{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Honoka'A High & Intermediate School","outOfStateSupporters":52.2,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":10290258,"projectId":9780874,"letterContent":"With your support, my students and I can work on mockups and prototypes for our business and branding project! In our Academy of Industry Foundations course, I have challenged students to work in small groups to propose a brand within an industry of their choice. They were thrilled to finally have professional tools and materials to jumpstart the creation phase.\r\n\r\nThe students felt an immediate sense of relief having these resources readily available rather than needing to source them on their own. In many cases, the materials provided were the \"perfect\" fit to get started, inspiring many students to take their designs even further. Currently, they are building 3D storefront models, designing mockup posters for clothing lines, and even developing \"out-of-the-box\" products designed to make daily life more convenient.\r\n\r\nOur next step is a \"Shark Tank\" style presentation! Students will showcase their full business packages—including brand identities, prototypes, and market research—to demonstrate how their businesses can be profitable and impactful.","fullyFundedDate":1766000328700,"projectUrl":"project/hands-on-materials-for-hands-on-minds/9780874/","projectTitle":"Hands-On Materials for Hands-On Minds","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Onza","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10290258"},{"teacherId":10296052,"projectId":9882750,"letterContent":"Mahalo nui loa (Thank you very much) from our Ohana (Family) to yours! Your generous donations are greatly appreciated and have impacted the lives of many young children. Since receiving our new keyboard many fingers have played a variety of songs on it. We now have the ability to play a song and have different keyboards play different notes which completely changes the mood of the song. The students are taking great pride in their new instrument and treat it with great care. They are now researching songs in which they can play together. Again, big mahalo from all of us!","fullyFundedDate":1765661804234,"projectUrl":"project/magical-music-2/9882750/","projectTitle":"Magical Music 2","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Washburn","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-7_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10296052"},{"teacherId":10296052,"projectId":10104058,"letterContent":"Mahalo nui loa (Thank you very much) from our Ohana (Family) to yours for your generous donations. When our Reeds arrived, our entire saxaphone line went crazy! They know how much reeds cost and were filled with joy to know that if theirs were to break, they do not have to use their personal money to purchase a new one. They said something so little means so much to them as without a reed, they are unable to play their instrument. Our students take great pride in the music that they produce and they are very thankful for the generosity that you have given them. Again, mahalo nui loa.","fullyFundedDate":1771707020832,"projectUrl":"project/play-the-blues/10104058/","projectTitle":"Play the Blues...","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Washburn","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-7_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10296052"},{"teacherId":9775566,"projectId":9861639,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous donation. You have truly blessed students who are less fortunate, and they are incredibly grateful for your love and support. One student expressed their feelings by saying, \"I truly love you; thanks!\"\r\n\r\nYour contribution makes a significant difference in their lives. It enables us to provide essential resources, support programs, and opportunities that many of these students would otherwise lack. Whether it's school supplies, meal assistance, or emotional support, your kindness helps us meet their needs and empower them to succeed academically and personally.\r\n\r\nWithout people like you, we would not be able to assist these needy students who rely on us as their school social worker. Your generosity is a vital part of our mission, and it inspires others to give as well. I want to extend my heartfelt thanks to you for being a compassionate supporter of our community. Together, we are making a positive impact on their futures.","fullyFundedDate":1766960271156,"projectUrl":"project/shoes-and-clothes-for-students/9861639/","projectTitle":"Shoes and Clothes for Students","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Kiaka","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9775566_orig.jpg?crop=2029,2029,x470,y967&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1727136368534","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9775566"},{"teacherId":9638536,"projectId":9162026,"letterContent":"On behalf of the students and staff of the Honoka'a High School Alternative Education Program, we extend our heartfelt gratitude for your generous support of our farm to school movement.\r\n\r\nBecause of your contributions, our students are able to participate in meaningful field trips that deepen their understanding of agriculture, sustainability, and the importance of working the land. These hands-on learning experiences allow them to connect classroom lessons with real-world practice—planting, cultivating, harvesting, and gaining firsthand knowledge about where their food comes from.\r\n\r\nYour support not only enhances our educational programming but also fosters responsibility, cultural connection, teamwork, and respect for our ʻāina. These lessons will stay with our students far beyond their time in our program.\r\n\r\nMahalo for believing in our mission and for investing in experiences that nurture both the minds and hearts of our students. Your generosity is truly making a lasting difference.","fullyFundedDate":1742047675753,"projectUrl":"project/honokaa-alternative-education-class/9162026/","projectTitle":"Honoka'a Alternative Education Class","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Fancher","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-9_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9638536"},{"teacherId":9638536,"projectId":9040583,"letterContent":"On behalf of the students and staff of Honoka'a High School's Alternative Education Program, we extend our deepest gratitude for your generous contribution. Your support makes a meaningful difference in the lives of our students and strengthens the opportunities we are able to provide each day.\r\n\r\nBecause of your kindness, we are able to offer enriched learning experiences, individualized support, and resources that empower our students to grow academically, socially, and personally. Your generosity helps create a safe and encouraging environment where students can build confidence, develop skills, and work toward a successful future.\r\n\r\nYour commitment to our program demonstrates a powerful belief in the potential of our young people. We are truly thankful for your partnership and for investing in the success of our students and our community.\r\n\r\nMahalo for your continued support and for making a lasting impact on Honoka'a High School.","fullyFundedDate":1741279095047,"projectUrl":"project/our-high-school-alternative-education/9040583/","projectTitle":"Our High School Alternative Education","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Fancher","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-9_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9638536"},{"teacherId":9638536,"projectId":9785492,"letterContent":"On behalf of the students and staff of the Honoka'a High School Alternative Education Program, we extend our heartfelt gratitude for your generous support of our farm to school movement.\r\n\r\nBecause of your contributions, our students are able to participate in meaningful field trips that deepen their understanding of agriculture, sustainability, and the importance of working the land. These hands-on learning experiences allow them to connect classroom lessons with real-world practice—planting, cultivating, harvesting, and gaining firsthand knowledge about where their food comes from.\r\n\r\nYour support not only enhances our educational programming but also fosters responsibility, cultural connection, teamwork, and respect for our ʻāina. These lessons will stay with our students far beyond their time in our program.\r\n\r\nMahalo for believing in our mission and for investing in experiences that nurture both the minds and hearts of our students. Your generosity is truly making a lasting difference.","fullyFundedDate":1766960271034,"projectUrl":"project/honokaa-high-school-alternative-educati/9785492/","projectTitle":"Honoka'a High School Alternative Education Aina in Schools","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Fancher","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-9_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9638536"},{"teacherId":9638536,"projectId":9772900,"letterContent":"Dear Generous Supporters,\r\n\r\nOn behalf of the students and staff of Honoka'a High School's Alternative Education Program, we extend our deepest gratitude for your generous contribution. Your support makes a meaningful difference in the lives of our students and strengthens the opportunities we are able to provide each day.\r\n\r\nBecause of your kindness, we are able to offer enriched learning experiences, individualized support, and resources that empower our students to grow academically, socially, and personally. Your generosity helps create a safe and encouraging environment where students can build confidence, develop skills, and work toward a successful future.\r\n\r\nYour commitment to our program demonstrates a powerful belief in the potential of our young people. We are truly thankful for your partnership and for investing in the success of our students and our community.\r\n\r\nMahalo for your continued support and for making a lasting impact on Honoka'a High School.","fullyFundedDate":1759203008557,"projectUrl":"project/hhss-alternative-education/9772900/","projectTitle":"HHS's Alternative Education","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Fancher","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-9_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9638536"},{"teacherId":5831964,"projectId":9785429,"letterContent":"Thank you for helping our students gain access to books that expand their horizons and allow them to learn from the experiences of others. Because of your generosity, our students have been reading Wonder and developing a deeper understanding of empathy, kindness, and acceptance. They are also inspired by Gifted Hands, learning about perseverance, determination, and the power of education to change lives.\r\n\r\nYour support is making a meaningful difference in both their reading growth and their character development. We are truly grateful for your investment in our classroom community.","fullyFundedDate":1762048358281,"projectUrl":"project/read-to-lead-inspiring-health-pathway-s/9785429/","projectTitle":"Read to Lead: Inspiring Health Pathway Students","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Bowman","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5831964_orig.jpg?crop=540,540,x0,y64&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1635452926999","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5831964"},{"teacherId":10296052,"projectId":9950552,"letterContent":"Mahalo nui loa (Thank you very much) from our Ohana (Family) to yours for your generous donations! Our students were delighted to hear that our project was fully funded and that we can now throw away our cardboard boxes that we used to call our cases. We now have cases for our keyboards that will ensure safe transportation of our keyboards from school to home. Our students no longer have to feel embarrassed to carry a big box. They will also help support the longevity of our brand new keyboards! Again, mahalo nui loa from all of us!","fullyFundedDate":1766961130015,"projectUrl":"project/cozy-cases/9950552/","projectTitle":"Cozy Cases!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Washburn","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-7_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10296052"},{"teacherId":10296052,"projectId":9835350,"letterContent":"Mahalo nui loa (Thank you very much) from our Ohana (Family) to yours! Your generous donations have made a great impact on our students lives. As a Jazz class we often spend our budget on instruments. However, we often forget the everyday items like pens, paper, folders, etc are equally as important. Our students are excited to use the pens and correction tape as they are constantly changing the chords depending on what instruments are available to play that day. We also are excited for the paper clips as we have MANY sheets of music that tend to get lost daily. Again, mahalo for your continued support in a child's education!","fullyFundedDate":1766961130033,"projectUrl":"project/help-us-get-organized/9835350/","projectTitle":"Help us get organized!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Washburn","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-7_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10296052"},{"teacherId":7929208,"projectId":9749024,"letterContent":"I am here to thank each and everyone of you with an outstanding classroom project that you all helped make possible for my classroom. As you may or may not know, our lunch schedule was moved back almost an entire 90 minutes from last year's school schedule. Therefore, my growing young adults would be starving by 11 o'clock with another 90 minutes before actual lunch time.\r\n I used the majority of our Donor's Choose donations to fund a multitude of different independent cooking activities that not only satisfied hunger, but taught each student how to make food independently using a variety of differentiating methods of cooking (oven, stove, microwave, air fryer, etc.). \r\n This directly translated into my students' independent life skills outside of school, as several parents wanted to know what exactly they were cooking in the classroom so they could mirror the independent skills within the home setting as well.\r\n We cannot thank you all enough for the continued support of my special education classroom and our immediate community!","fullyFundedDate":1759171081144,"projectUrl":"project/mr-bretts-hawaii-special-education-cla/9749024/","projectTitle":"Mr. Brett's Hawaii Special Education Classroom","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Brett","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7929208_orig.jpg?crop=1440,1440,x256,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1700081690727","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7929208"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_50765","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":695,"numTeachers":45,"percentFrplEligible":60,"percentAsian":16,"percentBlack":0,"percentWhite":7,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":21,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"7 - 12","studentTeacherRatio":"15.4:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"RURAL","ncesMetroType":"RURAL_REMOTE"},"inStateSupporters":47.8,"schoolId":50765,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Honoka'A High & Intermediate School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Honoka'A High & Intermediate School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/hawaii/hawaii-school-district/honokaa-interm-high-school/50765"}