{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"West Harrison High School","outOfStateSupporters":77.2,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":4470601,"projectId":10615256,"letterContent":"Our books have officially arrived, and we had the BEST time unboxing them! My students were so excited to see all the new titles and series being added to our classroom library. We even had students playing rock, paper, scissors just to get first pick of the books! There is something so fun about watching teenagers get genuinely excited over reading. Thank you so much for helping me bring stories into our classroom that my students actually WANT to read!\r\nBecause of your generosity, our shelves are filled with new adventures, characters to fall in love with, and stories students can share with one another. Having complete series makes it even better because their excitement doesn't have to end after just one book! I cannot wait to see these books being passed around, talked about, and enjoyed throughout the year. We are SO thankful for your support and the difference you are making in our classroom!","fullyFundedDate":1789592076148,"projectUrl":"project/booked-busy-stories-teens-actually-wa/10615256/","projectTitle":"Booked & Busy: Stories Teens Actually Want to Read","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Santos","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4470601_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1741702756338","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/kellisantos"},{"teacherId":5562052,"projectId":10565969,"letterContent":"It has been several years since I last taught AP Lit--it's been difficult to recruit students to AP because our dual credit courses are so popular. Unfortunately this year, we are down by a teacher, so AP Lit was sacrificed once again, despite my hope that it would happen this year! \r\n\r\nI am looking forward to (HOPEFULLY!) getting to teach it next year because I was so excited about these new book choice units I had planned, including for this book. \r\n\r\nPreviously, in teaching AP Lit, I only did whole class novels...but inevitably with that, some of the students end up not being excited about the book we're reading at any given time. For the next time I teach AP, I decided that in addition to SOME whole class novels, we will also try to do a couple different book club-style literature circles. This way, students can choose a book that they are interested in reading!\r\n\r\nI'm hopeful that they will love these books as much as I do! I appreciate you and your generosity so much!","fullyFundedDate":1789592498577,"projectUrl":"project/good-people-for-ap-lit/10565969/","projectTitle":"Good People for AP Lit","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Seal","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5562052_orig.jpg?crop=374,374,x0,y39&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1595865977744","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/bsealwhhs"},{"teacherId":5562052,"projectId":10381882,"letterContent":"It has been several years since I last taught AP Lit--it's been difficult to recruit students to AP because our dual credit courses are so popular. Unfortunately this year, we are down by a teacher, so AP Lit was sacrificed once again, despite my hope that it would happen this year! \r\n\r\nI am looking forward to (HOPEFULLY!) getting to teach it next year because I was so excited about these new book choice units I had planned, including for this book. \r\n\r\nPreviously, in teaching AP Lit, I only did whole class novels...but inevitably with that, some of the students end up not being excited about the book we're reading at any given time. For the next time I teach AP, I decided that in addition to SOME whole class novels, we will also try to do a couple different book club-style literature circles. This way, students can choose a book that they are interested in reading!\r\n\r\nI'm hopeful that they will love these books as much as I do! 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Unfortunately this year, we are down by a teacher, so AP Lit was sacrificed once again, despite my hope that it would happen this year! \r\n\r\nI am looking forward to (HOPEFULLY!) getting to teach it next year because I was so excited about these new book choice units I had planned, including for this book. \r\n\r\nPreviously, in teaching AP Lit, I only did whole class novels...but inevitably with that, some of the students end up not being excited about the book we're reading at any given time. For the next time I teach AP, I decided that in addition to SOME whole class novels, we will also try to do a couple different book club-style literature circles. This way, students can choose a book that they are interested in reading!\r\n\r\nI'm hopeful that they will love these books as much as I do! I appreciate you and your generosity so much!","fullyFundedDate":1787844116550,"projectUrl":"project/lessons-in-chemistry-book-for-ap-lit-cho/10381864/","projectTitle":"Lessons in Chemistry Book for AP Lit Choice Book Unit","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Seal","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5562052_orig.jpg?crop=374,374,x0,y39&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1595865977744","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/bsealwhhs"},{"teacherId":5562052,"projectId":10476911,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for providing us with some awesome new graphic novels in my high school English class! Graphic novels have been super popular with some of my students for a long time now, but since I'm now teaching a lot of struggling readers, they are even more vital and more popular!\r\n\r\nI believe in allowing students to read whatever they can access and whatever they will ACTUALLY read. For many students, that's graphic novels! My goal ultimately is to encourage reading in any form to promote stronger reading comprehension and ultimately stronger literacy beyond just my classroom.\r\n\r\nThank you so much for believing in this project so much! My students and I appreciate you!","fullyFundedDate":1787251421488,"projectUrl":"project/graphic-novels-for-struggling-readers-in/10476911/","projectTitle":"Graphic Novels for Struggling Readers in HS English","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Seal","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5562052_orig.jpg?crop=374,374,x0,y39&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1595865977744","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/bsealwhhs"},{"teacherId":5562052,"projectId":10382077,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for believing in this project for my students and our classroom! Teaching a state-tested class can be really difficult for so many reasons, but one of the biggest reasons is that often, we have to do \"boring\" things that are difficult for students to find motivation for.\r\n\r\nThis candy can help so many students find motivation for the otherwise very boring tasks, like test-prep activities and test review.\r\n\r\nI love being able to provide lots of candy options for my students, but it can get really expensive. Thanks to your generosity, I am now able to offer great options without having to pay for them myself. \r\n\r\nThank you so much!","fullyFundedDate":1784647406809,"projectUrl":"project/hs-students-need-incentives/10382077/","projectTitle":"HS Students Need Incentives","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Seal","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5562052_orig.jpg?crop=374,374,x0,y39&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1595865977744","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/bsealwhhs"},{"teacherId":5562052,"projectId":10590371,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for believing in this project for my students and our classroom! \r\n\r\nMy students are so grateful to be able to practice listening to passages with the headphones that this project provided. This wasn't a twist to the state test that we were anticipating this school year, but because of you, we're so grateful that we have the needed supplies to practice this curveball!\r\n\r\nMy students are also already looking forward to watching some of the stories we've only read about in our class so far. \r\n\r\nWe appreciate you and your support!!","fullyFundedDate":1789034429582,"projectUrl":"project/english-class-needs-technology-supplies/10590371/","projectTitle":"English Class Needs Technology Supplies","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Seal","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5562052_orig.jpg?crop=374,374,x0,y39&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1595865977744","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/bsealwhhs"},{"teacherId":4470601,"projectId":10450503,"letterContent":"Thank you SO much for helping us refresh our classroom bookshelf! These books have been an absolute hit. They are the trending titles my students were already talking about and wanting to read, so seeing them finally get their hands on them has been so much fun. They are swapping recommendations, claiming what they want to read next, and actually looking forward to independent reading time. That is a HUGE win in a high school classroom!\r\nI also love that reading has become a little escape from everything else going on in their day. They can settle in, tune out the stress for a while, and get completely lost in a good story. These books are not sitting untouched on a shelf. They are being read, passed around, talked about, and loved, which is exactly what I hoped for when I created this project. Thank you for making that possible for my students and for helping us build a classroom full of readers!","fullyFundedDate":1787000718826,"projectUrl":"project/the-bookshelf-refresh-stories-teens-can/10450503/","projectTitle":"The Bookshelf Refresh: Stories Teens Cannot Put Down","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Santos","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4470601_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1741702756338","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/kellisantos"},{"teacherId":4470601,"projectId":10518072,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping bring these books into our classroom! We absolutely LOVE them, and they have already brought so many laughs, giggles, and \"WAIT, WHAT?!\" moments into our room. Students are constantly finding some wild fact or unbelievable story and immediately turning around to tell someone else about it. Watching them pick up a book because they are genuinely curious about what is inside has been so much fun, but even better has been watching those little moments turn into conversations, inside jokes, and memories together.\r\nThis project ended up being about so much more than adding books to our shelves. It has helped us continue building that classroom family where we can laugh together, learn together, and actually enjoy being in the same room every day. And who knows, maybe years from now one of these kids will win a trivia competition because they somehow remember some completely ridiculous fact they read in my classroom! If that happens, I fully expect them to remember where they learned it. Thank you for giving us books, laughs, memories, and a whole lot of random knowledge we did not know we needed!","fullyFundedDate":1787856773128,"projectUrl":"project/wait-thats-actually-true-books-for-c/10518072/","projectTitle":"Wait… That’s Actually True?! Books for Curious Teens!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Santos","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4470601_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1741702756338","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/kellisantos"},{"teacherId":5562052,"projectId":10374796,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for believing in this project for my students and our classroom! I teach in a Title One high school, where money is tight for so many families. Because of that, I hate asking my students for any specific supplies—instead, I want to provide them with whatever supplies they need.\r\n\r\nI always have my supply cart fully stocked and readily available for my students with things like paper, pencils, pens, highlighters, and erasers, among other things. My students also have full access to things like markers, posterboard, and other supplies that they may need for projects for my class or for their other classes.\r\n\r\nThank you so much for believing in my students enough to help me provide for them in this upcoming school year!","fullyFundedDate":1787619767569,"projectUrl":"project/back-to-school-basics-for-high-school-en/10374796/","projectTitle":"Back to School Basics for High School English Class","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Seal","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5562052_orig.jpg?crop=374,374,x0,y39&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1595865977744","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/bsealwhhs"},{"teacherId":5562052,"projectId":10381406,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generosity and support of my students and our classroom! I am so thankful that we have all of these hygiene items that we need to keep ourselves and our classroom clean and safe in the new school year. \r\n\r\nThe hand sanitizer is a frequently used item in my classroom, especially since we have some communal supplies. I also truly appreciate having feminine products so that my girls know they can come to me when they need them, rather than having to search out a friend or walk all the way down to the nurse. \r\n\r\nThe Swiffer, broom and dustpan, and the paper towels are all items we use to clean up after ourselves between the times when our custodian is able to make it to us.\r\n\r\nThanks to you, we have all the essential supplies for cleanliness in high school!","fullyFundedDate":1785330424971,"projectUrl":"project/hygiene-items-to-start-our-school-year/10381406/","projectTitle":"Hygiene Items to Start Our School Year","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Seal","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5562052_orig.jpg?crop=374,374,x0,y39&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1595865977744","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/bsealwhhs"},{"teacherId":5562052,"projectId":10375809,"letterContent":"It has been several years since I last taught AP Lit--it's been difficult to recruit students to AP because our dual credit courses are so popular. 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