{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Damonte Ranch High School","outOfStateSupporters":32.5,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":8181793,"projectId":10013018,"letterContent":"Thanks to your generous support, our students have been able to engage in hands-on forensic science investigations that bring classroom learning to life. We are using the new supplies, including gloves, paper, pencils, and hand sanitizer, during mock crime scene investigations where students collect evidence, document observations, and analyze clues to solve realistic cases. One of our most exciting projects involved students processing an outdoor \"crime scene\" and carefully recording evidence just as real forensic investigators would.\r\n\r\nWhen the materials first arrived, students were thrilled. Many commented on how professional they felt wearing the gloves and using the same types of tools that forensic scientists rely on. Having enough supplies for everyone meant that all students could fully participate without worrying about sharing materials or missing out on important parts of the investigation. Their excitement and engagement were immediately noticeable.\r\n\r\nAs we move forward, students will continue building their forensic investigation skills through increasingly complex crime scene scenarios. They will analyze evidence, practice scientific reasoning, write investigative reports, and work collaboratively to develop and defend conclusions based on the evidence they collect. These experiences help students strengthen critical thinking, problem-solving, observation, and communication skills while making science both memorable and meaningful.\r\n\r\nYour generosity has made a direct impact on our classroom. Thank you for helping create authentic learning experiences that inspire curiosity, confidence, and a love of science in our students. We are truly grateful for your support!","fullyFundedDate":1768497852733,"projectUrl":"project/drawn-to-justice-reconstructing-the-sce/10013018/","projectTitle":"Drawn to Justice: Reconstructing the Scene","teacherDisplayName":"Coach Wilson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-7_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8181793"},{"teacherId":10407906,"projectId":10579919,"letterContent":"On behalf of my students and our Computer Science and Video Game Development programs, I would like to extend my sincere gratitude for your generous donation of a class set of headphones and computer repair trays.\r\n\r\nYour support provides students with essential tools that directly enhance their learning experience. The headphones allow students to focus on instructional content, coding exercises, and multimedia projects without distractions, while the computer repair trays give them an organized, professional workspace for hands-on hardware activities and technical skill development.\r\n\r\nThese resources help create an environment where students can explore technology, build confidence, and develop the skills needed for future careers in computer science, information technology, and related fields. Your investment in our classroom makes a meaningful difference and demonstrates a commitment to supporting the next generation of innovators and problem-solvers.\r\n\r\nThank you for helping provide opportunities that enrich student learning and inspire curiosity, creativity, and technical excellence. We are truly grateful for your generosity and partnership in education.","fullyFundedDate":1788658657641,"projectUrl":"project/enhancing-focus-and-flexibility-in-compu/10579919/","projectTitle":"Enhancing Focus and Flexibility in Computer Science","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Irigoin","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10407906"},{"teacherId":9696751,"projectId":10183661,"letterContent":"These books have made a meaningful addition to our year-long Holocaust and Genocide Studies course by allowing students to explore the Holocaust through individual stories and perspectives. While our class lessons provide the historical context, independent reading helps students see the people behind the events we study. Through both fiction and nonfiction, students practice analyzing perspective, making connections between individual experiences and larger historical events, identifying themes, and considering how choices, identity, prejudice, resistance, and survival shaped people's experiences during the Holocaust.\r\n\r\nReading in our classroom is designed to give students both choice and independence. Students select a book from our growing classroom library and read throughout the semester while we continue studying the Holocaust together. Because there are a variety of memoirs, historical nonfiction, and fiction available, students can choose a story that genuinely interests them. It has been especially rewarding to see students find books they connect with and become invested in experiences or aspects of the Holocaust they may not have encountered through our regular curriculum.\r\n\r\nYour generosity has given my students more choices and, most importantly, more voices to learn from. These books will continue to be used by new groups of students each year, allowing this project to have an impact far beyond just one class. Thank you for helping my students become thoughtful readers of history and for helping us keep these stories alive in our classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1778007714707,"projectUrl":"project/read-to-remember-holocaust-education-bo/10183661/","projectTitle":"Read to Remember: Holocaust Education Book Drive","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Parsons","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9696751_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1724286800344","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9696751"},{"teacherId":8156326,"projectId":10591896,"letterContent":"Thank you for your support of our Nevada high school students. I have already had the students using the calculators to help them retake tests to raise their grade in my class. This helps them get one step closer to graduation. The students really like the graphing calculators. It helps my visual students see the graphs and where all of the information that we are solving is coming from.\r\nAlso, with allergies and cold season starting up the tissues are flying off of the shelf. I appreciate the help and I look forward to using all of these materials for a long time. Thank you again and I hope to work with you all in the future.","fullyFundedDate":1789063854393,"projectUrl":"project/calculating-the-future/10591896/","projectTitle":"Calculating the Future","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Havel","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8156326"},{"teacherId":2950873,"projectId":10592271,"letterContent":"These new resources have already made a meaningful difference in our classroom! My students are using them to make learning more engaging, interactive, and accessible. Having the technology available allows students to research, create, and share their ideas in ways that would not have been possible before.\r\n\r\nWhen the materials first arrived, my students were genuinely excited to see that someone had invested in their classroom. They immediately wanted to explore the new resources and find ways to incorporate them into their projects. It was a great reminder for them that people outside of our classroom care about their education and want to see them succeed.\r\n\r\nRight now, my students are using these resources as they work through our current lessons and projects. They are building their skills as readers, writers, researchers, and critical thinkers while finding ways to connect what we study in class to their own experiences and perspectives. Our next step is to continue using these resources throughout the year as students complete larger projects, collaborate with their classmates, and create work that demonstrates what they have learned.\r\n\r\nThank you for helping make these opportunities possible for my students. Your generosity has given them more than classroom materials; it has shown them that their learning matters and that others are willing to invest in their future.","fullyFundedDate":1788711462139,"projectUrl":"project/school-supplies/10592271/","projectTitle":"School Supplies","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Amini","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-7_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrsamini"},{"teacherId":8169764,"projectId":10573286,"letterContent":"I can't say thank you enough for the school supplies. My students are doing online school courses, and they can use notes on the course. However, a lot of my students don't bring notebooks, because it is an online course. It is great to be able to just hand a student loose leaf paper for binders if they want, or graphing paper for their Math or Science courses. I also received a huge supply of pencils and pens that I can just give to a student so they can complete their school work. \r\n \r\nThese supplies are definitely helping my students reach their goals of earning credits and getting closer to graduation. Once again, thank you for donating to my students and my classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1788493096087,"projectUrl":"project/writing-utensils/10573286/","projectTitle":"Writing Utensils","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Widick","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8169764_orig.jpg?crop=1740,1740,x293,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1730747466485","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8169764"},{"teacherId":8134219,"projectId":9996010,"letterContent":"Thank you for donating funds so that I could purchase graphing calculators for some students who could not afford their own. These students were in concurrent enrollment classes that allowed graphing calculators, and yet they couldn't afford their own to use at home on assignments. They were at a large disadvantage because even if they used an online graphing calculator, it would then be different than the one used in class, which would make them less confident on their assessments.\r\n\r\nBy gifting the graphing calculators to students so that they could use them at home, students were able to become proficient in these specific calculators, which are tools commonly used in upper level college math classes.\r\n\r\nBecause the students own these calculators, they can continue to excel and keep up with their peer in their college math classes, as well. Thank you for investing in the future for talented mathematical thinkers!","fullyFundedDate":1774375949024,"projectUrl":"project/ti-nspire-for-calculus-students/9996010/","projectTitle":"TI-Nspire for Calculus students","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Ault","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8134219"},{"teacherId":10405660,"projectId":10057497,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generosity! \r\nMy classroom integrates technology with research and presentations. We share a class promethean board, and the laptop is a class laptop that allows students to come up to the board and present work, participate in class discussion and more. Additionally, the laptop allows for greater ease when students are completing notes as it allows for greater visibility and screens for student viewing. \r\n\r\nOur first unit includes quite a few projects and discussions about cells, molecules, and tissues. The slides are already under microscopes for student viewing. And boy are they curious! \r\n\r\nThank you so much!","fullyFundedDate":1778655599257,"projectUrl":"project/stem-upgrade/10057497/","projectTitle":"STEM Upgrade","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Olisa","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-1_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10405660"},{"teacherId":9353702,"projectId":9139897,"letterContent":"The new class set of Romeo and Juliet No Fear Shakespeare books has made a tremendous difference in my 9th grade ELA classroom. Many of my students come into high school intimidated by Shakespeare's language, but having access to the side-by-side modern translation has helped them build confidence as readers and thinkers. Instead of getting stuck on unfamiliar vocabulary or sentence structure, students are now able to focus on deeper literary skills such as analyzing characterization, exploring themes, tracing conflicts, and understanding how Shakespeare uses figurative language and dramatic irony. The books have also opened the door for meaningful class discussions about family expectations, impulsive decisions, peer pressure, and relationships—topics that feel very relevant to teenagers today.\r\n\r\nReading in our classroom has become much more interactive and engaging because every student now has access to their own copy of the text. Students annotate directly in their books, act out scenes with partners, participate in small-group discussions, and compare the original Shakespearean language with the modern translation to better understand tone and meaning. Some of my more reluctant readers, who would normally shut down when faced with a challenging text, have been especially excited about being able to follow along independently and contribute to conversations with confidence. Watching students who once believed Shakespeare was \"too hard\" actively debate characters' choices and quote lines from the play has been incredibly rewarding. Your generosity has helped transform a difficult text into an accessible and meaningful learning experience for my students.","fullyFundedDate":1745328118639,"projectUrl":"project/bringing-shakespeare-to-life-romeo-and/9139897/","projectTitle":"Bringing Shakespeare to Life: Romeo and Juliet for Modern Readers","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Wayman","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9353702"},{"teacherId":4820365,"projectId":9987343,"letterContent":"Thank you to everyone at the department of Education. My school does not have enough money to buy all of the teachers printer ink so this was a huge relief for the special education department at Damonte Ranch High School. Without these seemingly simple supplies my classroom can not function do I am forced to buy these things with my own money, which puts a financial strain on my own family. My students have autism, but that doesn't mean that they won't graduate or be successful adults it just means sometimes they need a little more support.","fullyFundedDate":1768001555032,"projectUrl":"project/needs-for-our-class/9987343/","projectTitle":"Needs for Our Class","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Marquez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4820365_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1565213375095","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4820365"},{"teacherId":9496756,"projectId":9997739,"letterContent":"The hands on items donated for our classroom helped motivate students during the last stretch of the school year (April— June). They have. Lot of fun sketching images and writing answers on white boards and creating clay depictions of themes and symbols from stories we ready thank you for helping to engage my students \r\n\r\nIn Psychology students are tasked with creating brains and describing each lobe, structure, and association area in depth. Without clay, students wouldn't be able to visualize the anatomy. Being able to complete this activity makes a difference in students' ability to master complex concepts.","fullyFundedDate":1768853534559,"projectUrl":"project/play-dough-brain-and-rewards/9997739/","projectTitle":"Play Dough Brain and Rewards","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Bright","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9496756_orig.jpg?crop=1202,1202,x0,y56&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1768331858380","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9496756"},{"teacherId":10407863,"projectId":10031306,"letterContent":",\r\nBecause of your generosity, our classroom has been transformed into an engaging, organized space where students feel excited and confident learning Spanish. From the moment the materials arrived, students were immediately curious and eager to use them. The whiteboards quickly became a favorite, allowing students to practice vocabulary and grammar in a low-pressure way, while the Jenga blocks and dice turned speaking activities into interactive games filled with laughter and collaboration. What once felt intimidating—speaking in a new language—now feels approachable and even fun.\r\nThese resources have already made a meaningful impact on our daily routines. With the filing cabinets, students are more independent and organized, confidently turning in and retrieving their work. The laminator has allowed us to create reusable materials like vocabulary games, bingo boards, and conversation prompts that we use regularly to reinforce learning. One of the most memorable moments was watching students use the game materials to build sentences and have short conversations in Spanish—encouraging each other, celebrating small wins, and taking risks without fear of making mistakes.\r\nAs we move forward, we will continue building on this momentum by incorporating more structured speaking activities and collaborative projects that strengthen communication skills. These resources are helping create a classroom culture where students feel supported, engaged, and proud of their progress. Thank you for investing in my students and helping make language learning an experience filled with curiosity, confidence, and joy.","fullyFundedDate":1768697906720,"projectUrl":"project/sparking-spanish-through-interactive-lea/10031306/","projectTitle":"Sparking Spanish Through Interactive Learning & Classroom Organization","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Cervantes","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10407863"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_73868","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":1663,"numTeachers":73,"percentFrplEligible":62,"percentAsian":6,"percentBlack":2,"percentWhite":41,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":40,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":1,"percentMultiracialImputed":6,"gradesServed":"9 - 12","studentTeacherRatio":"22.8:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":67.5,"schoolId":73868,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Damonte Ranch High School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Damonte Ranch High School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/nevada/washoe-county-school-district/damonte-ranch-middle-high-school/73868"}