{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Kauai High School","outOfStateSupporters":40.8,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":10255174,"projectId":10648029,"letterContent":"My class were so excited and glad when they saw the boxes of items ranging from the cleaning supplies like the sanitizing wipes, rags, and container baskets to the wide variety of snacks that they can avail every time we meet or after they accomplished their tasks in our class.\r\n\r\nThey were so giddy with excitement as we opened the boxes one by one. They even said that they would immediately do their tasks because they would no longer work with an empty stomach. \r\n\r\nMy kids and I are so grateful for your support and care. You didn't hesitate to give to our keikis. You know that learning can be more productive when our kids have their stomachs full and their surroundings are clean. From the bottom of our hearts, we wish you well and accept our humble gratitude and happy hearts.","fullyFundedDate":1789580821314,"projectUrl":"project/fueling-minds-nurturing-care-essentia/10648029/","projectTitle":"Fueling Minds & Nurturing Care: Essential Snacks & Cleaning Supplies","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Abejero","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10255174_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1757609706697","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10255174"},{"teacherId":9705551,"projectId":10658142,"letterContent":"Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for bringing \"Stay Cool, Fueled, and Focused: Basic Essentials for Success\" to life! Your support has completely transformed our daily environment and made an immediate, noticeable impact on my students' ability to learn.\r\n\r\nThe new fans, snacks, calculators, and notebooks are now seamless parts of our daily routine. On a recent warm afternoon, while working on a complex math group assignment, the difference was night and day. The fans kept a steady, refreshing breeze circulating through the room, keeping everyone comfortable, while students grabbed a quick snack to power through the final stretch. Having the four missing calculators meant that every group member had the tools needed to perform calculations without having to wait or share, allowing our problem-solving session to run smoothly from start to finish.\r\n\r\nWhen the boxes first arrived, the excitement in the room was contagious! The students cheered when they saw the fans being unboxed, immediately noticing how much cooler the room felt. My students helped me in assembling the fans. When they realized the snacks, fresh notebooks, and brand-new calculators were all meant specifically for them, their eyes lit up. One student even raised their hand and said, \"Wait, strangers actually bought all of this for us?\" Knowing that people outside our school care about their comfort and success made them feel truly valued and supported. With a cool classroom to work in, reliable supplies in hand, and fuel to keep their minds sharp, they are fully equipped to tackle these higher-level challenges with confidence.\r\n\r\nThank you for opening your hearts to our classroom and providing my students with the dignity, comfort, and tools they deserve!\r\n\r\nWith deepest gratitude,","fullyFundedDate":1789837780444,"projectUrl":"project/making-classrooms-cool-fueled-and-focu/10658142/","projectTitle":"Making Classrooms Cool, Fueled, and Focused: Basic Essentials for Success","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Lacson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9705551_orig.jpg?crop=600,600,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1724568387700","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9705551"},{"teacherId":9469454,"projectId":9706670,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to our classroom snack project, \"Cool & Collected.\" Your kindness has done more than just fill cool my students and keep the class organized. This helped create a more focused, comfortable, and supported learning environment for my students.\r\n\r\nThe day the ice machine and water filter arrived, my students were thrilled! We've been using them daily to help students stay cool and ready to learn. Whether it's a quick water break during class or afterschool it helps the students to get through the hot afternoon, these small items have had a big impact. I've noticed improved focus, better moods, and fewer disruptions caused by heat exhaustion.\r\n\r\nAs we continue our school year, your donation ensures that every child in my classroom has access to a basic need that supports their academic and emotional well-being.","fullyFundedDate":1759692725808,"projectUrl":"project/cool-collected-building-a-responsible/9706670/","projectTitle":"Cool & Collected: Building a Responsible Classroom","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Saldana","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9469454_orig.png?crop=1256,1256,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1707978306232","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9469454"},{"teacherId":7942223,"projectId":8892959,"letterContent":"I want to thank you for giving my classroom multiple options for feeding the goats. This has given my students the ability to feed the goats hay in the metal trough you provided for daily feedings. It has also given the opportunity to build a timed goat feeder for when it's holidays or weekends. They can plan the goat care and learn how to set the timer to feed the goats their needed daily nutrients of pelleted feed. This is valuable for animal husbandry and to work smarter not harder. Thank you for giving these tools to my students!","fullyFundedDate":1729511906665,"projectUrl":"project/feeding-the-farm-goats/8892959/","projectTitle":"Feeding the Farm Goats","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Martiney","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7942223"},{"teacherId":7504155,"projectId":10162066,"letterContent":"Thank you for giving my students the gift of inspiration! These art books have made a meaningful difference in how my students approach their work. By discovering diverse artists, cultures, techniques, and perspectives, students have found new possibilities beyond what they already knew. One student was inspired by an artist's use of oil pastels to create a drawing, while others explored new approaches to sculpture, painting, composition, and color. Students who sometimes struggled to know where to begin found ideas they could study, build upon, and make uniquely their own.\r\n\r\nWatching students turn inspiration from these books into original sculptures, drawings, and paintings is incredibly rewarding. Your generosity has given them new ideas, greater confidence, and the opportunity to see themselves as artists with voices worth sharing. I am truly grateful that you chose to invest in my students and their creativity. Your support provides resources that will continue inspiring them long after this project is complete. Thank you for believing in what my students can create!","fullyFundedDate":1782936674897,"projectUrl":"project/building-creative-minds-art-books-for-s/10162066/","projectTitle":"Building Creative Minds: Art Books for Student Inspiration","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Dressler","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7504155_orig.jpg?crop=1592,1592,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1662093516185","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7504155"},{"teacherId":3507622,"projectId":10314226,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your incredible generosity in funding our classroom project! The arrival of these resources has transformed our daily learning environment into a more organized, healthy, and focused space. The numbered cell phone pocket chart made an immediate positive impact by removing daily digital distractions, allowing students to engage deeply in face-to-face history discussions from the moment the bell rings. Having a fresh HEPA air filter and tissue supply keeps our room comfortable and healthy, while functional essentials like laptop chargers, staplers, lined paper, and dry erase markers ensure every student enters class fully equipped to collaborate without losing momentum.\r\n\r\nDuring a recent small group discussion, our new materials truly shined. Students used the wall-mounted whiteboard and dry erase markers to take notes on their discussion. Using the whiteboard like this gets them out of their seats. Every day students forget their laptop chargers but now that's doesn't derail learning because I have chargers to lend them. Other students, don't have their own paper to take notes on. Now I have paper to give them. The classroom is buzzing with active, hands-on collaboration, and the materials you helped me get are making it happen.\r\n\r\nHaving easy access to reliable stationery, charged devices, and clear visual space means they can focus entirely on refining their arguments and mastering critical thinking skills. Your generosity has provided my students with both the practical necessities and the creative tools they need to thrive every single day. Thank you for investing in our classroom and supporting the students at Kauai High!","fullyFundedDate":1781155497318,"projectUrl":"project/powering-up-participation-tools-for-a-f/10314226/","projectTitle":"Powering Up Participation: Tools for a Focused History Classroom","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. van Nouhuys","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3507622_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1458869256091","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3507622"},{"teacherId":7512908,"projectId":10146469,"letterContent":"Our Egg Bite Project @ Raider Cafe is ready for prime time! This summer our students worked through all the aspects of making and freezing egg bites. They tested different recipes and identified best practices for making, baking, freezing, and reheating egg bites. Our research has concluded and we are ready to go to the next step.\r\n\r\nThis next week the egg bites will be added to our daily menu at Raider Cafe. Teachers and staff will be able to order egg bites every day that we are open. Your generous donation to this project has allowed our students to apply critical thinking skills and creative problem-solving throughout the project. We can now successfully and consistently make, bake, freeze, and reheat egg bites and have a quality product every time.\r\n\r\nAs a teacher, there is a nothing quite as satisfying as seeing students excited about a project. We had lots of learning opportunities with this project and actually changed the process after we concluded our research and testing. Valuable learning taking place...thank you!","fullyFundedDate":1779636632005,"projectUrl":"project/egg-bites-raider-cafe/10146469/","projectTitle":"Egg Bites @ Raider Cafe","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Anderson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7512908_orig.png?crop=398,398,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1710643775150","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7512908"},{"teacherId":2087260,"projectId":10103580,"letterContent":"Thank you again for making this project possible. I wanted to share what this technology has actually meant for our students it's become a genuine economics lesson in disguise.\r\n\r\nIn Economics, we spend a lot of time talking about scarcity and the idea that resources are limited and choices have to be made about who gets what, when. Before this project, that was mostly a textbook concept. Now, with a real inventory of classroom supplies tracked through the iPad mini and barcode scanner, students are living it. Multiple groups want the same equipment during the same class period. Students have to plan ahead, and sometimes accept that they can't have what they want or need all the time. \r\n\r\nThank you for helping make that connection possible for our students.","fullyFundedDate":1771514243169,"projectUrl":"project/scan-it-track-it-create-it/10103580/","projectTitle":"Scan It, Track It, Create It","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Cassler","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2087260_orig.jpg?crop=2377,2377,x0,y142&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1598838148571","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/jcassler"},{"teacherId":9705551,"projectId":10173249,"letterContent":"The \"Sweet Success\" initiative was designed to wrap up the school year by recognizing and celebrating the academic, social, and emotional growth of my students. By providing a positive, rewarding conclusion to the year, the project aimed to boost student morale, reinforce positive behaviors, and foster a lasting sense of accomplishment.\r\nMy students were so delighted to be awarded with some certificates and incentives. They were also very happy and grateful for the snacks that we shared on the last day of school.\r\nThe celebration provided a joyful touchpoint for students, reinforcing a shared pride in student development.\r\nWith these amazing results of the project, my heart is so happy to be ending the school year with my students' success. \r\nAnd you made it really possible for us to celebrate our success. So, thank you very much donors, for all the support you have given my students and me through this project.","fullyFundedDate":1777578363619,"projectUrl":"project/sweet-success-celebrating-student-growt/10173249/","projectTitle":"Sweet Success: Celebrating Student Growth to End the School Year","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Lacson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9705551_orig.jpg?crop=600,600,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1724568387700","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9705551"},{"teacherId":9967782,"projectId":10118626,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our project, \"Snacks for Success: Supporting Multilingual Learners.\" My students were genuinely excited when the snacks arrived. Your generosity came at the perfect time during the second to last week of the school year, right when students were preparing for their final summative assessments.\r\n\r\nThis week, my students already used the snacks during class and testing days, and they were so happy and thankful. Many of my multilingual learners come to school early and spend long 85 minute class periods reading, writing, speaking, and testing in English. The chips became both a source of energy and motivation that helped them push through these final weeks of school with more focus and positivity.\r\n\r\nI uploaded a few classroom pictures to share with you. Some show students happily holding their snacks, while others capture them presenting in class and writing on the whiteboard during our lessons and activities. It meant a lot to see them smiling, engaged, and energized during such an important week of learning and assessment.\r\n\r\nMore than just providing snacks, your kindness helped my students feel supported and cared for. Thank you again for making a meaningful difference in our classroom and helping my students finish the school year strong.","fullyFundedDate":1778505059228,"projectUrl":"project/snacks-for-success-supporting-multiling/10118626/","projectTitle":"Snacks for Success: Supporting Multilingual Learners","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Phuong Riola","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9967782_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1784668272480","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9967782"},{"teacherId":9480110,"projectId":10224202,"letterContent":"Your generosity has made a lasting impact on our culinary classroom. Because of your donation of stainless steel cookware, my students now have the tools to cook safely, build professional skills, and take pride in their work.\r\n\r\nThese pans aren't just equipment—they represent opportunity. Students are learning proper techniques, exploring healthier cooking methods, and gaining confidence that will serve them far beyond our classroom.\r\n\r\nThank you for investing in their education, creativity, and future. We are truly grateful for your support!","fullyFundedDate":1777213393819,"projectUrl":"project/sizzle-shine-stainless-steel-for-culi/10224202/","projectTitle":"Sizzle & Shine: Stainless Steel for Culinary Skills","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Dungan","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-6_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9480110"},{"teacherId":9703596,"projectId":10106527,"letterContent":"The donated materials have been a great help in making our classroom activities more engaging and interactive. My students are currently using the resources for hands-on group activities, class discussions, and project-based learning that encourage collaboration and creativity. When they first saw the materials, they were very excited and eager to use them, which increased their participation and motivation in class. Moving forward, the students will continue using these resources to complete upcoming lessons, strengthen their understanding of concepts, and create more meaningful classroom projects.","fullyFundedDate":1771624582633,"projectUrl":"project/project-atom/10106527/","projectTitle":"Project A.T.O.M.","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. MARQUEZ","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9703596_orig.png?crop=408,408,x0,y4&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1724834919733","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9703596"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_50961","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":1009,"numTeachers":72,"percentFrplEligible":49,"percentAsian":27,"percentBlack":0,"percentWhite":7,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":19,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":19,"percentMultiracialImputed":25,"gradesServed":"9 - 12","studentTeacherRatio":"14.0:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":false,"metroType":"TOWN","ncesMetroType":"TOWN_REMOTE"},"inStateSupporters":59.2,"schoolId":50961,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Kauai High School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Kauai High School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/hawaii/kapaa-kauai-waimea-school-district/kauai-high-school/50961"}