{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Fiorello H Laguardia High School","outOfStateSupporters":18.1,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":7619569,"projectId":10459147,"letterContent":"Thank you for funding our color printer, and so fast! I can now print vibrant diagrams, charts, and handouts that make complex biology concepts click. Students engage more with visuals that pop instead of black-and-white copies. Students who struggle with dense text light up seeing a colorful labeled diagram. This printer has made our materials clearer, more accessible, and more engaging. Thank you for helping bring color into our science classroom, and for making us feel supported. When students have the materials they need, they feel like they are in an environment where they can be successful.","fullyFundedDate":1789563567456,"projectUrl":"project/seeing-science-in-color-bringing-biolog/10459147/","projectTitle":"Seeing Science in Color: Bringing Biology to Life","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Giannella","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7619569_orig.jpg?crop=877,877,x117,y300&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1739019956058","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-isabelle-nyc"},{"teacherId":28152,"projectId":10420604,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generosity! Your donation has brought brand new headphones, cozy fairy lights, and green vines into our computer science lab.\r\n\r\nWhen my students walked in on the first day of our 21st school year, their faces instantly lit up. They were thrilled by the warm, welcoming aesthetic of the room! The immediate sense of comfort set a positive tone right away. The new headphones have already been essential for individual coding projects, letting students focus deeply on their learning without distraction.\r\n\r\nThe cozy transformation has inspired even bigger ideas. I am now collaborating with our school's Mural Club to design and paint a vibrant floral mural across one wall of our lab to make the space even more inviting.\r\n\r\nAs I mentioned in my original proposal, traditional tech spaces often carry cultural cues suggesting computer science is only for men. My goal is to build a lab with strong visual cues showing that everyone belongs here. Creating a cozy, warm environment doesn't deter the boys, but it actively invites and comforts our girls—an underrepresented population in tech.\r\n\r\nThank you for helping us start this year with such momentum and excitement!","fullyFundedDate":1786224262668,"projectUrl":"project/a-cozy-cs-lab-for-everyone/10420604/","projectTitle":"A Cozy CS Lab for Everyone","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Hall","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp28152_orig.jpg?crop=347,347,x5,y132&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1785330637075","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/28152"},{"teacherId":261170,"projectId":10348169,"letterContent":"Thank you for bringing history to life! \r\n\r\nI had never considered color printing for my classroom because the cost is incredibly expensive. This printer ink you helped provide has allowed me electrify my bulletin board, specifically our timeline activity. \r\n\r\nAfter every unit, students create a timeline card featuring a significant person, event, or artifact from the unit. In a very small amount of space, they must identify the who/what/when/where for the timeline, as well as its significance. They may then draw a picture, but if they are not artistically inclined, they can also find an appropriate image from a search engine. This printer ink has allowed me to print these out to create a colorful timeline, hopefully making the dates stand out in our students' minds. \r\n\r\nYou did not have to donate to our classroom, but you chose to, and for that we are most grateful. Your generosity has helped not only decorate our classroom beautifully, but contributed to a tactile learning activity that makes history more tangible, memorable, and meaningful for our students. Thank you!!!","fullyFundedDate":1782149936490,"projectUrl":"project/printer-ink-for-the-win/10348169/","projectTitle":"Printer Ink for the Win!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. VanScoy","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp261170_orig.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1734447346880","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-vanscoy"},{"teacherId":7930497,"projectId":10175875,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your incredible generosity in funding our classroom project! The arrival of our new racquet holder has completely transformed our badminton unit and physical education space. Before having this organizer, keeping our racquets untangled, safe from wear and tear, and easily accessible was a constant challenge. Now, students can independently grab their gear at the start of class and put it away neatly when practice ends. Having a dedicated storage system has not only preserved our equipment, but it has also taught our students the value of taking care of shared resources.\r\n\r\nThe addition of the scale has been equally impactful, allowing us to blend health education and fitness tracking directly into our curriculum. Together, these tools have impacted our class beautifully, creating a much more structured, energetic, and engaging environment. Our students were absolutely thrilled when the boxes arrived, and they genuinely love using the new equipment every single day. The sense of excitement and pride in our gymnasium has been wonderful to watch.\r\n\r\nYour kindness goes far beyond donating physical items—you have shown our students that an entire community of supporters cares about their health, growth, and education. Thank you for making a tangible, lasting difference in our school and for bringing so much joy to our physical education program.","fullyFundedDate":1777912912143,"projectUrl":"project/scale-and-racket-cart-for-physical-educa/10175875/","projectTitle":"Scale and Racket Cart for Physical Education Class","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Hackett","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-9_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7930497"},{"teacherId":6406347,"projectId":10077865,"letterContent":"Students were able to create an essay and a project board based on a nation they studied. They were able to use all the supplies i was able to order. They had pens, pencils, paper, chart paper, folders, and nice paper to make signs for their nation for when they presented. They really appreciated having the supplies handy almost everyone wanted a special folder for the project and they had fun making stands based on their nation for the conference. They used the conferences to gather information about all the other nations involved in World War 1 and World War 2. The students showed a great understanding of the crimes against humanity that were committed during WW2.","fullyFundedDate":1770079314724,"projectUrl":"project/the-nation-project-materials/10077865/","projectTitle":"The Nation Project Materials","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Lardner","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6406347_orig.jpg?crop=3024,3024,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1556678586688","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mr-lardner"},{"teacherId":6406347,"projectId":9887644,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for the donations it really helped the students in my classroom create beautiful posters looking at the different groups that resisted imperialism. It helped them showcase their creativity and helped them teach other students about the different groups who resisted. One highlight was the project on the Chinese artists and writers who resisted the Japanese. Students were excited to have the different color paper, chart paper, folders, and markers to create the project. We used this lesson to help with the nation project where students became experts on a nation and all the groups who lived in their nations empire.","fullyFundedDate":1762804834343,"projectUrl":"project/resistance-projects/9887644/","projectTitle":"Resistance Projects","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Lardner","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6406347_orig.jpg?crop=3024,3024,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1556678586688","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mr-lardner"},{"teacherId":8805634,"projectId":6921877,"letterContent":"I cannot describe the immensity of the impact of these books on our school.\r\n\r\nScythe has become of the students' favorite books to read and they often even go on to read the entire series on their own. We use this text to help students explore ethics, morality, and the complexities of the hero's journey in literature. Multiple teachers now use this text in their classrooms and it is such a joy to behold! \r\n\r\nWe are so appreciative of your contribution to helping students build a love of reading, and the school still continues to benefit from your assistance years later. Thank you!","fullyFundedDate":1666282181565,"projectUrl":"project/scythe-copies-for-10th-grade-sci-fi/6921877/","projectTitle":"Scythe Copies for 10th Grade Sci-Fi!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Carabello","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8805634"},{"teacherId":8805634,"projectId":9871090,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generosity in your donations to create two class sets of A Visit From the Goon Squad, by Jennifer Egan.\r\n\r\nWe used this text to help creative writing students understand how time and perspective informs a story. Because the story has a non-traditional narration style, focusing on chapter perspectives in a non-linear fashion, students learned how to emulate interconnected narratives in their own writing!\r\n\r\nOur major assessment task was also heavily based on collaboration where students created characters and story maps as a collective unit. Working through the creative process in a group is something our artistic students need to prepare them adequately for the professional world of college, performance, and fine art.\r\n\r\nIn helping us acquire this text, you gave students the gift of learning and we are immensely grateful for that.","fullyFundedDate":1769224379687,"projectUrl":"project/create-2-class-sets-of-pulitzer-prize-wi/9871090/","projectTitle":"Create 2 Class Sets of Pulitzer Prize Winning Literature!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Carabello","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8805634"},{"teacherId":28152,"projectId":10147886,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your incredible generosity! Because of your support, our classroom library has come alive with a fantastic new selection of books.\r\n\r\nAs a Computer Science teacher, my main curriculum is usually code and logic, but reading for pleasure is my absolute favorite hobby. I want nothing more than to share that passion with my high school students. It's a deeply personal mission for me; when I was a high school student myself, I completely fell out of love with reading. I only read what was strictly assigned for school, and it started to feel like a chore. I don't want that to happen to my students. I want them to know the pure joy of getting lost in a great story just for fun.\r\n\r\nIn a STEM-focused environment, reading looks like a welcome, comforting escape. I have about 165 students, and at any given time, around 10 books are actively checked out and in the hands of readers. My goal is always to find that one perfect book that hooks a student. Once they experience that spark and finish an engaging story, they are so much more likely to come back to the shelf to borrow another.\r\n\r\nWhile these books aren't tied to a specific graded lesson, they are teaching my students one of the most vital skills of all: critical thinking fueled by imagination. These texts introduce them to complex problem-solving, diverse worldviews, and creative storytelling that complements their technical computer science brains perfectly.\r\n\r\nWe received several highly sought-after titles in this set, including Project Hail Mary—a massive favorite in my room that gets borrowed over and over again. In fact, as soon as the project boxes arrived, Project Hail Mary was instantly grabbed and went straight out the door with a student! Seeing that level of immediate excitement is exactly what this project was all about.\r\n\r\nThank you for helping me share my love of reading and for helping my computer science students discover that books can be a source of pure entertainment. You have truly made a difference in our classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1773585180494,"projectUrl":"project/help-build-up-my-classroom-library/10147886/","projectTitle":"Help Build Up My Classroom Library","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Hall","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp28152_orig.jpg?crop=347,347,x5,y132&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1785330637075","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/28152"},{"teacherId":9502740,"projectId":10126351,"letterContent":"Getting badminton birdies and ink has made a huge difference in our PE classes by helping students stay active, engaged, and excited to participate. The students have been asking to play badminton all year long, and once we introduced the unit, their enthusiasm immediately showed. Having enough birdies allows students to spend more time practicing skills, rallying with partners, and playing games instead of waiting for equipment. Students are building hand-eye coordination, teamwork, communication, and confidence while having fun in a sport they truly enjoy. The additional ink has also helped us print instructional materials, score sheets, station signs, and activities, keeping lessons organized and easy for students to follow.\r\n\r\nThank you for everything you guys have done for our school and classroom!","fullyFundedDate":1775060081673,"projectUrl":"project/stronger-minds-stronger-smashes/10126351/","projectTitle":"Stronger Minds, Stronger Smashes!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Bresilien","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9502740_orig.jpg?crop=2161,2161,x154,y470&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1727370042593","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9502740"},{"teacherId":311412,"projectId":10258382,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for funding this project so quickly! My students and I are incredibly touched by your generosity towards our Advanced Placement Psychology classroom.\r\n\r\n Your gift will provide a wonderful learning experience for us as we continue to study the structure and function of the human brain by participating in a supervised dissection of a sheep brain (which has many of the same structures as a human brain.)\r\n\r\n Thank you again for your support of the social sciences in public schools.","fullyFundedDate":1777913911864,"projectUrl":"project/sheep-brains-for-ap-psychology/10258382/","projectTitle":"Sheep Brains for Ap Psychology","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Antonietta McGoey","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp311412_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1454891621539","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mcgoey"},{"teacherId":8904230,"projectId":10045362,"letterContent":"Thank you for giving my students a valuable read during their senior year. Not only are they being exposed to an impactful story and discussing important themes, but they are able to annotate their books and keep them as their own. \r\n\r\nAs we near the end of our unit it is clear that this story is resonating with my students. As we discuss characters and the intersection of their identities, students are reflecting on the impact of their identity and their perception of key motifs. 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