{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Urban Assembly Math & Science","outOfStateSupporters":44.4,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":4074368,"projectId":10176589,"letterContent":"The library is the one of the most popular spaces in the school, because it truly has something for everyone! It is a joy to watch students playing board games, building puzzles, and teaching each other crafts--and it wouldn't be possible without your generous donations. \r\n\r\nThis fundraiser took place at the end of the last school year, and we are still using the materials it provided. The jigsaw puzzle board was life changing! Students are so proud when they complete a puzzle that they asked to be photographed with it. And when they love the library because of all the activities it offers, I get the opportunity to loop them into reading, too!","fullyFundedDate":1779292083411,"projectUrl":"project/ending-the-year-with-brain-boosting-game/10176589/","projectTitle":"Ending the Year with Brain-boosting Games and Crafts","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Leshinsky","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4074368_orig.png?crop=1426,1426,x66,y298&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1712166175162","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4074368"},{"teacherId":3652990,"projectId":10331068,"letterContent":"We just completed a week-long unit on Small Things Like These, culminating in a contentious and enthusiastic debate about the merits of Bill Furlong's act to save Sarah. The students had strong opinions, but in general, they universally enjoyed the feel of a book between their hands and the sound of Irish parlance on their tongue. They explored connections between the Magdalena Laundries and other historical conspiracies and waxed philosophical about the definition of what constitutes a \"good\" action. They identified how Keegan's austere setting and language set the stage for the covert evil of the Church and the juxtaposition of Furlong's family with the girls of the Church deepened his internal conflict. \r\n\r\nI feel so appreciative that you gave them the opportunity to have these conversations!","fullyFundedDate":1790960658309,"projectUrl":"project/small-things-like-these/10331068/","projectTitle":"Small Things Like These","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Gonzalez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3652990_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1466906576916","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3652990"},{"teacherId":7007787,"projectId":10457211,"letterContent":"Thank you for bringing mathematics to life in color for my students! The new printer allows me to create color-coded equations, graphs, visual models, task cards, and station activities. Instead of trying to separate steps on a black-and-white page, students can now use color to recognize patterns, connect related information, and follow multistep problems more clearly.\r\n\r\nStudents are especially excited to receive colorful materials that are engaging and easy to understand. These resources have been particularly helpful for students with IEPs and others who benefit from visual organization and additional support. Students who once felt overwhelmed by graphs or complex equations are more willing to participate, explain their thinking, and try again after making a mistake.\r\n\r\nYour generosity has made our mathematics classroom more accessible, inviting, and engaging. These resources will continue supporting my current students and many future classes. We are truly grateful for your investment in their confidence and success!","fullyFundedDate":1791883590368,"projectUrl":"project/bringing-math-to-life-in-color/10457211/","projectTitle":"Bringing Math to Life in Color","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Franco","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7007787_orig.png?crop=1366,1366,x4,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1785875882636","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7007787"},{"teacherId":391189,"projectId":10708814,"letterContent":"When I tell you that my students argue over who gets to sit at the whiteboard table, I mean it as the highest possible compliment to your generosity. In 20 years of teaching, I've never had students fight over a piece of furniture — but these tables are different. They're not just a place to sit. They're a place to think, to create, and to do real mathematics together.\r\n\r\nRight now my 6th graders are using the tables to design their own dream bedrooms — drawing floor plans to scale, calculating area and perimeter, and budgeting for furniture like real architects and mathematicians. The whiteboard surface is perfect for this kind of project. Students sketch, measure, recalculate, and revise directly on the table, erasing and starting over without losing momentum. The math and the design happen in the same space, side by side.\r\n\r\nComing up next we'll be diving into ratios and proportional reasoning, and I know these tables will be just as essential. Your donation didn't just buy a table — it changed the energy of our entire classroom. Thank you for believing in my Bronx mathematicians.","fullyFundedDate":1791676265356,"projectUrl":"project/math-is-on-the-table-whiteboard-tables/10708814/","projectTitle":"Math Is on the Table: Whiteboard Tables for Bronx Mathematicians!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Schoonmaker","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/391189"},{"teacherId":391189,"projectId":10663927,"letterContent":"The whiteboard tables you funded have become the heart of our classroom, and right now they're being used for one of the most exciting projects of the year. My 6th graders are designing their own dream bedrooms — creating floor plans to scale, calculating area and perimeter, budgeting for furniture, and making real mathematical decisions about space. The tables are perfect for this kind of work. Students spread out their floor plans, write measurements directly on the surface, do their calculations right next to their designs, and erase and revise when the math doesn't work out the way they planned.\r\n\r\nWhat strikes me most is how engaged even my most reluctant students are. When the math is connected to something personal — their own room, their own space, their own choices — they lean in. I've had students stay after class to keep working on their designs. The tables make that kind of immersive, hands-on learning possible in a way that a notebook and a desk simply can't.\r\n\r\nNext up we'll be using the tables to dig into ratios and proportional reasoning, and I know they'll be just as essential then. Thank you for giving my South Bronx mathematicians a space where real thinking happens every single day.","fullyFundedDate":1790714863688,"projectUrl":"project/work-it-out-whiteboard-tables-for-math/10663927/","projectTitle":"Work It Out: Whiteboard Tables for Math & Group Instruction!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Schoonmaker","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/391189"},{"teacherId":391189,"projectId":10434654,"letterContent":"The kidney bean whiteboard table has become the most active surface in my classroom. From the moment it arrived, students claimed it as their own — spreading out their work, writing calculations directly on the table, and collaborating in a way that just doesn't happen at a regular desk.\r\n\r\nThe photos tell the story better than I can. Students are working on a real-world budget and floor plan project, and the table is covered in math — decimals, division, calculations being tried and revised in real time. One student is writing directly on the surface while referencing their worksheet. Another has their materials spread across the whole table, using every inch of it to think through a problem.\r\n\r\nThe shape of the table matters too. The curved kidney design pulls students toward the center and toward each other — there's no \"back corner\" to hide in. Everyone is close, everyone can see everyone else's work, and the conversation flows naturally. It's exactly the kind of collaborative, visible thinking I've been trying to build in my math classroom.\r\n\r\nYour donation made this possible. Thank you.","fullyFundedDate":1786938888979,"projectUrl":"project/room-to-think-small-group-math-support/10434654/","projectTitle":"Room to Think: Small Group Math Support!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Schoonmaker","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/391189"},{"teacherId":391189,"projectId":10417613,"letterContent":"Today my 6th graders made their first anchor charts on the chart paper you funded, and I wish you could have seen the room. Working in small groups, students took what we've been learning about [topic, e.g., ratios and equivalent ratios] and turned it into big, colorful posters: key vocabulary, worked examples, diagrams, and the \"tips\" they wished someone had told them at the start of the unit. Deciding together what belonged on the chart pushed them to explain their thinking out loud, argue about the clearest way to show a strategy, and catch each other's mistakes. That's exactly what \"making math visible\" means to me.\r\n\r\nWhen I brought out the chart paper and markers, there was a real buzz. Several students asked right away whether their chart would go up on the wall, and when I said yes, the care they put into neatness and accuracy went way up. Now their charts hang around the room as a resource they built themselves. When a student gets stuck, I can point to a classmate's poster instead of re-explaining, and that kind of ownership matters a lot in a classroom where many of my students haven't always seen themselves as \"math people.\"\r\n\r\nNext, we'll keep adding anchor charts as we move through each unit, so the walls grow into a student-made reference library for the whole year. We'll also use the chart paper for group problem-solving and gallery walks, where teams post their work and give each other feedback. Thank you for believing in my students and giving them the tools to show what they know. You've made a real difference in our classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1786938890638,"projectUrl":"project/making-math-visible-for-my-6th-grade-mat/10417613/","projectTitle":"Making Math Visible for My 6th Grade Mathematicians!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Schoonmaker","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/391189"},{"teacherId":391189,"projectId":10502232,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your incredible generosity! Because of you, my 6th grade mathematicians in the South Bronx now have a clover-shaped whiteboard table that has completely transformed the way we collaborate and think together. The moment it arrived, students were drawn to it — there's something about the shape that invites you in, gives everyone a spot, and makes the whole table feel like it belongs to the group equally.\r\n\r\nWhat I love most is watching students gather around it and dig into a problem together. The curved edges mean no one is sitting in a corner — everyone is close, everyone can see, and everyone is part of the conversation. They write, erase, debate, and try again, and the energy around that table is exactly what I dreamed of when I submitted this project.\r\n\r\nIn a math and science classroom, the goal is always to get students thinking out loud and building on each other's ideas. This table makes that happen naturally, every single day. Your support gave my students something truly special, and we are so grateful.","fullyFundedDate":1787771667523,"projectUrl":"project/gathering-around-small-group-math-suppo/10502232/","projectTitle":"Gathering Around: Small Group Math Support!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Schoonmaker","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/391189"},{"teacherId":391189,"projectId":10504497,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your incredible generosity! Because of you, my 6th grade mathematicians in the South Bronx now have a whiteboard table that has completely transformed the way we work together. Students gather around it like it has eight sides — coming at problems from every angle, building on each other's thinking, and refusing to give up when things get hard.\r\n\r\nWhat I've noticed most is how the table changes the energy in the room. Instead of students sitting quietly with their own notebooks, they're up, engaged, and talking through their reasoning out loud. They're drawing models, testing strategies, erasing, and trying again — and doing it all together. That kind of collaborative problem-solving is exactly what I want my classroom to look like every day.\r\n\r\nYour support made that possible, and my students and I are truly grateful. Thank you for believing in our kids.","fullyFundedDate":1787158529254,"projectUrl":"project/eight-sides-one-goal-small-group-suppo/10504497/","projectTitle":"Eight Sides, One Goal: Small Group Support in the Bronx!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Schoonmaker","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/391189"},{"teacherId":7454779,"projectId":10159284,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our project. Because of your generosity, our students were able to take part in a meaningful hands-on service project while learning about the importance of giving back to their community. Students helped organize and prepare food and hygiene items that would be given to women in need. They were excited to see all of the materials come together and especially enjoyed knowing that the work they were doing would help someone outside of our classroom.\r\n\r\nThis project gave our students an opportunity to learn about compassion, empathy, and community responsibility in a way that went beyond a regular lesson. As we connected the project to Women's History Month, students were able to have conversations about some of the challenges women and families may experience and how even small acts of kindness can make a difference. Thank you for giving our students the opportunity to learn while also doing something meaningful for others.","fullyFundedDate":1774543774419,"projectUrl":"project/helping-heal-hunger-during-womens-histo/10159284/","projectTitle":"Helping Heal Hunger During Women's History Month","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Caminero","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7454779_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1709603425677","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/arisleidycaminero"},{"teacherId":391189,"projectId":10417556,"letterContent":"Thanks to your generosity, my 6th graders got their hands on snap cubes today — and the difference was immediate. We were exploring surface area, and instead of staring at diagrams on a page, students were building, counting, and figuring it out for themselves. When you can hold a shape in your hands and physically see its faces, the concept clicks in a way that no worksheet can replicate. The room was loud in the best way.\r\n\r\nAnd we're just getting started. Later in the year we'll be using the same cubes to dig into ratios — building models, comparing quantities, and making abstract ideas concrete. These manipulatives will earn their place in our classroom all year long. Thank you for investing in the kind of hands-on learning my South Bronx students deserve.","fullyFundedDate":1786765730004,"projectUrl":"project/hands-on-math-for-south-bronx-problem-so/10417556/","projectTitle":"Hands-On Math for South Bronx Problem Solvers!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Schoonmaker","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/391189"},{"teacherId":391189,"projectId":10293878,"letterContent":"When the books arrived, my students dove in immediately — and haven't looked up since. We've been exploring the Greek gods and goddesses, and the enthusiasm has been unlike anything I expected. Students who rarely pick up a book are carrying these around the building, debating who the most powerful god is and retelling myths to each other like they've known them for years.\r\n\r\nBeyond the pure joy of it, these books are doing important work. Getting familiar with the gods, the stories, and the world of ancient Greece is the perfect on-ramp to Percy Jackson — a series many of my 6th graders are about to read for the first time. When they open those pages already knowing who Poseidon and Athena are, the whole story opens up differently. You didn't just buy books — you built a foundation. 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