{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"East High School","outOfStateSupporters":48.8,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":5253015,"projectId":9559855,"letterContent":"I can begin to describe the impact that these books have made in my class! From small grouping reading groups to Socratic conversations the books have been used in a plethora of ways! The booksa re used on a daily basis for do now exercises but have been instrumental in my curriculum design as well and are being used as the main mechanism of lesson delivery! \r\n\r\nThe students have reacted very well and have been enjoying learning which is not always an easy accomplishment! \r\n\r\nThank you again for supporting me and my students it is such an amazing opportunity!","fullyFundedDate":1755701936774,"projectUrl":"project/harnessing-creative-power-art-and-digi/9559855/","projectTitle":"Harnessing Creative Power! 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These are self portraits and landscape photos taken here in Kansas City. My students are from all over the world, so this is a great introduction project where they can showcase who they are and proudly show areas they love in our city. \r\n\r\nAgain, Thank you so much for your kindness.","fullyFundedDate":1725634221655,"projectUrl":"project/photography-and-foundations-of-art-suppl/8730327/","projectTitle":"Photography and Foundations of Art Supplies Needed","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Catrina Dye","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8230945"},{"teacherId":8230945,"projectId":7976960,"letterContent":"These new supplies will greatly impact my students and their learning. New supplies gives my students a sense of pride and makes them feel like they are valued. It makes them feel like they are real artists and people have high expectations for them. Students were able to create their sculptures that reflect truely who they are and their cultures. \r\nMy Ceramic/Sculpture students were so excited when they came into my classroom today and saw all of the new paint colors. They are now using these new Paints and brushes on their wood sculpture projects. Also, next quarter, my Foundations of Art Students will use the paints to help them learn about color theory. I am so excited to see the amazing projects they will be able to do. \r\n\r\nI'm attaching some photos of my students working on their projects. These are wooden Identity sculptures. Students created the project from wood scraps cut in our woodshop. Then, they glued the sculpture together. Last, they are using the paint you gave us to paint different aspects of their identity. 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I just wanted to take some time to send a personal thank you note for your donation to my project. Your generosity allowed me to get two new printing presses, the new paint brushes, the canvas and photography printer, and Intaglio printing supplies will be used by my art students and will replace any dried up and old brushes that do not work anymore. \r\n\r\nI'm attaching some photos of my students working on their projects. These are wooden Identity sculptures. Students created the project from wood scraps cut in our woodshop. Then, they glued the sculpture together. Last, they are using the paint you gave us to paint different aspects of their identity. 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Students were able to create their sculptures that reflect truely who they are and their cultures. \r\n\r\nI am attaching some photos of some of the projects we have done with the supplies you donated to my classroom. As you can see, I have some really talented students who are just creating amazing things because of you and access to quality art supplies. Thank you so much for contributing to my project.","fullyFundedDate":1725035127197,"projectUrl":"project/new-supplies-needed/8706131/","projectTitle":"New Supplies Needed","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Catrina Dye","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8230945"},{"teacherId":9638289,"projectId":8702558,"letterContent":"This is amazing! My students will love this! \r\nHaving tools that are used within the agricultural industry is vital to my students learning to be successful. Vernier is an amazing partner for agricultural science classrooms. Their customer support is the best.\r\n\r\nThese tools will help my students learn about the needs of plants and how we meet them. pH is the biggest, but temperature also plays a role. These tools will be used for multiple years by dozens of students. \r\n\r\nThank you again for all your support!","fullyFundedDate":1726663577008,"projectUrl":"project/classroom-microscopes-1/8702558/","projectTitle":"Classroom Microscopes #1","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Palmieri","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9638289_orig.jpg?crop=1373,1373,x0,y27&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1724274657940","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/s-palmieri"},{"teacherId":9638289,"projectId":8767946,"letterContent":"This is amazing! My students will love this! \r\nHaving tools that are used within the agricultural industry is vital to my students learning to be successful. 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