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We are deeply grateful for your commitment to youth, education, and athletics.\r\n\r\nThank you for helping make a positive difference in the lives of our students.","fullyFundedDate":1737402920012,"projectUrl":"project/softball-field-of-dreams/9024537/","projectTitle":"Softball Field of Dreams","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Brunelle","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp539528_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1508785873910","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/meg-brunelle"},{"teacherId":7564353,"projectId":10077692,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your donation. One of my goals has been to build our fitness room into a place where students can go to meet their fitness aspirations with the best equipment. \r\n\r\nThese dumbbells help fulfill that goal and I will continue to try and bring the best equipment to these students who otherwise would not have the opportunity to utilize the equipment. Even my Life Skills students will be able to use these weights; incorporating the weight room with this class is something we have been trying to add in all year.\r\n\r\nOur students will put these to use right away and continue to make gains in their fitness journeys.\r\n\r\nThank you so much for helping our school and community our with your donation!","fullyFundedDate":1770069315541,"projectUrl":"project/dumbbells-for-team-sports-and-phys-ed-cl/10077692/","projectTitle":"Dumbbells for Team Sports and Phys Ed Class","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Gibbons","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7564353_orig.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1664553288298","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7564353"},{"teacherId":7564353,"projectId":9751720,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your continued generosity. Our PE department and our fitness room would not be what it is today without your kindness. 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One of my goals has been to build our fitness room into a place where students can go to meet their fitness aspirations with the best equipment. 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One of my goals has been to build our fitness room and our PE Department as a whole into a place where students can go to meet their fitness aspirations with the best equipment. These ball pumps will help fulfill that goal and I will continue to try and bring the best equipment to these students who otherwise would not have the opportunity to utilize the equipment.\r\n\r\nOften times we find our equipment flat or broken or missing and these ball pumps will allow us to keep our equipment in top shape no matter what variables come our way.\r\n\r\nThank you so much for helping our school and community our with your donation!","fullyFundedDate":1769607958520,"projectUrl":"project/ball-pumps/10031642/","projectTitle":"Ball Pumps","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Gibbons","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7564353_orig.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1664553288298","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7564353"},{"teacherId":8777762,"projectId":9999881,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your donation of a new copy of Dragons Love Tacos plus some bonus books. The preschool students will have so much fun reading the first and then the second! One cannot overstress the importance of reading early in education and development; these donations foster an early love of reading and set a child up for success. Now, along with Elephant & Piggie books, The Pigeon books, The Good Seed and Dragons Love Tacos, the preschools are set up to learn that reading is fun! Please know your donations make a difference.","fullyFundedDate":1768394683312,"projectUrl":"project/dragons-love-tacos-and-so-do-we/9999881/","projectTitle":"Dragons Love Tacos! 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South High Community School is
an urban public school
in Worcester, Massachusetts that is part of Worcester Public Schools.
It serves 1,800 students
in grades 9 - 12 with a student/teacher ratio of 18.6:1.
Its teachers have had 460 projects funded on DonorsChoose.
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69%
of students are Black, Latino, Native
American, or Asian
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South High Community School
$364,271
raised using DonorsChoose
460
projects
funded
108
teachers
funded
926
donors
70
projects
for
basic supplies
87
projects for
technology
75
projects for
books
13
projects
for
art supplies
South High Community School has received support from
617 individuals from Massachusetts and
309 individuals out-of-state.