-build-a-classroom-library-book/9264339/","projectTitle":"Help Me Build a Classroom Library, Book by Book!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. L","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4172655_orig.jpg?crop=1158,1158,x0,y100&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1631835193484","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/sjlamborn"},{"teacherId":4172655,"projectId":9264327,"letterContent":"Thank you for making another classroom library project a success. It's the beginning of another school year, which means a new batch of young people to convince that reading can actually be a good time. \r\n\r\nLast Thursday students were analyzing a short story for elements of magical realism, one of which was looking for characters that felt like real people. A student remarked that the characters did not feel real \"because people don't read\" and this character does. In this day and age of instant gratification and endless, easy entertainment - reading feels like a withering endeavor. Thanks to your generous support, I am able to connect young people with books they feel are worth reading, and hopefully change their mindset to \"people do read.\"","fullyFundedDate":1746830132585,"projectUrl":"project/help-me-build-a-classroom-library-book/9264327/","projectTitle":"Help Me Build a Classroom Library, Book by Book!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. L","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4172655_orig.jpg?crop=1158,1158,x0,y100&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1631835193484","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/sjlamborn"},{"teacherId":5453176,"projectId":9120940,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating these books for our book clubs! \r\n\r\nStudents were so deeply engaged with their books and each other. Having choice in their texts helped them take ownership of the reading process in ways that helped them learn so much about themselves. \r\n\r\nSeveral, in end of year reflections in June and in conversations now that we've returned, have reflected on how much it meant to them to feel reflected in the stories and authors they got to explore, and many reflected that it was the unit in which they felt they grew the most as readers and collaborators. Each week, book club students met with each other to engage in rich student-led analytical discussions about their texts. Many shared that having this ownership and choice made them much more likely to read (and read deeply) because they knew that the book was one they chose and they knew that their book club would be better if they each followed through. Several students noted that this made them get much deeper into their text, and many celebrated having found a new favorite through these book clubs. Some even developed such a passion for their book club book that they convinced friends and other staff to read their book, too!\r\n\r\nThank you so much for making it more possible to match each student with a book that lights them up. It makes a world of difference and sparks so much passion and growth.","fullyFundedDate":1741510639570,"projectUrl":"project/book-clubs-representation-engagement/9120940/","projectTitle":"Book Clubs: Representation, Engagement, and Literacy","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Zamkinos","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5453176_orig.png?crop=652,652,x189,y79&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1705298202106","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mszamkinos"},{"teacherId":4172655,"projectId":9264325,"letterContent":"Thank you for making another classroom library project a success! \r\n\r\nThe school year is coming to a close, and it feels bittersweet. Since students' last week is final exams, I have been building in a few \"bonus sustained silent reading sessions\" and they truly are received as \"bonuses.\" Students verbally express excitement: \"We're reading today? Sick!\" Books open before the official start of class, and books stay lingering open even when it's time to transition into our class assignment for the day. \r\n\r\nThank you for helping me spark a love of reading in our young people; I truly could not connect our next generation of leaders and thinkers with books they actually enjoy without your generous support. I am so excited to meet a whole new group of students in the Fall, and help them fall in love with reading, too.","fullyFundedDate":1746477882974,"projectUrl":"project/help-me-build-a-classroom-library-book/9264325/","projectTitle":"Help Me Build a Classroom Library, Book by Book!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. L","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4172655_orig.jpg?crop=1158,1158,x0,y100&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1631835193484","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/sjlamborn"},{"teacherId":4172655,"projectId":9252882,"letterContent":"Thank you again for making another classroom library project a success! One of the defining features of my classroom is our wall of bookshelves, often likened to a bookstore. At the end, in the corner by a South facing window, is a \"new book\" corner, featuring the most recent additions to our classroom library on display. \r\n\r\nOn new book days, students often float over to this display, as if drawn in by a magnetic force. Students review the assorted covers, pick books up, read the book jackets, and select a new book to try - a new world to explore and claim for their own. \r\n\r\nThe magic of watching young people fall in love with reading cannot be captured with mere words, but it feels like watching someone leap to discover they can fly. Thank you again for your support; I could not do this without you.","fullyFundedDate":1744733308973,"projectUrl":"project/help-me-build-a-classroom-library-book/9252882/","projectTitle":"Help Me Build a Classroom Library, Book by Book!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. L","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4172655_orig.jpg?crop=1158,1158,x0,y100&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1631835193484","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/sjlamborn"},{"teacherId":4172655,"projectId":9252889,"letterContent":"Thank you again for making another classroom library project a success. Today is one of our regular independent reading days. Although I have been teaching for nearly a decade, it's not uncommon for a student to express a disinterest in whatever that day's task is, after all teenagers will be teenagers. However, no one ever (and I mean ever) complains about sustained silent reading. This routine is one both cherished and yearned for in class - students dive into their books without prompting, and know to find a new book once ready for it. \r\n\r\nThank you again for supporting our next generation of thinkers, leaders, and readers. I truly could not do this without you.","fullyFundedDate":1744733308927,"projectUrl":"project/help-me-build-a-classroom-library-book/9252889/","projectTitle":"Help Me Build a Classroom Library, Book by Book!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. L","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4172655_orig.jpg?crop=1158,1158,x0,y100&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1631835193484","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/sjlamborn"},{"teacherId":4172655,"projectId":9140973,"letterContent":"Thank you again for making another classroom library project a success! Several times a week, students start class with 15-18 minutes of sustained silent reading - delving into worlds of their respective choosing. \r\n\r\nBooks serve as both windows and mirrors - through reading choices, students are able to glimpse into other worlds, choices, and contexts and/or examine and self-reflect on more familiar themes. Through your generous support, I am able to provide students with consistent updates to our library, signaling that there is always something new to read and exciting to open. Thank you again; I truly could not do this work without you.","fullyFundedDate":1744733308823,"projectUrl":"project/help-me-build-a-classroom-library-book/9140973/","projectTitle":"Help Me Build a Classroom Library, Book by Book!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. L","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4172655_orig.jpg?crop=1158,1158,x0,y100&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1631835193484","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/sjlamborn"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_4397","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":475,"numTeachers":null,"percentFrplEligible":49,"percentAsian":11,"percentBlack":12,"percentWhite":26,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":40,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"9 - 12","studentTeacherRatio":null,"demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":81.8,"schoolId":4397,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Gateway Charter High School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Gateway Charter High School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/california/san-francisco-unified-school-district/gateway-charter-high-school/4397"}