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Gracias Totales!","fullyFundedDate":1765920121687,"projectUrl":"project/snack-attack/9684040/","projectTitle":"Snack Attack!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Portillo","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6393996_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1602912529579","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mshportillo"},{"teacherId":6393996,"projectId":9683932,"letterContent":"Thanks to your support, our students now have access to teleprompters, microphones, and tripods! Students are now producing high-quality, engaging video segments that will be shared with the entire school community. They've taken ownership of the process by selecting relevant topics and working collaboratively to create timely, meaningful content.\r\n\r\nThis project has strengthened students' academic and communication skills in powerful ways. They are writing scripts, practicing clear speaking, and developing confidence in front of an authentic audience. At the same time, they are building technical skills by learning how to use professional equipment, manage recordings, and meet real production deadlines—raising both expectations and the quality of their work.\r\n\r\nThank you for making this possible and for investing in my students' growth, identity, and future success. Gracias Totales!","fullyFundedDate":1758898885541,"projectUrl":"project/help-middle-schoolers-learn-communicatio/9683932/","projectTitle":"Help Middle Schoolers Learn Communications Through Live Video!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Portillo","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6393996_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1602912529579","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mshportillo"},{"teacherId":6393996,"projectId":9684195,"letterContent":"Thanks to your generous support, my students now have access to a classroom library in Spanish! These books have become the center of our Home Language Arts (HLA) classroom, transforming the way students engage with reading, writing, and their own identities.\r\n\r\nYour support has created a more inclusive, engaging, and academically rigorous classroom environment. These books are no longer just materials—they are tools that empower students to see their language and culture as strengths.\r\n\r\nThank you for making this possible and for investing in my students' growth, identity, and future success. Gracias Totales!","fullyFundedDate":1758899266025,"projectUrl":"project/bringing-the-magic-of-books-to-students/9684195/","projectTitle":"Bringing the Magic of Books to Students","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Portillo","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6393996_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1602912529579","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mshportillo"},{"teacherId":6393996,"projectId":9684162,"letterContent":"Thanks to your generous support, my students now have access to a classroom library in Spanish! These books have become the center of our Home Language Arts (HLA) classroom, transforming the way students engage with reading, writing, and their own identities.\r\n\r\nYour support has created a more inclusive, engaging, and academically rigorous classroom environment. These books are no longer just materials—they are tools that empower students to see their language and culture as strengths.\r\n\r\nThank you for making this possible and for investing in my students' growth, identity, and future success. Gracias Totales!","fullyFundedDate":1760812371268,"projectUrl":"project/bringing-the-magic-of-books-to-our-stude/9684162/","projectTitle":"Bringing the Magic of Books to Our Students","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Portillo","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6393996_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1602912529579","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mshportillo"},{"teacherId":6393996,"projectId":9607283,"letterContent":"Thanks to your generous support, my students now have access to a full class set of \"Voces Sin Fronteras: Our Stories, Our Truth\" and the impact has been immediate and meaningful. These books have become the center of our Home Language Arts (HLA) classroom, transforming the way students engage with reading, writing, and their own identities.\r\n\r\nYour support has created a more inclusive, engaging, and academically rigorous classroom environment. These books are no longer just materials—they are tools that empower students to see their language and culture as strengths.\r\n\r\nThank you for making this possible and for investing in my students' growth, identity, and future success. Gracias Totales!","fullyFundedDate":1755731811830,"projectUrl":"project/voces-sin-fronteras-our-stories-our-tr/9607283/","projectTitle":"Voces Sin Fronteras: Our Stories, Our Truth (Bilingual Books Class-Set)","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Portillo","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6393996_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1602912529579","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mshportillo"},{"teacherId":6393996,"projectId":9607101,"letterContent":"Thanks to your generous support, my students now have access to a full class set of ¡Sí! Somos Latinos, and the impact has been immediate and meaningful. These books have become the center of our Home Language Arts (HLA) classroom, transforming the way students engage with reading, writing, and their own identities.\r\n\r\nYour support has created a more inclusive, engaging, and academically rigorous classroom environment. These books are no longer just materials—they are tools that empower students to see their language and culture as strengths.\r\n\r\nThank you for making this possible and for investing in my students' growth, identity, and future success. Gracias Totales!","fullyFundedDate":1755818685786,"projectUrl":"project/s-somos-latinos-books-for-academic-l/9607101/","projectTitle":"¡Sí! Somos Latinos Books for Academic, Linguistic, and Socio-emotional Development","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Portillo","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6393996_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1602912529579","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mshportillo"},{"teacherId":7283964,"projectId":9914260,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generosity. The gaming hardware literacy project has allowed students to explore and learn about the hardware utilized in the gaming world; such as power supply unit, cpu, chipset circuitry, etc. The students realized there is a symmetry in design and structure, whether it is a PC gaming desktop or a playstation 5. There are patterns of hardware utilization when designing a gaming system. The playstation five has a power supply unit, controllers with wireless sensors connected via bluetooth and a cpu internally to read the games into memory(hard drive). All while having fun in the process!","fullyFundedDate":1767839324821,"projectUrl":"project/gaming-hardware-literacy/9914260/","projectTitle":"Gaming Hardware Literacy","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Bensetra","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7283964_orig.png?crop=690,690,x0,y85&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1602110937532","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7283964"},{"teacherId":7283964,"projectId":9688327,"letterContent":"Thanks to generous donors like you, we have a promethean screen that can be used for instructional purposes. Now, we can display the math lesson, utilize its interactive features, display video/audio content to the visual/audible learners in the classroom. There is a scribe function that allows students to annotate and show their math work on the the promethean screen. The other interactive features allows students to annotate, write, scribe, and explain their work while justifying their answers on the promethean screen. So, thank you again for your generosity and helping bring this project to life!","fullyFundedDate":1758309473879,"projectUrl":"project/smartboard-gor-smart-students/9688327/","projectTitle":"SmartBoard Gor Smart Students","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Bensetra","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7283964_orig.png?crop=690,690,x0,y85&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1602110937532","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7283964"},{"teacherId":7283964,"projectId":9688457,"letterContent":"Thank you for your support, now student can use the laptop to complete their i-Ready math lessons and i-Ready diagnostic. The can scribe their work and access google classroom. Students can access their coursework on google classroom for other subject matters. They can also complete their i-Ready reading lessons and diagnostic. There are support resources they can access/view on YouTube and Khan Academy. People like you help bridge the gap for students from low socio-economic backgrounds. Some students like to listen to music with their headphones while completing their classwork.","fullyFundedDate":1758202669507,"projectUrl":"project/technological-bridge-to-success/9688457/","projectTitle":"Technological Bridge to Success","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Bensetra","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7283964_orig.png?crop=690,690,x0,y85&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1602110937532","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7283964"},{"teacherId":8008360,"projectId":9694101,"letterContent":"Thank you for contributing to my first DonorsChoose project of this school year! With your help, students now have access to menstrual kits in their classrooms. They have immediately benefited from chair bands to help manage restlessness in the classroom, and are enjoying the calm strips that have been stuck to their desks (some have even asked for strips to put on their laptop or water bottles!)\r\n\r\nThe flexible seating has been a big incentive for students to arrive to class first, and the masks have been very beneficial to both students and teachers during flu season.","fullyFundedDate":1758853683870,"projectUrl":"project/caring-classroom-for-curious-minds/9694101/","projectTitle":"Caring Classroom for Curious Minds","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Moussa","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8008360_orig.jpg?crop=3464,3464,x0,y658&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1638147221176","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8008360"},{"teacherId":8008360,"projectId":9770072,"letterContent":"Thank you for supporting this project. Many students have already benefitted from their new water bottles, and are excited about their individual pencil cases!\r\n\r\nThe thermal laminating pouches have already been successful in creating reusable worksheets and task sheets for when students do stations, and students are improving their handwriting by using the new pencil grips. \r\n\r\nI would like to make my next project to support PBIS tracking and incentivizing for students. Thank you again for your support!","fullyFundedDate":1760812043670,"projectUrl":"project/organized-and-hydrated/9770072/","projectTitle":"Organized and Hydrated","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Moussa","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8008360_orig.jpg?crop=3464,3464,x0,y658&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1638147221176","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8008360"},{"teacherId":6393996,"projectId":9042485,"letterContent":"Emathinstruction is an excellent tool to support my students to leave middle school with Algebra credits in Spanish. Their Algebra course is divided into units and then lessons within each unit that can support my current curriculum for my students to reach their true potential. This support curriculum is scaffolded to build upon what students learn in earlier lessons.\r\nThank you for making it possible for my students to get access to this resource! It affected their Algebra growth tremendously and showed up in their regents Scores!!!","fullyFundedDate":1738825785609,"projectUrl":"project/extra-algebra-support-in-spanish/9042485/","projectTitle":"Extra Algebra Support in Spanish!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Portillo","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6393996_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1602912529579","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mshportillo"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_793","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":294,"numTeachers":27,"percentFrplEligible":89,"percentAsian":1,"percentBlack":7,"percentWhite":0,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":88,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":0,"percentMultiracialImputed":1,"gradesServed":"6 - 8","studentTeacherRatio":"10.9:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":68.6,"schoolId":793,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Junior High School 291 Roland Hayes on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Junior High School 291 Roland Hayes","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/new-york/new-york-city-dept-of-ed/jhs-291-roland-hayes/793"}