{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Highland Park Middle School","outOfStateSupporters":21.3,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":10462060,"projectId":10148303,"letterContent":"With you generous donation we were able to provide snacks for students in need of some reset time and yummy goodness that they were excited to earn and work towards to receive. W e also really appreciate the other materials that were provided to us, such as cleaning materials, hand sanitizer, markers, fidgets etc. We have been putting them to good use and students have been very grateful to have these things provided to their spaces for learning\r\n\r\nWhen we started receiving packages for our project my students were so excited to check in and see if we had gotten anything new as packages came in small bulks. So we would adventure to the office daily to see if anything had come. I gave the students the opportunity to open packages to see what he had been gifted and they were all so surprised and grateful to be given \"so much stuff\" as one student kept saying. \r\n\r\nWe thank you from the bottom of our hearts for the donation and for funding our project! We could not have brought so many smiles if it were not for yall! THANK YOU!","fullyFundedDate":1776190248510,"projectUrl":"project/small-tools-big-impact-supporting-focu/10148303/","projectTitle":"Small Tools, Big Impact: Supporting Focus and Comfort","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. AJ","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10462060_orig.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1773327909305","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10462060"},{"teacherId":9821039,"projectId":10181396,"letterContent":"Thank you very much for contributing to our class! Using mindfulness strategies backed by science, we are using mindful moments during class to prepare for our daily leaning. We use the chimes, oil diffuser, and sound bowls daily to prepare for our learning. We also appreciate the flexible seating options provided by these donations. Students enjoy using the cushions and I appreciate having pins to store them.\r\n\r\nThe students were so curious when they first saw the singing bowls. Many had not heard them used before and they really enjoy the sounds it makes. We talked about sound waves and vibrations to help them understand hoe the bowls work. Thank you for providing these learning opportunities to our students!","fullyFundedDate":1776050133112,"projectUrl":"project/sel-mindfulness-backed-by-science/10181396/","projectTitle":"SEL + Mindfulness Backed by Science","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Sofía","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9821039_orig.png?crop=1088,1088,x0,y65&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1739401387470","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9821039"},{"teacherId":8432165,"projectId":10335937,"letterContent":"It's been a wonderful start to the school year; your generous donation towards new soccer gear and training equipment has directly influenced that!\r\n\r\nIt's so difficult to try out for a new team and we are proud of the students who have put themselves out there this season for doing something difficult.\r\n\r\nBack in the 8th grade science classroom, we've been making connections to soccer through our collisions unit. This week, we're talking about peak forces, damage, and kinetic energy in the context of headers.\r\n\r\nThank you for investing in our community of committed student athletes!","fullyFundedDate":1782324487784,"projectUrl":"project/goal-driven-equipping-our-soccer-team-f/10335937/","projectTitle":"Goal-Driven: Equipping Our Soccer Team for Success","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Lin","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8432165_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1651199343664","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/linlaoshi"},{"teacherId":8432165,"projectId":10097261,"letterContent":"It's been a wonderful start to the school year; your generous donation towards microscopes has directly influenced that!\r\n\r\nThe healing unit begins with students hearing about an injury to a student that caused him to need stitches, pins, and a cast, and wondering how he returned to being able to run and jump again. What's happening as our bodies repair itself (and grow)?\r\n\r\nThe microscopes come into play as we investigate what the different parts of our body are made of from the macro to the micro scale. The impact on my students is so deep - I have students who were sparked with curiosity and wanted to continue looking at cells at home!\r\n\r\nThank you for investing in our multilingual community of emerging scientists and engineers!","fullyFundedDate":1776547312904,"projectUrl":"project/scopes-for-scholars-ii/10097261/","projectTitle":"Scopes for Scholars II","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Lin","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8432165_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1651199343664","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/linlaoshi"},{"teacherId":8432165,"projectId":10100915,"letterContent":"It's been a wonderful start to the school year; your generous donation towards a microphone, cable, and powered speaker has directly influenced that!\r\n\r\nMy students have led their peers in social emotional learning lessons. We've been focusing on our thoughts, emotions and decisions. Students are learning how to recognize strong emotions and unhelpful thoughts, and apply strategies for managing their emotions and reducing stress in a variety of settings and circumstances. Not every strategy resonates with everyone, and not every strategy is appropriate for every setting, so the more tools students are familiar with and have practice activating, the better.\r\n\r\nSinging with others is a powerful co-regulation tactic. Combined with the focus on breathing, it is an effective stress reliever.\r\n\r\nThank you for your support in promoting wellness among our eager young learners through singing!","fullyFundedDate":1778103306542,"projectUrl":"project/student-led-wellness-leading-our-school/10100915/","projectTitle":"Student-Led Wellness: Leading Our School in Harmony","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Lin","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8432165_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1651199343664","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/linlaoshi"},{"teacherId":1448308,"projectId":10089742,"letterContent":"I am so happy to share that students are loving the book \"A Seed in the Sun\" by Aida Salazar. Some of the students who have read the book this spring also studied the United Farm Workers movement earlier this school year and are thrilled to get an inside peak at what the lived experience in this movement might have been. \r\n\r\nIt was especially fun for them to learn about Lula's involvement with the teatro campesinos as this was an engaging way to get people involved with the movement. While we will officially begin to work with this novel next fall, being able to get the book in the hands of students this spring has been a joy as we were wrapping up a unit on novels in verse as the books arrived.\r\n\r\nI have watched happily as some of the students have turned from reluctant to engaged readers because this book is in their hands. Your donations have made an impact during an especially challenging year in the Twin Cities.","fullyFundedDate":1772551014900,"projectUrl":"project/will-strike-for-books/10089742/","projectTitle":"Will Strike for Books","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Beaumaster","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1448308_orig.png?crop=271,271,x105,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1694891383269","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-beaumaster"},{"teacherId":4779499,"projectId":10132406,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for contributing to our DonorsChoose project, \"Calculators for Math and Personal Finance Class!\" The new school year started this week, and thanks to your generosity, my middle school students do not have to worry about the financial burden of purchasing a $30 calculator.\r\n\r\nThe calculators we purchased display full mathematical expressions, allowing students to track individual steps and double-check their work for errors. These durable devices keep students focused on grade-level math without the digital distractions that can come with iPads and other apps.\r\n\r\nStarting the school year fully equipped ensures we can engage in rigorous math instruction from day one. Thank you again for your support!","fullyFundedDate":1774300566190,"projectUrl":"project/calculators-for-math-and-personal-financ/10132406/","projectTitle":"Calculators for Math and Personal Finance Class!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Sivanich","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4779499_orig.png?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1772720502705","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/charlottesivanich"},{"teacherId":8432165,"projectId":10097346,"letterContent":"Thank you for investing in our multilingual community of emerging scientists and engineers!\r\n\r\nWhile it's been challenging to teach and learn in Minnesota this year, we've shown up as an earnest bunch and have felt well supported by our community. Your generous donation towards collaborative modeling supplies, classroom storage and personalized notebooks has directly influenced that!\r\n\r\nWe've engaged in a variety of science and engineering practices this year; my goal is to help my students identify as more than science class students, but as scientists! We begin every unit filling our notebooks with noticings, wonderings, and drawing models to represent our initial ideas of the anchoring phenomena. The weekend's snow storm has coincided perfectly with our newest Earth Science unit called, Why does a lot of hail, rain, or snow fall at some times and not others? We watched videos of brief but dramatic hailstorms in KS, AZ, and Manitoba and have begun wondering what is needed for hail compared to other types of precipitation. In Physical Science class, we're about to wrap up a unit called, How can a magnet move another object without touching it? We've been figuring out all that is going on for a speaker (an electromagnet!) to produce sound. \r\n\r\nPlease enjoy the small photo gallery I've shared: you'll see students observing box models as we investigate a phenomena with a one-way mirror (how can something look like a mirror and a window at the same time?), you'll see our initial class consensus models (our first draft!)","fullyFundedDate":1772553901291,"projectUrl":"project/supporting-biliteracy-in-the-stem-classr/10097346/","projectTitle":"Supporting Biliteracy in the STEM Classroom","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Lin","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8432165_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1651199343664","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/linlaoshi"},{"teacherId":8432165,"projectId":9909123,"letterContent":"Thank you for investing in our multilingual community of emerging scientists and engineers!\r\n\r\nWhile it's been challenging to teach and learn in Minnesota this year, we've shown up as an earnest bunch and have felt well supported by our community. Your generous donation towards collaborative lab supplies, classroom storage and personalized notebooks has directly influenced that!\r\n\r\nWe've engaged in a variety of science and engineering practices this year; my goal is to help my students identify as more than science class students, but as scientists! We begin every unit filling our notebooks with noticings, wonderings, and drawing models to represent our initial ideas of the anchoring phenomena. The weekend's snow storm has coincided perfectly with our newest Earth Science unit called, Why does a lot of hail, rain, or snow fall at some times and not others? We watched videos of brief but dramatic hailstorms in KS, AZ, and Manitoba and have begun wondering what is needed for hail compared to other types of precipitation. In Physical Science class, we're about to wrap up a unit called, How can a magnet move another object without touching it? We've been figuring out all that is going on for a speaker (an electromagnet!) to produce sound. \r\n\r\nI will post an album of photos for you that includes snapshots from units throughout this year, including one-way mirror/light, patterns in the sky/astronomy, sound. Enjoy!","fullyFundedDate":1770647771985,"projectUrl":"project/homemade-heater-heroes/9909123/","projectTitle":"Homemade Heater Heroes","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Lin","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8432165_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1651199343664","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/linlaoshi"},{"teacherId":8432165,"projectId":10115562,"letterContent":"While it's been challenging to teach and learn in Minnesota this year, we've shown up as an earnest bunch and have felt well supported by our community. Your generous donation towards an Ableton Move has directly influenced that!\r\n\r\nWe've engaged in a variety of science and engineering practices this year; my goal is to help my students identify as more than science class students, but as scientists! We begin every unit filling our notebooks with noticings, wonderings, and drawing models to represent our initial ideas of the anchoring phenomena. In Physical Science class, we started out the year with a unit called, Why do things sometimes get damaged when they hit each other? We first looked at damaged cell phones. As we figured out principles of forces, kinetic energy, and reducing deformation, we designed protective gear for other items precious to us (like our heads in sports). Understanding collisions helped us in our second unit called, How can a sound make something move? We've figured out how different sounds are made: combinations of bigger/smaller and faster/slower vibrations generate different volume and pitch. We also figured out how sound travels through a medium and how it affects the sound receiver (like our ears, or on our first day we saw a window at a distance moving along to the beat of a speaker). We're about to wrap up a unit called, How can a magnet move another object without touching it? We've been figuring out all that is going on for the speaker (an electromagnet!) to produce sound in the first place! As we continue to spiral and deepen our understanding physical science concepts, the next unit will kick off with listening to music from a vinyl record player versus online as we wonder, Where does the music come from? And how did music made by a real person in a studio become a digital music file?\r\n\r\nThank you for investing in our multilingual community of emerging scientists and engineers!","fullyFundedDate":1772226524699,"projectUrl":"project/music-moves-me-and-windows-too-ii/10115562/","projectTitle":"Music Moves Me and Windows Too II","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Lin","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8432165_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1651199343664","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/linlaoshi"},{"teacherId":8432165,"projectId":10096437,"letterContent":"Thank you for investing in our multilingual community of emerging scientists and engineers!\r\n\r\nWhile it's been challenging to teach and learn in Minnesota this year, we've shown up as an earnest bunch and have felt well supported by our community. Your generous donation towards a collaborative laptop has directly influenced that!\r\n\r\nWe've engaged in a variety of science and engineering practices this year; my goal is to help my students identify as more than science class students, but as scientists! We begin every unit filling our notebooks with noticings, wonderings, and drawing models to represent our initial ideas of the anchoring phenomena. The weekend's snow storm has coincided perfectly with our newest Earth Science unit called, Why does a lot of hail, rain, or snow fall at some times and not others? We watched videos of brief but dramatic hailstorms in KS, AZ, and Manitoba and have begun wondering what is needed for hail compared to other types of precipitation. In Physical Science class, we're about to wrap up a unit called, How can a magnet move another object without touching it? We've been figuring out all that is going on for a speaker (an electromagnet!) to produce sound. \r\n\r\nThis year I have been hosting three aspiring teachers. Two are Chinese language education interns from China, the third is from a program dedicated to helping high school students explore careers in teaching.\r\n\r\nEnjoy the photos of my student teacher leading and a variety of consensus models we've drawn throughout this year.","fullyFundedDate":1771108134964,"projectUrl":"project/tech-for-a-cogenerative-classroom/10096437/","projectTitle":"Tech for a Cogenerative Classroom","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Lin","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8432165_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1651199343664","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/linlaoshi"},{"teacherId":8432165,"projectId":10115104,"letterContent":"Thank you for investing in our multilingual community of emerging scientists and engineers!\r\n\r\nWhile it's been challenging to teach and learn in Minnesota this year, we've shown up as an earnest bunch and have felt well supported by our community. Your generous donation towards a camera has directly influenced that!\r\n\r\nWe've engaged in a variety of science and engineering practices this year; my goal is to help my students identify as more than science class students, but as scientists! We begin every unit filling our notebooks with noticings, wonderings, and drawing models to represent our initial ideas of the anchoring phenomena. The weekend's snow storm has coincided perfectly with our newest Earth Science unit called, Why does a lot of hail, rain, or snow fall at some times and not others? We watched videos of brief but dramatic \r\n\r\nhailstorms in KS, AZ, and Manitoba and looked at close-up photos of a variety of hailstones and have begun wondering what is needed for hail to form compared to other types of precipitation.\r\n\r\nPlease enjoy the small photo gallery I've shared: you'll see students observing box models as we investigate a phenomena with a one-way mirror (how can something look like a mirror and a window at the same time?) and our initial class consensus models (our first draft!). I've also included photos I've taken this year to spark curiosity in my students: the northern lights and Jupiter appearing next to the moon. Finally, I've included photos from an overnight field trip to an environmental learning center. 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