{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Science Technical & Research High School","outOfStateSupporters":57.6,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":3351525,"projectId":10643477,"letterContent":"First the pencil sharpener is an amazing lifesaver for us! We needed one for quite a long time so that the scholars can have pencils to write with. They need their pencils to write essays, take notes and for class participation. A pencil sharpener is a lot more important than anyone can think. \r\n\r\nThank you so much for giving us copies of Toni Morrison's Sula. Professor Morrison, having been one of the greatest writers that ever lived, the students are excited to read her work! They have read about her work in the past and are eager to delve into a text that is complex in its themes about gender, norms, women's roles, and the power of resilience and friendship .","fullyFundedDate":1789480023959,"projectUrl":"project/students-seeking-sula-paperback-with-pen/10643477/","projectTitle":"Students Seeking Sula Paperback With Pencil Sharpener!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Namit","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3351525_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1771148130546","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/teachernamit"},{"teacherId":3351525,"projectId":10485095,"letterContent":"Thank you for helping us get the textbooks we need for a newly created course on Research Studies! Research is such an imperative and focal point in education nowadays as the specter of AI is reaching a fever pitch in our classrooms. For us, we want to study our own topics that are of interest to us, and students are to use qualitative and quantitative methods of research in order to write about their projects, collect data, and use scholarly material.\r\n\r\nIn essence, we need a book that will guide our research practice and topics through carefully studying methods that allow for both nuance and a careful approach to gathering materials for sources, and secondary sources in our research class.\r\n\r\nThank you in all you do, and we are truly grateful.","fullyFundedDate":1787245756721,"projectUrl":"project/ap-students-need-required-textbooks/10485095/","projectTitle":"AP Students Need Required Textbooks!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Namit","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3351525_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1771148130546","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/teachernamit"},{"teacherId":3351525,"projectId":10640310,"letterContent":"The impact of helping us get copies of \"A Thousand Splendid Suns\" by Khaled Hosseini is an important text that will prepare students in the study of geopolitical literature. Also there are life lessons that have to do with gender roles, the love of chosen families, and the power of resilience during times of tyranny. Afghanistan has been a controversial place to mention, and to teach. Much of our young scholars are interested in reading perspectives coming from a world literary perspective. Hosseini is a master storyteller and author: his novels have shaped young people's imagination. So we thank you in assisting us obtain this powerful novel. We salute and herald you.","fullyFundedDate":1789350987949,"projectUrl":"project/students-seeking-challenging-texts/10640310/","projectTitle":"Students Seeking Challenging Texts!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Namit","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3351525_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1771148130546","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/teachernamit"},{"teacherId":3351525,"projectId":10374536,"letterContent":"White Teeth is such a super cool novel and we are thrilled to have it in our classroom library! Books are meaningful and mean a lot to our students and scholars. Books are meant to elicit conversations that are relevant in today's society such as race, religion, gender roles and the horrors of colonialism. Zadie Smith is a writer that students can relate to. With her bawdy language and her eye for dialogue, students will be swept away by her hilarious storytelling of three families and three generations that are trying to navigate life in the United Kingdom during a 30 year span. Thanks so much again!","fullyFundedDate":1785186868157,"projectUrl":"project/ap-scholars-seeking-to-read-white-teeth/10374536/","projectTitle":"AP Scholars Seeking to Read White Teeth","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Namit","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3351525_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1771148130546","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/teachernamit"},{"teacherId":3351525,"projectId":10532118,"letterContent":"The impact of your generosity and gift to our classroom really means a lot to us! We definitely need school supplies for replenishment so we can start the year off with success and be able to work accordingly to our ability. \r\n\r\nWhen I write about how reading looks like in our classroom, we often do sustained silent reading, and then group discussion, followed by small groups or pair shares. In this way, we can engage with literature with each other in terms of turning and talking and protocols for fruitful discussion.","fullyFundedDate":1787750381522,"projectUrl":"project/new-books-supplies-for-a-new-year/10532118/","projectTitle":"New Books & Supplies for a New Year!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Namit","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3351525_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1771148130546","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/teachernamit"},{"teacherId":3351525,"projectId":10323664,"letterContent":"Your contributions and care for literacy and English Language Arts for our students is just stupendous. We thank you, and appreciate your giving us a little of your hard earned money so we can read books that are culturally relevant and thought provoking. Books such as \"Crying In H Mart\" by Michelle Zauner, and \"Persepolis\" by Marjane Satrapi are both by women authors that have a lot to say about what it means to be a woman in today's complicated society. Also, they both write about relevant issues and topics many of our scholars care about: music, mental health, family, identity, and resilience. \r\nOnce again, thank you so much for helping our classroom community,","fullyFundedDate":1781311198043,"projectUrl":"project/intersecting-themes-from-an-amazing-memo/10323664/","projectTitle":"Intersecting Themes from An Amazing Memoir!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Namit","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3351525_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1771148130546","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/teachernamit"},{"teacherId":3351525,"projectId":10254087,"letterContent":"Skills and lessons that we learn in class are how to properly annotate a text by showing how these skills can be applied in other subject through writing, analysis, and annotation. Students learn to use text to self, text to world and text to text connections which enhance what they are reading. Skills students complete are often aligned with state standards for proficiency and knowledge.\r\n\r\nReading in our classroom consists of Do Now's, text dependent questions, Socratic Seminars and Diamond Protocols for instruction that lends itself for student voice.","fullyFundedDate":1778098789183,"projectUrl":"project/wanted-amazing-women-authors/10254087/","projectTitle":"Wanted: Amazing Women Authors!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Namit","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3351525_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1771148130546","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/teachernamit"},{"teacherId":3351525,"projectId":10172914,"letterContent":"Thanks so much for giving our classroom the tools we need to have a successful year, home away from home for our students. These tools will ensure we are able to have the success we need to remain healthy. The broom and dustbin will help students keep their class clean and tidy to pick up garbage, dust and dirt to keep one another healthy. The microwave will be used to heat up lunches, and snacks in order that nobody is hungry. The coat rack will serve its purpose to make sure students hang up their coats, scarves and sweaters in a neat and tidy manner. All in all this is to ensure responsibility and cleanliness, as a classroom is a home away from home.","fullyFundedDate":1775390535904,"projectUrl":"project/home-and-health-supplies-wanted/10172914/","projectTitle":"Home and Health Supplies Wanted!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Namit","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3351525_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1771148130546","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/teachernamit"},{"teacherId":3351525,"projectId":10171581,"letterContent":"We can't thank you enough for supporting our classroom and literacy for all! Skills and lessons I often teach are students are to write expository essays using prompts that assist with mastery in standardized tests such as state exams, and national exams. We introduce themes that students can find themselves in through the methodologies of text to self; text to world, and text to text analysis of books. Reading in the classroom consists of silent reading, class discussion, and annotation of texts through the usage of sticky notes. There are particular students that loved these books so much that we needed to replenish them! Thanks so much again!","fullyFundedDate":1774753716855,"projectUrl":"project/classroom-seeking-replacement-books/10171581/","projectTitle":"Classroom Seeking Replacement Books","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Namit","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3351525_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1771148130546","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/teachernamit"},{"teacherId":3351525,"projectId":10154755,"letterContent":"The impact of reading is an essential skill that all students must have to compete in the real world with empathy. My students want to read books that are different from what they're used to. \r\n\r\n\"Motherless Brooklyn\" by Jonathan Lethem and \"Kindred\" by Octavia Butler are books of the speculative fiction, detective fiction, and science fiction genres. They are about different worlds and stories that center on outsiders trying to be seen in our complicated society. \r\n\r\nLethem and Butler are masters of the craft when it comes to writing and building worlds, so students being exposed to their work is important in addition to reading authors of the \"canon\". \r\n\r\nReading in our class consists of dialectical journals, text to self and text to world analysis, and making connections to what is going on in our world. The students that enjoy reading these books are curious, driven and are funny and engaging young people that want to make connections to the world through the arts and literature. Without your help, this wouldn't be possible.","fullyFundedDate":1774529910345,"projectUrl":"project/scholars-seeking-special-surreal-books/10154755/","projectTitle":"Scholars Seeking Special & Surreal Books!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Namit","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3351525_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1771148130546","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/teachernamit"},{"teacherId":3351525,"projectId":10119186,"letterContent":"Study skills and lessons that we complete in our English classroom is to pick apart books by annotating them with sticky notes. Students adhere to an annotation rubric which ensures students have an understanding for formative assessment purposes. Students have culminating essays that show how well they've understood a novel critically. All these skills help students achieve college and career success and readiness. Students also improve their study skills and vocabulary through difficult and challenging texts that cultivate dynamic and cultural joy for them when they are reading classics of the American and British canon.","fullyFundedDate":1772587983389,"projectUrl":"project/serious-scholars-seeking-texts-for-colle/10119186/","projectTitle":"Serious Scholars Seeking Texts for College & Career!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Namit","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3351525_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1771148130546","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/teachernamit"},{"teacherId":3351525,"projectId":10004616,"letterContent":"Lessons that I intend to use when I teach \"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings\" by Dr. Maya Angelou is that memoirs are a great teaching tool when discussing relevant themes that are used to make connections between texts and the world around them. The students are enrolled in a seminar course where they take non fiction texts, and discuss the rhetorical strategies that their authors convey. In this case it is Dr. Maya Angelou's lived experiences that students will glean from.\r\n\r\nReading in class looks like this: Journal writing, pair shares, then independent writing. Students identify rhetorical devices such as point of view, tone, and mood to study an author's ideas of diction.\r\n\r\nStudents that enjoy books like this are students that want to read books written by heroic men and women that look like them.","fullyFundedDate":1768955127428,"projectUrl":"project/books-and-supplies-are-a-must/10004616/","projectTitle":"Books and Supplies Are a Must!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Namit","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3351525_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1771148130546","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/teachernamit"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_2152","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":528,"numTeachers":29,"percentFrplEligible":80,"percentAsian":3,"percentBlack":76,"percentWhite":2,"percentIndigenous":2,"percentLatinx":12,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":0,"percentMultiracialImputed":1,"gradesServed":"6 - 12","studentTeacherRatio":"18.2:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":42.4,"schoolId":2152,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Science Technical & Research High School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Science Technical & Research High School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/new-york/new-york-city-dept-of-ed/science-tech-research-high-school/2152"}