{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Beacon School","outOfStateSupporters":21.5,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":547364,"projectId":10336518,"letterContent":"With the new knitting needles, I was able to create a lunchtime knitting club where students can come and learn how to knit. We have held two sessions so far, and the turnout has been strong, with a good number of students showing up each time. The students have been engaged and eager to learn. \r\n\r\nIt has been a pleasure to watch them settle into the activity, smiling and laughing as they work, and making new friends along the way. For many of them, the club offers a quiet reprieve from the crowded, loud cafeteria, a place where they can sit down, focus on something with their hands, and just enjoy the company of other students.\r\n\r\nI am happy that I can provide them with this opportunity, and I couldn't do it without your support.","fullyFundedDate":1782316008709,"projectUrl":"project/desperate-for-knitting-supplies-please/10336518/","projectTitle":"Desperate for Knitting Supplies! Please help!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. McPherson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp547364_orig.jpg?crop=863,863,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1785775864466","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-elkind"},{"teacherId":269033,"projectId":10115571,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our photo program! Giving high school students access to analog photography spaces enables students to slow down and work mindfully, especially when these spaces are so rare. \r\n\r\nThis project empowers our students to experiment with long exposures, platinum palladium printing, and have the opportunity to engage in their work and learn from making mistakes. The school environment can sometimes feel loud and fast, it is pretty special to have a place where students can turn down the noise and connect with photography. \r\n\r\nThank you for supporting our darkroom!","fullyFundedDate":1776122385650,"projectUrl":"project/a-quiet-space-calm-through-darkroom-pra/10115571/","projectTitle":"A Quiet Space: Calm Through Darkroom Practice","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Flatow","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp269033_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1448419199093","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/flatowteachesphoto"},{"teacherId":269033,"projectId":10192083,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our photography classroom! Access to analog film is such an important part of a good darkroom program, and it is becoming increasingly expensive.\r\n\r\nUnlike working digitally, the film and darkroom process is slow and intentional. Students don't have endless exposures, but have a limited number of exposures (24 or 36) for each roll they use. This supports a slower meditative and intentional practice of taking pictures. \r\n\r\nYour support has enabled our students to spend more time creating with film and developing a deeper understanding of photography. In a world where we are all constantly inundated by screens and instant images, it is incredibly special to offer the opportunity to slow down and simply connect with light\r\n\r\nThank you for supporting our classroom!","fullyFundedDate":1778075155012,"projectUrl":"project/film-for-photographers/10192083/","projectTitle":"Film for Photographers","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Flatow","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp269033_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1448419199093","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/flatowteachesphoto"},{"teacherId":269033,"projectId":10235705,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our photo classroom! Our students are more frequently using advanced techniques to create complex projects, and that requires exact cutting materials, especially for the intermediate and advanced classes. \r\n\r\nThese new safer cutting supplies allow students to make complex work while ensuring their safety. Students are able to take greater creative risks and experiment with confidents as a direct result of the new safety gloves and cutting tools available. While getting used to chain-link gloves had a bit of a learning curve, students took to the materials immediately. \r\n\r\nYour support has enabled our classroom to grow, and has enabled our students to continue to create elevated work while remaining safe. Thank you for supporting our classroom!","fullyFundedDate":1777982109203,"projectUrl":"project/slicing-safely/10235705/","projectTitle":"Slicing Safely","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Flatow","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp269033_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1448419199093","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/flatowteachesphoto"},{"teacherId":269033,"projectId":10084990,"letterContent":"Having a variety of new photography books is literally eye-opening for my students. Whenever they have the opportunity to explore new images, it always sparks inspiration in their own work. New perspective and new ideas are welcomed in the classroom, so your support enabled our classroom to grow.\r\n\r\nWhen students see themselves reflected in a diverse representation of photographers, or they view a global issue in new light, it enables them to understand both the world and their world differently. Thank you for giving my students the opportunity of new perspective.","fullyFundedDate":1773837347040,"projectUrl":"project/photo-library-in-focus/10084990/","projectTitle":"Photo Library in Focus","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Flatow","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp269033_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1448419199093","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/flatowteachesphoto"},{"teacherId":463651,"projectId":9719631,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation! The supplies and snacks that you helped purchase for our classroom have truly made an impact. My students have been so grateful for these resources. Every week, students came in and ask for food, or simply told me that they were hungry. It means so much that I was able to provide nutritious snacks whenever they needed them.\r\n\r\nThe additional school supplies were used as collective classroom resources, and it has been a true joy to watch students develop ownership of the classroom and the resources, and through that, their own learning. They reached for gel pens to annotate their texts, art supplies to bring their visions to life, and so much more. My principal even remarked on how impressive a peer editing activity was because the students were so engaged in helping each other, and everything they needed in order to do that was provided for them and readily accessible.","fullyFundedDate":1758899261654,"projectUrl":"project/learning-tools-snacks-and-everything-th/9719631/","projectTitle":"Learning Tools, Snacks and Everything They Need!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Laura Rubin","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp463651_orig.png?crop=529,529,x23,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1664016648676","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/laura-rubin"},{"teacherId":463651,"projectId":9202519,"letterContent":"Our students have been so grateful all year for your generosity. When students enter the room, they inevitably remark on the lovely plants and how much they love being in the classroom.\r\n\r\nYour donation has allowed us to turn our classroom into a home. Students and school staff spend the majority of our days at school. Building a classroom environment that is welcoming and literally \"alive\" makes more of an impact than one might imagine. When students are happy and comfortable, that is when learning can truly take place.","fullyFundedDate":1758836176370,"projectUrl":"project/transforming-classrooms-into-ecotherapy/9202519/","projectTitle":"Transforming Classrooms Into Ecotherapy Sanctuaries For Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Laura Rubin","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp463651_orig.png?crop=529,529,x23,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1664016648676","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/laura-rubin"},{"teacherId":269033,"projectId":10084993,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping us make this project a reality. Often when we put together project requests, it's for big-ticket items or flashy technology. While these items impact our classroom, it's often the smaller, overlooked items that make our photography program run. \r\n\r\nWithout your help, I'm not sure we could keep things running as smoothly as they do. I cannot emphasize how greatly your donation contributes to the well being of our photography program. Arts education funding is often the first thing cut, and unfortunately school budgets are not consistent for supporting programs like ours. \r\n\r\nYou really came through for us.","fullyFundedDate":1771779206500,"projectUrl":"project/behind-the-scenes-essential-tools-for-o/10084993/","projectTitle":"Behind the Scenes: Essential Tools for Our Photo Classroom","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Flatow","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp269033_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1448419199093","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/flatowteachesphoto"},{"teacherId":547364,"projectId":9771889,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting my project. Because of your generosity, every student in my English classroom now has access to a binder to organize their notes, handouts, and assignments. \r\n\r\nWe use binders daily as part of our classroom routine. Students organize materials by unit, keep track of drafts and feedback, and quickly reference notes during discussions and writing workshops. One immediate impact I've noticed is fewer lost papers and less time spent searching for materials, which means more time focused on learning. Students who previously struggled with organization are now more confident and independent because they have a clear, consistent system to rely on.\r\n\r\nYour support helped create a more equitable classroom where all students have the tools they need to succeed, and I am truly grateful.","fullyFundedDate":1767237250398,"projectUrl":"project/an-organized-student-is-a-successful-stu/9771889/","projectTitle":"An Organized Student is a Successful Student","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. McPherson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp547364_orig.jpg?crop=863,863,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1785775864466","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-elkind"},{"teacherId":547364,"projectId":9876067,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our independent reading library. Because of your generosity, my students now have access to a wide range of high-interest YA titles, including many of the latest bestsellers they've been eager to read. Since the books arrived, checkouts have been constant! Students are recommending titles to one another, asking when sequels are coming out, and genuinely excited about choosing their next book. That kind of energy around reading is priceless.\r\n\r\nSeveral students who previously struggled to find books that felt \"right\" for them have been especially impacted. Having current, relevant titles has helped them see themselves as readers, sometimes for the first time.\r\n\r\nYour support has made a lasting difference in our classroom, and I am deeply grateful.","fullyFundedDate":1767818904945,"projectUrl":"project/dream-classroom-library/9876067/","projectTitle":"Dream Classroom Library","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. McPherson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp547364_orig.jpg?crop=863,863,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1785775864466","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-elkind"},{"teacherId":2238154,"projectId":9676642,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generosity in our Othello project! \r\n\r\nWe just started the unit, and students are shocked and delighted to have their own copies of the text that they can hold, write in, and use however and whenever they need. It's a rarity in NYC schools for students to be able to keep the books that they use in class and such an awesome privilege to be able to give these students the gift of a personally annotated work of Shakespeare that they can keep forever! Should any become inspired to study literature or drama or (gasp) teaching English, they'll have a solid foundation of notes ready to go. How amazing!\r\n\r\nFrom a teaching/logistical standpoint, this gift is one of peace of mind and respite from our copy room. I am thrilled to be able to spend my time planning exciting lessons and working with our teaching artist from Lincoln Center and NOT cutting and pasting and running copies of specific scenes. This will be particularly helpful when our teaching artist helps us choose and act out certain scenes as a final project. Rather than make and staple different packets for each group (and pray that I made the right amount and stapled them in the right order), the entire text will be at each group's disposal. You've really saved us so much paperwork time that can now be spent on LEARNING. We appreciate you!","fullyFundedDate":1758899124945,"projectUrl":"project/more-of-the-moor/9676642/","projectTitle":"More of the Moor!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Bell","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2238154_orig.jpg?crop=480,480,x0,y80&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1641089557787","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/abate"},{"teacherId":269033,"projectId":9899889,"letterContent":"This project has enabled our students to have the space and tools to slow down and reconsider how images are made. Using new pinhole cameras and darkroom materials, students have been creating longer, and slower exposures, which require careful planning and patience. All of these processes do not utilize traditional lenses, so the mix of contact printing and pinhole photography encourage experimentation and revision. \r\n\r\nBecause of your direct support, students are not only learning the mechanics of photography but learning to think critically, learn from their inevitable mistakes, and have a deeper respect for time, craftsmanship and experimentation in the image making process.","fullyFundedDate":1764870000764,"projectUrl":"project/light-time-and-everything-in-between/9899889/","projectTitle":"Light, Time and Everything In Between","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Flatow","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp269033_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1448419199093","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/flatowteachesphoto"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_1232","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":1431,"numTeachers":61,"percentFrplEligible":76,"percentAsian":12,"percentBlack":12,"percentWhite":34,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":32,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":0,"percentMultiracialImputed":5,"gradesServed":"9 - 12","studentTeacherRatio":"23.5:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":false,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":78.5,"schoolId":1232,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Beacon School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Beacon School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/new-york/new-york-city-dept-of-ed/beacon-high-school/1232"}